Long Beach Poly celebrated a state title in California and stays at No. 4.
Photo by David Steutel
Only four high school teams are still playing, and two of them -- No. 7 Riverdale Baptist and No. 21 Miami -- are in the Dick's Sporting Goods National Tournament this weekend in New York City.
Last week, California wrapped up its postseason, with No. 4 Long Beach Poly and No. 25 Sierra Canyon each winning championships (Poly in the Open, Sierra Canyon in Division IV). No. 13 Windward and No. 14 Mater Dei had been eliminated earlier in the brutal Southern California Regionals.
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1. (1) Blackman (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) 34-1*Season complete.
2. (2) Incarnate Word Academy (St. Louis) 31-1*Season complete.
3. (3) Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.) 26-2*Season complete.
4. (4) Long Beach Poly (Calif.) 27-3*No. 23 Salesian ran off 14 straight points to start the second half of the California Open Division final, and even led in the third quarter. But Poly's depth and talent were simply too much.
5. (5) Rock Bridge (Columbia, Mo.) 27-3*Season complete.
6. (6) Myers Park (Charlotte, N.C.) 30-1*Season complete.
7. (7) Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.) 27-3Riverdale Baptist will play Edgewater of Florida Friday at Christ the King -- a win advances the team to the finals of the Dick's Sporting Goods National High School Tournament in Madison Square Garden Saturday.
8. (8) Whitney Young (Chicago) 29-3*Season complete.
9. (9) Bedford North Lawrence (Bedford, Ind.) 27-1*Season complete.
10. (10) Shabazz (Newark, N.J.) 33-1*Season complete.
11. (11) Manvel (Texas) 38-2*Season complete.
12. (12) Duncanville (Texas) 33-1*Season complete.
13. (13) Windward (Los Angeles) 24-3*Season complete.
14. (14) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 26-3*Season complete.
15. (15) McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) 28-2*Season complete.
16. (16) New Hope Christian Academy (Thomasville, N.C.) 32-1*Season complete.
17. (17) Salmen (Slidell, La.) 32-1*Season complete.
18. (18) Princeton (Cincinnati) 28-2*Season complete.
19. (19) Cosby (Midlothian, Va.) 27-0*Season complete.
20. (20) Montini (Lombard, Ill.) 34-2*Season complete.
21. (21) Miami (Fla.) 25-1First up in the Dick's Sporting Goods National High School Tournament is Fremont of Utah, the 24-2 state champ from the 5A division in the Beehive State. A win Friday most likely gives Miami a shot at No. 7 Riverdale Baptist Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
22. (22) Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt, Md.) 26-0*
Mariya Moore, Salesian
Photo by David Steutel
Season complete.
23. (23) Salesian (Richmond, Calif.) 30-7*Salesian was right there with No. 4 Long Beach Poly, but couldn't match Poly's depth -- and when star
Mariya Moore fouled out, Salesian just didn't have enough arrows in the quiver.
24. (24) South (Wichita, Kan.) 24-1*Season complete.
25. (25) Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) 28-4*Sierra Canyon is quietly building yet another Southern California powerhouse -- get used to hearing this name.
Dropped out: None.
*Season complete
