THE TIMES RANKINGS

Through Friday’s games

*--* Rk School (Record, Div.) Comment (Last ranking) 1 WESTCHESTER (19-2, City) Comets put aside off-the-court distractions, beat Fairfax on it. (1) 2 FAIRFAX (17-3, City) Lions looked a little too one- dimensional in loss to Westchester. (2) 3 MATER DEI (18-2, SS-Div. II-A) After Mike Gerrity’s return, Monarchs are one big happy family again. (3) 4 DOMINGUEZ (17-5, SS-Div. II-A) Dons can take comfortable lead in league race with win at Lynwood. (4) 5 COM. CENTENNIAL (21-2, SS-Div. III-A) Apaches need three wins to run table vs. Bay/Ocean League opponents. (5) 6 L.B. POLY (18-3, SS-Div. I-AA) Double-digit winning streak doesn’t appear threatened until playoffs. (6) 7 ETIWANDA (20-1, SS-Div. I-AA) Mission Viejo expected to provide first real test since mid-December. (7) 8 CLEVELAND (20-3, City) Already one victory better than last season. (8) 9 TAFT (17-3, City) El Camino Real nearly pulls off shocker, but misses at buzzer. (9) 10 DORSEY (17-2, City) Dons squeak out three-point victory vs. Fremont. (10) 11 CRENSHAW (13-4, City) Genaro Jefferson, Sone Finister combine for 42 points vs. Locke. (11) 12 LYNWOOD (15-4, SS-Div. I-AA) Held host Warren to three first-half points. (12) 13 CAPISTRANO VLY. (21-1, SS-Div. II-AA) Cougars alone in first after escaping with win at El Toro. (13) 14 OXNARD (22-1, SS-Div. I-A) Yellowjackets have won 11 straight since loss to Dorsey. (14) 15 OCEAN VIEW (17-6, SS-Div. III-AA) Seahawks race neck and neck with Fairfax until second overtime. (19) 16 EL TORO (17-5, SS-Div. I-A) Kelvin Kim’s three-point play in final seconds beats Mission Viejo. (17) 17 MISSION VIEJO (18-3, SS-Div. I-A) Diablos coming up short at free-throw line late in key games. (16) 18 GLENDORA (23-0, SS-Div. I-A) Ayala, Diamond Bar final obstacles to undefeated regular season. (18) 19 SANTA MARGARITA (20-3, SS-Div. III-AA) Eagles show resiliency in seven-point loss to Mater Dei. (22) 20 LOYOLA (14-7, SS-Div. II-AA) Cubs take control of Mission League race with win at Harvard-Westlake. (23) 21 KING (18-4, SS-Div. II-AA) Matt Thomas, DeAndre Robinson, Drew Smith all in double figures twice. (20) 22 BISHOP MONT. (19-2, SS-Div. III-A) Made 10 three-pointers in rout of Bishop Amat. (21) 23 HARV. WESTLAKE (13-7, SS-Div. III-A) Greg Hilliard would rather have earned his 500th win vs. Loyola. (15) 24 CALABASAS (19-3, SS-Div. III-AA) No dramatic comeback needed this time around vs. Simi Valley. (24) 25 MAYFAIR (18-3, SS-Div. II-A) James Silvie had 29 points, 10 rebounds vs. La Mirada. (25)

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