The California high school boys basketball 2025-26 campaign is deep into the postseason as championship games are right around the corner.
The No. 1 team in our sixth set of California high school boys basketball rankings are the
Sierra Canyon Trailblazers, which are currently 26-1 on the season, soundly defeated Notre Dame, 70-46 on Tuesday night. Besides the Trailblazers, which other programs should we watch for out of California when it comes to the state’s top high school boys basketball teams?
The Massey Ratings, officially used during the BCS era, is a model that ranks sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule, and margin of victory.
Here’s a look at the top 25 teams in the Golden State according to the Massey Ratings, which ranks teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule and margin of victory, as of Feb. 25.
The California high school boys Top 25 rankings are topped for the sixth straight week by the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers (26-1), winners of 21 straight games after they knocked off Notre Dame on Tuesday night in a 70-46 decision. Sierra Canyon is as good as they come in the country as they feature 5-Star+ Brandon McCoy at combo guard along with 2027 four-star small forward Maximo Adams (North Carolina commitment). The Trailblazers have set themselves up for a showdown with No. 2 ranked Harvard-Westlake on Saturday.
Jumping up to the second spot in this week’s rankings are the Harvard-Westlake Wolverines (25-5), which has won four straight games since losing to Crespi on Jan. 31. The Wolverines feature one of the more talented rosters around as Havard-Westlake 2026 four-star shooting guard Joe Sterling (Texas signee) and 2027 three-star guard Cole Holden. Harvard-Westlake recently defeated No. 11
La Mirada, 71-57, and now have a highly anticipated rematch with Sierra Canyon this weekend.
Hopping back into the Top 5 of the California high school boys basketball rankings are the Notre Dame Knights (22-7), which which saw their season come to an end against top-ranked Sierra Canyon on Tuesday night. As of late, the Knights have faced the likes of national powers Sierra Canyon, Archbishop Stepinac (N.Y.) and Paul VI Catholic (Va.), respectively. Notre Dame is led by a pair of future Division I players in 2027 four-star point guard NaVorro Bowman Jr. and 2026 three-star small forward Zach White (San Diego commitment).
The Redondo Union Sea Hawks (25-4) were one of the state’s hottest teams recently, but their season came to an end last week in a 73-70 loss to La Mirada. The squad had won 20 of their last 21 contests before the loss, with the only previous losses coming against Maryland’s The Bullis School, Arizona’s No. 1 ranked Sunnyslope and San Gabriel Academy.
Rounding out the Top 5 of the California high school boys basketball rankings are the St. Joseph Knights (22-2), which have played one of the state’s toughest schedules and are still going strong in the current postseason. The Knights only two losses on the season have come against two out-of-state programs in Faith Family Academy (TX) and St. Xavier (KY), respectively. St. Joseph’s last win was over Bakersfield Christian (67-57 win) and are slated to take on No. 25 Buchanan on Saturday.
6. Santa Margarita Catholic Eagles (26-5)
7. Archbishop Riordan Crusaders (24-1)
8. Salesian College Preparatory Pride (22-3)
9. St. John Bosco Braves (20-9)
10. Centennial Huskies (24-7)
11. La Mirada Matadores (23-8)
12. Crespi Celts (18-13)
13. St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats (20-3)
14. JSerra Catholic Lions (23-12)
15. Damien Spartans (26-7)
16. Crean Lutheran Saints (25-7)
17. Inglewood Sentinels (26-5)
18.Modesto Christian Crusaders (23-6)
19. Folsom Bulldogs (23-5)
20. Sheldon Huskies (25-4)
21. Veritas Academy Titans (3-5)
22. Etiwanda Eagles (26-5)
23. Brentwood School Eagles (24-4)
24. Village Christian Crusaders (24-7)
25. Buchanan Bears (24-3)
Starstruck fans of Olympic superstar Alysa Liu descended on social media Tuesday night, uploaded videos of her hero's welcome at San Francisco International Airport and posting real-time sightings in local groups, including a celebratory dinner.
The Bay Area has watched in awe for days as 20-year-old Liu, whose home training rink is at the Oakland Ice Center, won two gold medals in the Olympic women's figure skating competition.
After she arrived in the East Bay, sleuths on local Alameda Facebook groups spotted Liu at Italian restaurant Trabocco Tuesday night, where she was given cake with the words "Congratulations" written in chocolate sauce.
"What an incredible honor to have Oakland's hero, Alysa Liu join us at Trabocco this evening!" the restaurant wrote on its Facebook page.
After the post went public, Alameda residents who follow the restaurant hit the local online groups to play paparazzi.
"Not to start a stampede but Alysa Liu was spotted in Alameda this evening," one post on the group Alameda Peeps read.
"Yep … saw her and her friends walking past Chipotle," said another post.
"Either Alyssa Liu was just hanging out in Alameda or her hairstyle is already being copied by some other youngsters," read another post.
Liu herself joked about potentially having to wear wigs in public from now on, but still she told a press pool, "I hope that with all this attention I can at least raise awareness about mental health in sports."
But some fans acknowledged how much pressure the sudden fame must put on Liu, who was earlier greeted by fans after exiting a long flight from Europe.
"You guys she's amazing and beyond talented but she's just a regular person," said one commentator. "I'm sure she wants to be treated as such and left alone, especially in public places. Just a reminder."
Liu told reporters that "the most important part of my story is human connection, it's all I want in my life … and damn, now I'm connecting with a hella lot of people. So that's my dream."
This article originally published at Gold medalist Alysa Liu dines out in Alameda after returning from Olympics.
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