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Lance Smith, SBLive Sports

Lance Smith is a Reporter for SBLive Sports, covering basketball, football, and softball in California's Southern Section and LA City Section since 2019. He also covers Nevada and National Girls Basketball.

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Pacifica Garden Grove softball
California

SBLive's California Softball Top 25 (3/20/2024): No. 1 Pacifica-Garden Grove off to blistering start

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Athlete of the Week Vote Now
California

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (3/20/2024)?

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Bodie De Silva, SBLive Sports
Etiwanda vs Archbishop Mitty CIF State Open Division Final March 9, 2024 Photo-Dennis Lee28
California

Top 25 California high school girls basketball rankings (3/16/2024): State champion Etiwanda finishes on top; Clovis West leaps

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Karma Paez, Granada Hills Charter girls basketball
California

SBLive's L.A. City Section girls basketball rankings (3/15/2024): Birmingham ends season No. 1; Granada Hills Charter rises after regional title

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Athlete of the Week Vote Now
California

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (3/13/2024)?

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Bodie De Silva, SBLive Sports
Etiwanda girls basketball
California

Etiwanda rolls Archbishop Mitty to repeat as California girls basketball state champion: 5 takeaways

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Melissa Hearlihy, Harvard-Westlake girls basketball
California

Harvard-Westlake girls basketball sprints to the finish line, beats Colfax for state title: 5 takeaways

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
St. Bernard's girls basketball
California

St. Bernard's girls basketball stuffs Grossmont for state title: 5 takeaways

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Bishop Montgomery vs Bishop O'Dowd CIF State D1 Final March 8, 2024 Photo-Dennis Lee76
California

Bishop Montgomery girls basketball rides hot start to Division 1 State (CIF) title win over Bishop O'Dowd: 5 takeaways

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Granada Hills Charter vs Caruthers girls basketball CIF State D3 Final March 8, 2024 Photo-Dennis Lee20
California

Emmi Almeida leads Caruthers to Division 3 State title over Granada Hills Charter: 5 takeaways

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Etiwanda vs. Sierra Canyon in the CIF Southern Section Open Division girls basketball final at Cal Baptist University on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
California

Etiwanda girls basketball outlasts Sierra Canyon once more, repeats as regional champion: 5 takeaways

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Mackenly Randolph, Grace Knox, Kennedy Smith
California

Etiwanda holds off Sierra Canyon for CIF Southern California Regional Open Division championship – Live updates

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Screenshot 2024-03-04 at 12.42.00 PM
California

Look: Pleasant Valley's AJ Gambol sinks Oakland Tech at buzzer in state quarterfinals

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
St. Mary's 57, Folsom 51 girls basketball sjs D1 championship from Golden 1 Center 2-21-2024 by Ralph Thompson022120247 (2)
California

Top 25 California high school girls basketball rankings (3/1/2024): St. Mary's rises following CIF-SJS championship

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Athlete of the Week Vote Now
California

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (2/29/2024)?

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Bodie De Silva, SBLive Sports
Birmingham girls basketball
California

SBLive's L.A. City Section girls basketball rankings (2/26/2024): No. 1 Birmingham, No. 9 Poly, No. 10 Kennedy win section titles; Garfield debuts

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Canyon (Anaheim) girls basketball8
California

Canyon (Anaheim) girls basketball outduels Rancho Cucamonga for CIF-SS 4AA title: 5 takeaways

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) boys basketball3
California

Watch: Mercy Miller, Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) edge out Windward for Division 1 championship

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Brentwood School girls basketball championship9
California

Brentwood School girls basketball routs Santiago (Corona) for second straight CIF-SS title: 5 takeaways

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Temecula Valley boys basketball championship2
California

Temecula Valley defeats Northview for first ever CIF-SS boys basketball title

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Canyon (Anaheim) girls basketball championship
California

Watch: Jasmine and Justine Prajitno lead Canyon (Anaheim) past Rancho Cucamonga in CIF-SS championship

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
La Habra boys basketball championship8
California

La Habra boys basketball routs St. Bonaventure for CIF-SS 3AA title

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Palos Verdes girls basketball championship5
California

Maddie Farnsworth drops 35 points as Palos Verdes holds off Eastside in CIF-SS 4A Championship

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Etiwanda vs. Sierra Canyon in the CIF Southern Section Open Division girls basketball final at Cal Baptist University on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
California High School Girls Basketball News, Scores, Rankings, Videos

CIF-SS Open Division girls basketball: Etiwanda routs Sierra Canyon in championship game

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Etiwanda vs. Sierra Canyon in the CIF Southern Section Open Division girls basketball final at Cal Baptist University on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
California

Look: Grace Knox, Kennedy Smith, Etiwanda roll against Sierra Canyon for CIF-SS title (highlight video)

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
22 (McClatchy) Nina Cain
California

Top 25 California high school girls basketball rankings (2/20/2024): McClatchy debuts at No. 22

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Mitty University girls basketball plus Sabrina Ionescu at Ionescu Showcase at De La Salle by Sam Stringer 1-20-2024012020242
National

Top 25 national girls high school basketball rankings: Archbishop Mitty hangs on to No. 1 (2/20/2024)

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Todd Milles, SBLive Sports
CIF State D4 Boys Championship Lynwood vs Sierra March 10, 2023 Photo-Dennis Lee78
California

Lynwood's Chace Holley is SBLive Southern California Athlete of the Week (2/19/2024)

By Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports, Bodie De Silva, SBLive and Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Birmingham girls basketball
California

Birmingham girls basketball survives King/Drew to return to City Section finals: 5 takeaways

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Serenity Johnson (Westchester #23)
California

Westchester girls basketball holds off Hamilton for third straight CIF-LACS finals appearance: 5 takeaways

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Natalie Lopez Birmingham basketball
California

Highlights: Birmingham outduels King/Drew in CIF-LACS girls basketball semifinals

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
LACES wins LA City Section semifinals
California

Look: Donovan Cornelius, Los Angeles CES upset Chatsworth in wild City Section semifinal

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Donald Trey Thompson basketball
California

Watch: Trey Thompson leads King/Drew past Birmingham in L.A. City Section semifinals (2/17/2024)

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Mariah Blake Westchester
California

Look: Mariah Blake dominates as Westchester beats Hamilton in L.A. City Section semifinals (Highlights)

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Laces GW shot by Ryan Conner by Lance Smith over Chatsworth LAC semifinal at El Camino College 2-17-2024
California

Watch: Two 3s in final 3.8 seconds by Ryan Conner lifts LACES past Chatsworth in stunning LA City semifinal

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports
Athlete of the Week Vote Now
California

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (2/15/2024)?

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Bodie De Silva, SBLive Sports
Mitty University girls basketball plus Sabrina Ionescu at Ionescu Showcase at De La Salle by Sam Stringer 1-20-2024012020248
California

Top 25 California high school girls basketball rankings (2/13/2024): Archbishop Mitty finishes regular season at No. 1

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Tatum Brown, Grayson girls basketball
National

Top 25 national high school girls basketball rankings: Grayson (Georgia) moves up to No. 4 (2/12/2024)

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Todd Milles, SBLive Sports
Athlete of the Week Vote Now
California

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (2/7/2024)?

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Bodie De Silva, SBLive Sports
Alexis Wallace, King/Drew girls basketball
California

SBLive's L.A. City Section girls basketball rankings (2/7/2024): No. 4 King/Drew outduels Crenshaw for league title

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Sierra Canyon 5-star girls basketball player Mackenly Randolph selected to the 2024 McDonald's All-American game on ESPN.
California

Top 25 California high school girls basketball rankings (2/7/2024): No. 3 Sierra Canyon earns top seed in CIF-SS playoffs

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Seniors Long Island Lutheran October 25, 2023 Photo - Lonnie Webb _2
Rankings

Top 25 national high school girls basketball rankings: Long Island Lutheran, Morris Catholic poised for showdown (2/5/2024)

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Todd Milles, SBLive Sports
Birmingham girls basketball
California

CIF-LA City Section girls basketball playoff brackets, pairings: Birmingham is top seed in Open Division

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Athlete of the Week Vote Now
California

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (1/31/2024)?

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Bodie De Silva, SBLive Sports
Leslie Aragon, Orangewood Academy girls basketball
California

Top 25 California high school girls basketball rankings (1/31/2024): Orangewood Academy debuts at No. 19

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Mitty University girls basketball plus Sabrina Ionescu at Ionescu Showcase at De La Salle by Sam Stringer 1-20-2024012020248
Rankings

Top 25 national high school girls basketball rankings: No. 1 Archbishop Mitty still undefeated (1/29/2024)

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Todd Milles, SBLive Sports
Westchester girls basketball Comets
California

SBLive's L.A. City Section girls basketball rankings (1/29/2024): Westchester returns to No. 2; Eagle Rock, Arleta debut

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Archbishop Mitty girls basketball, Sabrina Ionescu
Rankings

Top 25 national high school girls basketball rankings: Archbishop Mitty still No. 1 (1/22/2024)

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports and Todd Milles, SBLive Sports
Archbishop Mitty girls basketball, Sabrina Ionescu
California

Top 25 California high school girls basketball rankings (1/22/2024): Archbishop Mitty still No. 1

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
Emma Perez
California

SBLive's L.A. City Section girls basketball rankings (1/17/2024): No. 8 Granada Hills Charter gaining steam

By Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
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