Results at big-time holiday events such as the Tarkanian Classic, The Classic at Damien and Hoophall West have a big infleunce on the first boys basketball state rankings for 2026. Top-ranked Sierra Canyon faces a huge test this week on national television, while results around the country show California’s top teams can compete with just...
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All-State Football Nominees (CIFSS)
Selecting players for the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams is a process for us that includes extensive lists of nominees. This is just the first step in a process and players will be added for a second, updated list. Here is the second of three lists of players considered as nominees for the […]
Ontario Chr leads in 1st Girls BB Ranks
We know another group has ranked Archbishop Mitty No. 1 in the nation, but we’re going to be more cautious with the return of All-American McKenna Wolitczko from injury and we think the Monarchs should be behind Etiwanda to start as well. Ontario Christian should have its big two of Kaleena Smith & Tati Griffin […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (1-15)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. There are three big questions heading into the 2025-26 season, one being how good Sherman Oaks Notre Dame will be without Tyran Stokes? The second is how many spots did that team deserve to […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (16-40)
Here’s the rest of our look at the preseason Top 40 of the best boys teams from across the state. This group is led by CIF Sac Joaquin Section favorite and No. 16 Folsom and includes the rest of these teams down to No. 40 Clovis North plus a list of 15 more teams that […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
It’s not often there is a school that is placed at No. 1 in the state in football for the first time in its history but that has happened this week for Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. The unbeaten Trailblazers still seem untested against super-elite competition by some, but to us and others they’ve done enough...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Losses by previous No. 8 San Diego Lincoln and No. 10 Los Alamitos causes lots of changes, including big raises for Cathedral Catholic, Pittsburg, La Costa Canyon and more. We also have Sierra Canyon edging up to No. 2 and getting lots of comparisons among veteran scribes with No. 1 St. John Bosco. This is...
Preseason Ventura/San Fernando Valley
Our next to last stop on our tour of the state through preseason individual honor teams is for the San Fernando Valley/Ventura County area with a couple of players from Santa Barbara County included. This also wraps all five regions that we break it up for in the massive CIF Southern Section. Sierra Canyon continues...
Preseason All-State Football Teams
This is the 42nd consecutive year of Cal-Hi Sports compiling a preseason all-state football team. We have first team, second team, and third team. Most of the players already have been written up within our annual tour of the state through preseason teams from CIF sections plus more than one from the Southern Section. Note: […]
All-State Baseball Frosh Watch List
While a State Freshman Player of the Year is now named each year, there is not an all-state team for ninth graders. We’ve found there’s just too many top prospects/players from top programs that have not yet done that much on the high school level and these teams are based mostly on high school production/accomplishment....
