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High school basketball rankings: Sierra Canyon tops Preseason California MaxPreps Top 25
Top-ranked Trailblazers are favorites to capture fourth straight state championship.
By
Jordan Divens
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Nov 12, 2021, 1:00pm
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The 2021-22 high school basketball season in California tips off this week and MaxPreps has your look at the state's top teams. Coming off a 16-2 campaign last spring, Sierra Canyon owns the No. 1 spot in our preseason rankings.
The Trailblazers also open atop the national rankings behind reigning California Player of the Year
Amari Bailey
, four-star junior
Bronny James
, four-star Nebraska commit
Ramel Lloyd Jr.
and an elite crop of incoming transfers headlined by five-star sophomore guard
Isaiah Elohim
, four-star USC commit
Kijani Wright
, 6-foot-9
Tim Rudovskiy
and the possibility of top 100 junior
Mike Price
(eligibility pending).
Sierra Canyon won CIF Open Division titles in 2018 and 2019 before being declared co-champions in 2020 after COVID-19 forced an abrupt end to the season prior to the state championship game.
There were no state playoffs last season as the Trailblazers fell in the CIF Southern Section title game to Centennial (Corona) 80-72 and lost to Etiwanda in the Southern California Open Division Regional semifinals.
No state champions have been crowned in California since 2019.
Five-star UCLA pledge Amari Bailey is expected to have a monster year for the Trailblazers.
File Photo: Catalina Fragoso
Preseason California MaxPreps Top 25
1.
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)
, 16-2 record in 2020-21
2.
Centennial (Corona)
, 21-2
3.
Etiwanda
, 14-2
4.
Campolindo (Moraga)
, 15-0
5.
Modesto Christian (Modesto)
, 15-0
6.
Crean Lutheran (Irvine)
, 20-3
7.
Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)
, 5-11
8.
Damien (La Verne)
, 29-4
9.
Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
, 27-4
10.
Harvard-Westlake (Studio City)
, 17-6
11.
San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno)
, 22-3
12.
Salesian College Preparatory (Richmond)
, 13-2
13.
Sheldon (Sacramento)
, 4-6
14.
Los Altos (Hacienda Heights)
, 17-3
15.
Bishop Montgomery (Torrance)
, 8-9
16.
St. Joseph (Santa Maria)
, 27-3
17.
St. Augustine (San Diego)
, 14-7
18.
Dublin
, 11-3
19.
Torrey Pines (San Diego)
, 30-1
20.
Heritage Christian (Northridge)
, 20-8
21.
Fairfax (Los Angeles)
, 8-4
22.
San Marcos
, 25-2
23.
St. Bernard (Playa del Rey)
, 7-4
24.
West Ranch (Valencia)
, 12-1
25.
St. John Bosco (Bellflower)
, 23-4
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