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Feb 12, 2025; Columbia, Missouri, USA; A general view of a ball going through the net during the second half between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Missouri Tigers at Mizzou Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
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Best performances in California high school girls basketball (Feb. 10-15)

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Feb 12, 2025; Columbia, Missouri, USA; A general view of a ball going through the net during the second half between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Missouri Tigers at Mizzou Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
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Best performances in California high school girls basketball (Feb. 10-15)

Many of the state's leading scorers kick it into high gear heading into postseason play

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St. Joseph's junior Julius Price scoops the ball between Alvin Loving and Carlton Perrialliat en route to his 16-point night in the Crush in the Valley Showscase 1-24-25
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Top 15 Northern California High School Boys Basketball Rankings (2/11/2025)

It is time to start thinking about the playoffs. In just a few days time, the regular season for high school basketball in Northern California will be over and

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Portola's Connor Sheridan is the SBLive/Sports Illustrated NorCal boys basketball Athlete of the Week (2/4/2025)

The 6-foot-9 junior beats out 24 other candidates to win the coveted award

Mitch Stephens
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St. Joseph's Tounde Yessoufou (24) attempts to dunk the ball during the first round of the Capitol City Classic at Willamette University on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Salem, Ore.
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Top 15 Northern California high school boys basketball rankings (2/4/2025)

Will anyone be able to stop St. Joseph?

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Vote: Who should be SBLive's Northern California High School Boys Basketball Athlete of the Week (1/29/2025)

Voting runs through 11:59 p.m. on Monday

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Vote: Who should be SBLive's Northern California High School Girls Basketball Athlete of the Week (1/29/2025)

Voting runs through 11:59 p.m. on Monday

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Mitty girls pose with WNBA champion last season after defeating University in the 2024 Sabrina Ionescu Showcase game
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Best performances in Northern California high school girls basketball (Jan. 20-26)

Lot of big scores and top scorers last week around Northern California

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Mater Dei's dynamic duo of Addie Deal (left) and Kaeli Wynn lead the Monarchs into Monday's West Coast Jamboree Platinum Division championship game vs. Windward at Dublin High school
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Mater Dei girls, Windward move into West Coast Jamboree Platinum finals: Complete score, schedule list

The two-person onslaught from Kaeli Wynn and Addie Deal catapults fifth-ranked Monarchs into the championship after surprising 34-point win over No. 7 Bishop Montgomery

Mitch Stephens
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Archbishop Mitty junior wing McKenna Woliczko, shown here in a 2023 state-final game loss to Etiwanda, led her team to a second straight Nike TOC championship last week, vaulting the Monarchs to the top of the California Girls Basketball Top 25 rankings this week. Woliczko, a preseason All-American, won the top division's MVP honor for a second straight season.
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California Top 25 girls high school basketball rankings (12-26-2024)

Archbishop Mitty takes a first grasp of the top spot after a 25-point win over previous No. 1 Ontario Christian at the Nike TOC

Mitch Stephens
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De La Salle QB Toa Faavae jukes a couple defenders on his way to a 12-yard scamper in Friday's 42-14 win over San Ramon Valley.
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California CIF State high school football championship previews, storylines for each final

Can De La Salle hang with Mater Dei in the CIF State Open Division final? That's just one storyline ahead of this weekend's 15 state championship finals.

Tarek Fattal, Mitch Stephens
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Mater Dei routs St. John Bosco at Santa Ana Stadium on Friday, October 25, 2024.
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California high school football CIF State championship schedule - date, times, locations

The CIF State championships will be played on December 13-14 in three different locations.

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Edison star running back Julius Gillick rushed 39 times for 240 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday's 34-28 win over Granite Hills in the CIF South Region Division 1-A championship. He and the Chargers advanced to Saturday's state 1-A championship to face Fresno Edison.
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CIF State Football regional championship scores, state championship matchups

Fresno Central, Huntington Beach to meet in the 1-AA championship after impressive regional titles; Twelve Bridges, Palos Verdes to tangle for 2-A state crown

Mitch Stephens
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BYU-bound RB Kingston Keanaaina, who signed at BYU on Wednesday, breaks free momentarily while leading Saint Francis to a 27-13 win at St. Ignatius in San Francisco on Oct. 18, 2024 Keanaaina's Lancers host Grant tonight at 7:30 p.m. in a CIF Division 2-AA NorCal Regional championship. St. Ignatius, the CCS Open champion, travels to Central of Fresno on Saturday.
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2024 California high school football playoffs: CIF Regional final scores

Check back for 29 scores througout the weekend to see which teams play for state championships

Mitch Stephens
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Amador Valley senior QB Tristan Tia in game versus cross-town rival Foothill Oct. 4, 2024. The Oregon State commit leads the Dons into their first regional when it travels to McClymonds-Oakland in the D3-AA game.
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CIF California State Bowl Northern California Championships pairings, brackets, predictions, analysis

North State championship bowl games will be decided between 14 contests Friday and Saturday, — here's how a computer and a human thinks they'll turn out

Mitch Stephens
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Four Monte Vista of Danville football players signed their early letters of intent, from L-R: OL Zach Struempf (San Diego), RB Julian McMahan (Washington), coach Johnny Millard, TE Kellan Ford (Arizona) and QB Brayden Turner (Fresno State).
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Northern California's Top 8 Signing Day high school football headlines

From unlikely Alabama connections, to baby offers, to Seattle invasion to early regional bragging rights, the early NSD headlines were aplenty

Mitch Stephens
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Pittsburg senior Marley Alcantara isn't just nimble on his feet, as shown in last year's CIF Northern California Division 1-AA 28-25 loss at Folsom, but he has a big, accurate arm which had led to a North Coast Section D1 championship. The two teams tangle again in the same game at Pittsburg on Friday
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CIF California State Bowl Championships brackets: Updated pairing, destinations, results and more

One championship matchup is decided, the 14 others will be decided by regional bowl championships

Mitch Stephens
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Mater Dei hopes to repeat as CIF State Open Division champions after defeating Serra last year. The Monarchs will play De La Salle in the 2024 game at Saddleback College Dec. 14 at 7 p.m.
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CIF State California Football high school championship pairings announced

As expected, De La Salle and Mater Dei will meet for the CIF Open Division title game on Dec. 14 at Saddleback College; List of all other regional games here

Mitch Stephens
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Members of the Pittsburg Pirates hold up the North Coast Section Division 1 hardware after a 35-28 win over San Ramon Valley Friday at Diablo Valley College. It was Pittsburg's fourth straight Division 1 title. The Pirates will now likely meet Folsom in the CIF State Division 1-AA Northern Region title game.
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CIF California Section-by-section football championship game score list

A total of 48 champions are crowned from up and down the Golden State, now awaits the CIF State Bowl Championships

Mitch Stephens
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Lincoln tight end and linebacker Kevin Zhao hopes to bring the Mustangs their third Turkey Day/San Francisco Section championship when they face Balboa for a fifth straight year at Kezar Stadium on Thanksgiving.
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California (CIF) high school football Week 4 playoff scores, live updates (11/29/2024)

Live California high school football postseason scores from all sections brought to you by High School On SI, starting with a Turkey Day tradition in San Francisco

Mitch Stephens
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Oakland senior Noah Bandabaila on verge of kicking game-winning walk-off 42-yard field goal in 10-7 win over Oakland Tech on Nov. 16 sending the Wildcats to the Silver Bowl.
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Oakland Wildcats take bite out of adversity, embraces change, reach pinnacle game

After losing 21 straight games, new coach Tee Hendrix helps get 'basketbal, academic school' once led by Damian Lillard to high water football mark since the mid-1990

Mitch Stephens
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Jaxon Bell, a junior running back from Liberty-Brentwood, is one of 61 top performers this week after he rushed for 267 yards and three touchdowns in a North Coast Section playoff win.
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Best performances in California high school football (Nov. 14-16)

How good were the perfromances this week? Try a whopping 61 standouts as playoff action hits full throttle in California

Mitch Stephens
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Ryder Lyons (left) and Lucas Hardeman celebrate by hoisting the state championship trophy at Saddleback College from the 2023 State Division 1-A title game. Saddleback has been secured for the fourth straight year to host tentative the top five divisions of the 15-game State Bowl Championships.
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CIF football championship venues are set: Saddleback College, Long Beach City College and Fullerton Stadium

Sites for the 15 State Bowl Games have been set for three different Southern California locales

Mitch Stephens
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Then sophomore guard Brandon McCoy of St. John Bosco (California) during the 39th annual Tournament of Champions against Edmond North (Oklahoma) at Great Southern Bank Arena on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.
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Top 25 California high school boys basketball preseason rankings (11/17/2024)

St. John Bosco, two-time defending Open champion Harvard-Westlake and Eastvale Roosvelt head the pack

Mitch Stephens
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Kingston Keanaaina (2) rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns in the second half lifting Saint Francis, the No. 4 team in the Central Coast Section according to the SBLive computer rankings, to a 27-13 win at St. Ignatius on Oct. 18, 2024.

California high school football computer rankings (10/22/2024)

High School on SI's custom rankings formula for every section of California high school football ahead of Week 9

Mitch Stephens
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McClymonds coach Michael Peters is back for another dominating season but his Warriors will be challenged mightily in 2024
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California small-school high school football power to forfeit Friday due to fight, ending 97-game league win streak

Four-time state champion McClymonds will be forced to forfeit Friday's game after brawl last week with league rival Fremont

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