
Mater Dei rejoins the top five after beating then-No. 3 Etiwanda in the CIF Open Division regional final.
Photo by David Hood
Xcellent 25 National Basketball Rankings presented by the Army National Guard1. (No. 1 last week) Lone Peak (Highland, Utah), 26-1Season complete. Class 5A state champions.
2. (2) Germantown (Wis.), 28-0Season complete. Division 1 state champions.
3. (6) Simeon (Chicago), 30-3Season complete. Class 4A state champions.
4. (10) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 33-2The Monarchs will play for their third state title in a row Saturday in Sacramento, meeting Aaron Gordon and Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) for the Open Division crown.
5. (4) Olympic (Charlotte, N.C.), 30-0Season complete. Class 4A state champions