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...
Central Cali’s Senior Showdown: Event Recap and Player Evaluations
Bakersfield, CA - Friday night, May 5th, myself and Clutch Clips Hoops hosted the Inaugural Central Cali’s Senior Showdown at the NOR Riverview Community Center. The event featured 20 seniors from various areas in the Central Section...
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...
Oakland Soldiers Spring Extravaganza: Top 20 Underclass Performers
Brentwood, CA - This past weekend, Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd, I attended the Oakland Soldiers Spring Extravaganza, which was held in various cities in the East Bay area of Northern California. The tournament headlined...
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...
Pangos Best of SoCal League: Top Underclass Performers (Day 3) by Paul Hernandez
Long Beach, CA - As the high school season comes to an end in California this past Sunday I headed down to SoCal to watch Day 3 of the four-day Pangos Best of SoCal League hosted by...
Central Section HS Hoops: Class of 2026 Player Rankings (Updated)
The Class of 2026 has already shown glimpses of being one of the deepest classes of potential next-level prospects the Central Section has had since the Class of 2021, which ended up having 7 players go on...
Central Section HS Hoops: Boys and Girls Section Championships Recap
Fresno, CA - The Central Section Basketball Championships returned to Selland Area in Fresno for the first time since the 2019-2020 season, as the Covid pandemic moved these games to the site of the higher-seeded team the...
Central Section HS Hoops: Class of 2025 Player Rankings (Updated)
The Class of 2025 is rounding out its second year of high school basketball and, as sophomores, many are playing larger roles for their teams this season compared to their freshman year. Other than some rosters being...
Central Section HS Hoops: Top 15 Team Rankings (Updated)
Central California - There have been plenty of quality match-ups and statement wins throughout the Central Section through the first half of league play, which has led to some significant movement of teams on this updated round...