Head coach Andy Muse (far right) and Mount Tabor re-enter the rankings after a big win over Davie.
Photo by Fabian Radulescu
Under head coach Tim Whipple, Irmo is 73-7 over the past three seasons.
22. (NR) Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park, Kan.), 14-0Wins over DeLaSalle (Minneapolis, Minn.), Nixa (Mo.) and Valley (West Des Moines, Iowa) – programs with a combined record of 48-8 – look more impressive every week. All five starters for the Huskies are juniors, led by Iowa State commitment
Clayton Custer.
23. (NR) Walnut Hills (Cincinnati), 18-1The Eagles step up to erase a bit of a cold spell for nationally ranked teams from the Buckeye State. Walnut Hills beat Roselle Catholic (N.J.) at Flyin' to the Hoop two weeks ago and the lone loss came to Huntington Prep (W.Va.) in December.
24. (NR) Mount Tabor (Winston-Salem, N.C.), 20-1After a brief stay outside the Xcellent 25, the Spartans are back after an extremely impressive 73-55 win over Davie (Mocksville) on Friday.
25. (NR) Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.), 19-3Since Dec. 29, Gonzaga's schedule has included Chester (Pa.), DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) twice, Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia), Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.) and Salesian (Richmond, Calif.). The Eagles are 12-1 since that date and the lone unbeaten in rugged Washington Catholic Athletic Conference play.
Dropped out: No. 15 last week
Math Civics & Sciences (Philadelphia), No. 17
Centennial (Corona, Calif.), No. 21
Wenonah (Birmingham, Ala.), No. 23
South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, Texas)On the bubble: Columbia (Decatur, Ga.),
Etiwanda (Calif.),
Miller Grove (Lithonia, Ga.),
Morgan Park (Chicago),
Northland (Columbus, Ohio),
Orr (Chicago),
Romulus (Romulus, Mich.),
Salesian (Richmond, Calif.)
