International’s Conor Maguire (3) goes up for a shot against Diamond Ranch in the fourth period of their 2025 CIF State Basketball Championship Div. V boys game at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday, March 14, 2025. International defeated Diamond Ranch 71-52. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Despite 21 points from Kobe Bryant pupil Amalia Hoguin, Sage Hill can't overcome the balance, defense and clutch free-throw shooting of the Co

The Eagles survive a rough fourth quarter to beat King’s Academy of Sunnyvale in the state Division III championship game.

The Woodland Christian Cardinals’ Teagan Hayes is fouled by the Rosamond Roadrunners’ Kiley Perez during the CIF Division V State Championship girls basketball game at Golden 1 Center on Friday. PAUL KITAGAKI JR. [email protected]

Izzy McFadden explodes for 21 points leading the Wildcats to their second state crown, this one at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento

Bryce James of Sierra Canyon and Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth will each represent basketball in the 91311 zip code in Sacramento.

The Cardinals (30-6) and leading scorers Tegan Hayes, Siena Sorbello and Keziah Maldonado-Lemus will play a Rosamond team that is 29-7, is in its first CIF State final and is riding a 14-game winning streak. Shiloh Sorbello is the WC coach, a lawyer in Yolo County whose daughter, Siena, is among the team captains.

In the first of 12 California (CIF) state championship games at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, the Cardinals hold off a game Rosamond team from the Southern Section