For boys sports only, St. John Bosco of Bellflower tops the group with baseball, wrestling, football and boys basketball success. For the girls, overall winner Santa Margarita had to be the winner in that category this time as well. Other schools gaining overall state sports excellence honors for 2025-26 are San Ramon Valley of Danville […]
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State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We start out with a salute to newest member of boys head coaches with 500 or more career wins. Also for boys, Jason Crowe Jr. sets single-game scoring record at Hoophall Classic played in Springfield, Mass., plus we have players written up from St. Pius X-St. Matthias, Tulare, Viewpoint of Calabasas and many more. For...
State Basketball Players of the Week
With many teams in action on Tuesday night this week in crucial CIF section contests, it’s a challenge to get all of our weekly content out early in the week but we’ve done it with players of the week now done after both new boys and girls state rankings. One of our winners for this […]
More Girls BB Players of the Year
Puff Morris & McKenna Woliczko are repeat winners at the top of their junior and sophomore classes while high-scoring phenom Kaleena Smith of Ontario Christian had to be on top among freshmen. Two of this year’s CIF divisional honorees are from the state title teams, but two were from regional championship runner-up squads. For official […]
More State Schools of the Year
For boys sports only, De La Salle of Concord is considered tops for the state for 2022-23 with big finishes over the final days of the school year in golf, swimming and track & field. For the girls, Santa Margarita has to be listed alongside its overall State School of the Year selection. Other schools […]
Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for boys basketball. We wound up going with none of these five divisional winners from teams that won CIF state titles. All five, though, had compelling reasons to be chosen and we’re sure once you read about all of them you can see […]
Boys BB: CIF Friday Finals
Chino Hills and standout big man Onyeka Okongwu make it three state titles in the last four years with victory against James Logan of Union City in Division I championship. It wasn’t easy, though, as a foul-marred contest saw numerous starters foul out, including Okongwu. We also have recaps and photos from La Jolla Country […]
All-State Boys BB Nominees (Part 2)
The 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams are about to be selected in the next few days and here is an updated list of those currently on our board. This version includes the addition of approximately 50 players plus corrections and new photos. Thanks to all who sent in nominations after the first...
NorCal Boys: O’Dowd gets it done
State’s No. 1 team advances to CIF Open Division state final with 56-47 triumph over Modesto Christian. The Dragons weren’t explosive but ground it out behind Ivan Rabb’s 18 points and 18 rebounds. Go inside here for recaps of all of the NorCal boys championship games both from Sacramento and American Canyon. Other winners were […]
