2015-16 Week 4: Foothills Gets Another Chance
Foothills Christian, blown off the court, 40-13, in the first quarter and a 106-86 loser to Chino Hills a couple weeks ago, will have another try at the USA Today No. 1 Huskies in the Sierra Canyon Super Showcase in Chatsworth Saturday.
The pressing piranhas of 13-0 Chino Hills, averaging 93 points a game, were champions of the recent City of Palms Tournament in Fort Meyers, Fla., where many eastern big shots competed.
Foothills (8-2) took a step back last week in the Under-Armour event at Torrey Pines.
After an impressive, 85-63 victory over St. Augustine, the Knights fell, 67-52, to Corona Centennial, the same team Foothills defeated, 69-61, on Centennial’s home court the day before it met Chino Hills.
St. Augustine (11-2), also in the Sierra Canyon field, snapped a two-game losing streak last night, leading from opening tip to final buzzer in a 62-52 win over visiting Bellflower St. John Bosco (13-2), ranked 21st in the state by Max Preps.
Coach Mike Haupt’s Saints, 18th in California, according to Max Preps, will play Mission Hills Bishop Alemany (9-5) Saturday.
Lincoln is host for a shootout Saturday that includes La Jolla Country Day (15-0) taking on Woodland Hills El Camino Real (5-8) and the Hornets (9-2) meeting Lynwood (9-4). Other squads also are involved.
Teams in the Union-Tribune Top 10 opened league play last night or will Friday.
First-place votes in parenthesis. Won-loss records through Monday.
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Last Week |
| 1 | Foothills Christian (11) | 8-2 | 110 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Augustine | 10-2 | 99 | 2 |
| 3 | Torrey Pines | 10-3 | 72 | 5 |
| 4 | El Camino | 12-3 | 70 | 3 |
| 5 | La Jolla Country Day | 15-0 | 59 | 8 |
| 6 | Army-Navy | 10-4 | 58 | 6 |
| 7 | Cathedral | 6-4 | 52 | 4 |
| 8 | Kearny | 13-2 | 35 | 7 |
| 9 | San Marcos | 9-5 | 15 | 10 |
| 10 | Poway | 13-2 | 13 | NR |
Points awarded on basis of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. NR—Not ranked.
Others receiving votes, including record: Lincoln (9-2, 12), Grossmont (12-3, 11), Vista (8-5, 1).
11 media representatives vote, including John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune; Steve Brand (San Diego Hall of Champions), Terry Monahan, Jim Lindgren, Union-Tribune correspondents; Bill Dickens, Adam Paul, EastCountySports.com; Rick Willis, KUSI-TV; Rick Smith, partletonsports.com; Bodie DeSilva, sandiegopreps.com; Lisa Lane, San Diego Preps Insider; Aaron Burgin, fulltimehoops.com.