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'Pick 'Em' Challenge: North Coast Section boys, girls high school basketball playoffs

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'Pick 'Em' Challenge: North Coast Section boys, girls high school basketball playoffs

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SBLive Sports Athlete of the Week
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Vote: Who should be SBLive's California High School Girls Basketball Athlete of the Week (2/18/2025)

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

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SBLive Sports Athlete of the Week
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Vote: Who should be SBLive's California High School Boys Basketball Athlete of the Week (2/17/2025)

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

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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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Chatsworth guard Alijah Arenas led the Chancellors to a CIF State Division IV final last year.
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Best performances in California high school boys basketball (Feb. 10-15)

Postseason league tournaments have begun for some teams as the section playoffs loom

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Salesian senior PG Vanessa Parilla during a game earlier this year versus Carondelet at De La Salle, Concord.
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California (CIF) North Coast Section high school girls basketball playoff brackets, matchups, game times (2/17/25)

Top seeds in each divisions are Acalanes (Open Division), Clayton Valley Charter (Division 1), Justin-Siena (D2), St. Bernard's (D3), Encinal (D4), Cloverdale (D5) and Ferndale (D6)

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Salesian's Carlton Perrilliat (21) goes baseball en route to his 20 point night. The Pride, the defending NCS Open Division champions, are seeded No. 2 behind De La Salle.
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California (CIF) North Coast Section high school boys basketball playoff brackets, matchups, game times (2/17/2025)

Top seeds in each divisions are De La Salle (Open), Dougherty Valley (Division 1), Moreau Catholic (D2), Branson (D3), Piedmont (D4), International (D5) and St. Bernard's (D6)

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De La Salle's Davis Balogun (42) swats a story earlier this season against Serra. The 6-6, 225-pound forward had 25 points and 12 rebounds Saturday in a 74-44 EBAL championship playoff game final.

NorCal basketball roundup: De La Salle gets revenge, back to basics, routs Dougherty Valley for EBAL title

Alec Blair facilitates, David Balogun dominates as Spartans win by 30; Salesian boys; San Ramon Valley girls take down Carondelet again; TT Carr carries Redwood to league crown

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Alameda boys basketball coach Miles Tarver, dressed in fancier threads in honor of his former coach Frank LaPorte, maestros his team to a big win over Bishop O'Dowd on 2-14-2025 at the Henry J. Kaiser Center in Oakland as part of the Nike All-Star Weekend Future Games.

Jason Kidd's former teammate, California high school coach, treasures NBA, All-Star Future Games victory

The Nike event gives Alameda, coach Miles Tarver 'Super Bowl' feel that they back up with historic championship victory

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Liberty sophomore Jaiden Miller leads the 24-2 Lions in scoring, assists and steals heading into the North Coast Section playoffs
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Is Liberty's boys basketball team ready for NCS's Open Division? After scoring 115 points, signs point positively

In coach Joh Heinz' 18th and final season, Lions are young, hungry, aggressive and 'looking to take the next step'

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Amador Valley's softball team celebrates winning the 2024 NorCal Division I championship.
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North Coast Section Top 10 softball preseason high school rankings (2/14/2025)

Amador Valley, Casa Grande and Cardinal Newman are among the defending section champions

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Feb 13, 2025; Tampa, FL, USA; a general view of New York Yankees spring training workouts and MLB baseballs at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images
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Top 10 returning California high school baseball run producers for the 2025 season

Only one returning player from the 2024 season drove in more than 50 runs and he hailed from the Northern Section and also starred on the mound

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Granada High’s Jake Sekany (22) follows through on his pitch during the CIF Northern California Division 1 title game held at Granada High School in Livermore, CA on June 1st, 2024.
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Winningest California high school baseball pitchers returning for 2025 season

A total of 17 returning hurlers won at least 10 games last season, and here's a list of all of them heading into the 2025 season

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De La Salle's Alec Blair during his season season at the Vontoure Classic. Blair is an Oklahoma signee and one of the nation's top 50 players.
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Oklahoma-bound Alec Blair carries De La Salle to EBAL final, gets rematch at Dougherty Valley, Jalen Stokes

National senior recruit kicking it into overdrive with 26 points, near triple double in 60-51 win at San Ramon Valley; Bay Area roundup

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Granada High baseball team storms the mound in celebration after winning the CIF Northern California Division 1 title game held at Granada High School in Livermore, CA on June 1st, 2024.
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North Coast Section Top 15 baseball preseason high school rankings (2/13/2025)

Granada, Cardinal Newman, San Marin and Justin-Siena among the defending section champions

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Mitty's Emma Cook swoops in for two points during her team's 79-54 win over St. Joseph on the first day of the Sabrina Ionescu Showcase at Carondelet High School on Jan. 3, 2025.
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Top 15 Northern California High School Girls Basketball Rankings (2/11/2025)

Will Mitty get back to the state championship; How long will Clovis West remain unbeaten; Will Sac-Joaquin Section squad step up to dethrone the Monarchs?

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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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Westlake 6-foot-2 junior wing Mathis Dritz in a preseason game at Dos Pueblos on Dec. 13, 2024
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Best performances in California high school girls basketball (Feb. 3-8)

Here are 20 top performers from Feb. 3-8, heading into the playoffs in many of the sections throughout the Golden State

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Aliyahna Morris of Etiwanda playing against Incarnate Word in the 2025 Spalding Hoophall Classic.
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California Top 25 girls high school basketball rankings (2/11/2025)

The Southern Section playoffs are upon us with first-round Division 1 games starting Thursday and Open Division pool play begins on Saturday

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Chatsworth guard Alijah Arenas is one of the best high school basketball players in the country for the 2025 class.
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Best performances in California high school boys basketball (Feb. 3-8)

California's leading scorer, Dylan Goosen, continues his strong campaign after busting for 49 points in his latest game

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Kaleena Smith, the nation's top-ranked 2027 girls basketball player, scored 24 points and had seven assists, leading national No. 3 Ontario Christian to a 93-45 win over Millennium in the first day of the of the Sabrina Ionescu Showcase at Carondelet High School On Jan. 3. .Smith is is the state's second-leading sophomore through games played on Feb. 4.
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Top 10 California high school girls basketball sophomore scorers

Every high school basketball team has the goal of being dominant when it comes to scoring. At the high school level, most sophomores are only now starting to fi

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A memorial for San Ramon Valley assistant basketball coach Hans de Lannoy — his signature hat and roses — was left on the Wolves' No. 1 chair during the Wolves' 71-60 win over cross-town rival Monte Vista on Friday. De Lannoy, a beloved 40-year coach and teacher, died Wednesday due to complications from cancer.
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Divine intervention? San Ramon Valley channels Hans de Lannoy beats Monte Vista, claims EBAL outright title

Presence of beloved late longtime coach is felt as Wolves first knock off cross-town rival Monte Vista, then get help to win outright league regular-season title

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A general view of IHSAA logo basketball during the South Bend Adams-Mishawaka high school 4A sectional semi-final basketball game on Friday, March 01, 2024, at Mishawaka High School in Mishawaka, Indiana.
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Top 10 California sophomore high school boys basketball scorers (2/7/2025)

Francis Parker's Tavid Johnson leads all California sophomores in scoring; Top 10 average between 21.7 points and 27.3

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Notre Dame Sherman Oaks freshman Hamiley Arenas is one of the state's leading freshman scorers.
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Top 10 California freshman high school girls basketball scorers (2-7-2025)

Putting the ball in the bucket. It's the goal of every basketball team. Rarely at the high school ranks do coaches depend on freshmen to fill it up. Their jobs

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St. John Bosco’s Brandon McCoy throws down a windmill dunk against Mater Dei at the Intuit Dome on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
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Top 10 California freshman high school boys basketball scorers (2/6/2025)

California Lutheran's Tyler Treder leads four 9th-graders averaging more than 20 points per game in the Golden State

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