LAGUNA NIGUEL – The strike by the L.A. Unified School District’s teachers’ guild means that the next chapter in the biggest rivalry in Southern California high school hoops is going to be postponed for a while.
Westchester and Fairfax, No.’s 2 and 5, respectively, in the latest BurlisonOnBasketball SoCal Top 25, were slated to play in a Western League game at Fairfax Friday night.
But, while the first strike of the LAUSD’s teachers’ guild in 30 years is on-going, L.A. City athletic teams are not permitted to play or practice (under the direction of their coaches).
There are, however, plenty of other outstanding matchups this week – some of which could have impact not only on the outcome of league races but in terms of the makeup of seeding of the CIF Southern Section’s eight-team playoff field.
Notably . . .
*No. 6 Mater Dei has Trinity League games scheduled at No. 11 Santa Margarita (Wednesday) and No. 13 St. John Bosco (Friday), and also plays No. 23 Camarillo Saturday at Cerritos College in Norwalk during the Rolling Hills Prep State Preview.
In other Trinity games of note, No. 12 Orange Lutheran plays host to St. John Bosco on Wednesday and No. 25 JSerra on Friday.
*No. 8 Etiwanda travels to No. 9 Damien Wednesday in a Baseline League showdown.
*Defending state-champion and top-ranked Sierra Canyon travels to No. 22 Windward Tuesday night in a Gold Coast League contest.
Windward Coach Colin Pfaff has the best 1-2 freshman punch in Southern California in center Kijani Wright (PICTURED) and guard Dylan Andrews.
*And, in another State Preview game at Cerritos College Saturday, No. 10 Rancho Verde faces No. 17 Long Beach Poly.
Here’s the updated BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25:
(With CIF section and record, thru games of Jan. 12)
- Chatsworth Sierra Canyon (Southern Section/19-1)
- Westchester (Los Angeles City Section/18-1)
- Temecula Rancho Christian (SS/15-2)
- Corona Centennial (SS/18-3)
- Fairfax (LAC/17-1)
- Santa Ana Mater Dei (SS/20-1)
- Torrance Bishop Montgomery (SS/18-4)
- Etiwanda (SS/17-2)
- La Verne Damien (SS/17-2)
- Moreno Valley Rancho Verde (SS/17-4)
- RSM Santa Margarita (SS/15-6)
- Orange Lutheran (SS/17-5)
- Bellflower St. John Bosco (SS/17-5)
- Chino Hills (SS/8-7)
- Riverside Notre Dame (SS/14-7)
- Loyola (SS/17-5)
- Long Beach Poly (SS/15-4)
- Studio City Harvard-Westlake (SS/14-5)
- Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (SS/14-8)
- Riverside Poly (SS/15-7)
- Brentwood (SS/19-1)
- Windward (SS/17-3)
- Camarillo (SS/17-3)
- St. Augustine (San Diego Section/16-4)
- SJC JSerra (SS/16-6)
New: JSerra
Dropped: Washington Prep (LAC/15-6)
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