The January grind continues with virtually no change in the Top 10 last week as teams try to position themselves for the February stretch run.
The only movement was all the way down in ninth and 10th places. St. Augustine moved up to No. 9, and San Diego High made its first appearance at No. 10. The first eight teams were unchanged from Week 3.
Montgomery defeated Francis Parker in a nonleague game, 71-56, in its only activity (the Aztecs knocked off Victory Christian, 70-46, on Monday, Jan. 27, after voting had taken place. Montgomery and Victory each is 2-1 in the Metropolitan South Bay League).
The Aztecs will get a chance to reverse one of their two losses when coach Ed Martin’s team plays host in nine days to host 17-2 and 3-0 league-leading Olympian, which stunned Monty, 53-47, a couple weeks ago. Montgomery’s other loss was 61-57 to 19-5 San Juan Capistrano, the No. 6 squad in California, according to Cal-High Sports.
John Maffei’s weekly The San Diego Union poll. 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 Jan 26.
| TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | MAXPREPS | CAL-HI SPORTS | |
| 1 | Montgomery | 19-2 (17) | 179 | 1 | 11/13 | 16/15 |
| 2 | San Marcos | 19-3 | 167 | 2 | 30/27 | On Bubble/Bubble |
| 3 | Carlsbad | 16-4 | 140 | 3 | 26/31 | 27/28 |
| 4 | Torrey Pines | 17-5 | 122 | 4 | 51/54 | NR-NR |
| 5 | Olympian | 17-2 (1) | 113 | 5 | 40/42 | NR-NR |
| 6 | Cathedral | 14-7 | 87 | 6 | 77/87 | NR-NR |
| 7 | Mission Bay | 15-6 | 59 | 7 | 53/50 | NR-NR |
| 8 | Santa Fe Christian | 18-4 | 56 | 8 | 61/65 | NR-NR |
| 9 | St. Augustine | 9-13 | 52 | 10 | 164/163 | NR-NR |
| 10 | San Diego | 17-3 | 10 | NR | 130/197 | NR-NR |
Others receiving votes
La Jolla Country Day (12-10, 6 points), Mission Hills (14-8, 4), Mira Mesa (17-3, 3), Francis Parker (14-10, 2), Madison (16-6, 1).
Voting panel: 18 sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators who cover the San Diego Section, plus MaxPreps:
John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
Aaron Burgin (Full-time hoops).
Steve Brand, Bodie DeSilva (Union-Tribune freelance correspondents). Todd Cassen (CIF). Rick Smith (partletonsports.com). Joe Evangelist (Coaching Legends). Tom Helmantoler ( Southern Conference). Rex Johnson (CIF Advisory Committee). Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association). Braden Suprenant (97.3 The Fan). John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance contributors).
Rick, Looking to the future of Section and State CIF playoffs for 2025 Spring Sports!
What are the possible options with all of the fires in the LA Section, Southern Section, Coastal Section and so on?
Based upon 1933, when there was a devastating earthquake in Long Beach, some schools stopped classes, sports and forfeited. Has any one discussed this yet? Carroll McNab
I don’t have much information, Carroll. Three of Palisades last four games were “away”. Yesterday they won a “home” game. I gathered this from MaxPreps, which doesn’t report where the “home” game was played.