For the second straight week, we have five new teams going into our rankings of the state’s elite squads. The highest of those is Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. Also up are Granite Bay, Mission Hills of San Marcos, Upland and Downey. Teams on the move the most include Warren of Downey, Mater Dei Catholic...
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Preseason Girls BB State Ranks (1-20)
One week after our extensive boys basketball preseason state rankings, we do the same for the girls. With some teams starting in the CIF Southern Section on November 14 and some games in the CIF Central Section, adjustments to the original pecking order we planned had to be made to accommodate some of the results […]
Girls of Summer: End of Trail Visit
The Girls of Summer Caravan was able to visit two events this past summer in a continuing process to update readers about California’s leading girls basketball players. This story is part one and focuses on the EOT (End of the Trail) Ultimate Challenge in Roseville during the NCAA Viewing Period in July. The second story […]
All-State Softball: 2nd & 3rd Teams
Running at the same time as first teams, the 39th edition of the Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams for softball also includes 30 more players named second team overall and approximately 40 more who are third team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on first or second team. The...
Baseball: Final State TOP 40 Rankings
Our final rankings are not rushed out and done in a simple list form. We take our time and expand them at the end all the way out to 40 teams in all and have completed write-ups for each. CIF D2 regional champions Archbishop Mitty and Torrey Pines get the biggest jumps for the final...
NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
St. Francis (MV) stays on top for the second straight week and is now joined by the school’s baseball team with a No. 1 state ranking. Roosevelt of Eastvale moves up to No. 2 after winning CIFSS D1 title while others move up as well in the aftermath of a huge CIF Central Section upset....
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. In baseball, we highlight a girl pitcher from Anaheim who will start in a CIF Southern Section final with an 11-0 record plus we have a UCLA recruit striking out nearly everyone he’s facing in the San Diego Section and...
All-State Girls BB: 2nd & 3rd Team
Here’s where to go to see all of the writeups for those who are second team overall and third team overall on the 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. Many of these honorees represented the second and sometimes third top player from teams that were in the top 10 of the final state...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The No. 1 team from Etiwanda nearly went down but escaped to stay put in the catbird seat. Plus, Windward of Los Angeles debuts a new head coach once again and after no changes in the first 12 spots the Wildcats are also the first team to move up. After that, we had movement all...
NEW Hot 100 Class of ’23 Player Ranks
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs rolls on with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class. We just published our 2022 Hot 100 for seniors and now we take a look at the Hot 100 juniors (2023). Our Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 for this class expands from a Top 65...
