Trailing, 30-23, St. Augustine took charge in the second half and defeated East Catholic of Manchester, Connecticut, 67-57, last week in the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass. San Ysidro was beaten in the same event by Florida’s Miami Columbus, 74-67.
Locally, most impressive was Montgomery, which zipped past Mater Dei, 77-58, and replaced the Crusaders as the section’s third-ranked team, moving from fifth, while Mater Dei dropped to seventh.
Carlsbad remained second with an 83-80 win over La Costa Canyon.
The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 7 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 | 16-3 (19) | 190 | 1 | 4/5 | 6/6 |
| 2 | Carlsbad | 16-4 | 171 | 2 | 42/52 | Bubble/Bubble |
| 3 | San Ysidro | 9-8 | 128 | 4 | 104/113 | Bubble/Bubble |
| 4 | Mission Bay | 15-5 | 123 | 5 | 89/121 | NR/NR |
| 5 | Montgomery | 15-3 | 117 | 7 | 57/80 | NR/NR |
| 6 | Torrey Pines | 13-6 | 68 | 6 | 77/67 | NR/NR |
| 7 | Mater Dei | 15-5 | 66 | 3 | 90/58 | NR/NR |
| 8 | Santa Fe Christian | 15-5 | 64 | 8 | 96/88 | NR/NR |
| 9 | Lincoln | 18-2 | 38 | 10 | 143/156 | NR/NR |
| 10 | La Costa Canyon | 9-8 | 25 | NR | 92 | NR/NR |
Others receiving votes
San Diego (12-6, 14 points), Otay Ranch (12-6, 14), El Camino (13-5, 6) Victory Christian (13-5, 4), West Hills (17-2, 4) Mission Hills (11-8, 3, Coronado (17-5, 3) Del Norte (10-5, 2), Canyon Crest (13-5, 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.
