Another season is now completely in the books and what a wild one it was. The seeding system employed by the CIF of blending the competitive equity formulas of all 10 sections, all different, had its flaws, and the further narrowing of the teams that really should qualify for the Open Division is something we...
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Another MLK Special: Sage Hill shines
Lightning stretch win streak to 14 games after massive 88-58 win on MLK Monday at the Royal Showcase event in Fullerton over Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas. Gorman was No. 5 in the nation last week. Etiwanda and Fairmont Prep also post wins on the same court. We hope you enjoy this free post on […]
Girls of Summer 2025: Player Rankings
For the 21st time since 2005, here’s a chart of the top players from California high school girls basketball viewed by the Girls of Summer Caravan during all events attended in person starting in June and extending into August. This time, it’s a list with more than 250 names. This isn’t a ranking of the...
Girls of Summer: Tati’s tale & more
We started our annual Girls of Summer tour after the Cali Live 2025 event last month in Roseville with a stop last Saturday at the OGP Hype Her Hoops Cali Cup, but what happened the next day as we were driving north likely changed the course of the 2025-26 season in the state as big-time […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
For the better part of next week there will be limited action in the CIF Southern Section with no games for the Open Division until Saturday and Thursday for the lower divisions. That’s not the case in other CIF sections. The Central Coast Section doesn’t even have its seeding meeting until next Monday. At some...
FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 Rankings
For these final expanded rankings we obviously had a change at the top with Etiwanda defeating Archbishop Mitty for the CIF Open Division state championship, but after that only nine of the next 23 teams in the Top 25 held onto the same spot they had in the last rankings. Seven of the next 10...
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 […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. One of the QBs featured will make it onto an all-time state list by one yard. Another threw...
Girls of Summer: Final stops of tour
The actual player rankings derived from these trips to see some of the most promising girls basketball players in the state this summer are still to come. Here’s a recap of where we went with a focus on the final two destinations for events in Seal Beach and Ladera Ranch in Southern California. Several returnees...
Girls BB: CIF Saturday Finals
When the CIF last staged staged state championships in basketball in 2019, the Open Division girls champion was Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. Much has changed in the world since then due to COVID, but the Trailblazers have returned to the top of California girls hoops with an impressive win over Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. […]
