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23′ Border League in Vegas: 25 Standout Juniors and Sophomores

Las Vegas, Nevada – Last weekend, October 13th – 15th, Bishop Gorman High School, and surrounding gyms, hosted the 2023 Border League in Las Vegas Tournament featuring some of the nation’s top high school teams, top nationally...

Central Section Class of 2025: Top 35 Player Rankings

The Class of 2025 has been less impacted by the negative effects of Covid-19 protocols and restrictions in California than the previous graduation classes from 2021-2024. Players from the Class of 2025 were still in middle school...

Central Section HS Hoops: Class of 2025 Player Rankings (Version 4.0)

The Class of 2025 is starting their senior year of high school and the Fall hoops season is fastly approaching. This class of seniors is coming off a club season that saw fewer Liver Period tournaments, as...

Central Cali’s Next Up Showcase Top 10 Performers 

Central Cali’s Next Up Showcase Top 10 Performers  By Paul Hernandez On Friday, August 27th, Central Cali Prospects hosted the inaugural Central Cali’s Next Up Top 30 Showcase at the beautiful...

Central Section Class of 2027: Top 20 Player Rankings

The Class of 2027 has some impressive young talent that have already made an impact on their varsity teams in the early portion of the season, as well as the Fall preseason events held in September and...

Central Cali’s Girls Prospect Showcase: Top 25 Standout Performers

Bakersfield, CA - This past Friday night, May 12th, myself and Clutch Clips Hoop hosted our first-ever girl's event, Central Cali’s Girls Prospect Showcase, at Garces Memorial High School. The event featured 42...

Core Prep’s Fall Classic Showcase: Event Recap and Top Performers

Northridge, CA - Saturday, October 28th, Core Prep Academy hosted The Fall Classic at Heritage Christian High School, which featured six games between 12 teams primarily from the Valley (Northern Los Angeles County). The showcase kicked...

Central Cali HS Hoops Preseason Scrimmage Takeaways

The start of the high school basketball season is days away in California, with some teams scheduled to play their first official game Friday, November 12th. Over the last week, I have been fortunate to watch some...

Central Section HS Hoops: Final Top 15 Team Rankings

Central Section - Another entertaining high school basketball season in California has come to an end with Harvard-Westlake of Studio City taking home the Open Division State Championship with a win over Central Section power St. Joseph...

Central Section HS Hoops: 661 Hoops Live All-Section Teams

The 2022-2023 high school basketball season had some big firsts. San Joaquin Memorial won its first CIF State Championship and Arroyo Grande won its first Central Section Championship in program history in Division 2. St. Joseph and...