MaxPreps Northern California Top 25 high school basketball rankings

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See the Woodcreek phenom in action as his team prepares for this weekend's state title game.

The hardware has been handed out, and medals, too, for teams that won CIF Northern California Regional Championship games. Some won by a close margin, some in overtime, some by unexpected rout. All CIF State championship games will be held this weekend at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, the new arena for the Kings that just hosted two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.


1. (last week 1) Woodcreek (Roseville), 32-2
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Sierra Foothill
Division: Open
Coach: Paul Hayes
Upcoming: vs. Bishop Montgomery (Torrance) for CIF Open Division Championship, Saturday, 8 p.m.

2. (2) Sheldon (Sacramento), 30-4
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Delta
Division: Open
Coach: Joey Rollings
Upcoming: Season complete

3. (4) De La Salle (Concord), 28-6
Section: North Coast
League: East Bay
Division: Open
Coach: Justin Argenal
Upcoming: Season complete



5. (6) Archbishop Mitty (San Jose), 18-11
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Division: Open
Coach: Tim Kennedy
Upcoming: Season complete

6. (7) Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose), 25-3
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Division: Open
Coach: Patrick Schneider
Upcoming: Season complete

7. (3) St. Joseph Notre Dame (Alameda, Calif.), 30-2
Section: North Coast
League: Bay Counties East
Division: Open
Coach: Don Lippi
Upcoming: Season complete

8. (5) Salesian College Preparatory (Richmond), 27-5
Section: North Coast
League: Tri-County Rock
Division: Open
Coach: Bill Mellis
Upcoming: Season complete

9. (9) Capital Christian (Sacramento), 23-8
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Golden Empire
Division: Open
Coach: Devon Jones
Upcoming: Season complete

10. (10) Moreau Catholic (Hayward), 25-9
Section: North Coast
League: Mission Valley
Division: II
Coach: Frank Knight
Upcoming: vs. Esperanza (Anaheim) for the CIF State Division II championship, Saturday, 4 p.m.

11. (11) James Logan (Union City), 28-5
Section: North Coast
League: Mission Valley
Division: I
Coach: Melvin Easley
Upcoming: vs. Roosevelt (Eastvale) for the CIF State Division I championship, Friday, 8 p.m. 12. (16) Mission (San Francisco), 34-1
Section: San Francisco
League: Academic Lang
Division: III
Coach: Arnold Zelaya
Upcoming: vs. Villa Park, Friday, for the CIF State Division III championship, 4 p.m.



13. (29) Palo Alto, (26-6)
Section: Central Coast
League: Santa Clara Valley
Division: I
Coach: Peter Diepenbrock
Upcoming: Season complete

14. (8) Dublin, 29-5
Section: North Coast
League: East Bay
Division: I
Coach: Tom Costello
Upcoming: Season complete

15. (18) St. Patrick-St. Vincent (Vallejo), 27-7
Section: North Coast
League: Tri-County Rock
Division: IV
Coach: Derek Walker
Upcoming: vs. Helix (La Mesa), for the CIF State Division IV championship, Saturday, noon

16. (22) Saint Francis (Mountain View), 21-10
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Division: II
Coach: Mike Motil
Upcoming: Season complete

17. (NR) Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa), 27-5
Section: North Coast
League: North Bay
Division: II
Coach: Tom Bonfigli
Upcoming: Season complete

18. (20) Vanden (Fairfield), 30-4
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Solano County Athletic
Division: III
Coach: Michael Holloway
Upcoming: Season complete



19. (12) Whitney (Rocklin), 27-4
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Capital Valley
Division: II
Coach: Nick French
Upcoming: Season complete

(TIE) 20. (13) St. Ignatius (San Francisco), 23-7
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Division: III
Coach: Rob Marcaletti
Upcoming: Season complete

(TIE) 20. (19) Vista del Lago (Folsom), 25-9
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Capital Athletic
Division: III
Coach: Tim Weir
Upcoming: Season complete

The Next 5
21. (NR) Del Oro (Loomis), 18-15
22. (14) Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland), 19-11
23. (15) Heritage (Brentwood), 27-5
24. (17) Lick-Wilmerding (San Francisco), 26-9
25. (24) Palma (Salinas), 25-5

Notes:
- Top-seeded Woodcreek beat No. 2 Sheldon 66-59 for the Open Division crown at Santa Clara's Leavey Center in a rematch of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I finals, also won by Woodcreek. In both games, the Timberwolves of Roseville rallied from 10 down in the fourth quarter to win it behind 6-foot-11 national recruit junior Jordan Brown and key cogs Tyrell Roberts, Jackson Hughes, Chris Cagle and a host of others.

- James Logan rallied to force overtime and held off Palo Alto 65-61 to take the Division I title at Leavey Center behind guard Ryan Parilla and center Edra Luster.



- Moreau Catholic beat Saint Francis 81-77 in overtime to win the Division II championship behind Damari Milstead's 43 points as he made a remarkable 12-of-26 field goals.

- Mission scored one for all the public schools in San Francisco with its 72-68 victory at Vanden in the Division III finals. Niamey Harris scored 23 and Jamion Wright 15 for the Bears.

- St. Patrick-St. Vincent of Vallejo beat Palma 73-48 in a Division IV title game expected to be much closer, using trademark defense.

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Joe Davidson has covered high school sports for The Sacramento Bee since 1988. Follow him on Twitter: @SacBee_JoeD and on Facebook: www.facebook.com/joe.davidson