Final regular-season week with some key showdowns

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LAGUNA NIGUEL – The final week of the CIF Southern and L.A. City sections of boys’ hoops play will finalize the look of the various divisions of the playoffs that will get underway next week.

Notable among the “key” games of the week are:

*The Tuesday night Trinity clash pitting St. John Bosco (No. 6 in this week’s BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25) at Mater Dei (No. 8). Kentucky-bound guard Devin Askew (pictured) scored a season-high 29 points for Mater Dei in its 70-62 at St. John Bosco on Jan. 17.

*Wednesday night’s Mission League playoff semifinals, at a site to be determined following Monday night quarterfinals of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at No. 15 Chaminade and Alemany at Crespi.

Top seed and No. 7 Harvard-Westlake will face the winner of the Alemany-Crespi game while second seed St. Francis gets Notre Dame or Chaminade;

*No. 2 Etiwanda is at No. 17 Damien Tuesday night in a Baseline League clash;

*Saturday night (at Cerritos College, 8:30 p.m., during the four-game SoCal Finale) No. 2 Rancho Christian takes on No. 12 Ribet Academy.

Other games in that event at Cerritos at Oakland Bishop O’Dowd vs. No. 20 Renaissance Academy (3:30); Colony vs. Hesperia (5) and No. 10 Santa Clarita Christian vs. San Gabriel Academy.

The L.A. City playoff pairings are scheduled to be unveiled on Saturday, with the Southern Section divisions being announced Sunday.

 

Top 25 (records as of games of Feb. 1)

1. Sierra Canyon (SS D-1/22-3)
2. Corona Centennial (SS D-1/24-2)
3. Rancho Christian (SS D-1/20-5)
4. Etiwanda (SS D-1/24-2)
5. Saint Anthony (SS D-1/25-2)
6. Harvard-Westlake (SS D-1/21-4)
7. Saint John Bosco (SS D-1/21-5)
8. Mater Dei (SS D-1/20-6)
9. Windward (SS D-1/19-7)
10. Santa Clarita Christian (SS 2AA/17-5)
11. Heritage Christian (SS 2AA/22-4)
12. Ribet Academy (SS 2AA/19-2)
13. Saint Bernard (SS 2AA/18-7)
14. Fairfax (L.A. City D-1/21-4)
15. Chaminade (SS 2AA/21-6)
16. Riverside Poly (SS D-1/21-4)
17. Damien (SS D-1/20-6)
18. Westchester (L.A. City D-1/16-8)
19. Rolling Hills Prep (SS 2AA/23-2)
20. Renaissance Academy (SS 4AA/18-8)
21. JSerra (SS D-1/20-6)
22. Oak Park (SS 2AA/24-2)
23. Birmingham (L.A. City D-1/16-7)
24. Taft (L.A. City D-1/19-7)
25. Capistrano Valley (SS 2AA/24-2)