Calvary Christian Academy surges to No. 4 in national rankings after strong showing at Montverde Academy Invitational Tournament.
Calvary Christian Academy benefited from a strong showing at the Montverde Academy Invitational, knocking off a pair of National Top 10 opponents to bolster its resume. The Eagles jumped three spots to No. 4 this week.
A showdown between No. 11
John Marshall (Richmond, Va.) and National Top 10 No. 6
Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.) headlines the action this week. Postseason events like the Mission League Tournament highlighted by No. 2 Harvard-Westlake and the Chicago Public League Playoffs featuring No. 24
Kenwood (Chicago, Ill.) are also of note.
Cincinnati signee Shon Abaev dropped a game-high 32 points in a 64-57 victory over National Top 10 No. 9 Utah Prep in the Montverde Academy Invitational third-place game. (FILE PHOTO: Jeff Klein)
Record: 20-3 | Last week: 1
Closed out regular season play by avenging a December loss with a 70-47 victory over Link Academy (Branson, Mo.) led by 24 points from five-star Duke signee
Cameron Boozer.
Record: 25-1 | Last week: 2
Senior wing
Isaiah Carroll scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Wolverines to a 59-52 win over St. Francis (La Canada, Calif.) to finish out their regular season slate.
Record: 21-2 | Last week: 3
Notched a pair of big victories last week, taking down previous No. 14 Paul VI 61-58 paced by 19 points from four-star North Carolina signee
Derek Dixon and knocking off Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 79-63 behind 29 points from four-star Virginia Tech signee
Christian Gurdak.
Record: 15-1 | Last week: 7
Went 2-1 at the Montverde Academy Invitational with victories over National Top 10 No. 7 AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) and No. 9 Utah Prep (Hurricane, Utah). Their first loss of the season came against No. 2 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) in the semifinals.
Record: 29-0 | Last week: 4
For the first time in school history, the Buccaneers complete regular season action unbeaten as all attention now turns toward winning their fourth consecutive Class 7A state championship.
Record: 26-2 | Last week: 5
The Bears have won each of their past 15 games by 25 or more points since their two-game losing steak back in December, including scores of 123-39 and 109-20 last week.
Record: 26-2 | Last week: 6
Five-star senior
Brayden Burries went off for 36 points and 11 rebounds while senior guard
Myles Walker tallied 10 points, 13 assists and 10 steals in a 96-55 victory over Norco (Calif.).
Record: 19-2 | Last week: 8
Record: 27-1 | Last week: 9
Winners of 19 straight games since a November loss to No. 6 Brennan, the Eagles have a rematch with defending Class 6A state champion Plano East tonight. Allen won the first meeting between the teams 80-46 last month.
Record: 18-0 | Last week: 10
Extended their win streak to 31 games dating back to last season by knocking off Carmel 80-39 guided by 16 points from
Millen McCartney and 15 points from sophomore guard
Cooper Zachary.
Record: 16-1 | Last week: 11
Escaped with a 50-47 victory over previously-unbeaten Woodside (Newport News) behind 17 points and 10 rebounds from four-star junior
Latrell Allmond, who knocked down the game-winning 3-pointer as time expired.
Record: 21-2 | Last week: 12
Look to complete regular season action unbeaten against in-state competition for the second consecutive season with road contests against Newton (Covington) and Rockdale County (Conyers).
Record: 20-3 | Last week: 13
Tied at the half against Walton (Marietta) last week, the Wildcats dialed it up a notch in the second and cruised to a 67-44 victory.
Record: 25-1 | Last week: 15
Top 20 Baylor signee
Tounde Yessoufou became California's all-time leading scorer with 30 points in a 93-62 win over Weston Ranch (Stockton, Calif.). He passed DeMarcus Nelson, who scored 3,462 points from 2001 through 2004.
Record: 18-0 | Last week: 16
Sophomore
Ty Schlagel had a big week for the Raiders, posting 25 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in an 85-50 win over Irondale (New Brighton) before going off for 39 points, 13 rebounds and five assists in a 91-79 victory against Park (St. Paul).
Record: 17-5 | Last week: 14
Although the Panthers went 2-2 last week, their losses came against No. 3 Gonzaga and National Top 10 No. 6 Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.). Paul VI bounced back from the losses with an impressive 74-67 triumph over previous No. 18 Christ School (Arden, N.C.) behind 30 points from five-star junior
Jordan Smith.
Record: 19-0 | Last week: 17
Juniors
Dionte Neal and
Kendre Harrison continue to form an elite one-two punch as Neal posted 29 points, 10 assists and seven steals while Harrison piled up 20 points and 17 rebounds in an 81-53 win over Walkertown.
Record: 23-4
| Last week: 20
Avenged an upset loss last month with a 66-57 victory over Trinity League rival Mater Dei (Santa Ana) paced by a team-high 20 points from five-star junior
Brandon McCoy Jr. The Braves conclude regular season play tonight against JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano).
Record: 16-3 | Last week: 19
The Rams have outscored Oklahoma foes by an average of 32.8 points per contest this season, including a pair of lopsided wins last week.
Record: 18-5
| Last week: 22
The Stags picked up four wins in five nights during a busy stretch on the schedule. Junior guard
Ashton Meeks dropped a career-high 35 points in a 66-55 victory over Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney).
Record: 16-1 | Last week: 21
Nine games remain in regular season play before the Northmen begin their quest for the program's first state championship. Oak Park owns a 6-1 record against out-of-state opponents this season and are unbeaten against in-state foes.
Record: 25-5 | Last week: 23
Notched a big win over Combine Academy (Lincolnton, N.C.) 59-53 led by 18 points from senior guard
Julian Rivera. Despite playing without five-star senior
Nate Ament, the Hawks were able to jump out to a 19-point halftime lead before cruising to the win.
Record: 18-3 | Last week: 24
Knocked off Mount St. Michael Academy (Bronx) 71-60 paced by 16 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks from four-star junior
Adonis Ratliff and took down Nazareth (Brooklyn) 68-55 guided by 20 points, six rebounds and six assists from four-star junior
Jasiah Jervis.
Record: 23-1 | Last week: 25
Wrapped up regular season action with wins over Whitney Young (Chicago) 68-67 behind 25 points from top 25 sophomore
Devin Cleveland and Lincoln Park (Chicago) 70-61 led by 17 points from Cleveland.
Record: 17-0 | Last week: NR
Break into the rankings for the first time this season. The Cubs have two games remaining in the regular season before beginning their quest for the program's first state title since 2016.
