2026 CIF State Girls Basketball Championships (Open Division )


This is posted without commentary by me for those basketball fans that are interested...
GO BEARS!

Boy, Carondolet and San Ramon must get tired playing each other. How does Clay feel about playing them when they just finally beat them.

Winner gets Mitty so I guess maybe it doesn't really matter who wins. Game over regardless.

Looks like clay is gone. San Ramone valley was the winner.

semi-finals:
Archbishop Mitty 74, San Ramon Valley 46.
Clovis West 71, St Mary's 66.

Clovis West will travel to play Archbishop Mitty for the NorCal championship on Tuesday night, March 10th @ 7pm.

2026 CIF State Girls Basketball Championships (Open Division )

Archbishop Mitty defeated Clovis West last night, 71-42. The Monarchs will face Ontario Christian for the state championship on Saturday night at 6 pm in Sacramento. This will be a rematch of the double overtime loss suffered by Mitty at the hands of Kaleena Smith & Co in January. Ontario Christian and Archbishop Mitty are ranked #1 & #2, respectively, in the nation by Max Preps.

Schedule - Archbishop Mitty Monarchs (San Jose, CA) Girls Basketball 25-26

Schroeder71 said:

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Ontario Christian and Archbishop Mitty are ranked #1 & #2, respectively, in the nation by Max Preps.

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I wonder what their NIL budgets look like.

There's no doubt some schools are spending serious money, especially in SoCal. One top player moved in from out of state a few years ago and essentially said "I'm open to offers." She wound up at a power with lots of transfers.

I don't think Mitty does, though. The lure there is that one year, I believe nine girls got D1 scholarships.

As for playing SRV three times in 12 days, it was no fun. But we won the game that mattered most.

Ontario Christian 56, Archbishop Mitty 49. Kaleena Smith led the way with 24 points. The difference between the teams is that the Monarchs do not seem to a player that can stay with the best junior PG in the nation. She simply goes one-on-one when the game is on the line. Kaleena made a number of moves that I have not seen another high school player make against AM. This was the best Mitty team that I witnessed, and, yet, they could not win state.

High school girls basketball: No. 1 Ontario Christian beats No. 2 Archbishop Mitty 56-49 to win California Open Division state championship

Southern California rules the open division competition for the state championship. Congratulations to OC!