Transfer of power in high school ranks

A top athlete who switches high schools can have a big impact on his or her new team. These are the final 2013 regular-season top 10 for football and the preseason rankings for boys’ basketball, listing the number of players who had transferred into that school at some point during their high school career.

FOOTBALL

Rank, School, total transfers

1. *St. John Bosco, 20

2. Gardena Serra, 6

3. Mission Viejo, 16

4. Long Beach Poly, 8

5. Corona Centennial, 14

6. Chaminade, 15

7. Vista Murrieta, 15

8. Mater Dei, 5

9. Alemany, 9

10. S.O. Notre Dame, 1

*St. John Bosco finished 16-0 and won the state’s most prestigious bowl game. Jaleel Wadood, The Times’ player of the year, came to the Braves as a junior. Damien Mama, the lineman of the year, arrived on campus after his freshman season at Riverside North.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Rank, School, total transfers

1. *Mater Dei, 2

2. Etiwanda, 2

3. St. John Bosco, 5

4. Loyola, 1

5. Corona Centennial, 2

6. Compton, 1

7. Gardena Serra, 3

8. **Chaminade, 3

9. El Camino Real, 3

10. ***Westchester, 3

*Won a fourth consecutive state championship with a big contribution from junior guard Rex Pflueger, who transferred from Trinity League rival JSerra.

**Point guard Michael Oguine, a transfer from Reseda Cleveland, scored 32 points including the game-winning basket in a Southern California Regional final and scored 26 points in the state Division III title game.

***Ellis Sallahudin arrived in the middle of the season from Orangewood Academy, after transferring there from Gardena Serra, and helped the Comets reach a Southern California Regional final.

Graphics reporting: Eric Sondheimer and Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times

Source: California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section