Carlsbad cemented its hold on No. 1 in the Union-Tribune poll with victories of 62-54 over No. 4 Torrey Pines, 70-66 over Valencia West Ranch, and 78-57 over No. 7 La Costa Canyon.
Montgomery stayed at No. 2, with no-sweat 60-27 and 88-31 dominations of Otay Ranch and San Ysidro.
No. 3 St. Augustine took care of Steele Canyon, 72-43, and Madison, 64-26, and then lost to San Juan Capistrano JSerra, Cal-Hi Sports’ state No. 10 team, 54-48, in the Nike Classic at Santa Ana Mater Dei. Sophomore Jaden Bailes scored 17 points for the Saints.
John Maffei’s weekly Union-Tribune poll.
| # | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | MAX-PREPS | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1 | Carlsbad | 22-2 (12) | 165 | 1 | 9/9 | 15/15 |
| 2 | Montgomery | 21-2 (5) | 156 | 2 | 20/18 | 19/21 |
| 3 | St. Augustine | 21-4 | 138 | 3 | 21/16 | 20/22 |
| 4 | Torrey Pines | 17-6 | 116 | 4 | 37/41 | 30/30 |
| 5 | La Jolla Country Day | 17-6 | 99 | 6 | 58/57 | NR/NR |
| 6 | Santa Fe Christian | 16-7 | 76 | 5 | 88/77 | NR/NR |
| 7 | La Costa Canyon | 16-5 | 70 | 8 | 65/72 | NR/NR |
| 8 | Mission Hills | 18-6 | 56 | 9 | 80/128 | NR/NR |
| 9 | Cathedral | 16-7 | 30 | 7 | 102/104 | NR/NR |
| 10 | Mission Bay | 15-9 | 12 | 9 | 126/93 | NR/NR |
Others receiving votes
San Marcos (18-5, 6 points), Rancho Buena Vista (18-6, 6), San Diego Southwest (22-2, 3), University City (17-7,1).
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings followed by previous.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.
Records as of Monday, Jan. 29.
VOTING PANEL
- John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune
- Aaron Burgin, Fulltime Hoops
- Steve Brand, Eric Williams, Freelance writers
- John Kentera, Freelance Contributor
- Rick Smith, partletonsports.com
- Adam Paul, eastcountysports.com
- Bodie Silva, scorebooklive.com
- Braden Suprenant 97.3 FM The Fan
- Steve Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9-FM
- Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez, CIF San Diego Section.
- Rex Johnson, CIF Advisory Committee
- Joe Evangelist, San Diego Coaching Legends Committee.
- Tom Helmantoler, Advisor Southern Conference
- Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association
- Maxpreps
