THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

BOYS’ BASKETBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS:

*--* Rk Team (Rec.) Comment (Previous Ranking) 1 MATER DEI (10-1, SS-Div. II-A) Plays Bronx (N.Y.) St. Raymond’s today for third place in City of Palms Classic. (1) 2 FAIRFAX (9-0, City-Div. I) Kevin Bell’s overtime free throws make Lions kings of Hawaii tournament. (2) 3 WESTCHESTER (12-0, City-Div. I) Comets win Bill Bobier Challenge I, then wonder: Who is Bill Bobier? (3) 4 LOYOLA (8-1, SS-Div. I-A) Cubs devour Buena in one and only game of week. (4) 5 BISHOP MONT. (9-1, SS-Div. III-A) Knights leave Muir in shambles in La Canada tournament. (5) 6 S. GORGONIO (9-1, SS-Div. II-AA) Khorry Lewis and Kevin Houston give Spartans their offensive punch. (9) 7 CANY. SPRINGS (8-2, SS-Div. I-A) Cougars take third place in Bakersfield tournament. (7) 8 BREA OLINDA (7-0, SS-Div. II-A) Wildcats’ 24-7 third-quarter surge seals title game in Florida tournament. (11) 9 HARV.-WESTLAKE (6-2, SS-Div. III-A) Wolverines fall in title game of Las Vegas Millennium Cup I in double overtime. (12) 10 FONTANA (10-1, SS-Div. I-AA) Ira Graham scores 35 points and Steelers win Silver Cup title in Las Vegas. (13) 11 SILVERADO (10-0, SS-Div. I-AA) That’s a perfect 10-0 for Hawks after winning Arroyo Grande tournament. (NR) 12 ARTESIA (7-1, SS-Div. III-AA) Coach Scott Pera deserves credit for restoring Pioneers to prominence. (NR) 13 CRENSHAW (8-2, City-Div. I) Cougars go 2-2 during disappointing week. (10) 14 CARSON (6-2, City-Div. I) Colts receive 22-point drubbing by Louisville (Ky.) Pleasure Ridge Park. (6) 15 VERBUM DEI (7-3, SS-Div. IV-A) Amir Johnson, Michael Pagan and Mike Davis spark victory over Alta Loma. (14) 16 MISSION VIEJO (9-1, SS-Div. I-A) Diablos win Anaheim Convention Center tournament title. (NR) 17 OCEAN VIEW (11-3, SS-Div. III-A) Matt Sargeant playing like a five-star general for Seahawks. (17) 18 LOS ALAMITOS (8-2, SS-Div. I-A) Griffins reach Anaheim Convention Center tournament title game 19 EL TORO (10-1, SS-Div. I-A) Patrick Carney leads Chargers over South Coast League rival Capistrano Valley. (19) 20 DIAMOND BAR (9-2, SS-Div. I-AA) Khalif Ford is one player Brahmas won’t junk. (21) 21 MAYFAIR (5-2, SS-Div. II-A) Go figure: Monsoons travel to Hawaii to play a team from Utah. (24) 22 ST. JOHN BOSCO (7-3, SS-Div. II-AA) Braves fall victim to return of Taft’s Steve Smith. (20) 23 EISENHOWER (5-3, SS-Div. I-AA) Victory over division rival Long Beach Poly highlights otherwise so-so week. (18) 24 MONT. PREP (2-1, SS-Div. IV-A) Mounties topple Carson and Dorsey in same week. (NR) 25 FREMONT (3-2, City-Div. I) Pathfinders lose their way against elite competition in Las Vegas. (22)

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