THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

DAN ARRITT’S BOYS’ BASKETBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS

*--* Rk. Sch. (Rec./Div.) Comment (Last ranking) 1 WESTCHESTER (7-0, City) Tough week for Comets except on the hardwood. (1) 2 MATER DEI (10-1, SS-Div. II-A) Made Redondo defenseless in final of Irvine tournament. (2) 3 FAIRFAX (7-1, City) Josh Shipp’s three-pointer at buzzer good for third at Iolani (Hawaii) Classic. (3) 4 DOMINGUEZ (8-2, SS-Div. II-A) Dons put King-Drew on map with unexpectedly close four-point victory. (4) 5 HARV.-WESTLAKE (5-1, SS-Div. III-A) Wolverines went 2-0 at pared-down Las Vegas Holiday Prep Classic. (6) 6 TAFT (7-1, City) Won Oxnard Pacifica title, but Jordan Farmar left off all-tournament team? (7) 7 CRENSHAW (7-1, City) Anthony Kidd scored 23 in third-round win at Mission Prep tournament. (8) 8 COM. CENTENNIAL (6-2, SS-Div. III-A) Couldn’t solve Cleveland in fifth-place semifinal loss in Bakersfield. (5) 9 OCEAN VIEW (6-3, SS-Div. III-A) Seahawks get 13 days to prepare for Friday’s Torrey Pines tournament. (9) 10 L.B. POLY (4-2, SS-Div. I-AA) Playing in semifinals today at Coral Springs (Fla.) tournament. (10) 11 CAPISTRANO VLY. (10-0, SS-Div. I-A) Cougars rally to beat Esperanza for Anaheim Convention Center title. (14) 12 KING (8-1, SS-Div. II-AA) Wolves entered in toughest division of Torrey Pines tournament. (12) 13 LYNWOOD (7-1, SS-Div. I-AA) Took third at Bakersfield with 80-69 win over Fresno Central. (NR) 14 ETIWANDA (7-1, SS-Div. I-AA) Should be class of field when Brea Olinda tournament begins Friday. (16) 15 LOYOLA (5-3, SS-Div. I-A) Cubs open Torrey Pines tournament Friday against Oceanside El Camino. (17) 16 CLEVELAND (9-2, City) Blown out by Lynwood in Bakersfield before shocking Compton Centennial. (19) 17 SANTA MARGARITA (10-1, SS-Div.III-AA) Doubts beginning to stir after loss to Mayfair. (11) 18 EL TORO (9-1, SS-Div. I-A) Third for second straight year at Anaheim Convention Center tournament. (13) 19 MISSION VIEJO (9-1, SS-Div. I-A) Good snorkeling, weak competition during Maui tournament. (24). 20 OXNARD (9-0, SS-Div. I-A) Yellowjackets swarm Ventura, head north for Santa Barbara tournament. (18) 21 GLENDORA (11-0, SS-Div. I-A) People think they know how to beat Tartans, but nobody has. (20) 22 SANTA MONICA (6-2, SS-Div. I-AA) Long layoff ends Friday with start of Santa Barbara tournament. (21) 23 ST. JOHN BOSCO (9-2, SS-Div. II-AA) Illness-stricken Braves fall to Marina, Long Beach Wilson. (15) 24 AYALA (7-2, SS-Div. I-AA) Beat Long Beach Jordan to win Ayala tournament. (NR) 25 CALABASAS (8-1, SS-Div. III-AA) Beat Mayfair, which beat Santa Margarita, to win El Dorado tournament. (NR)

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