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Damien boys basketball team celebrates its CIF State Division I championship at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Friday, March 13, 2026.

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Below is a score list and full stats from the CIF State 2026 high school boys and girls basketball champions on March 13-14 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

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Ontario Christian's Kaleena Smith is the No. 1 recruit in the 2027 class. She leads Knights to second straight Open Division championship. She had 24 points in a 56-49 win over Mitty.

Ontario Christian will be without freshman sensation Chloe Jenkins in second showdown this season of national powers

Damien boys basketball team celebrates 58-55 win over Folsom to take the CIF Division 1 boys championship March 13 at Golden 1 Center.

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Damien coach Mike LeDuc wins his 1,127th game and second state title with bitterly-fought win over host Folsom; Centennial's bigs plus Cal-bound Armanyie Reed led Centennial to first title

Cornerstone Christian Benjamin Lukacs with two of his game-high 26 points lifting the Cougars to a 74-64 CIF State Division 3 title win over Birmingham at Golden 1 Center on March 13, 2026

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SACRAMENTO — The final horn had sounded, his players celebrated wildly on the floor and 73-year-old coach Chris Lavdiotis, after giving a quick group hug with a

Ontario Christian's Kaleena Smith drives to the hoop against a Sierra Canyon defender in the CIF Southern Section Open Division final on Feb. 28, 2026. She leads her team into the state finals 6 p.m. Saturday against Mitty with a possible mythical national championship on the line.

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Sierra Canyon, Ontario Christian, Mitty play for national titles; Central Section takes center stage; Kaleen Smith makes debut; Jelani McCoy, McKenna Woliczko offer swan songs

Sage Hill girls basketball celebrates a shocking win over No. 1 Sierra Canyon in the CIF State Open Division regional playoffs.

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Jerzy Robinson's high school career is over after Sage Hills stunned Sierra Canyon at home in the CIF State regional semifinals Saturday night.

Carlton Perrilliat Jr. puts the finishing touches in the middle of the fourth quarter on Salesian's 61-41 win over St. Ignatius for the CIF Northern California Open Division semifinal victory at Contra Costa College on March 7, 2026

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Rested Salesian stifles St. Ignatius, plays dominating Riordan for Open championship; Mitty girls roll, Clovis West edges St. Mary's

Riordan's Emmanuel Ahamefule ready to lead the Crusaders into Saturday's home semifinal against the Crusaders of Modesto Christian

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St. Ignatius-Riordan, Modesto Christian-Riordan boys, San Ramon Valley-Mitty, St. Mary's-Clovis West girls are the Open Division semifinal pairings on Saturday

San Ramon Valley High School's girls basketball team finally celebrate in the final 10 seconds of their 51-44 win at Carondelet March 4 in the CIF Northern California Open Division first-round game just four days after being beat by the same Cougars for the North Coast Section Open championship.

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Freshman post Presley Uchikura gives career performance, now going to face national power Mitty and McDonald's All-American McKenna Woliczko

Sierra Canyon's Jerzy Robinson celebrates winning the CIF Southern Section Open Division after beating Ontario Christian 69-62 on Feb. 28, 2026 at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, Calif.

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South Carolina commit Jerzy Robinson scores a game-high 32 points to lead Sierra Canyon to an Open Division victory over Kaleena Smith and Ontario Christian.

Salesian senior Elias Obenyah goes up for two of his game-high 26 points during a 74-62 win over Modesto Christian in the 28th MLK Classic at De La Salle on Jan. 19, 2026. Salesian plays Clayton Valley Feb. 28 in a North Coast Section Open Division title game at San Leandro High School.

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From San Leandro High School, Open Division boys and Division 1 boys and D2 girls meet for championships

Mitty wins fifth straight Central Coast Section Open Division title, this one after 90-31 win over Riordan at USF

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SAN FRANCISCO — They honored Mitty’s girls basketball team even before winning a 34th Central Coast Section championship and 11th at the Open Division title wit

Sierra Canyon coach Andre Chevalier has the Trailblazers in their sixth CIF Southern Section Open Division final since 2016.

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The CIF Southern Section is set for basketball championship weekend on Friday and Saturday, highlighted by the Open Division finals at Toyota Arena.

Sierra Canyon's Jerzy Robinson has the Trailblazers eyeing another CIF Southern Section Open Division crown.

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The CIF Southern Section is just one week away from section finals.

San Ramon Valley sophomore Kaitlyn Mills is a key starter for the top Open Division seed which have a first-round bye in the North Coast Section playoffs which opened on Feb. 17 and conclude Feb. 28

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First-round Division 1 winners include No. 2 Dublin, No. 3 Arcata, No. 4 Acalanes and No. 5 Alameda; No. 11 Pinole Valley pulls off only upset with win at No. 6 California

San Ramon Valley's girls basketball team poses after winning their fourth straight EBAL title with a 70-49 home win over Carondelet

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A combined 51 points over two quarters lifts the public-school power to their 10th straight win overall and ninth consecutive over the defending California Division 1 champions

Drew Anderson (0) of Santa Margarita is headed to Oregon State.

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CIF Southern Section assistant commissioner Jerry De Fabiis says changes could be coming to the current 'competitive equity' model used for the playoffs.

Hart High takes on West Ranch in a Foothill League showdown amid the 2025-26 season.

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The final draft of the CIF Southern Section boys, girls playoff computer rankings that helped to configure the playoff divisions and pairings.

Hamiley Arenas, standout girls basketball player and daughter of former NBA player Gilbert Arenas, has transferred from Notre Dame to Sierra Canyon.

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Hamiley Arenas, who is one of the best girls basketball players in California, is officially enrolled at Sierra Canyon.

Inglewood's Jason Crowe Jr. signing autographs at the 2026 Panini Hoophall Classic.

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Inglewood High's Jason Crowe Jr. set the Hoophall Classic scoring record against a local standout.

A wide shot of Blake Arena on the campus of Springfield College where the Hoophall Classic is played every year.

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The nation’s premier high school basketball showcase returns to Springfield with No. 1 prospects, national powerhouses, a historic girls-only day, and wall-to-wall coverage across ESPN, NBA TV, and NBA.com.

Kaleena Smith, Ontario Christian junior point guard and No. 1 recruit for the 2027 class, outdid herself if that's possible with a 50-point explosion lead her No. 1 ranked team in the country over No. 3 Mitty in a double-overtime classic.

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The nation's No. 1 recruit finishes off one of great girls baksetball in history with 11 in second overtime as top-ranked Ontario Christian fights back to stun No. 3 Mitty.

Mitty then junior McKenna Woliczko during first-quarter action in last season's 61-44 loss to Ontario Christian at the Sabrina Ionescu Classic in Concord on Jan. 4, 2025. With her team up 19-17, Woliczko went down with a season-ending knee injury. She played in her first two games over the last week since the injury and now prepares to play the Knights Saturday in a national showdown at Mater Dei in Santa Ana. | Photo: Dennis Lee

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Two teams with lots of very recent history meet at Mater Dei in a likely showdown to determine early California state champion and national championship favorite

Olivia Elsokary (1) had a record-setting 25 steals in Westlake's 48-31 win over Santa Barbara on December 20, 2025.

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Westlake (CA) sophomore guard Olivia Elsokary broke the national single-game steals record that was set more than 30 years ago.

Brentwood School shakes hands at the Cali Live girls basketball event in Ladera Ranch (Calif.) on June 14.

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Brentwood, JSerra, Sage Hill, Portola (Irvine), and Oak Hills are among the top risers in High School On SI's CIF-Southern Section girls basketball rankings for the week of Jan. 5.