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zewing - > School House Zach -> Central Section boys basketball rankings, Jan. 19
Central Section boys basketball rankings, Jan. 19

Girls rankings below or at this link.

BOYS
1. Clovis East (14-4, 0-0 TRAC, Division I, last week: 1) —
Of all the impressive things on the Timberwolves' resumé — some tough out-of-section wins and some routs of Valley teams — the best so far might have been its beatdown of a good San Joaquin Memorial team last week. Now a tough week lies ahead.
LAST WEEK: W 92-50 vs. No. 10 Fresno-San Joaquin Memorial
THIS WEEK: Wednesday at No. 4 Clovis, Friday vs. No. 6 Fresno-Central

2. Clovis West (10-4, 0-0 TRAC, Division I, last week: 2) — A rare midseason off week for the Golden Eagles brings up the age-old "rest or rust" question. CW's first two TRAC games will help answer, but games against Clovis East and Clovis are still to come, too.
LAST WEEK: no games
THIS WEEK: Wednesday at No. 6 Fresno-Central, Friday vs. Clovis-Buchanan

3. Garces (11-5, 3-0 SEYL, Division II, last week: 3) — It's too bad Garces and the hosts didn't meet up at Clovis West's Nike Invitational in the early season. The Rams and Golden Eagles look pretty evenly matched if you play the common-opponents game.
LAST WEEK: W 83-56 at Foothill
THIS WEEK: Tuesday vs. No. 11 East, Thursday at No. 5 Liberty

4. Clovis (13-7, 0-0 TRAC, Division I, last week: 4) — The Cougars are 8-1 against Central Section teams, with seven wins in a row since an early-season loss to Garces. That trend gets tested this week in a big way.
LAST WEEK: W 69-53 vs. Fresno-Bullard
THIS WEEK: Wednesday vs. No. 1 Clovis East

5. Liberty (15-3, 2-1 SEYL, Division II, last week: 5) — Don't worry, Patriots: you'll get another shot this week to confirm you're better than Garces. But a couple of ho-hum games in the past couple weeks make me worry this team has already peaked.
LAST WEEK: W 77-59 at Highland, W 60-55 at Golden Valley
THIS WEEK: Tuesday vs. Bakersfield, Thursday vs. No. 3 Garces

6. Fresno-Central (13-4, 0-0 TRAC, Division I, last week: 8) — With the Grizzlies' rise to No. 6, two leagues control the first six spots in the rankings. And don't be fooled when they beat up on each other in the next few weeks: The cream will rise to the top come playoff time.
LAST WEEK: W 68-51 at No. 10 Fresno-San Joaquin Memorial
THIS WEEK: Wednesday vs. No. 2 Clovis West, Friday at No. 1 Clovis East

7. Fresno-Edison (12-6, 0-0 CMAC, Division I, last week: 9) — The Tigers held off a gritty Bakersfield team, so I'll take this chance to explain why the Drillers fell from No. 11 to out of the rankings: Without stud inside guy Dijon Henry, that's not the same team, and it's starting to become apparent he won't be back soon.
LAST WEEK: W 60-53 at No. 11 Bakersfield
THIS WEEK: Wednesday vs. Clovis North, Friday at Fresno-Bullard

8. Lemoore (19-4, 3-0 WYL, Division II, last week: 12) — Most victories in the section? It's a great perk. But what really has the Tigers zooming up the rankings is that eight-point win against Centennial on Saturday.
LAST WEEK: W 83-72 vs. Visalia-Redwood, W 84-42 at Visalia-Mt. Whitney, W 77-69 vs. No. 7 Centennial
THIS WEEK: Wednesday vs. Visalia-El Diamante, Friday at Visalia-Golden West

9. Fresno-Sunnyside (12-5, 0-0 NYL, Division II, last week: 6) — The result of Sunnyside's Friday game with Fresno-Hoover wasn't reported. It's safe to assume the Wildcats won it, but they couldn't escape unranked Buchanan.
LAST WEEK: L 62-59 vs. Clovis-Buchanan, ??? at Fresno-Hoover
THIS WEEK: Wednesday at Fresno, Friday vs. Fresno-McLane

10. Centennial (14-4, 3-0 SWYL, Division I, last week: 7) — Liberty, Garces, Lemoore and Corona-Santiago. None are bad losses, and sophomore Cody Kessler might be the section's best point guard. But the Golden Hawks still might have trouble fending off athletic Stockdale and Ridgeview in league play.
LAST WEEK: W 79-60 vs. South, W 66-52 vs. North, L 77-69 at Lemoore
THIS WEEK: Wednesday at Stockdale, Friday vs. Frontier

11. East (9-7, 4-0 SEYL, Division II, last week: NR) — The record isn't impressive, but consider: With Mr. Everything Davon Shelton healthy, the Blades have hung with Clovis East and Oakland-Skyline and beaten Liberty and Bakersfield. Shelton is averaging 20.8 points a game on 57 percent shooting.
LAST WEEK: W 73-42 vs. Golden Valley, W 69-61 at No. 11 Bakersfield
THIS WEEK: Tuesday at No. 3 Garces, Thursday vs. Foothill

12. Hanford (14-5, 4-0 WYL, Division II, last week: 13) — Looking at results will tell you the Bullpups are one of the section's most improved teams within the season. We'll know for sure next week when they tackle West Yosemite League rival Lemoore.
LAST WEEK: W 56-34 vs. Visalia-El Diamante, W 51-43 vs. Hanford West
THIS WEEK: Friday at Visalia-Mt. Whitney

13. San Luis Obispo-Mission Prep (12-8, freelance, Division V, last week: 14) — I love a little team that looks for big challenges, and the Royals are stepping it up a big notch in competition against 12-5 Pac-7 member San Luis Obispo. Think Bakersfield Christian scheduling Bakersfield High, and you've got the idea.
LAST WEEK: W 50-46 vs. Pacific Grove
THIS WEEK: Friday vs. San Luis Obispo, Saturday at Ventura-St. Bonaventure

14. Fresno-San Joaquin Memorial (11-8, 0-0 NYL, Division II, last week: 10) — All right, so beating Central and/or Clovis East was a tall order, but the Panthers have to be upset with themselves for not competing in either game. At least the North Yosemite League offers a nice challenge in the form of Sunnyside.
LAST WEEK: L 68-51 vs. Fresno-Central, L 92-50 at Clovis East
THIS WEEK: Wednesday at Fresno-Roosevelt, Friday vs. Fresno

15. Visalia-Central Valley Christian (16-4, 3-0 CSL, Division V, last week: 15) — Wins against fellow small-school powers Bakersfield Christian and Kingsburg seemed a bit shaky, but they're valuable anyway.
LAST WEEK: W 81-77 at Bakersfield Christian, W 68-62 at Kingsburg
THIS WEEK: Tuesday vs. Dinuba, Thursday at Selma

Dropped out: No. 11 Bakersfield
Waiting: Clovis-Buchanan, Bakersfield, Hanford West, Visalia-Redwood, Visalia-El Diamante, Bakersfield Christian, Ridgeview, Porterville-Monache

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Topics: SPORTS, high school basketball, basketball, boys basketball, Central Section, rankings
posted by zewing on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 10:45 PM
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