2016-17 Week 2: Knights, Saints Share Top
Foothills Christian, St. Augustine, and Torrey Pines, we know about. All three played before overflow crowds of more than 3,000 persons in the Under-Armour tournament at Torrey Pines over the Christmas holiday.
What about the Vista?
The Panthers are fourth in the weekly San Diego Union-
Tribune poll but they’ve managed to stay under the radar while building a 13-2 record.
A sighting last week in the Silver Division of the La Verne Damian tournament shed some light.
the Panthers defeated Woodland Hills Taft, 60-52, for the championship and beat an 11-2 club that annually is among the best teams in the Los Angeles City Section.
Meanwhile, Foothills Christian, led by the explosive Jaylen Hands, won the Under-Armour National Division by defeating St. John’s of Washington, D.C., 61-57, and is tied for first in the local poll with St. Augustine.
I voted for the Saints No. 1, based on their 85-75 victory over Foothills in the Under-Armour preview but can’t argue with the first-place tie. The Saints flattened out, losing 2 of their last 3 games in the tournament.
Foothills rose from 11th to eighth in the weekly Cal-Hi Sports top 20. St. Augustine went to 16th from unranked. Torrey Pines and Vista are on the bubble.
Records through Monday, Jan. 2:
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Last Poll |
| 1 | Foothills Christian (5) | 12-2 | 95 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Augustine (5) | 11-3 | 95 | 2 |
| 3 | Torrey Pines | 12-3 | 80 | 5 |
| 4 | Vista | 13-2 | 62 | 5 |
| 5 | La Jolla Country Day | 9-6 | 59 | 4 |
| 6 | La Jolla | 10-1 | 33 | 9 |
| 7 | Serra | 14-0 | 28 | NR |
| 8 | Cathedral | 4-7 | 27 | 7 |
| 9 | Helix | 10-4 | 13 | 6 |
| 10 | Santa Fe Christian | 10-4 | 12 | NR |
NR–Not ranked.
Others receiving votes: Orange Glen (7-2, 10 points), La Costa Canyon (11-3, 10), Poway (10-4, 10), Rancho Bernardo (8-2, 9), Mater Dei (7-4, 4), Patrick Henry (11-3, 1), Coronado (15-2, 1).
Poll participants include John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune; Steve Brand (San Diego Hall of Champions), Terry Monahan, Union-Tribune correspondent; im Lindgren Union-Tribune correspondent, Bill Dickens, Adam Paul, EastCountySports.com; Rick Willis, KUSI-TV; Rick Smith, partletonsports.com; Bodie DeSilva, sandiegopreps.com; Chris Davis, freelance; Aaron Burgin, fulltimehoops.com.