NorCal champ De La Salle final Chino Hills obstacle

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – The Chino Hills Huskies are just one victory away from wrapping up a season a perfection this Saturday night in Sacramento.

Coach Steve Baik’s crew earned the trip north via its latest dismantling of one of the state’s best squads, 84-62, over No. 2-ranked Bishop Montgomery before a standing-room-only crowd in the Walter Pyramid on the Long Beach State Campus this past Saturday in the Southern Regional Open Championship game.

The 34-0 Huskies, who play Northern champion Concord De La Salle at 8 o’clock in the Kings’ Sleep Train Arena, beat seven playoff foes (sectional and regional) in Open competition by an average margin of 30.2 points.

Among those foes were Bishop Montgomery, Foothills Christian, Sierra Canyon and Mater Dei, the No.’s 2, 3, 6 and 9 teams in the now-final BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25 Southern California rankings.

The final Top 25 is as follows:

 

BurlisonOnBasketball Southern California Top 25

(From the CIF Southern, L.A. City and San Diego sections)

(Record/last week’s rating)

1. Chino Hills (34-0/#1)

Last week: d. No. 3 Foothills Christian, 82-62, and No. 2 Bishop Montgomery, 84-62. Saturday: State Open Championship, vs. 31-2 Concord De La Salle, Sacramento Sleep Train Arena, 8 p.m.

2. Torrance Bishop Montgomery (28-3/#2)

Last week: d. No. 5 Cathedral Catholic, 72-56; lost to No. 1 Chino Hills, 84-62.

3. El Cajon Foothills Christian (25-5/#3)

Last week: lost to No. 1 Chino Hills, 82-62.

4. Encino Crespi (32-4/#4)

Last week: d. No. 12 St. Augustine, 68-55; d. No. 7 Redondo Union, 66-63 (OT). Thursday: State Division I Championship, vs. 24-8 Berkeley, Sacramento Sleep Train Arena, 8 p.m.

5. San Diego Cathedral Catholic (21-6/#5)

Last week: Lost to No. 2 Bishop Montgomery, 72-56.

6. Chatsworth Sierra Canyon (26-5/#6)

Last week: Season already completed.

7. Redondo Beach Redondo Union (27-7/#7)

Last week: d. No. 11 Narbonne, 63-62; lost to No. 4 Crespi, 66-63 (OT).

8. Westchester (27-6/#9)

Last week: Season already completed.

9. Santa Ana Mater Dei (27-5/#4)

Last week: Season already completed.

10. Chino Hills Ayala (33-3/#10)

Last week: d. No. 14 Oak Park, 62-58; d. Bonita, 63-54. Thursday: State Division III Championship, vs. 28-6 Manteca, Sacramento Sleep Train Arena.

11. Harbor City Narbonne (25-8/#11)

Last week: lost to No. 7 Redondo Union, 63-62.

12. San Diego St. Augustine (24-8/#12)

Last week: lost to No. 4 Crespi, 68-55.

13. Corona Centennial (23-9/#13)

FB Says: Season already completed.

14. Oak Park (28-7/#14)

FB Says: lost to No. 10 Ayala,

15. Eastvale Roosevelt (22-9/#15)

FB Says: If you haven’t seen it already, be sure to catch YouTube of Jemarl Baker’s game-winning shot against Fairfax last week. Wow!

16. Inglewood (22-9/#16)

FB Says: The Sentinels’ last two losses of 2015-16 came to the same squad – No. 4 Crespi.

17. Mission Hills Alemany (24-9/#17)

FB Says: It was quite a season for the Warriors, especially considering that they didn’t start a player taller than 6-4 junior Earnie Sears III.

18. Fairfax (29-5/#18)

FB Says: Guards Jamal Hartwell, Ethan Anderson and Robert McRae will form the Lions’ foundation in 2016-17.

19. Long Beach Poly (24-10/#22)

FB Says: Zafir Williams is demonstrating succinctly why he is one of the best 2017 prospects in Southern California – and beyond. Tuesday semifinal: Southern D-II regional semifinal, at No. 20 Los Alamitos.

20. Los Alamitos (25-7/#19)

FB Says: The Griffins had last week’s biggest comeback (down 15 points to Santa Margarita Saturday night) victory. Tuesday semifinal: Southern D-II regional semifinal, vs. No. 23 Long Beach Poly.

21. Orange Lutheran (23-9/#20)

FB Says: The Lancers will try to inhibit a couple of very good JWN jump shooters. Tuesday semifinal: Southern D-II regional semifinal, vs. No. 22 JW North.

22. Riverside JW North (30-5/#21)

FB Says: The Huskies beat another Trinity League team on the road in the Southern Section I-AA semifinals (St. John Bosco). Tuesday semifinal: Southern D-II regional semifinal, at No. 21 Orange Lutheran.

23. Lake Balboa Birmingham (22-10/23)

FB Says: With four underclassmen starters, this is a program that could win an L.A. City Open title in 2017.

24. La Verne Damien (25-6/#24)

FB Says: Collected its only post-season victory over the now-favored team to win the Southern Regional D-1 title (Crespi).

25. La Verne Bonita (28-7/#25)

FB Says: Tuesday’s game is a rematch – Bonita knocked off host Calabasas, 67-56, in a semifinal of the Southern Section 3AA bracket on Feb. 26. Tuesday semifinal: Southern D-II regional semifinal, vs. Calabasas.

Tapping at the cusp of the Top 25 (alphabetical): Calabasas 26-8; Compton 21-11; Pomona Diamond Ranch 25-9; L.A. Washington Prep 20-12; La Canada 27-3; Lynwood 23-7; Newhall Hart 23-9; Oceanside El Camino 29-7; Moreno Valley Rancho Verde 28-3; Rancho Santa Margarita/Santa Margarita 18-12; Woodland Hills Taft 26-8; San Diego Torrey Pines 26-5; Santa Barbara 31-3; Santa Monica 29-3, Studio City Harvard-Westlake 26-8 and Temecula Valley 29-6.