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Tounde Yessoufou has been one of the nation's top recruits since his freshman season at St. Joseph of Santa Maria. He scored 87 points in three games last week and added 15 rebounds, 11 assists and 16 steals as the fifth-ranked Knights improved to 16-1.
California

Top 25 California high school boys basketball rankings (1/13/2025)

Mitch Stephens
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Tounde Yessoufou has been one of the nation's top recruits since his freshman season at St. Joseph of Santa Maria. He scored 87 points in three games last week and added 15 rebounds, 11 assists and 16 steals as the fifth-ranked Knights improved to 16-1.
California

Top 25 California high school boys basketball rankings (1/13/2025)

Los Angeles Wildfires dent schedules for many top teams but rest of the state largely goes unbeaten with one big exception

Mitch Stephens
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JSerra Catholic senior G BJ Davis-Ray at Torrey Pines Holiday Classic
California

CIF Southern Section high school boys basketball playoff computer rankings (1/13/2025)

The updated edition of the high school basketball computer rankings that determine the playoffs for the CIF Southern Section as of January 13, 2025.

Tarek Fattal
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Palisades Charter High School on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 after the Palisades fire in Los Angeles.
California

High school sports in Southern California wildfires update: When to get back to play?

With winds due to pick back up Tuesday, the region braces; advice from Northern California victims is to get back to practice as soon as possible

Mitch Stephens
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Former Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks baseball standout, Hunter Greene, is donating free cleats to high school and college players impacted by Los Angeles wildfires.
California

California wildfires: MLB pitcher Hunter Greene donating cleats to affected high school, college baseball players

Greene, a 2024 MLB All-Star, is offering free cleats to baseball players impacted by fires in Los Angeles.

Tarek Fattal
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Sonny Ling of Canyon Springs last year won the state 190-pound weight class with an 11-2 win over Brokton Borelli of Los Banos, who is seeded No. 2 again in 2024-25.
California

California High School boys wrestling rankings (1-13-2024)

Plenty of shifts in rankings after the Doc B Wrestling Invitational in Clovis

Mitch Stephens
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Roosevelt's Myles Walker dribbles by a St. John Bosco defender in the Classic at Damien.
California

Top 25 California Southern Section high school boys basketball rankings (1/12/2025)

Despite many programs being idle due to the Los Angeles wildfires, there is some movement in the latest rankings after a couple stunning results in the Trinity League.

Tarek Fattal
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Palisades Charter High School on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 after the Palisades fire in Los Angeles.
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Wildfires in Southern California: History, hope and resiliency center around high school sports

The Los Angeles City Section has shut down all sports until at least Saturday; the Southern Section is letting schools decide how to deal one of the worst disasters in California history

Mitch Stephens
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Jan 5, 2025; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff (16) hands the ball off to running back Jahmyr Gibbs (not pictured) against the Minnesota Vikings in the first quarter at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images
California

Six former California high school quarterbacks to start in the NFL playoffs

Lots of California star power will take the field throughout the weekend when the quest for the Lombardi Trophy begins

Dylan Grausz
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Kaleena Smith goes long range to score game-high honors 23 points in a 61-44 win over Mitty at the Sabrina Ionescu Showcase in Concord, Calif. on Jan. 4, 2025. Smith, the nation's No. 1 rated player from the Class of 2027, was voted the game's MVP.
California

California Top 25 girls high school basketball rankings (1-8-2025)

Ontario Christian moves back to the top spot after gaining payback in a 17-point win over previous No. 1 Mitty at the Sabrina Ionescu Showcase; Game MVP Kaleena Smith leads the way

Mitch Stephens
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Ontario Christian 6-foot-7 freshman Sydney Douglas' mom Maylana (previously Martin) played basketball at UCLA and WNBA and her father Rome Douglas played in the NFL. She had 16 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks on Friday.
California

California High School Girls Basketball Southern Section Computer Rankings (1/9/2025)

Check out SBLive's custom rankings for the California high school girls basketball Southern Section

Sam Brown
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A fire in Pacific Palisades has created chaos in Los Angeles, Calif. forcing residents to evacuate the area while heavy winds blow.
California

Los Angeles fires, wind cancel high school sporting events; evacuations, tactical alert issued

The Pacific Palisades brush fire, combined with high winds from what the national weather service has called a 'windstorm' has put Los Angeles County in 'Tactical Alert'

Tarek Fattal
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Eastvale Roosevelt guard Brayden Burries blows past a St. John Bosco defender in a 56-55 overtime win to take the Damien Classic on 12/30/2024.
California

Top 25 California high school boys basketball rankings (1/6/2025)

Boys basketball in the Golden State is in very, very good shape with eight of the top 10 teams sporting a single loss heading into January

Mitch Stephens
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Brandon Benjamin of Anaheim Canyon with the ball.
California

CIF Southern Section high school boys basketball playoff computer rankings (1/6/2025)

The updated edition of the high school basketball computer rankings that determine the playoffs for the CIF Southern Section as of January 6, 2025.

Tarek Fattal
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Corona Centennial guard Josh Agbo is one of the best high school freshman in California.
California

Top 10 freshmen in California high school boys basketball

California's 'Diaper Dandies' of high school basketball, including standouts from Northern and Southern California.

Tarek Fattal
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Harvard-Westlake names Dameon Porter its new head football coach. Porter has been a head coach at Leuzinger, Simi Valley and Crespi High.
California

Harvard-Westlake names Dameon Porter new head football coach

Porter, who was most recently the head coach at Crespi from 2018-22, is the new man in charge at Harvard-Westlake in Studio City.

Tarek Fattal
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Redondo Union boys basketball poses after winning the Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, Ariz.
California

Top 25 California Southern Section high school boys basketball rankings (1/5/2025)

Roosevelt, Harvard-Westlake, St. John Bosco, Sierra Canyon and Redondo Union go unbeaten out of state to start the new year.

Tarek Fattal
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Game MVP Kaleena Smith reacts to an AND ONE layup and free throw as part of a 21-4 run to end the Ontario Christian's 61-44 victory over Archbishop Mitty Saturday at the 4th Sabrina Ionescu Showcase at Carondelet High School in Concord, Calif. The victory avenged a 25-point loss two weeks ago to Mitty, which lost its 5-star recruit McKenna Woliczko late in the second quarter to a knee injury. She never returned.
California

Ontario Christian pays back MItty with Sabrina Ionescu Showcase girls high school victory

Victory somewhat tarnished by game-ending , second-quarter injury to Mitty's 5-star junior Mckenna Woliczko, but Knights earn win behind MVP performance from 5-star sophomore Kaleena Smith

Mitch Stephens
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National

High School On SI Top 25 National High School Girls Flag Football Rankings (1/4/2025)

Orange Lutheran (California), McEachern (Georgia) and Phenix City Central (Alabama) are our top three teams after the fall season in our first set of girls flag football national rankings

Andy Villamarzo
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Huntington Beach student-athlete Kelly Reid, and her father Pascal, died in a plane crash that struck a furniture warehouse in Fullerton, Calif. on Feb. 2, 2024.
California

California high school student-athlete and father killed in Fullerton plane crash

Huntington Beach multi-sport athlete Kelly Reid and her father, Pascal, died in a plane accident on Jan. 3 in Orange County

Tarek Fattal
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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. Mitty will play in the second national showdown with Ontario Christian Saturday two weeks after the the Monarchs thumped the Knights 59-34. Ontario Christian is hoping for a major turnaround.
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Sabrina Ionescu Showcase Day 1: Ontario Christian ready for rematch with Mitty; Puff Morris explodes for 36

Knights, Monarchs brace for the second of what could be national trilogy after impressive Day 1 wins; Etiwanda's Aliyahna "Puff" Morris explodes for 36 points in win over host team; Teammate Grace Knox hurt

Mitch Stephens
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Dec 29, 2024; Landover, Maryland, USA; Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) runs with the ball as Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts (8) attempts a tackle during the third quarter at Northwest Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images
California

Former California high school football standouts selected to NFL Pro Bowl 2025, including four QBs

The 2025 NFL Pro Bowl selections have been announced, and 11 former California high school stars will compete including four (of six) QBs.

Tarek Fattal
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Sabrina Ionescu (right) takes a team picture with Carondelet after winning a North Coast Section championship. She'll take photos with all the winning teams on Saturday, the second of two days of the Sabrina Ionescu Showcase at Carondelet and De La Salle high schools
California

Sabrina Ionescu Showcase continues to grow: WNBA All-Star, champion hasn't forgot her Bay Area roots

Three-time All-Star and WNBA champion for the New York Liberty hosts a two-day, 24-game event in Concord Friday and Saturday

Mitch Stephens
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Santa Barbara's Luke Zuffelato can do it all including drive to the hoop and dunk, but his forte of late is game-winning 3-pointers as he pulled off for a second straight game Thursday at the HoopHall West Classic in Phoenix.
California

Hoops, he did it again! California kid beats buzzer for 2nd straight game with 3-pointer to win Hoop Hall West game

Luke Zuffelato, grandson of former NBA executive/coach, takes time this time to drill top-of-the-key 3-pointer to give Santa Barbara another improbable win, this one over Tucson Magnet

Mitch Stephens
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Roosevelt's Brayden Burries drives to the basket against St. John Bosco in the Classic at Damien Platinum Division final.
California

Top 20 high school boys basketball duos, trios in Southern California

High school basketball's best one-two (and three) punches in Southern California, most coming from the powerful CIF Southern Section.

Tarek Fattal
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This wasn't the acrobatic shot that won Santa Barbara's improbably 75-74 victory over Sierra Canyon, but it was one of many spectacular plays from the Dons' Luke Zuffelato, who finished with a game-high 31 points.
California

'Against all odds' buzzer beater lifts California squad to 'insane' year-end win over Sierra Canyon, Bryce James

Luke Zuffelato's highly-contested, off one-foot, three-pointer sends scenic, mellow beach town into a frenzy after stunning one of nation's top basketball brands

Mitch Stephens
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