San Diego Section No. 1-ranked St. Augustine and No. 4 San Ysidro go national this week, traveling to Western Massachusetts for games in the Spalding HoopHall event at Springfield College.
The Saints will meet Max Preps‘ No. 2 team in Connecticut, Manchester East Catholic (7-0 in reported games), at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The Cougars (8-7) take on Miami Christopher Columbus (13-3), Max’s No. 1 in Florida, at 7:30 p.m.
Times are Eastern.
Coach Mike Haupt’s Saints chilled last week, save for a Tuesday evening, 75-59 win over La Costa Canyon. The Saints have what appears to be no more than a light, Eastern League exercise tonight against Patrick Henry (3-11).
Defensively-challenged San Ysidro has allowed at least 90 points in five of its last six games, including a 100-89 loss to Carlsbad last week after leading, 71-63, at the end of three quarters. The Cougars meet 10-7 Bonita Vista in a Metro Mesa battle Wednesday.
What price travel? St. Augustine and San Ysidro will fly approximately 2,900 miles through three time zones. Manchester East Catholic has a 32-mile hike up Interstate 91 and Miami Columbus will log about 1,400 miles.
The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 6 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.
| # | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREV | MAX-PREPS | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1 | St. Augustine | 14-3 (19) | 190 | 1 | 5/5 | 6/7 |
| 2 | Carlsbad | 14-4 | 169 | 2 | 52/61 | Bubble/Bubble |
| 3 | Mater Dei | 15-3 | 134 | 4 | 58/77 | NR/NR |
| 4 | San Ysidro | 8-7 | 115 | 3 | 113/105 | Bubble/23 |
| 5 | Mission Bay | 13-5 | 105 | 5 | 121/130 | NR/NR |
| 6 | Torrey Pines | 12-5 | 99 | 6 | 67/59 | NR/NR |
| 7 | Montgomery | 14-3 | 88 | 7 | 80/99 | NR/NR |
| 8 | Santa Fe Christian | 13-3 | 54 | 8 | 88/90 | NR/NR |
| 9 | El Camino | 12-4 | 34 | 10 | 102/110 | NR/NR |
| 10 | Lincoln | 15-2 | 21 | NR | 156 | NR/NR |
Others receiving votes
La Costa Canyon (8-7, 15 points), San Diego (11-5, 12), Otay Ranch (11-6, 4), Coronado (15-5, 2) Del Norte (8-5, 10), Victory Christian (11-5, 2), West Hills (15-2, 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, 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.
