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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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Palisades Charter senior Ayla Teegardin shares her gratitude for basketball and her teammates despite losing her home in the Palisades Fire in January of 2025.

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After losing her home in 2025 to the Palisades Fire, the Palisades Charter girls basketball team earned its way to the CIF State championship in 2026.

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

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Moments after Dorsey and Downtown Magnets concluded its playoff game, a Dorsey player confronted an official before throwing punches.

Pacifica Christian/OC takes on Vanden in a midseason regular season game.

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Opening round scores, notable stats and bracket updates from the CIF Southern Section and City Section basketball playoffs.

Reseda Cleveland is the No. 2 seed in the boys Open Division playoffs.

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Palisades Charter boys' and Westchester girls' basketball teams earn the No. 1 seed in its respective Open Division playoff divisions.

Notre Dame's NaVorro Bowman Jr. handles the ball in a game against Sierra Canyon at the Intuit Dome.

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Heading into the postseason — more than half the state is done with the regular season — here's the best of the best in the Golden State

Palisades Charter High School welcomed back students and sports on campus for the first time since Palisades Fire in January 2025.

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Palisades Charter High welcomed students and on-campus activities back to the school just a year after the record-breaking disaster from the Palisades Fire.

Palisades wideout Demare Dezeurn is the City Section offensive player of the year for the 2025 season.

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Carson's Chris Fields, Palisades' Demare Dezeurn and Crenshaw's Deandre Kirkpatrick were honored with yearly awards.

Dean Herrington is no longer the football coach at St. Francis after he said the school did not renew his contract this fall.

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JSerra and St. Francis already made changes while Long Beach Poly and Oaks Christian are still searching for head football coaches.

What will Santa Margarita senior Trent Mosley do for an encore after going for more than 300 reception yards in his team's surprisingly lopsided Southern Section finals win over Corona Centennial. The Eagles go for their second state title Saturday at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. Check out how to watch, history, top players and predictions below from all 15 CIF California State football championships.

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One stop shop for all 15 games at three different Southern California sites Friday and Saturday (Dec. 12-13)

There's no looking back at last season's failure in the state finals, the Central East Bengals are now looking straight ahead to their state-title date at Saddleback College on Dec. 13 against unbeaten Pacifica Oxnard. Bayon Harris had touchdown catches of 49 and 30 yards on Saturday night in Pittsburg and now has 25 on the season. Central East moved inside the Top 25 in the state rankings this week.

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Remaining section champions will be crowned this week after another wild week of playoff action

Village Christian's Will Conroy Jr. (far right) is making a name for himself as a freshman.

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Village Christian's Will Conroy Jr., and Long Beach Millikan's Quali Giran have made headlines already — and are among the best freshmen in SoCal.

Santa Margarita defeats Corona Centennial 42-7 to win the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship at the Rose Bowl on Friday, November 28, 2025.

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Remaining section champions will be crowned this week after another wild week of playoff action

Santa Margarita (blue) will take on De La Salle in the CIF Open Division Bowl Championship on Dec. 13 at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo.

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Top Division 1-AA games feature Cathedral Catholic, Los Alamitos, Riordan and Folsom

Balboa's Joseph Smith rushed for 133 yards and scored touchdowns of 40 and 44 yards as the Buccaneers piled up more than 500 yards en route to its second straight San Francisco Section title.

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Scores, information throughout California in all sections

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Missouri commit Jason Crowe Jr. could be California's new all-time leading scorer before January.

Santa Margarita stunned its third Top 5 team this season with a 21-9 victory over Sierra Canyon, a team wich had given up 43 points all season

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Southern Section Division 1 upsets set the tone for a wild week for playoffs up and down the state; Eight ranked teams have seasons end with playoff defeats

Mission Viejo QB Luke Fahey fires a sidearm throw against Folsom on Sept. 5, 2025. Fahey is one of nine quarterbacks as Player of the Year finalists in California

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Fourteen of the top players in the state that includes nine quarterbcks all have reached at least the quarterfinals of their section playoffs

Sierra Canyon Trailblazers vs Downey Vikings - Sep 12, 2025. Sierra Canyon remained undefeated with its fifth shutout of the season.

Six elite California teams go down, five in surprising fashion with the regular season finishing up soon

Sierra Canyon (Cal.) moved to 4-0 with a 41-9 rout of Orange Lutheran and moved up five spots, to No. 15 in this week's national rankings and four spots to No. 2 in California.

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Dynamic duo of Mater Dei, St. John Bosco predictably at the top of the heap, but watch out for Mission Viejo, Folsom and Lincoln of San Diego

Narbonne won a LA City Section Open Division title in 2024, with the help of Brett Steigh, but the championship has since been vacated due to CIF violations, falsifying documents.

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Brett Steigh, the 'Money Man' at Narbonne, St. Bernard, and Bishop Montgomery, comes clean about paying families to play high school football in an exclusive interview on FATTAL FACTOR.

Gardena Serra players Khary Wilder and Duvay Williams celebrate a touchdown against Hamilton High

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Beaumont's Jeremiah Duhu, Hart's Jacob Paisano, Palisades' Demare Dezeurn and Servite's Kale Murphy were some of the many big-time performers in Week 1.

Corona Centennial football coach Matt Logan is entering his 28th season at the helm in 2025.

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A look at the biggest games in Week 1, storylines to keep an eye on, and predictions for big-time matchups.