It’s only taken since the 2003 season for Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco’s Margi Beima to win her 500th match. The school contacted us earlier last week to ask if we knew how many other coaches in California girls volleyball history have done the same. We have a possible answer and have begun to […]
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Ms. Volleyball & All-State 2018
With an earlier spot on the calendar for the CIF state finals, we have matched it by moving up when the Cal-Hi Sports Ms. Volleyball State Player of the Year is announced. And without further delay, congratulations to senior Natalie Berty from Mater Dei of Santa Ana. We also have a State Coach of the […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
The lone newcomer this week wasn’t even at .500 until this week but we kept them on the bubble and now Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco is playing for all the marbles in Division I. With two nationally-ranked teams going down in the NorCal Open division, including the nation’s top team, meant a fairly...
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
With the Durango Classic looming this weekend in Las Vegas, big changes to the state rankings started happening earlier this week after Temecula Valley topped previous No. 3 Long Beach Poly to win title at Dave Mohs Tournament in Huntington Beach. Unbeaten Central of Fresno also debuts in this week’s rankings.
Girls BB: All-State Best of Best
With great pleasure, here are the leading players for the 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports Girls Basketball All-State Teams. These 10 include many who were finalists to be the Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year. They are selected regardless of year in school or CIF division and represent some of the top teams in the […]
Wake Up Calls For No. 1 Mitty
State’s top-ranked girls volleyball team almost loses Saturday in a morning match at the Stockton Classic, but ends up winning the title in the event’s top division and needs to overcome a 12-7 deficit in the deciding third game. The Monarchs’ 24-26, 25-21, 15-12 triumph over league rival Sacred Heart Cathedral will keep them No. […]
Thursday CIF Girls Finals
Make it 10 CIF state titles for legendary program Brea Olinda after Ladycats claim Division I state title with win against St. Francis of Sacramento. The other two winners on the day at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento are Sacred Heart Cathedral (D3) and Eastside College Prep (D5). Additional writeup (D3) by Cal-Hi Sports editor […]
NorCal CIF Girls Divisional Finals
Winners on the day at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento are St. Francis of Sacramento and Elk Grove. Winners at American Canyon High near Napa are Sacred Heart Cathedral, Cardinal Newman and Eastside College Prep of East Palo Alto. Writeups by Harold Abend & Paul Muyskens.
Girls BB: Regional QFs
All four CIF Southern Section Open Division teams in Division II are into the semifinals in SoCal bracket….Great story brewing in D3 with Keppel of Alhambra….Plus big game between Castro Valley and Oak Ridge set up in NorCal D1.
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Boys and girls hoops takes over this feature for this week with one boy and one girl honoree for each region. For this first go-round, it’s a San Francisco sweep in the North as Ilmar’L Thomas of Sacred Heart Cathedral and Zeke Crawford of Stuart Hall nab the honors. In the south, congrats to Evan […]