Bishop Gorman celebrates a big win Saturday over Findlay Prep. The Gaels are unbeaten this month.
Photo by Jann Hendry
The Dolphins survived a triple-overtime thriller with a talented Clinton Christian (Upper Marlboro, Md.) squad to remain unbeaten. A win over No. 12 Our Savior New American this weekend could really send Cape Henry's stock soaring.
22. (NR) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), 17-4Gorman's losses have come against No. 2 Rainier Beach, No. 3 Curie, No. 11 Oak Hill Academy and Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland, Calif.) in the semifinals of the Tarkanian Classic. A couple of those setbacks have come in lopsided fashion, but Saturday's 76-72 win over No. 24 Findlay Prep continued a string of impressive wins during an unbeaten January.
23. (14) Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), 21-4The Pilots are tough to peg this year but the talent on the roster and a 20-point win over No. 14 Corona del Sol makes them difficult to exclude from the Xcellent 25.
24. (23) Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park, Kan.), 9-1The Huskies captured the Valley Center Invitational title Saturday with a 75-56 win over Southeast (Wichita). Northwest blasted Seaman (Topeka) 73-47 and Olathe Northwest 68-36 to reach the final.
25. (25) Garfield (Seattle), 16-0The high school home of Seattle hoop stars like Brandon Roy, Tony Wroten Jr. and Joyce Walker (female Harlem Globetrotter) is 41-2 over the past two seasons.
Dropped out: No. 22
DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
