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After 11 Winning Seasons Patriots’ Day is Finally Here for Heritage
After 11 Winning Seasons, Heritage Clinches Its First State Playoff Berth. After 10 seasons of varsity basketball, and never a losing season, nobody could’ve blamed the Heritage-Brentwood boys or coach Pat Cruickshank if they didn’t feel a bit cursed at the end of the 2015-16 season. The Patriots rode... Read more
Ethan Thompson Torrance SportStar of the Week
SportStar Of The Week Ethan Thompson, Torrance Basketball, Senior The Torrance basketball shooting guard Ethan Thompson scored a game-high 21 points to go along with five rebounds. And with the help of 15 fourth-quarter points from teammate Jordan Schakel they led the Knights to a 70-63 win over then... Read more
Streak Smarts
A 50-plus Game Win Streak Has Chino Hills Boys Hoops In Rare Territory    Win streak records are especially fun to keep track of because when challenging teams come along over the years — and there aren’t many — it’s natural to relive those moments and bring back those... Read more
NorCal Boys Hoops Top 20
              Records through Jan. 21 1. (1)  Sheldon-Sacramento    16-2 2. (2)  Woodcreek-Roseville    18-2 3. (3)  Salesian-Richmond    17-3 4. (4)  St. Joseph Notre Dame-Alameda    17-1 5. (5)  Dublin    17-1 6. (7)  Capital Christian-Sacramento    11-7 7. (9)  De La Salle-Concord    14-4 8. (8) Oakland Tech  ... Read more
Elishja Duplechan
SportStar Of The Week | Sheldon-Sacramento | Basketball | Senior • The Huskies’ point guard has Sheldon off to a fast start and atop SportStars’ NorCal Top 20 rankings through the first two weeks of January. At just 5-foot-11, Duplechan guided the Huskies to a 12-1 start that includes... Read more
Master recruitment specialist, Gerry Freitas is up to his magic again announcing a 15-event schedule for 2017 with six of those in SoCal, the balance in NorCal. Showcase events of this ilk are meant to (and do) attract the top tier ballers from the state. They’re worth following at... Read more
The Show Goes On
Story by RONNIE FLORES | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH The scene was Haas Pavilion for the 2015 CIF boys basketball state championships. Chino Hills was in a dogfight with a tough senior bunch from San Ramon Valley-Danville. The Div. I  state title hung in the balance. The game... Read more
Li’Angelo Ball
SportStar Of The Week | Chino Hills | Basketball | Senior • If there was any doubt whose team Chino HIlls was now that Lonzo Ball is at UCLA, his younger brother answered that in a hurry. He scored 56 points in a 121-89 win over Orange Lutheran-Orange as part... Read more
Raising The Bar
Story by MIKE WOOD | Photos by BERRY EVANS III An already towering bar of success has been raised to loftier heights for Salesian College Preparatory-Richmond’s basketball team. And that’s something the Pride’s players and coaches realize and fully embrace. It’s a natural progression for a team that shook... Read more
Perfect Storm
Story by CLAY KALLAM | Photos by NORBERT von der GROEBEN You may have heard of Kerri Walsh — but not that many are aware that the Olympic volleyball star was a superb basketball player at San Jose’s Archbishop Mitty High back in the day. And she wasn’t alone... Read more
NoTime2Chill Gets at it For Next Level Basketball
If it’s training you want. If you want to get to the next level. Then there’s NoTime2Chill! Founded in 2010, NoTime2Chill Skills Academy is dedicated to helping individuals find the joy in playing and learning the game of basketball. Our goal is to provide more than just a casual... Read more
The Fabulous Forbes
From two generations of Harlem Globetrotters, the Forbes siblings are ready for center stage Read more