Manny’s SoCal Boys Basketball Top 20 Rankings: (01/28/2020)

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2019-2020 SO CAL STUDENT SECTION TOP 20 BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS (1) Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth (Gold Coast) 20-3 (2) Centennial of Corona (Big VIII) 21-2 (3) Etiwanda (Baseline) 21-2 (4) St. Anthony’s of Long Beach (Del Rey) 24-1 (5) Rancho Christian of Temecula (Southeastern) 18-5 (7) St. John Bosco of Bellflower (Trinity) 19-5 (8) Mater Dei of Santa Ana (Trinity) 18-5 (11) Ribet Academy of Los Angeles (Harbor) 18-1 (10) Fairfax of Los Angeles (Western) 18-4 (12) Santa Clarita Christian of Canyon Country (Heritage) 17-5 (9) JSerra of San Juan Capistrano (Trinity) 19-4 (6) Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (Mission) 20-3 (17) Cathedral Catholic of San Diego (Western) 16-6  (15) St. Augustine of San Diego (Western) 19-4 (13) Heritage Christian of Northridge (Olympic) 19-4 (19) Capistrano Valley of Mission Viejo (South Coast) 22-1 (14) Windward of...

SoCal Student Section Regional Student Sections of the Week: (01/22/2020)

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Every week, we do the SoCal Student Section of the Week, but it got us thinking, with over 2000 schools in Southern California, why just name one winner? That’s why we will acknowledge four regional winners and any nominees in those regions. We bring you, the SoCal Student Section Regional Student Section of the Week…try saying that five times fast.   INLAND EMPIRE STUDENT SECTION OF THE WEEK https://twitter.com/asbEtiwanda/status/1218376588179324928 ETIWANDA EAGLES NEST: The Eagles Nest informed me that they didn’t know that we awarded the best student sections in basketball the same way we do in football. First off, been doing that for years, where have you been and secondly, that wasn’t the Eagles Nest best? Now that they know, we might see the Eagles Nest blow up this month and battle for the Inland...

SoCal Student Section of the Week (01/22/2020): St. John Bosco Tribe

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St. John Bosco of Bellflower seems to still be in the giving mood. After giving the Bosco Tribe and the Braves fans a gift in December with a comeback for the ages to take the CIF-SS Division I Football Title over Mater Dei of Santa Ana, the Braves took on Mater Dei in basketball last Friday, but it wasn’t as thrilling as the football one. It was still pretty good. Bosco hosted the Monarchs and the Tribe came back to not only rub it in on the Mater Dei faithful about last month, but go crazy in the stands. What they lack in size, the Tribe made up for it in noise and the Tribe brought the noise. https://twitter.com/BigJeanMartin/status/1218633523629711360 The Tribe once again were treated to a St. John Bosco victory over Mater Dei in...

Manny’s Top 20 SoCal Boys Basketball Rankings: (01/20/2020)

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2019-2020 SO CAL STUDENT SECTION TOP 20 BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS (1) Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth (Gold Coast) 18-3 (2) Centennial of Corona (Big VIII) 18-2 (5) Etiwanda (Baseline) 19-2 (6) St. Anthony’s of Long Beach (Del Rey) 22-1 (3) Rancho Christian of Temecula (Southeastern) 17-5 (7) Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (Mission) 19-2 (14) St. John Bosco of Bellflower (Trinity) 17-5 (4) Mater Dei of Santa Ana (Trinity) 16-5 (13) JSerra of San Juan Capistrano (Trinity) 18-3 (9) Fairfax of Los Angeles (Western) 17-4 (17) Ribet Academy of Los Angeles (Harbor) 15-1 (12) Santa Clarita Christian of Canyon Country (Heritage) 16-5 (10) Heritage Christian of Northridge (Olympic) 19-3 (11) Windward of Los Angeles (Gold Coast) 18-5 (8) St. Augustine of San Diego (Western) 17-4 (15) Riverside Poly (Ivy) 17-4 (19) Cathedral Catholic of San Diego (Western)...

The Student Section Report Podcast: Episode 3 (01/21/2020)

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CLICK HERE FOR THE PODCAST Hey we aren't cancelled yet! In this long episode of the Student Section Report, Manny Alvarez and Chris Hulme talk about food, as always, but also talk to Cole Koffler and Ethan Van Buren of the Mighty Edison Student Section, otherwise known as the Edison MESS of Huntington Beach on what it takes to keep getting better and better at very aspect of the student section game...and we talk about food. We also set a possible student section duel on a podcast with next week guest. We also talk to Canyon Super Fan Mitchell Siegal, as well as Canyon boys basketball coach Nate Harrison on how Mitchell started at Canyon and how he is leading the way for the Canyon Tribe of Anaheim while also coaching football and basketball and...

SoCal Student Section Regional Student Sections of the Week: (01/16/2020)

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Every week, we do the SoCal Student Section of the Week, but it got us thinking, with over 2000 schools in Southern California, why just name one winner? That’s why we will acknowledge four regional winners and any nominees in those regions. We bring you, the SoCal Student Section Regional Student Section of the Week...try saying that five times fast.   INLAND EMPIRE STUDENT SECTION OF THE WEEK DAMIEN PIT: The Pit, which won the 2019 SoCal Basketball Student Section of the Year title, picked up where they left off. The Pit came ready for Chino Hills and who knows, the Chino Hills Dawgpound.  https://twitter.com/DamienSports/status/1215898245072769024 No Dawgpound in this one as Damien of La Verne took control back from Chino Hills after the Okongwu/Ball Era in the Spartans 77-62 victory. The Pit was loud and...

OC Sports Podcast (02/04/19): Newport Harbor joins the show; Steve Fryer talks CIF-SS Hoops playoffs

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In this week's episode of the OC Sports Podcast, we talk basketball with Newport Harbor of Newport Beach and we preview the CIF-SS Boys Basketball playoffs and discuss every OC basketball team in the postseason. We also talk to Steve Fryer of the Orange County Register as the CIF-SS Boys Basketball playoffs will officially kickoff tomorrow. In part 1 of the podcast, we talk Coach Robert Torribio as well as his three seniors, guard Sam Barela, forward Dayne Chalmers and center Will Harvey as they prepare for their CIF-SS Division 2AA first round game against El Toro of Lake Forest. Here is part 1 of this week podcast; In part 2 of the podcast, we talk about the 10 CIF-SS Division for the boys basketball playoffs with Steve Fryer as we discuss the teams that...

SoCal Football Top 20 Rankings (12/10/18)

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE FINALS TOP 20 RANKINGS  (Last Week: 1) Mater Dei of Santa Ana (Trinity) 13-2 Last Week: W De La Salle of Concord 35-21 (2) St. John Bosco of Bellflower (Trinity) 13-1 Last Game: L No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana 17-13 (3) Centennial of Corona (Big XIII) 12-1 Last Game: L No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana 48-14 (4) Oaks Christian of Westlake Village (Marmonte) 12-1 Last Game: L No. 2 St. John Bosco of Bellflower 56-10 (5) Cathedral Catholic of San Diego (Western) 12-1 Last Game: W No. 7 Narbonne of Harbor City 24-21 Next Week: vs. Folsom at Cerritos College, Friday, 8pm (6) JSerra of San Juan Capistrano (Trinity) 9-3 Last Game: L No. 4 Oaks Christian of Westlake Village 35-34 (7) Narbonne of Harbor City (Marine) 10-4...