Video: Buzzer beater in 6th overtime sends team to championship
See Cole Kinnamon lift St. John to its 13th straight victory and into the Kansas 2A state finals.MaxPreps Independent Top 10 Boys Basketball Rankings presented by the Army National Guard
1. (last week 1) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), 26-1Regular season complete. Dick's Nationals candidate.
2. (2) La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.), 25-1Regular season complete. Dick's Nationals candidate.
3. (3) St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, N.J.), 29-4St. Benedict's Prep picked up two double-digit wins this past week. The Gray Bees attempt to claim their third consecutive NAISAC Championship on Wednesday with a win over Our Savior New American (Centereach, N.Y.).
4. (4) Montverde Academy (Fla.), 23-4Regular season complete. Dick's Nationals candidate.
5. (5) Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), 33-3Regular season complete. Dick's Nationals candidate.
6. (6) Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), 38-4Iowa State signee
Lindell Wigginton dropped 17 points to spearhead a 91-39 thrashing Wednesday over York Prep (Rock Hill, S.C.) to close out the regular season. Oak Hill Academy ended Chino Hills' (Calif.) 60-game win streak for its signature win of the year. The Warriors also played a brutal schedule with quality losses to High School Top 25 No. 1 Nathan Hale (Seattle) and No. 24 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), as well as No. 3 St. Benedict's Prep and No. 5 Findlay Prep.
7. (8) Westtown (Pa.), 32-2Regular season complete.
8. (9) Huntington St. Joseph Prep (W. Va.), 26-4Regular season complete.
9. (NR) Hillcrest Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.), 33-6Arizona commit
DeAndre Ayton went off for 29 points Sunday to spur a huge 70-61 victory over No. 10 The Rock (Gainesville, Fla.) for the Grind Session National Championship. Hillcrest Prep also beat bubble team Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) in the semifinals with a 68-66 win.
10. (NR) The Rock (Gainesville, Fla.), 33-5The Rock ended its season over the weekend and owns impressive victories against No. 9 Hillcrest Prep and bubble team Prolific Prep. The Lions also have a respectable loss to No. 1 IMG Academy on their resume.
Keep an eye on: Prolific Prep Academy (Napa, Calif.),
Southwest Christian Academy (Little Rock, Ark.),
Sunrise Christian Academy Elite (Bel Aire, Kan.),
Wesley Christian (Allen, Ky.)
Arizona commit DeAndre Ayton has shot Hillcrest Prep back into the rankings at No. 9 with a huge weekend.
File photo by John Jones