2022-23 Week 2: Saints to Meet Florida Power in Las Vegas
St. Augustine, 7-0 and the unanimous first-place choice in the Union-Tribune weekly poll, will take that and its Cal-Hi Sports No. 10 state ranking and Max Preps’ No. 7, to Las Vegas Monday.
The Saints of coach Mike Haupt, slotted in the Platinum Division of the Tarkanian Classic at Orleans Arena, will open against Orlando Oak Ridge, 7-0 and Florida’s No. 2 team, according to Max Preps.
San Diego teams will be awash in intersectional games through the end of the year.
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San Ysidro, 95-70 and 90-66 loser to Corona Centennial and Perry of Gilbert, Arizona, respectively, and 74-70 to El Camino, still ranks third in San Diego and 21st by Cal-Hi Sports.
The San Diego and Cal-Hi judgments could be described as the Mikey Williams affect, although Williams’ Cougars strangely are the 182nd team in California, according to Max Preps.
Williams, back for his senior season after two years at a North Carolina academy, is averaging 17.5 points and 9.2 assists and is the No. 2-rated player in the Country, according to 24/7 Sports. J.J. Swift leads San Ysidro scoring with a 25-point average.
The Cougars are part of a event in the desert this week at Imperial High, opening against Indio Shadow Hills (4-5), a 42-40 loser to Valhalla in its most recent outing. It was at a tournament at Imperial on Dec. 14, 2019, that the 6-foot, 4-inch Williams, then a freshman, scored a County record 77 points in a 116-42 win over Kearny. Williams had 51 points the night before against Brawley.
Carlsbad (9-2) lost to St. Augustine, 74-60, last week and then recorded the first century score this season, 100-67 over neighboring Sage Creek.
The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 2 poll:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. “Last” is previous rank. NR—Not ranked.
| TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | LAST | MAX –PREPS | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1. St. Augustine | 7-0 (19*) | 190 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 2. Carlsbad | 9-2 | 156 | 2 | 30 | NR |
| 3. Torrey Pines | 7-1 | 149 | 4 | 24 | NR |
| 4. San Ysidro | 3-3 | 135 | 3 | 182 | 21 |
| 5. Montgomery | 4-1 | 110 | 5 | 38 | NR |
| 6. Mission Bay | 9-2 | 88 | 6 | 86 | NR |
| 7. La Costa Canyon | 4-3 | 57 | 7 | 188 | NR |
| 8. Otay Ranch | 6-1 | 44 | NR | NR | NR |
| 9.Mission Hills | 6-2 | 33 | 8 | 126 | NR |
| 10. Mater Dei | 4-3 | 27 | 10 | NR | NR |
Others receiving votes
San Diego (5-2, 20 points), Cathedral (4-4,10), Del Norte (5-3, 10), Bonita Vista (5-1, 4), Chula Vista (6-0, 3), La Jolla Country Day (5-2 Lincoln (5-1, 2), El Capitan (8-0, 1), Rancho Buena Vista (6-1, 1).
VOTING PANEL
- John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune.
- Steve Brand, Terry Monahan, Eric Williams, Freelance contributors.
- Rick Smith, partletonsports.com.
- Adam Paul, eastcountysports.com.
- John Kentera, Braden Supremant (97.3 FM The Fan).
- Bodie DeSilva, scoreboardlive.com.
- Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9 FM.
- Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
- Todd Cassen, Joe Heinz, Ron Marquez, CIF San Diego Section.
- Rex Johnson, CIF Advisory Committee.
- Joe Evangelist, San Diego Coaching Legends Committee.
- Tom Helmantoler, Southern Conference Advisor.
- Aaron Burgin, fulltimehoops.com.
- Max Preps.