2023-24 Boys Week 5: Lancers’ Week Included 3 Big Wins

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


2023-24 Girls Week 5: Grizzlies, Torreys Continue to Hold Sway

No. 1 Mission Hills and No. 2 La Jolla Country Day maintained their front-runner pace, and Poway moved up to No. 3 with wins over San Marcos , 58-43, and a come-from-behind, 42-40 squeaker over former No. 3 Del Norte.

As proof of the Lady Grizzlies’ dominance, their average wins are by 19 points (62-43), although Westview offered some resistance before bowing, 66-52, after Del Norte was routed, 76-28, last week.

In eight local games,  Mission Hills’ average advantage is 71-36, with two foes held to 20 points or less. The Grizzlies’ MaxPreps‘ state ranking rose to 19 from 23, while the Lady Torreys lifted to 23 from 24 after a 85-20 win against Classical.

Oddly, Francis Parker is  No. 8 in the San Diego Section, although state-ranked 83, right behind Poway’s 81.

John Maffei’s Girls Week 5 Union-Tribune Poll

Rank/Prev Team (Record) Points † MaxPreps
Rank/Rating		 Cal-Hi
Sports 35
1/1 Mission Hills (16-8) 59 (6) 19/29.80 15
2/2 La Jolla Country Day (17-6) 54 (1) 23/28.75 22
3/5 Poway (16-6) 40 81/21.75 NR
4/3 Del Norte (17-6) 39 91/20.83 NR
5/4 Westview (13-10) 34 108/19.99 NR
6/7 Bonita Vista (10-11) 32 157/17.00 NR
7/6 Rancho Bernardo (18-6) 25 133/18.44 NR
8/8 Francis Parker (14-7) 20 83/21.65 NR
9/9 Cathedral (12-10) 9 225/13.94 NR
10/10 Scripps Ranch (15-5) 7 212/14.34 NR

Others receiving votes:
Grossmont (5), Victory Christian (2), Bishop’s (2).

† First-place votes in parentheses. Points  awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Max Preps and Cal-Hi Sports are state rankings. NR/Not ranked.

The San Diego Union freelance representative Don Norcross and county-wide coaches participate in the poll.

Records as of Monday, Jan. 29.