HIGH SCHOOLS

By Ben Bolch

Feb. 2, 2009 12 AM PT

The Times’ high school boys’ basketball rankings by Ben Bolch:

1. MATER DEI (22-0, SS-Div. I-AA); def. Servite, 102-57, JSerra, 90-54. (1)

2. WESTCHESTER (21-1, City-Div. I); def. Los Angeles CES, 75-30, L.A. University, 84-46. (2)

3. DOMINGUEZ (18-4, SS-Div. I-AA); def. Warren, 88-37, Gahr, 99-54. (4)

4. FAIRFAX (17-3, City-Div. I); def. Palisades, 84-83, L.A. Hamilton, 82-44. (5)

5. KING (17-2, SS-Div. I-AA); def. Riverside Poly, 58-35, Riverside North, 61-47, Corona Centennial, 79-64. (6)

6. TAFT (18-3, City-Div. I); def. El Camino Real, 66-40, Granada Hills, 66-54, lost to Etiwanda, 50-44. (3)

7. LOS ALAMITOS (21-1, SS-Div. I-AA); def. Marina, 73-66, Newport Harbor, 71-36. (8)

8. ETIWANDA (18-4, SS-Div. I-AA); def. Los Osos, 89-54, Rancho Cucamonga, 87-68, Taft, 50-44. (10)

9. DIAMOND RANCH (18-4, SS-Div. III-A); def. Nogales, 63-46, Charter Oak, 59-40. (9)

10. BISHOP MONT. (19-3, SS-Div. IV-AA); def. Cathedral, 73-55. (11)

11. CORONA CENTENNIAL (19-3, SS-Div. I-A); def. Norco, 79-54, lost to Corona Roosevelt, 67-56, King, 79-64. (7)

12. SONORA (21-1, SS-Div. III-A); def. Troy, 64-48, Sunny Hills, 75-62. (12)

13. LEUZINGER (17-5, SS-Div. II-AA); def. Peninsula, 76-63, Mira Costa, 88-68. (14)

14. WINDWARD (16-6, SS-Div. V-A); def. Brentwood, 85-50, Cerritos Valley Christian, 73-51, San Diego Hoover, 82-68. (15)

15. LONG BEACH POLY (19-3, SS-Div. I-AA); def. Lakewood, 60-31, lost to Long Beach Wilson, 52-49, def. Campbell Hall, 87-54. (13)

16. TESORO (19-3, SS-Div. I-A); def. San Clemente, 68-52. (17)

17. GARDENA SERRA (18-6, SS-Div. IV-AA); def. Bishop Amat, 40-38, St. Bernard, 75-46. (18)

18. LONG BEACH WILSON (17-6, SS-Div. I-AA); lost to Millikan, 70-67, def. Long Beach Poly, 52-49. (19)

19. LONG BEACH JORDAN (16-5, SS-Div. I-AA); def. Compton, 72-69. (20)

20. REDLANDS (19-2, SS-Div. I-AA); def. Miller, 90-49, Rialto, 80-38. (21)

21. EISENHOWER (19-3, SS-Div. II-A); def. Rialto, 97-45, Yucaipa, 80-69. (22)

22. MURRIETA VALLEY (20-1, SS-Div. I-A); def. Vista Murrieta, 65-46, Chaparral, 65-42. (24)

23. LA MIRADA (21-2, SS-Div. II-A); def. Glenn, 79-20, Bellflower, 78-32. (25)

24. RANCHO VERDE (19-4, SS-Div. X); def. Vista del Lago, 54-42, Arlington, 77-50. (NR)

25. CAMPBELL HALL (15-6, SS-Div. III-AA); def. Montclair Prep, 76-60, Brentwood, 80-51, lost to Long Beach Poly, 87-54. (16)

High School Sports

Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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