Heralded Mikey Williams has returned for his senior basketball season at San Ysidro after two years at an academy in North Carolina. Updated Max Preps stats show Williams with an 18.3 average in the Cougars’ five games, in which San Ysidro is 3-2, including a 95-70 loss to Corona Centennial. Williams scored 24 points. J.J. Taylor leads the team with a 25.2 average, according to Max Preps.
The first poll actually follows the preseason Top 10 created by John Maffei of the Union-Tribune several days ago and is reflected in the “Last” column. The season began for most teams around the first of November.
The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 1 poll:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. NR—Not ranked.
Last entries in column indicate previous rank.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | LAST |
| 1. | St. Augustine | 6-0 | 160 | 1 |
| 2. | Carlsbad | 7-1 | 118 | 6 |
| 3. | San Ysidro | 1-2 | 109 | 2 |
| 4. | Torrey Pines | 6-1 | 108 | 7 |
| 5. | Montgomery | 3-1 | 103 | 4 |
| 6. | Mission Bay | 7-2 | 90 | 3 |
| 7. | La Costa Canyon | 3-3 | 49 | 5 |
| 8. | Mission Hills | 5-1 | 48 | 10 |
| 9. | El Camino | 1-2 | 26 | 8 |
| 10. | Mater Dei | 4-1 | 25 | NR |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Cathedral (3-3, 23 points), Otay Ranch (5-1, 15), San , Lincoln (4-1, 2), San Diego (3-1, 5), Bonita Vista (4-1, 3), El Capitan (10-3, 2), San Diego High Tech (6-0, 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, (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.
