Three of this week’s choices — Jack Hinrichsen of Sacramento McClatchy (no-hitters), Dante Faicchio of Laguna Beach (doubles) and Ally Shipman of Valencia (home runs) — may be on their way to placing high in all-time state career record listings. The other, San Jose Archbishop Mitty sophomore Hannah Edwards, is on her way to playing […]
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Girls BB: Open-D1 State Predictions
When you have two teams that have played before and went to overtime, that’s the recipe for a great game and that’s what’s in store for CIF Open Division state final between No. 1 Archbishop Mitty and No. 2 Clovis West. Still, we have to pick a winner and we do. In the D1 state […]
Girls BB Divisional State Rankings
California’s No. 1 teams according to our rankings heading into the CIF state championships continue to be Archbishop Mitty of San Jose (Open), Windward of Los Angeles (D1), Mater Dei of Santa Ana (D2), Campolindo of Moraga (D3), West Campus of Sacramento (D4) and Eastside Prep of East Palo Alto (D5). If you can’t see...
State Stat Stars of the Week
We don’t know if there’s a glory road near Colusa, but there’s a Mad Max there as Max Moreno has been red hot for the RedHawks all season and had a 46-point game last week. Other boys racking up big totals last week included 31 points for high-rising Kobe Smith of Gardena Serra and two […]
All-State Girls BB: Best of Best
In a week that began with the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state elite boys basketball teams, it is ending with our salute to the 35th annual all-state elite girls squads. These are the teams selected regardless of CIF division or year in school. Every player is written up and profiled. It’s a group with 22 […]
NorCal Girls: St. Mary’s prevails
State No. 1 Rams win first NorCal Open Division title by making shots in the first half to build solid lead and go on to beat Miramonte of Orinda 67-52. Go inside here for recaps of all of the NorCal girls championship games both from Sacramento and American Canyon. Other winners were McClatchy (D1), Archbishop […]
Bracket Breakdowns (Divisions)
We offer some sleeper teams, top first-round matchups and some seedings that we disagree with for every one of the CIF boys and girls divisional brackets. Sierra Canyon boys and girls both earn No. 1 seeds but in different divisions. Note: If you aren’t a Gold Club member and want to see this entire post,...
MLK CIF Open Division Preview?
California’s top two girls teams – Mater Dei of Santa Ana and St. Mary’s of Stockton – both win during Saturday’s MLK Showcase at St. Mary’s. It was a solid win for the Monarchs but more of a crazy one for the Rams. We have the scores and at least one highlight from every game.
