THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

Through Friday’s games

*--* Rk School (Record, Div.) Comment (Last ranking) 1 LYNWOOD (19-2, SS-Div. I-AA) Against 10 California opponents, scored fewer than 71 points once. (1) 2 L.B. POLY (21-1, SS-Div. I-AA) Beat Narbonne, L.B. Wilson and Millikan last week. (2) 3 SAN CLEMENTE (18-4, SS-Div. I-A) Beat Troy by 10, which beat Brea, which beat San Clemente by 3. (5) 4 TROY (22-1, SS-Div. II-AA) Regained championship form with victory over Brea. (6) 5 BREA OLINDA (19-4, SS-Div. II-A) Last-minute, first-half lapse costly against Troy. (3) 6 NARBONNE (13-8, City) Tie game with L.B. Poly with less than two minutes remaining. (16) 7 HART (22-1, SS-Div. I-A) Only loss to Ventura, but more impressive otherwise. (8) 8 VENTURA (21-0, SS-Div. I-A) Jumped San Clemente to No. 1 in section poll -- but not here. (7) 9 L.B. WILSON (22-4, SS-Div. I-AA) Allowed two 15-2 runs to L.B. Poly in 68-46 loss. (4) 10 RIV. NORTH (21-3, SS-Div. II-AA) Coach Brian Jones got a cold but his team remained hot. (9) 11 BISHOP AMAT (21-3, SS-Div. III-A) Try to avenge five years of losses to B. Montgomery on Tuesday. (10) 12 CANYON SPRINGS (19-4, SS-Div. I-A) Brandi Jones-Fitzgerald’s 33 points light up Riverside Poly. (11) 13 TEMECULA VALLEY (20-4, SS-Div. I-AA) Jessica Thompson leads Golden Bears to third straight league title. (12) 14 MILLIKAN (17-7, SS-Div. I-AA) Win Tuesday over L.B. Wilson can shake up playoff pairings. (13) 15 ROSARY (21-4, SS-Div. III-A) Ends Santa Margarita’s three-year reign as Serra League champs. (14) 16 NORCO (19-3, SS-Div. II-AA) Deanna Moreno getting into playoff form. (17) 17 SANTA MARGARITA (20-5, SS-Div. III-AA) Annie Mai’s 17 points, 10 assists beat Mater Dei. (18) 18 MATER DEI (12-10, SS-Div. II-A) Nine of last 10 opponents ranked in top 25. (15) 19 MORNINGSIDE (24-3, SS-Div. III-AA) Natasha Thomas has 106 blocked shots for Monarchs. (20) 20 BISHOP MONT. (20-6, SS-Div. III-A) Nykia Peace’s free throw beat Redondo with two seconds left. (21) 21 MARLBOROUGH 21-2, SS-Div. IV-AA) Emily Tay, Abi Olajuwon averaging 33.5 points since return to lineup. (22) 22 HARV.-WESTLAKE (21-2, SS-Div. III-A) Stefanie Clark’s three free throws with 0:00 left beats Alemany. (23) 23 CRENSHAW (22-1, City) Brittany Shepherd, Latara Buck had big weeks in wins. (24) 24 EL DORADO (22-2, SS-Div. II-AA) Strong showing vs. Brea adds legitimacy to record. (NR) 25 MUIR (18-6, SS-Div. III-A) Two losses to Crescenta Valley by combined three points. (19)

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