MaxPreps Top 25 high school boys basketball rankings

Shake-ups get serious as Top 10-ranked teams, Fort Bend Travis, Salesian go down over the weekend.

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Dec 10, 2012, 1:51am
Trey Foster hit a buzzer beater to knock off DeMatha on its home floor at the National High School Hoops Festival.
Trey Foster hit a buzzer beater to knock off DeMatha on its home floor at the National High School Hoops Festival.
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21. (25) Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach, Fla.), 5-0
The Tigers are playing with something to prove, beating their first five opponents by an average margin of 40.6 points per game. Northeast (Oakland Park) should provide a stiffer test Tuesday.

22. (NR) Olympic (Charlotte, N.C.), 3-0
Nobody thought the Trojans would be back in this position without Allerik Freeman, who transferred to Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) over the summer. But Olympic is taking no prisoners early on this winter, blasting previously unbeaten Spring Valley (Columbia, S.C.) 90-60 on Saturday.

23. (NR) West Charlotte (N.C.), 4-0
After going 28-6 and reaching North Carolina's Class 4A championship game a year ago, the Lions are back in the shuffle behind the play of North Carolina commitment Kennedy Meeks and Trey Foster, who drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer over the weekend to beat storied DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.).

24. (NR) West (Iowa City, Iowa), 4-0
The Trojans have won 30 games in a row and feature a three-headed monster in Dondre Alexander (Southern Mississippi football), Jeremy Morgan (Northern Iowa) and junior guard Wyatt Lohaus. West is also getting big contributions from senior Myzeah Batie-Gaddy and 6-6 junior Chike Ukah. Alexander has missed the last three outings while serving a suspension but is expected back soon.

25. (NR) Mount St. Joseph (Baltimore), 7-1
Things get messy here. The Gaels won the always-competitive Gonzaga DC Classic over the weekend, beating Josh Hart (who nobody can stop so far this season) and Sidwell Friends in the final 59-55. Mount St. Joseph's only loss was a shocker against Pallotti (Laurel), which is also a one-loss team with that single setback coming against – you guessed it – Sidwell Friends. It's a vicious triangle but the Gaels get the nod this week.

Dropped out: No. 8 last week Salesian (Richmond, Calif.), No. 13 Lake Highland Prep (Orlando, Fla.), No. 16 Sheldon (Sacramento, Calif.), No. 19 Duncanville (Texas)

Making a push: Centennial (Corona, Calif.), Germantown (Wis.), Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.), Greater Atlanta Christian (Norcross, Ga.), Hagerty (Oviedo, Fla.), Jefferson (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Loyola (Los Angeles), Mount Tabor (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Pershing (Detroit), Putnam City (Oklahoma City), Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.)

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