2022-23 Week 12C: Champions and Open Division Teams Await Regional Pairings

St. Augustine wrapped the San Diego Section season—the Southern California regionals are next–with an 85-53 win over Montgomery before about 3,000 persons at Cathedral Saturday night, finishing off the Aztecs with a 28-11 fourth quarter.

The Saints were the No. 1-seed team in the Open Division and played like it, winning by a combined total of 73 points in their three games.  There were earlier wins of 88-62 over Mater Dei and 82-67 over San Ysidro.

The power ratings, which determined the playoff seeds, saw the favorite emerge in 62 of 80 games, a winning percentage of 78 per cent.  There were six upsets in 38 first-round games, four in 24 quarterfinals, five in 12 semifinals, and three in six championship contests.

The ratings lost some of their power as the playoffs extended.  Only two of six No. 1 seeds earned championships.  And hats off to the Classical Caimans, an eight seed who ran the table in Division V.

St. Augustine (27-4), on a run of 15 victories in 16 games, has lost to just one California team, 84-72, to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame a couple weeks ago in Santa Ana.  The other losses were 79-70 to Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, 84-76 to Kell of Marietta, Georgia, and 71-65, to St. John’s of Washington, D.C.

Hotter than the hot Saints are coach Jeff Harper-Harris’ Lincoln Hornets, who claimed D-II with a 59-54 victory over Otay Ranch,  a team that beat the Hive, 70-54, in the second game of the season.

The Hornets have won 20 in a row, their only other loss, 54-49 to Fountain Fort Carson, a 19-6 team in Colorado.

Championship game results with upsets/surprises highlighted:

DIVISION TEAM SEED OPPONENT SEED SCORE
Open Montgomery (25-5) 3 St. Augustine (26-4) 1 85-53, @Cathedral
I La Jolla Country Day (23-7) 3 Mission Bay (23-8) 1 63-56, @St. Augustine
II Lincoln (29-2) 2 Otay Ranch (21-11) 1 59-54, @Mira Mesa
III Ramona (21-10) 3 Victory Christian (23-8) 1 72-67, @Mira Mesa
IV San Pasqual (17-14) 8 Imperial (20-8) 3 68-56, @Mira Mesa
V Classical (16-9) 8 Santana (16-15) 6 83-78, @Otay Ranch


2022-23 Week 11: Nine Teams Change Positions in Final Top 10

Records are current with the finals of the San Diego Section playoffs and does not include CIF State Regional playoff results.

The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 11 final 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. Records as of Monday, Feb. 13.

# TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAX-PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS
1 St. Augustine 27-4 (19) 190 1 7/9 5/6
2 Montgomery 26-5 169 3 56/54 On the Bubble/NR
3 Carlsbad 24-6 161 2 50/35 NR/NR
4 San Ysidro 18-12 122 5 72/63 On the bubble/NR
5 La Jolla Country Day 22-7 87 NR 98 NR/NR
6 Lincoln 29-2 81 8 111/142 NR/NR
7 Santa Fe Christian 24-5 78 4 100 NR/NR
8 Mission Bay 23-9 52 7 94/85 NR/NR
9 La Costa Canyon 16-12 42 10 90 NR/NR
10 Mater Dei 21-8 36 6 120 NR/NR

Others receiving votes

Torrey Pines (18-11, 14 points),  Victory Christian (24-8, 9). Del Norte (20-7,4), Otay Ranch (21-11, 2) Ramona (21-10, 2).

  • 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.