THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

*--* Rk School (Rec., Div.) Comment (previous rank) 1 WESTCHESTER (4-0, City-Div. I) The Comets played out of this world at Hawthorne tournament. (1) 2 MATER DEI (2-1, SS-Div. II-A) Pre-holiday travel results in loss to No. 8 Peoria (Ill.) Central. (2) 3 FAIRFAX (4-0, City-Div. I) Josh Shipp drops 40 in Redondo title-game victory. (3) 4 HRVD-WESTLAKE (0-0, SS-Div. III-A) Wolverines tuning up in Thousand Oaks before Vegas run. (4) 5 COM. CENTENNIAL (0-0, SS-Div. III-A) Arron Afflalo should make it easy for freshman point guard Jesse Woodard. (5) 6 L.B. POLY (0-0, SS-Div. I-AA) Jackrabbits open at competitive Ocean View Tournament of Champions. (6) 7 DOMINGUEZ (3-1, SS-Div. II-A) Dons beat Ocean View, 72-58 ... in San Antonio. (9) 8 TAFT (3-1, City-Div. I) Jordan Farmar’s 28 not enough against Westchester. (8) 9 CRENSHAW (4-1, City-Div. I) Sone Finister leads Cougars to third place at Clovis West. (10) 10 KING (3-1, SS-Div. II-AA) Team misses 12 free throws in 43-38 loss to Etiwanda. (7) 11 S. MARGARITA (5-0, SS-Div. III-AA) Five games in six days and a tournament title too. (12) 12 OCEAN VIEW (3-2, SS-Div. III-A) Seahawks hope to take flight in own tournament. (11) 13 ST. JOHN BOSCO (2-0, SS-Div. II-AA) Flu bug left Braves short-handed in opening win. (13) 14 VERBUM DEI (2-1, SS-Div. IV-A) DeMatha gives Eagles rude East Coast welcome. (14) 15 PRICE (1-0, SS-Div. V-A) Stops Mission League hopeful Alemany, 64-58. (15) 16 EL TORO (2-0, SS-Div. I-A) Chargers ride roughshod over Orange, 64-43. (16) 17 LOYOLA (3-1, SS-Div. I-A) Cubs top hosts, 69-46, to take third at Redondo. (17) 18 CHAMINADE (1-0, SS-Div. III-A) Michael Pillar’s 23 leads 76-56 win over Village Christian. (18) 19 CLEVELAND (4-1, City-Div. I) Nick Young an honorary Ranger with 132 points in four games at San Antonio. (20) 20 MISSION VIEJO (4-0, SS-Div. I-A) Freshman Perry Webster points way to win over Woodbridge. (21) 21 CAPISTRANO VLY (5-0, SS-Div. I-A) Rematch with Cajon has similar results, 69-43 victory. (22) 22 GLENDORA (1-0, SS-Div. I-A) Davon Roberts’ 28, James Powell’s 18 lead 77-55 victory over Rowland. (23) 23 BRENTWOOD (3-1, SS-Div. IV-AA) Rebound from opening loss to Comets for third at Hawthorne. (NR) 24 ETIWANDA (4-0, SS-Div. I-AA) The shock is still reverberating through the Inland Empire. (NR) 25 WOODBRIDGE (3-1, SS-Div. II-A) David Burgess goes for 30 points, 15 boards in loss to Mission Viejo. (25)

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