SoCal Top 10: Rolling Hills Prep State Preview is Saturday
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – Three clashes within in my updated Southern California Top 10 Plus 15 team ratings are scheduled this week.
The first of those is Tuesday night at Damien, when the No. 10 Spartans play host to No. 2 Etiwanda in a Baseline League clash.
The game will not only have a huge impact on who wins the league but it is also likely to influence the make-up of the CIF Southern Section’s Open Division playoff field.
The last time Etiwanda was on the Damien campus, Coach Dave Kleckner’s squad won the Platinum Division champion of the Classic at Damien with senior guard Elijah Harkless (PICTURED) picking up the division’s Most Outstanding Player honor.
No. 7 Mater Dei will be involved in two Trinity League affairs that will not only go a long way in deciding the league title winner but also impacting the eight-team bracket for the Open Division playoffs when the Monarchs visit No. 9 Santa Margarita Wednesday night and play host to No. 6 St. John Bosco Friday night.
The annual Rolling Hills State Prep Preview, presented by Scorebooklive.com, is set for Saturday at Cerritos College in Norwalk.
The eight-team event tips off at 9:30 a.m., with Long Beach Jordan against Heritage Christian, and wraps up with the 8:30 p.m. clash between Chino Hills and Santa Monica.
Among the entrants is top-ranked and unbeaten Bishop Montgomery, which hooks up with L.A. City power Fairfax at 7 o’clock.
A 5 o’clock game of Oak Park vs. Corona Centennial will be a showdown of teams still in the hunt for spots in the Southern Section Open Division playoff field.
SoCal Top 10 Plus 15
(Records as of Jan. 20)
- Torrance Bishop Montgomery (Southern Section/19-0)
- Etiwanda (SS/21-1)
- Chatsworth Sierra Canyon (SS/14-3)
- Westchester (L.A. City Section/18-4)
- Temecula Rancho Christian (SS/19-2)
- Bellflower St. John Bosco (SS/17-3)
- Santa Ana Mater Dei (SS/13-6)
- Encino Crespi (SS/19-2)
- Rancho S.M. Santa Margarita (SS/15-5)
- La Verne Damien (SS/19-3)
Next 15 (alpha listing): San Bernardino Cajon (SS/14-6); Montebello Cantwell-Sacred Heart (SS/16-5); L.A. Cathedral (SS/10-6); Corona Centennial (SS/12-8); Chino Hills (SS/11-8); Fairfax (L.A. City/12-6); El Cajon Foothills Christian (San Diego Section/17-5); Studio City Harvard-Westlake (SS/17-3); Hacienda Heights Los Altos (SS/18-3); Mission Bay (San Diego Section/19-4); Oak Park (SS/14-6); Eastvale Roosevelt (SS/17-2); Long Beach St. Anthony (SS/18-2); Playa del Rey St. Bernard (SS/13-7); Vista (SD Section/16-5).