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Week 2: National Prep Poll Still Have
Westchester At No. 1--(Dec. 4, 2001)

We just received the second week's National Prep Basketball Poll from Jamie DeMoney and Jeremy Plowman.  Interestingly, there are only two teams from Southern California in the top 25 nationally, Westchester and Mater Dei. Here's the poll, along with the regional polls:

National Prep Basketball Poll-Week 2
By Jamie DeMoney and Jeremy Plowman

The National Prep Basketball Poll is compiled by national high school sports experts Jamie DeMoney and Jeremy Plowman and a panel of sportswriters. The national Top 25 and regional Top 10's follow with won-loss records:

1. Los Angeles, Westchester (0-0), opens regular season this week
2. Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill (3-0), winning streak at 46 games
3. Akron, Ohio, St. Vincent-St. Mary (2-0), defeated No. 7 Germantown Academy
4. Jersey City, N.J., St. Anthony (0-0), led by St. John's recruit Elijah Ingram
5. St. Louis, Vashon (1-0), opened with 66-point win
6. Midwest City, Okla. (1-0), faces No. 9 Lincoln in this week's KMOX Shootout in St. Louis
7. Fort Washington, Pa., Germantown Academy (0-1), opened with loss at No. 3 SV-SM
8. Hopkins, Minn. (0-0), led by blue chip junior Kris Humphries
9. Dallas, Lincoln (9-0), won American Press tourney title in Lake Charles, La.
10. Louisville, Ky., Male (1-0), won opener without blue chipper Michael Bush
11. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (1-0), coach Gary McKnight record at school is 577-50
12. Maywood, Ill., Proviso East (4-0), won own tourney to start season
13. Manhattan, N.Y., Rice (0-0), favored to win tough NYC Catholic League
14. Columbus, Ohio, Brookhaven (1-0), defeated No. 23 Farragut in opener
15. Bloomington, Ind., North (4-0), Mike Davis Jr., son of Indiana coach, plays here
16. Winston-Salem, N.C., Reynolds (2-0), coach Howard West now has 501 wins
17. Milwaukee, Vincent (1-0), opened with win over No. 22 Minneapolis, Henry
18. Memphis, Tenn., Washington (3-0), defending Class AA state champ
19. The Colony, Texas (5-1), upset by regionally ranked Cleveland, Heritage Christian
20. Lakeland, Fla., Kathleen (1-1), upset by Oviedo in opener
21. Seattle, Rainier Beach (1-0), 39-point win to open season
22. Minneapolis, Henry (0-1), lost to No. 17 Vincent, 78-75, in first game
23. Chicago, Farragut (1-1), only loss was to No. 14 Brookhaven
24. Pontiac, Mich., Northern (0-0), led by Michigan recruit Lester Abram
25. Cedar Hill, Texas (8-1), upset by College Station, A&M Consolidated

Northeast
1. Jersey City, N.J., St. Anthony, 0-0
2. Fort Washington, Pa., Germantown Academy, 0-1
3. Manhattan, N.Y., Rice, 0-0
4. Elizabeth, N.J., St. Patrick's, 0-0
5. Medford, N.J., Shawnee, 0-0
6. Bronx, N.Y., St. Raymond, 0-0
7. Amityville, N.Y., 0-1
8. Philadelphia, Simon Gratz, 0-0
9. Bronx, N.Y., All Hallows, 0-0
10. Camden, N.J., Catholic, 0-0

East Coast
1. Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill, 3-0
2. Winston-Salem, N.C., Reynolds, 2-0
3. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha, 1-0
4. Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian, 0-0
5. Greenbelt, Md., Eleanor Roosevelt, 0-0
6. Kinston, N.C., 2-0
7. Hockessin, Del., Sanford, 0-0
8. Latta, S.C., 2-1
9. Virginia Beach, Va., Salem, 0-0
10. Wake Forest, N.C., Rolesville, 3-0

South
1. Louisville, Ky., Male, 1-0
2. Memphis, Tenn., Washington, 3-0
3. Lakeland, Fla., Kathleen, 1-1
4. Lilburn, Ga., Berkmar, 3-0
5. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dillard, 2-0
6. Memphis, Tenn., East, 2-0
7. New Orleans, Jesuit, 7-0
8. Marietta, Ga., 0-0
9. New Orleans, Shaw, 8-0
10. Radcliff, Ky., North Hardin, 1-0

Midwest
1. Akron, Ohio, St. Vincent-St. Mary, 2-0
2. Maywood, Ill., Proviso East, 4-0
3. Columbus, Ohio, Brookhaven, 1-0
4. Bloomington, Ind., North, 4-0
5. Milwaukee, Vincent, 1-0
6. Chicago, Farragut, 1-1
7. Pontiac, Mich., Northern, 0-0
8. Cincinnati, Winton Woods, 1-0
9. Saginaw, Mich., 0-0
10. Chicago, Crane, 4-0

Midlands
1. St. Louis, Vashon, 1-0
2. Hopkins, Minn., 0-0
3. Minneapolis, Henry, 0-1
4. Omaha, Neb., Burke, 1-0
5. Minneapolis, North, 0-0
6. Iowa City, Iowa, City, 1-0
7. Longmont, Colo., 0-0
8. Hutchinson, Kan., 1-0
9. Kansas City, Mo., Paseo, 1-0
10. Ballwin, Mo., Parkway West, 2-0

Southwest
1. Midwest City, Okla., 1-0
2. Dallas, Lincoln, 9-0
3. The Colony, Texas, 5-1
4. Cedar Hill, Texas, 8-1
5. Beaumont, Texas, Ozen, 4-0
6. Oklahoma City, Putnam City, 2-0
7. Cleveland, Texas, Heritage Christian, 5-1
8. Little Rock, Ark., Central, 3-0
9. Phoenix, Mountain Pointe, 3-0
10. Las Vegas, Bishop Gorman, 2-0

West Coast
1. Los Angeles, Westchester, 0-0
2. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei, 1-0
3. Seattle, Rainier Beach, 1-0
4. Portland, Ore., Jefferson, 1-0
5. Long Beach, Calif., Poly, 0-0
6. Eugene, Ore., Churchill, 2-0
7. Inglewood, Calif., 0-0
8. Los Angeles, Fairfax, 4-0
9. Oakland, Calif., Technical, 0-0
10. Modesto, Calif., Christian, 4-0

FEATS OF THE WEEK: Third-ranked Akron, Ohio, St. Vincent-St. Mary and No. 7 Fort Washington, Pa., Germantown Academy squared off in an early season matchup of top-10 teams. SV-SM junior star LeBron James, arguably the best player in the nation, scored 38 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the Irish to a 70-64 win. Florida recruit Matt Walsh scored 24 to lead the Patriots . . . Travis Garrison returned from a preseason ankle injury to lead regionally ranked Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha to a 63-59 win over regionally ranked Amityville, N.Y., in the Morgan Wootten Classic at the University of Maryland's Cole Fieldhouse. The 6-foot-9 Maryland recruit scored 20 points to go with 11 rebounds. But he was still overshadowed by Amityville's Villanova recruit, Jason Fraser, who recorded game highs of 22 points and 21 boards . . . Regionally ranked Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dillard downed cross-town rival St. Thomas Aquinas, 57-52, in an early battle between the reigning kings of Broward County basketball. Brothers Jimmy and Brandon Tobias combined for 27 points and 17 rebounds to lead the victorious Panthers . . . Howard West, head coach of No. 16 Winston-Salem, N.C., Reynolds, earned his 500th coaching victory during a 99-67 win over Parkland.

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