Dozens of tournaments and nonleague games make the weekly vote for the top 10 in San Diego County almost superfluous. Action is daily and will be through the end of the year, notably with the massive, 32nd Torrey Pines Holiday Classic, which began this morning at several venues.

No.1 St. Augustine (9-2) opens at home at 7 p.m. against the 9-2 Centennial Coyotes of Peoria, the 25th-ranked team in Arizona. No. 2 San Ysidro (6-3) plays Monterey Trail (4-5) of Elk Grove, near Sacramento, at 7 at Torrey Pines.

San Diego High (7-3) got post-Christmas action started last night with a 74-67 loss in the LaVerne Damian Tournament to 9-3 Lawndale Leuzinger.

Results from last week’s Week 4 posting was a prelude to this week’s vote

The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 4 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.

Others receiving votes

La Costa Canyon (5-5, 22 points), San Diego (7-2, 21 points), Lincoln (9-2, 14), Mission Hills (8-3, 11), El Camino (7-3, 6).

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.

While the St. Augustine boys and La Jolla Country Day girls competed against the best this week, Montgomery came home with a championship, of sorts.

The Aztecs (8-3), won the Baller TV consolation bracket in the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas, defeating  Las Vegas schools Sierra Vista, 71-46; Valley, 60-58, and Clark, 54-36, after a first-round loss to eventual champion Layton, Utah, 70-60.

St. Augustine, in the Platinum Bracket, was 2-2 in the Tark and the Torreys 3-1 in the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix.

The Saints (9-2) opened with a 56-51 victory  over Orlando Oak Ridge (7-3), then the No. 2 team in Florida. They defeated Cleveland St. Ignatius, 62-54.  They dropped a 79-70 decision to 6-2 Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, Nevada’s No. 1 squad.

The Gorman Gaels lost, 67-62, in the Tarkanian final to 12-0 Valencia West Ranch, which had defeated Carlton Kell of Marietta, Georgia, 65-55, and Santa Ana Mater Dei, 60-55.

St. Augustine’s final game was an 84-76 loss to 11-1 Kell, an Atlanta suburban team ranked second in the state.

FIRST DEFEAT

La Jolla Country Day (13-1), ranked No. 5 in the U.S. by Max Preps, was defeated by Long Island Lutheran of Brookville, N.Y., 63-50, in the Tournament Of Champions final.

Breya Cunningham scored 23 points for the Torreys, who fell behind, 18-6, after one quarter, rallied to a 29-27 halftime deficit, and fell behind again, 45-33, after three quarters.

The LuHi Crusaders, No. 1 team on the state’s eight-million population peninsula, featured 6-foot, 5-inch center Kate Koval from Ukraine.  Koval had 10 points and nine rebounds.

SET SHOTS

Mikey Williams scored 35 points and San Ysidro (5-3) defeated  Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (7-3) in a non-tournament game, 89-82…the visiting Knights’ other losses were 66-64 to Valencia West Ranch and 94-77 to Duncanville, Texas…Otay Ranch was in the Visit Mesa Tournament at Westwood High in Mesa, Arizona, winning, 68-59, over Aurora of Overland, Colorado; losing to Sunnyslope, 62-33, and winning, 65-38, over Westwood….Coach Terry Bamford’s La Jolla Country Day Torreys return in January, beginning the New Year on Saturday, Jan. 7, at Chatsworth Sierra Canyon, the team that edged the host Torreys, 63-62, in the state regional playoff semifinals in 2021-22…St. Augustine will be back in action on Tuesday, Dec. 27, in the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic with a game on the Saints’ home court against the 9-2 Centennial Coyotes of Peoria, Arizona….

The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 3 poll:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. Last entries in columns indicate previous rank.

The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 3 poll:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. Last entries in columns indicate previous rank.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.

Others receiving votes

San Diego (6-3, 14 points),  Bonita Vista (6-1, 4), La Jolla Country Day (7-2), Lincoln (6-1, 2), El Capitan (10-0, 2).

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.

Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.

Others receiving votes

San Diego (6-3, 14 points),  Bonita Vista (6-1, 4), La Jolla Country Day (7-2), Lincoln (6-1, 2), El Capitan (10-0, 2).

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.

Eleven wins in 2023 could elevate Sean Doyle to as high as a fourth-place tie with Bennie Edens on the list of San Diego County coaches’ all-time victories.

Eleven wins in 2023 would move Chris Hauser into the club of eight who have won 200 games.

The late Bennie Edens of Point Loma is fourth with 238 victories and Ron Hamamoto, active at Monte Vista, fifth with 233.

Doyle has won at least 11 games nine times in his 27 seasons (1996-2022) at Cathedral and Hauser has reached that figure on four occasions at Vista and Mission Hills (2000-22).

Doyle, who annually puts together a schedule that is as difficult as any in the state, has a 227-102 (.690) record, seventh in wins.

Hauser, who started at Vista and inaugurated the Mission Hills program in 2003, is 189-82-2 (.696), tied for 12^th with Carl Parrick, who was 189-131-8 (.588) in 30 seasons at San Diego Southwest and Bonita Vista.

Madison’s Rick Jackson advanced from 16th to 15th with 162 victories.  Damon Baldwin and Joel Allen also made gains.

Three new members joined the Coach 100 Club this season; El Capitan’s Ron Burner, Morse’s Tracy McNair, and Mount Miguel’s Troy Starr.

The Club total now is 47, with Mater Dei’s Jon Joyner (96 wins), Brawley’s John Self, Jr. (94) and San Pasqual’s Tony Curlee (91) closing in.

The final act for 98 teams and the 561** games they played was a quaternary of success, 4 games, 4 victories in the state bowl championships.

San Diego Section teams enjoyed their most successful year since the inaugural Southern California and state bowl championship series in 2006.

Lincoln (13-1) went on a 21-0 blitz in the third quarter to take a 27-14 lead and held on to defeat Concord De La Salle of the North Coast Section, 33-28, in the Division I-AA final.  The outburst was similar to the 27-0 explosion the previous week third quarter in the 37-14 win over favored Chatsworth Sierra Canyon.

Granite Hills  (13-2) was named State Medium Schools Team of the Year after posting a 31-24, overtime victory against Danville San Ramon Valley of the North Coast Section for the state II-A championship.

Mater Dei (11-4) completed a remarkable comeback after four straight losses at the start of the season, topping Oakland McClymonds of the Oakland Athletic League (the only league of the Oakland Section), 26-18, and defending its state II-AA title.

Classical (11-3) joined the fray, outlasting the Central Coast’s San Jose Santa Teresa, 7-0, for the VI-AA championship in a game that necessitated an 884-mile roundtrip bus ride, the 442-mile jaunt back ensuring a lifetime of memories for the Caimans.

**The figure is for two teams playing one game.

The Union-Tribune’s last Top 10 with updated records and extended-season rankings of the three state-wide contributors:

FINAL RANKINGS

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
University City (11-2, 19 points), Blythe Palo Verde Valley (13-1, 3), Ramona (8-5, 3), Classical (11-3, 1), La Costa Canyon (7-5, 1).

St. Augustine, 7-0 and the unanimous first-place choice in the Union-Tribune weekly poll, will take that and its Cal-Hi Sports No. 10 state ranking and Max Preps’ No. 7, to Las Vegas Monday.

The Saints of coach Mike Haupt, slotted in the Platinum Division of the Tarkanian Classic at Orleans Arena, will open against Orlando Oak Ridge, 7-0 and Florida’s No. 2 team, according to Max Preps.

San Diego teams will be awash in intersectional games through the end of the year.

MIKEY LOOMS

San Ysidro, 95-70 and 90-66 loser to Corona Centennial and Perry of Gilbert, Arizona, respectively, and 74-70 to El Camino, still ranks third in San Diego and 21^st by Cal-Hi Sports.

The San Diego and Cal-Hi judgments could be described as the Mikey Williams affect, although Williams’ Cougars strangely are the 182^nd team in California, according to Max Preps.

Williams, back for his senior season after two years at a North Carolina academy, is averaging 17.5 points and 9.2 assists and is the No. 2-rated player in the Country, according to 24/7 Sports. J.J. Swift leads San Ysidro scoring with a 25-point average.

The Cougars are part of a event in the desert this week at Imperial High, opening against Indio Shadow Hills (4-5), a 42-40 loser to Valhalla in its most recent outing.  It was at a tournament at Imperial on Dec. 14, 2019, that the 6-foot, 4-inch Williams, then a freshman, scored a County record 77 points in a 116-42 win over Kearny.  Williams  had 51 points the night before against Brawley.

Carlsbad (9-2) lost to St. Augustine, 74-60, last week and then recorded the first century score this season, 100-67 over neighboring Sage Creek.

The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 2 poll:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. “Last” is previous rank. NR—Not ranked.

Others receiving votes

San Diego (5-2, 20 points), Cathedral (4-4,10),  Del Norte (5-3, 10), Bonita Vista (5-1, 4), Chula Vista (6-0, 3), La Jolla Country Day (5-2 Lincoln (5-1, 2), El Capitan (8-0, 1), Rancho Buena Vista (6-1, 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.