It takes us longer than others, but we go way deeper and honor way more players for our all-state teams and today we start to recognize those players on the 46th annual edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. These first teams are for the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and...
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Girls BB CIF State Previews & Picks
Etiwanda looking to pick up third straight CIF Open Division state title and it could be two straight for Caruthers (but this time for D2 and not D3). It also may be surprising that Sabrina Ionescu’s high school coach hasn’t yet won a CIF state title, but that may change on Friday night. We’re looking […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
As is often the case with respect to the top teams in the Open Division for California girls basketball the key word is “rematches.” This year is another perfect example. The CIF Southern Regional championship on Tuesday will be a third meeting of the two teams this season while the Northern Regional title game is...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Seedings versus Cal-Hi Sports girls rankings is this week’s theme. The biggest difference is by and large seedings are computer driven while these rankings come from personal observation and years of observing and evaluating the state’s top girls basketball talent. As of these current rankings we will have traversed the state and personally seen 24...
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...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
This will be the only rankings we will do until after the Nike TOC, West Coast Jamboree and SoCal Holiday Classic are completed during the holidays, but one thing that is shaping up, and that is after the first five teams (led by Ontario Christian & Archbishop Mitty) no one seems to have what it...
More State Schools of the Year
For boys sports only, St. John Bosco’s finishes in football, boys hoops, baseball and wrestling gain it a second top spot in five years. For the girls, Mater Dei edges Archbishop Mitty. Other schools earning overall state sports excellence honors for 2023-24 are Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (D2), Acalanes of Lafayette (D3), University of San […]
FINAL Softball State TOP 40 Ranks
Going through everything for one last ranking of the California 2024 softball season that will be the one that gets added to our all-time archives was fun, yet challenging. The first question was what to do with Amador Valley of Pleasanton, after its championship in the CIF NorCal D1 playoffs despite having 11 losses. We...
Girls BB Saturday CIF State Finals
State No. 2 Etiwanda puts itself into the all-time conversation with a one-sided win over previously unbeaten national No. 1 Archbishop Mitty in the CIF Open Division state championship. It is also a second straight Open Division title for the Eagles. Other big winners at the Golden 1 Center were Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (Girls […]
