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Brentwood boys basketball team survives another clutch shot from Louis Bond, edging Windward in overtime to secure first league title since 2013

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks February 4, 2025 0

LOS ANGELES – For the second week in a row, Louis Bond had the most memorable moment in a clash of Gold Coast League boys basketball powers. But for the second straight showdown, Brentwood School created the most lasting memory, outlasting Windward High in another overtime thriller. Post-game interviews... Read more

Windward girls basketball team steals spotlight on Senior Night at Brentwood, captures Gold Coast League crown

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks February 4, 2025 0

LOS ANGELES – It was a night intended to celebrate the most prolific backcourt in Brentwood School girls basketball history in seniors Lev Feiman and Payton Sugar. It wound up being another opportunity to showcase the exceptional efforts of Windward seniors Samari Bankhead, Samara Durham and Olivia Lagao, in... Read more

Santa Maria St. Joseph standout Tounde Yessoufou sets California all-time boys basketball career scoring record in win against Weston Ranch

Basketball Blog Central Section Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section Southern Section StaffPicks February 2, 2025 0

Tounde Yessoufou, a Baylor-bound senior at Santa Maria St. Joseph High and a McDonald’s All-American game selection, became the all-time career scoring leader in California high school boys basketball history Saturday in a 93-62 nonleague victory against visiting Weston Ranch. Yessoufou scored 30 points, including 19 in the second... Read more

Top-ranked Ontario Christian girls basketball team completes remarkable regular-season run by defeating Lynwood in featured game of Palisades Riptide Showcase

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks February 2, 2025 0

REDONDO BEACH – For a young group that has been in the spotlight and played in front of large crowds in big venues no matter where it has competed in California or anywhere else across the country, the top-ranked Ontario Christian girls basketball team still values the opportunity to... Read more

Etiwanda girls basketball team celebrates Senior Night win against Rancho Christian with largest scoring output since 2007

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks February 2, 2025 0

For all the significant achievements produced by the senior class in the Etiwanda High girls basketball program, the group added another remarkable accomplishment in Saturday’s nonleague game against Rancho Christian. Etiwanda had 37 points in the second quarter and cruised to a 109-77 victory on Senior Night, accumulating the... Read more

Rialto girls basketball team comes up big in Palisades Riptide Showcase victory against Sage Hill; Chloe Choy sparks Redondo Union rally, Fairmont Prep, Windward, Mira Costa, Louisville and Chaminade also win

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball Los Angeles City Section News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks February 2, 2025 0

REDONDO BEACH – With one of the elite backcourt tandems in the state in Jackie Polk and Carrington Davis, Rialto High provided a reminder Saturday against Sage Hill that regardless of what division the Knights are placed in for the upcoming CIF-Southern Section girls basketball playoffs, there is significant... Read more

Cydnee Bryant, Corona Centennial girls basketball team too much for Martin Luther King to handle in Big VIII League final

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks February 1, 2025 0

EASTVALE – Corona Centennial knew Martin Luther King would try to summon any extra motivation it could in Friday night’s Big VIII League girls basketball championship game, especially with junior guard Martha Firmo unable to compete for the Wolves as a result of an ankle injury. For the first... Read more

Jordin Blackmon, Atiya Watson carry Bishop Montgomery girls basketball team to Senior Night victory against La Salle

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks January 30, 2025 0

TORRANCE – La Salle High had been able to solve the puzzle once before against Bishop Montgomery, handing the seniors in the Knights’ program the lone Del Rey League girls basketball loss of their prep careers. The Lancers nearly achieved the feat again Jan. 20, with a late comeback... Read more

Six boys basketball players from state chosen to play in McDonald’s All-American game, tied for most California honorees in one year

Basketball Blog Central Section Features High School Basketball Los Angeles City Section News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks January 30, 2025 0

Six California competitors were among the 24 athletes chosen to compete on the West roster April 1 in the 48th McDonald’s All-American boys basketball game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Prolific Prep of Napa teammates Niko Bundalo, a Washington commit, and Kansas signee Darryn Peterson are joined... Read more

Etiwanda’s Grace Knox and Aliyahna “Puff” Morris join Mater Dei’s Addie Deal as California selections for McDonald’s All-American girls basketball game

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks January 30, 2025 0

Etiwanda High teammates Grace Knox and Aliyahna “Puff” Morris, along with Mater Dei standout Addie Deal were among the 24 athletes selected to compete April 1 in the McDonald’s All-American girls basketball game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Deal, an Iowa commit, is the seventh female athlete... Read more

Brentwood boys basketball team overcomes tying 3-pointer by Louis Bond, outlasts Windward in overtime thriller

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks January 28, 2025 0

LOS ANGELES – The last individual that the passionate home crowd at Windward High wanted to see at the free-throw line in overtime Monday night with an opportunity to secure the Gold Coast League boys basketball victory was likely Shane Frazier. But the Brentwood School senior guard made his... Read more

Olivia Lagao, Windward girls basketball team enjoy comforts of home in Gold Coast League win against rival Brentwood

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks January 28, 2025 0

LOS ANGELES – Windward couldn’t have wished for a more promising start in Monday’s home opener, relying on its defensive pressure to build a 16-point advantage in the second quarter against Gold Coast League girls basketball rival Brentwood. And just when the Eagles appeared to have withstood the early... Read more