Harvard-Westlake completes its mission of winning CIF Southern Section Open Division & CIF Open Division state titles with a victory over Salesian of Richmond. It wasn’t easy, though, as the Pride had the lead in the fourth quarter with less than two minutes left. Also earning CIF state titles on Saturday were Monterey (D4) and […]
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Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
These have been updated through Saturday night’s regional semifinals. New No. 1 teams are St. John Bosco (D1) and Alemany of Mission Hills (D3). Still No. 1 is Harvard-Westlake (Open), Heritage Christian of Northridge (D2), Cleveland of Reseda (D4) and Athenian of Danville (D5). FOR THE SECOND GIRLS HOOPS DIVISION RANKINGS, CLICK HERE. Note: This...
Girls BB: Divisional State Rankings
Just like the boys, here’s our first run through of each CIF division after Tuesday’s first round game and going by our own system of doing rankings. We rank 10 teams in each division and have comments after each one. We’ll have another update next week and then final rankings after the CIF state championships […]
Preseason Girls BB Ranks (1-15)
Welcome to the start of our coverage of the 2023-24 girls basketball season in California. We begin with the same format for the boys — top 40 overall preseason state state rankings — and have matched the coverage of the two genders for more than 40 years. Despite transfers and graduations aplenty, the top four […]
Girls BB Records Ready for Season
All of the exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state records for girls basketball have been updated prior to the start of the 2023-24 season. Both team and individual categories have been completed through the 2022-23 season. Coaching records already were updated approximately one month after last season ended. Go inside for a list of players and teams […]
Girls Cali Live 23: Top Player Ranks
Connecticut-committed Morgan Cheli from Archbishop Mitty of San Jose and Brazilian transplant and newfound phenom Taissa “Tissa” Queiroz of Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman were the top two players among some pretty impressive talent that performed for around 75 college coaches at the Roebbelen Center in Roseville two weeks ago. We have starting top five, next...
All-State Girls BB 2023: 2nd & 3rd Tms
Here’s where to go to see all of the writeups for those who are second team overall and third team overall on the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. Many of these honorees represented the second and sometimes third top player from teams that were toward the top of the state rankings throughout...
Girls BB: All-State Underclass 2023
Just a few days after our final all-state teams for boys basketball were released, it’s time to get going with the girls. These teams also are well into the fourth decade of being selected. We begin with the honorees for the 2022-23 season with the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Schools...
Boys & Girls BB: CIF Friday Finals
On the first day and night of the CIF state championships at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, there were no games that were decided in the final minutes. Favored teams Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (boys) and Oakland Tech (girls) completed their tasks with the Tech girls also making history with their fifth state title […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The CIF Southern Section playoff brackets have been announced with games on weekdays that are beginning this week except the Open Division where action does not start until Saturday. The Open Division seedings matched last week’s rankings for all but the No. 8 seed and now we’ve brought that team in as a newcomer. Rosary...