SoCalHoops HS Top 20
Division I-A--(Dec. 9, 2001)
SoCalHoops HS Top 20
Division I-A--(Dec. 9, 2001)
 Preseason Southern Section D-IA Top 20( Issued Dec.9, 2001) |
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| Schools with Enrollments of 1700-2065--50 teams in the Division overall | |||
| Ranking | School | Enrollment/ |
Notes |
| 1T | Glendora |
1918 |
5-0; Won the Glendora Cage Classic this week. Foster, Monroe and Mehana make this a dangerous team. |
| 1T | Mission Viejo |
1805 |
5-0; Won their own tournament. Travis Niesen, Kevin Stacey and others lead MV which will be a top contender. |
| 1T | Loyola |
1730 |
7-0; Omar Wilkes and senior Chris Rucker lead the Cubs this season, one of the stronger teams in the division. |
| 4 | Rowland |
1909 |
7-1; Beat La Canada to win the Arroyo tournament; better than they looked on paper. |
| 5 | Cajon |
1757 |
1-0; team is getting a late start but with Donovan Morris, Andre Payne, Kris Silvas and Romale Porter, this is an athletic team. |
| 6 | Yucaipa |
2034 |
6-0; Seniors Erik Simmons and Shane Craig have been playing very well for the fabulous Thunderbirds (6-0) |
| 7 | Canyon (Canyon Country) | 1820 Foothill |
6-2; Chad Eichten and Jeremy Haggerty give this team some real offensive power. |
| 8 | San Gorgonio |
1750 |
5-0; Khory Lewis and Jacob Daigle are the lead threats on this suprisingly good team. |
| 9T | Trabuco Hills | 1799 South Coast |
5-1; beat Jurupa Valley as latest victim in the championship semifinals of the Riverside Poly tournament on Friday night. |
| 9T | West Covina |
1830 |
5-1; Jabir Jinna has been the lead scorer for a balanced team that took third at the Arroyo Tournament last week. |
| 10 | Edison |
1726 |
4-1; Won the La Quinta tournament behind John Nehrig's shooting and tournament MVP Beau Roquemore's overall play. Billy Braun and Matt Furhiss also playing well for the Chargers. |
| 10T | Crescenta Valley |
1788 |
4-1; Chris Tarne and Jimmy Goffredo bring scoring and excellent guard play to make up for the lack of inside presence. |
| Next 10 of the Top 20 | |||
| 12 | Santiago--Corona |
2051 |
4-2; Deon Simpson provides offense and Bryan LeDuc gets the boards. for Santiago. |
| 13 | Silverado |
1829 |
3-2; may be better than their record; took Corona Centennial to double overtime in a one-point loss for Silverado. Jaime Lester and Ryan Diggs seem to be the main offensive threats. |
| 14 | Temescal Canyon | 1720 Southwestern |
3-2; Went to the finals of the Desert Cities tournament, losing to tough Eisenhower team. Josh Garrett and Marty Wing have been doing a lot of the scoring early for Temescal. |
| 15 | Walnut |
1801 |
4-1; Yuji Kimura, Daniel Jones and Ricky Fischer are the main guys to watch so far. |
| 16 | Warren |
2008 |
4-1; J.P. Sampson, Dennis Moore and Ekber Djokovic have all been playing well for the Bears who took fifth place at the El Rancho tournament. |
| 17 | Hart |
1876 |
4-1; Finished 5th at the Beverly Hills tournament, led by Micth Paden, Jeff French and Andrew Morris |
| 18 | El Toro |
1885 |
4-2; Freshman Darryl Best and junior Patrick Carney are playing well for El Toro which finished 4th at the Newport Harbor tournament. |
| 19 | Los Alamitos |
1935 |
3-3; Mark Lotman has been playing well for the Griffins. |
| 20T | Marina |
1772 |
3-0; two non-league games this past week and one game the week prior; largely untested but playing well |
| 20T | San Clemente |
1941 |
3-2; Matt King has been playing well for team that finished second in Mission Viejo tournament. |
| On the bubble teams | |||
| NR | Adolofo Camarillo |
1932 |
4-1; Derek Rasp and Britt Scyphers lead the Scorpions. |
| NR | Century |
1922 |
4-2; Ivan Preciado has been playing well early in the season for the Centurions |
| NR | Indio |
1796 |
4-2; Earl Isaacson and Daniel Cruz have been scoring well for the Rajahs. |
| NR | Jurupa Valley |
1924 |
5-3; Mike West, Damian Frias and James Zucca have been scoring for Jurupa |
| NR | North, JW |
1724 |
4-4; mixed results at the Desert Cities |
| NR | Poly--Riverside |
1734 |
5-3; hosted their own tournament and went to the semifinals last we knew. |
| NR | Royal |
1817 |
3-2; Joel Hendershot leading the scoring early. |
| NR | Santa Ana Valley |
1933 |
5-4; finished second to Edison in the La Quinta tournament. Alex Orejel and David Werdel scoring early and often for SAV. |
| NR | San Gabriel |
1826 |
3-3; Johnny Tran, Phillip Lai, and Milo Alarcon seem to be the mainstays in the early season. |
| NR | University |
1710 |
4-1; Jon Asnon, Bobby Gomez and AJ Moskus are the big scoring guys so far. |
| The rest of the Division | |||
| NR | California | 1705 Del Rio |
1-4 |
| NR | Chino |
1962 |
2-2; lost to Pomona and finished 4th at the El Rancho tournament. |
| NR | Coachella Valley |
2037 |
2-6 |
| NR | Colton |
1930 |
3-5. Struggling early. |
| NR | Corona | 1755 Mountain View |
2-3 |
| NR | Don Lugo |
1737 |
1-5 |
| NR | Hueneme |
1951 |
1-3; struggled at the Simi Valley tournament; appear to have been idle last week. |
| NR | Montebello |
2025 |
2-3 |
| NR | Nogales |
1708 |
3-3 |
| NR | Rancho Verde |
1931 |
1-5; Rufus Winston and LeRoy Roselle have been the main scoring threats. |
| NR | Righetti |
1949 |
2-3; inconsistent results thus far. |
| NR | Rio Mesa | 1721 Pacific View |
2-3 |
| NR | San Bernardino | 1740 San Andreas |
2-4; Walter White is leading scorer thus far, but team is struggling. |
| NR | Thousand Oaks |
1814 |
1-0; team is getting a late start coming off the football season; they didn't even play in their own T.O. Rotary Tournament. |
| NR | Valencia (Valencia) | 2034 Foothill |
3-5; struggling |
| NR | Valley View |
2054 |
2-4 |
| NR | Westminster |
1899 |
1-3; idle last week after a mixed bag at the Buena Park tournament a week ago. |