Top-ranked Harvard-Westlake and No. 2 St. John Bosco live up to preseason billing at recent Hoophall West event, while Salesian of Richmond, JSerra of San Juan Capistrano, De La Salle of Concord and La Mirada are the big risers in the first updated regular season boys basketball State Top 25. Only three teams drop out...
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Calif Hall of Fame Takes Next Step
A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new California High School Football Hall of Fame was held last weekend at the Rose Bowl. It will be open for public viewing starting this weekend. A gala induction ceremony for all of the initial inductees will be planned for the spring of 2024. FOR THE WRITEUP THAT INCLUDES […]
Long Beach-South Bay-SGV FB Team
Our second stop in our tour of the state with these preseason all-area honors is carved out of the massive CIF Southern Section. This is the one that is dominated by mythical national title contender St. John Bosco and includes other schools in the Long Beach, South Bay and San Gabriel Valley areas. Note: These...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This COVID-abbreviated football season still has a few games left and a couple of places in the state, but this will be our final Players of the Week feature. Our final journey takes us to the southern part of the Inland Empire, the south Orange County city of San Clemente, and Pasadena in the south. […]
Super Schools with Worldly Alums
With the Los Angeles Lakers having just won the NBA Finals championship and the Los Angeles Dodgers going for a World Series title, the thought popped up to see if there were any California high schools that may have had alums in not just the World Series but also the Super Bowl and NBA Finals. […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
Previous No. 1 and No. 2 went down and what did it create? A No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown this week in the SoCal Open semifinals between two teams that have already split games this season. All four SoCal D1 teams still alive are now ranked, but did any NorCal D1 team make it...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
We finally hit the week where the tougher competition in the playoffs causes some major changes in our weekly State Top 20, including at the very top. With Bishop Montgomery going down in the CIFSS Open Division playoffs, read on to see why Salesian of Richmond gets the nod as the new No. 1 in...
Individual Single-Game Highs (Boys)
As part of our continuing effort to maintain state records in boys basketball, we have to compile a list of single game highs toward the end of each season. We’ll be doing the same for girls on Sunday night. These are based on information in the MaxPreps database and on nominations that people have sent […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (Part 2)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we are doing it with a preseason Top 40 of the top boys teams from all across the state. This group is led by No. 16 JSerra and includes the rest of teams down to No. 40 Capital Christian of Sacramento, plus a list […]
Boys BB Divisional State Rankings
Heading into this weekend’s CIF state championships, our top-ranked teams are Bishop Montgomery (Open), Roosevelt of Eastvale (D1), Esperanza of Anaheim (D2), Mission of San Francisco (D3), Helix of La Mesa (D4) and Rolling Hills Prep of San Pedro (D5). It’s no guarantee we’re going to predict every one of the No. 1 teams will...
