2024-25 Week 7: Boys League Champions Gear for Second Season

What’s in a league championship?

Especially in this era of power ratings and strengths of schedules and what they mean in playoff pairings and postseason division assignments, which were to be announced today.

A league title represents essentially just bragging rights, but ask the players and coaches who achieved it and what they think when banners are hoisted in gymnasium rafters.

Nineteen league champions and four co-champions were crowned last night, according to Max Preps, and began preparing for the second season and playoffs that start Tuesday.

LEAGUE TEAM(S) W-L OVERALL AVERAGE/TOTAL PF-PA*
Avocado Sage Creek 8-0 19-8 65.7-53.8 (1773-1453)
Central Crawford 10-0 24-4 59.7-46.2 (1671-1296
City Madison 9-1 20-8 62.4-50.8 (1748-1423)
Coastal Santa Fe Christian 7-1 22-6 65.8-53.4 (1804-1494)
North County Coastal Torrey Pines 10-0 23-5 66.3-53.4 (1858-1494)
Desert Brawley 9-0 20-8 58.5-48.8 (1632-1369)
Eastern San Diego 7-1 23-5 61.1-49.4 (1710-1383)
Christian 7-1 21-5 59.1-48.3 (1654-1257)
Frontier-Patriot High Tech Mesa 10-0 17-5 57.1-37.5 (1256-825)
Grossmont Hills Steele Canyon 8-0 18-9 58.6-56.7 (1583-1530)
Grossmont Valley Granite Hills 10-0 16-10 58.5-56.2 (1542-1462)
Imperial Valley El Centro Central

Calexico Vincent Memorial

 5-3 15-10
14-8		 59.9-52.4 (1497-1305)
52.2-53.6 (1305-1340)
Metropolitan Mesa Bonita Vista 8-0 20-8 62.8-51.9 (1759-1454)
Metropolitan Pacific Chula Vista 5-1 21-6 58.7-46.2 (1585-1247)
Sweetwater 5-1 15-13 52.6-52.5 (1474-1470)
Metropolitan South Bay Montgomery 7-1 26-2 69.0-57.1 (1931-1260)
Ocean Foothills Christian 8-0 18-10 57.2-47.8 (1600-1338)
Pacific Tri-City 7-1 15-9 56.8-50.3 (1362-1207)
Palomar San Marcos 10-0 25-3 70.3-52.8 (1970-1477)
Sierra Preuss 8-0 19-7 60.4-43.3 (1570-1100)
Southern Warner Springs Warner 8-0 13-5 46.1-28.5 (830-513)


2024-25 Week 6: First 4 Separates From Next 6

John Maffei’s weekly The San Diego Union poll. First place votes in parenthesis.                                                                                                    First place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings, followed by previous.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max-Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.
Records as of Feb 9.

TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAXPREPS CAL-HI SPORTS
1 Montgomery 24-2 (18) 180 1 11/11 15/15
2 San Marcos 23-3 161 2 31/25 On Bubble/Bubble
3 Torrey Pines 21-5 143 3 41/41 On Bubble/Bubble
4 Carlsbad 20-5 128 4 23/30 On Bubble/Bubble
5 Cathedral 16-9 75 7 87/85 NR-NR
6 Olympian 20-5 72 5 52/54 NR-NR
7 Mission Bay 19-7 70 6 50/49 NR-NR
8 St. Augustine 12-14 69 10 144/164 NR-NR
9 Santa Fe Christian 20-5 34 8 60/57 NR-NR
10 San Diego 21-5 22 9 119/132 NR-NR

Others receiving votes
Francis Parker (17-10, 15 points), Christian (20-5, 11), Victory Christian (14-12, 7), La Jolla Country Day (14-11, 3 points.
Voting panel: 18 sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators who cover the San Diego Section, plus MaxPreps:

John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
Aaron Burgin (Full-time hoops).
Steve Brand,  Bodie DeSilva (Union-Tribune freelance correspondents).
Todd Cassen (CIF office).
Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com).
Joe Evangelist (Coaching Legends).
Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference).
Rex Johnson (CIF Advisory Committee).
Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
Braden Surprenant (97.3-FM The Fan).
John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance contributors).



2024-25 Basketball Week 5: No 1 Montgomery Makes it Unanimous

John Maffei’s weekly The San Diego Union poll. First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings, followed by previous.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max-Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.
Records as of Feb 2.

TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAXPREPS CAL-HI SPORTS
1 Montgomery 22-2 (18) 180 1 11/13 16/15
2 San Marcos 21-3 160 2 25/30 On Bubble/Bubble
3 Torrey Pines 19-5 137 4 41/51 On Bubble/27
4 Carlsbad 17-5 128 3 30/26 On Bubble/NR
5 Olympian 17-2 113 5 52/40 NR-NR
6 Mission Bay 17-6 87 7 49/53 NR-NR
7 Cathedral 15-8 66 6 85/77 NR-NR
8 Santa Fe Christian 19-4 65 8 57/61 NR-NR
9 San Diego 19-4 25 10 119/130 NR-NR
10 St. Augustine 10-14 21 9 164/171 NR-NR

Others receiving votes
La Jolla Country Day (14-10, 8 points), Christian (17-5, 6), Sage Creek (15-7, 6), Francis Parker (15-10, 2), Mission Hills (16-8, 2), Crawford (20-4, 1), Mira Mesa  (18-4, 1), Madison (16-7, 1).

Voting panel: 18 sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators who cover the San Diego Section, plus MaxPreps:

John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
Aaron Burgin (Full-time hoops).
Steve Brand,  Bodie DeSilva (Union-Tribune freelance correspondents).
Todd Cassen (CIF office).
Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com).
Joe Evangelist (Coaching Legends).
Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference).
Rex Johnson (CIF Advisory Committee).
Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
Braden Surprenant (97.3-FM The Fan).
John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance contributors).



2024-25 Basketball Week 4: No Change from 1 Through 8.

The January grind continues with virtually no change in the Top 10 last week as teams try to position themselves for the February stretch run.

The only movement was all the way down in ninth and 10th places. St. Augustine moved up to No. 9, and San Diego High made its first appearance at No. 10.  The first eight teams were unchanged from Week 3.

Montgomery defeated Francis Parker in a nonleague game, 71-56, in its only activity (the Aztecs knocked off Victory Christian, 70-46, on Monday, Jan. 27, after voting had taken place.  Montgomery and Victory each is 2-1 in the Metropolitan South Bay League).

The Aztecs will get a chance to reverse one of their two losses when coach Ed Martin’s team plays host in nine days to host 17-2 and 3-0 league-leading Olympian, which stunned Monty, 53-47, a couple weeks ago.  Montgomery’s other loss was 61-57 to 19-5 San Juan Capistrano, the No. 6 squad in California, according to Cal-High Sports.

John Maffei’s weekly The San Diego Union poll. First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings, followed by previous.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max-Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.
Records as of Jan 26.

TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAXPREPS CAL-HI SPORTS
1 Montgomery 19-2 (17) 179 1 11/13 16/15
2 San Marcos 19-3 167 2 30/27 On Bubble/Bubble
3 Carlsbad 16-4 140 3 26/31 27/28
4 Torrey Pines 17-5 122 4 51/54 NR-NR
5 Olympian 17-2 (1) 113 5 40/42 NR-NR
6 Cathedral 14-7 87 6 77/87 NR-NR
7 Mission Bay 15-6 59 7 53/50 NR-NR
8 Santa Fe Christian 18-4 56 8 61/65 NR-NR
9 St. Augustine 9-13 52 10 164/163 NR-NR
10 San Diego 17-3 10 NR 130/197 NR-NR

Others receiving votes
La Jolla Country Day (12-10, 6 points), Mission Hills (14-8, 4), Mira Mesa  (17-3, 3), Francis Parker (14-10, 2), Madison (16-6, 1).

Voting panel: 18 sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators who cover the San Diego Section, plus MaxPreps:

John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
Aaron Burgin (Full-time hoops).
Steve Brand,  Bodie DeSilva (Union-Tribune freelance correspondents).                                                                                                                      Todd Cassen (CIF). Rick Smith (partletonsports.com).                                                                                                                                            Joe Evangelist (Coaching Legends).                                                                                                                                                                          Tom Helmantoler ( Southern Conference).                                                                                                                                                              Rex Johnson (CIF Advisory Committee).                                                                                                                                                                          Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).                                                                                                                                              Braden Suprenant (97.3 The Fan).                                                                                                                                                                              John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance contributors).



2024-25 Basketball Week 3: Montgomery Loses, But Still No. 1

Olympian upset (?) Montgomery, 53-47, in a Metro Mesa League game but the voters weren’t too impressed. The Aztecs remained No. 1 in the poll and the Eagles advanced only from eighth to fifth despite an overall record of 16-2.  Montgomery is 18-2.

Olympian’s losses were 60-56 to Francis Parker and 63-60 to now-No. 2 San Marcos.  Montgomery’s other defeat was 61-57 to San Juan Capistrano JSerra.

Most surprising score of the week was Torrey Pines’ 76-45 rout of Carlsbad, which withered under the heat of a game-ending 41-6 run by the Falcons.  The Lancers had led, 39-35.

John Maffei’s weekly The San Diego Union poll. First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings, followed by previous.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max-Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.
Records as of Jan 19.

TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAXPREPS CAL-HI SPORTS
1 Montgomery 18-2 (16) 178 1 13-8 15/11
2 San Marcos 17-3 151 3 27-24 On Bubble/NR
3 Carlsbad 14-3 (1) 147 2 31-28 28/15
4 Torrey Pines 15-5 119 6 54-67 NR-NR
5 Olympian 16-2 (1) 95 8 42-58 NR-NR
6 Cathedral 13-7 85 5 87 NR-NR
7 Mission Bay 13-5 83 4 50 NR-NR
8 Santa Fe Christian 18-4 72 7 65 NR-NR
9 Mission Hills 14-6 25 10 163-139 NR-NR
10 St. Augustine 7-12 17 NR 197 NR-NR

Others receiving votes
La Jolla Country Day (11-10, 16 points) Mira Mesa  (16-2, 11), San Diego (14-3, 2).

Voting panel: 18 sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators who cover the San Diego Section, plus MaxPreps:

John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
Aaron Burgin (Full-time hoops).
Steve Brand,  Bodie DeSilva (Union-Tribune freelance correspondents).
Todd Cassen (CIF office).
Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com).
Joe Evangelist (Coaching Legends).
Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference).
Rex Johnson (CIF Advisory Committee).
Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
Braden Surprenant (97.3-FM The Fan).
John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance contributors).

 



2024-25 Basketball Week 2: No Change, No. 1 Through No. 4

John Maffei’s weekly The San Diego Union poll. First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings, followed by previous.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max-Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.
Records as of Feb. 12.

TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAXPREPS CAL-HI SPORTS
1 Montgomery 17-1 (18) 180 1 8-9 11/10
2 Carlsbad 13-2 162 2 15-24 15-14
3 San Marcos 15-3 142 3 28-27 On Bubble/NR
4 Mission Bay 13-4 125 4 40-34 NR-NR
5 Cathedral 12-6 97 6 91-110 NR-NR
6 Torrey Pines 13-5 90 7 67-68 NR-NR
7 Santa Fe Christian 15-4 71 5 75-64 NR-NR
8 Olympian 13-2 56 8 58-54 NR-NR
9 La Jolla Country Day 10-9 35 8 139-154 NR-NR
10 Mission Hills 11-6 8 NR 182 NR-NR

Others receiving votes
Francis Parker (11-7, 7 points), Mira Mesa  (13-2, 6), San Diego (11-2, 6), St. Augustine (5-12, 6).

Voting panel: 18 sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators who cover the San Diego Section, plus MaxPreps:

John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
Aaron Burgin (Full-time hoops).
Steve Brand,  Bodie DeSilva (Union-Tribune freelance correspondents).
Todd Cassen (CIF office).
Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com).
Joe Evangelist (Coaching Legends).
Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference).
Rex Johnson (CIF Advisory Committee).
Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
Braden Surprenant (97.3-FM The Fan).
John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance contributors).