The National Guard honored Garfield of Seattle after a banner 2013-14 season and the Bulldogs look to be formidable once again.
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The questions surrounding the Wildcats end Saturday when they face No. 1 Oak Hill Academy at the Penny Hardaway Hoopfest in Memphis. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.
22. (NR) Garfield (Seattle), 10-0The storied Seattle program is off to another hot start, averaging nearly 85 points per game and disposing of opponents by an average margin of nearly 35 points per game. Garfield will meet Rainier Beach (Seattle) in a key showdown Jan. 19.
23. (NR) St. Joseph (Westchester, Ill.), 11-2The Chargers have already avenged one of their two losses this season. The other came in the final of the Proviso West Holiday Tournament against No. 14 Stevenson. On the positive side, St. Joseph beat Tarkanian Classic champion and Under Armour Holiday Classic runner-up Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.) by 16 in early December.
24. (NR) Fairfax (Los Angeles), 10-0Eating crow here. We scoffed at another media outlet's inclusion of Fairfax in its national Top 25 and the Lions turned around and won the Under Armour Holiday Classic in San Diego – a good lesson in Twitter humility. The scouting report on Fairfax is very favorable and head coach Harvey Kitani is one of California's all-time greats.
25. (NR) Pope John XXIII (Sparta, N.J.), 6-0Syracuse signee
Moustapha Diagne and Pope John XXIII put themselves on the map with a win at the inaugural Battle of the Villages tourney in Florida.
Dropped out: No. 11
Plano West (Texas), No. 12
Atascocita (Humble, Texas), No. 13
Muskegon (Mich.), No. 15
La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.), No. 16
Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.), No. 17
Oldsmar Christian (Fla.), No. 19
Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), No. 20
St. Francis (Alpharetta, Ga.), No. 24
Rainier Beach (Seattle)
