2022-23 Week 5: The Saints Are Still Marching In
Exhausted from a week of travel and tip-ins at numerous venues and in numerous events, San Diego Section teams now gear for league play and some “classics”, such as on Martin Luther King weekend later this month.
So busy and so competitive was last week, today’s Union-Tribune poll revealed a seldom-seen jockeying for position. Only St. Augustine, which lost 71-65, to powerful St. John’s of Washington D.C., in finals of the 32nd Torrey Pines Classic, retained its No. 1 ranking.
The second through 10th teams sat in different slots last week.
St. Augustine, No. 5 statewide in Max Preps and No. 7 by Cal-Hi Sports, takes on newly-anointed and visiting No. 9 La Costa Canyon, far down the list, according to Max Preps and out of sight by Cal-Hi Sports, in a potential trap game Tuesday night.
(La Costa Canyon led the Saints, 45-43, in the third quarter, but St. Augustine pulled away for a 75-59 victory).
The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 5 poll:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
First-place votes in parenthesis. Last entries in columns indicate previous rank.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.
| # | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREV | MAX-PREPS | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1 | St. Augustine | 12-3 (19) | 190 | 1 | 5/7 | 7/10 |
| 2 | Carlsbad | 14-3 | 149 | 4 | 45/33 | NR |
| 3 | San Ysidro | 7-6 | 134 | 2 | 71/91 | 23/21 |
| 4 | Mater Dei | 12-3 | 111 | 7 | 76/130 | NR |
| 5 | Mission Bay | 12-5 | 109 | 3 | 81/73 | NR |
| 6 | Torrey Pines | 10-5 | 108 | 5 | 59/27 | NR |
| 7 | Montgomery | 12-3 | 92 | 6 | 95/94 | NR |
| 8 | Santa Fe Christian | 11-3 | 52 | 9 | 91/155 | NR |
| 9 | La Costa Canyon | 8-6 | 33 | NR | 106 | NR |
| 10 | El Camino | 10-4 | 18 | NR | 124 | NR |
Others receiving votes
San Diego (10-4, 17 points), Otay Ranch (10-5, 13), Lincoln (13-2, 10), Del Norte (8-5, 10), Victory Christian (9-3, 3) Mission Hills (10-5, 1) Coronado (11-4, 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.