THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

Through Friday’s games

*--* Rk School (Record, Div.) Comments (last ranking) 1 WESTCHESTER (15-1, City) Will Amir Johnson be eligible for Wednesday’s Fairfax game? (1) 2 FAIRFAX (15-2, City) Surpassing 40-point mark becoming routine for Josh Shipp. (2) 3 MATER DEI (16-2, SS-Div. II-A) St. John Bosco offers little resistance in 12-point victory. (3) 4 DOMINGUEZ (15-5, SS-Div. II-A) Ho-hum week for Dons after stomach turners vs. Lynwood, L.B. Poly. (4) 5 COM. CENTENNIAL (19-2, SS-Div. III-A) Ranking second to Harvard-Westlake in section poll wrinkled some brows. (5) 6 L.B. POLY (16-3 SS-Div. I-AA) Winning streak can reach double digits with victory over Villa Park. (6) 7 ETIWANDA (18-1, SS-Div. I-AA) Passes another test, this time against Baseline League foe Upland. (8) 8 CLEVELAND (18-3, City) Has won five in a row since last-second shocker against Taft at UCLA. (10) 9 TAFT (15-3, City) Jordan Farmar averaged 38 points in wins vs. Birmingham, Chatsworth. (11) 10 DORSEY (16-2, City) Dons clamped down in third quarter and ran past Crenshaw. (17) 11 CRENSHAW (11-4, City) Cougars get a lesson in defense in loss to Dorsey. (9) 12 LYNWOOD (15-4, SS-Div. I-AA) Not to discount Downey, but Lynwood too good to lose that way. (7) 13 CAPISTRANO VLY. (18-1, SS-Div. II-AA) Davis Baker helps defeat Mission Viejo in seesaw league game. (12) 14 OXNARD (20-1, SS-Div. I-A) Loss to Dorsey isn’t looking like an upset any longer. (13) 15 HARV. WESTLAKE (12-6, SS-Div. III-A) Wolverines will be rested for Wednesday’s rematch vs. Loyola. (14) 16 MISSION VIEJO (17-2, SS-Div. I-A) Diablos freeze up in last two minutes of loss to Capistrano Valley. (15) 17 EL TORO (16-3, SS-Div. I-A) Two-point victory over San Clemente looked very un-Charger like. (16) 18 GLENDORA (21-0, SS-Div. I-A) Still looking to gauge Tartans against a quality top 25 opponent. (18) 19 OCEAN VIEW (15-5, SS-Div. III-AA) Seahawks took a 31-point lead over Saddleback after first quarter. (19) 20 KING (16-4, SS-Div. II-AA) Rubidoux no match in meeting of unbeatens in Sunkist League. (20) 21 BISHOP MONT. (16-2, SS-Div. III-A) Auston Autry, Nate Clark and Ryan Howard keyed latest win vs. Serra. (21) 22 SANTA MARGARITA (18-2, SS-Div. III-AA) Eagles starting to roll heading into Wednesday’s game vs. Mater Dei. (22) 23 LOYOLA (10-7, SS-Div. II-AA) A week off for finals couldn’t have come at a better time. (23) 24 CALABASAS (17-3, SS-Div. III-AA) Steve Saunders gets 27 points, 11 rebounds in win at Agoura. (24) 25 MAYFAIR (17-3, SS-Div. II-A) Patrick Christopher’s two late three-pointers hold off Bellflower. (25)

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