After five weeks of nonleague games and tournaments in far-flung locations, San Diego Section basketball teams begin the run to the playoffs in earnest this week.
Cathedral emerged as the frontrunner in the third UT-San Diego poll with all 13 possible first-place votes. Â The Dons got a head start on most other clubs when they opened the Eastern League season last Friday with a win at home over St. Augustine 67-64.
No. 2 Hoover beat Canyon Country Canyon 78-55 on Saturday. Â No. 4 Army-Navy dropped a 62-55 decision to Foothill of Henderson, Nevada, in the host school tournament. Â No. 5 La Costa Canyon won its division of a Palm Desert tournament by knocking off unbeaten Mission Viejo 70-58.
Preseason No. 1 Lincoln lost star player Tyree Robinson for the season with a broken foot. Â The Hornets were blown out in two of four games in the Westlake Village Oaks Christian tournament and are 6-5.
| Place | Team (#1 votes) | Record | Points | Last Week |
| 1 | Cathedral Catholic (13) | 13-2 | 130 | 1 |
| 2 | Hoover | 14-3 | 107 | 3 |
| 3 | St. Augustine | 8-3 | 106 | 5 |
| 4 | Army-Navy Academy | 12-3 | 87 | 4 |
| 5 | La Costa Canyon | 11-3 | 65 | 8 |
| 6 | El Camino | 12-2 | 61 | T6 |
| 7 | Mission Hills | 13-2 | 52 | T6 |
| 8 | Lincoln | 6-5 | 45 | 1 |
| 9 | Westview | 12-3 | 26 | NR |
| 10 | San Ysidro | 11-5 | 20 | 9 |
| 10 | Torrey Pines | 9-4 | 20 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: San Marcos (12-3, Â 7 points), Eastlake (8-5, Â 3), Santa Fe Christian (9-4, Â 3), Morse (13-3, Â 2), Parker (7-5, Â 1).
