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National Prep Basketball Poll

Posted on Monday, December 30 @ 00:46:56 EST by Jamie DeMoney
National Prep Basketball Poll - Week 5
By Jamie DeMoney and Jeremy Plowman

Visit their website, PrepNation.com

The National Prep Basketball Poll is compiled by national high school sports experts Jamie DeMoney and Jeremy Plowman and a panel of sportswriters. The national Top 25 and regional Top 10's follow with won-loss records:

1. Akron, Ohio, St. Vincent-St. Mary (7-0) ,
beat then-No. 4 Brookhaven, 67-62, in OT
2. Elizabeth, N.J., St. Patrick (4-1) ,
faces No. 4 Oak Hill in final of Academy National Invitational in Houston
3. New York, Rice (8-1) ,
has split games with No. 2 St. Patrick
4. Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill (13-1) ,
defeated No. 6 Rainier Beach to reach finals in Academy National Invitational
5. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (14-1) ,
meets No. 1 SV-SM on Saturday
6. Seattle, Rainier Beach (6-1) ,
loss to No. 4 Oak Hill ended 26-game winning streak
7. Columbus, Ohio, Brookhaven (6-1) ,
missed key late shots in loss to top-ranked SV-SM
8. Newark, N.J., St. Benedict's (7-0) ,
advanced to finals of Slam Dunk to the Beach tourney in Lewes, Del.
9. Orlando, Fla., Edgewater (12-0) ,
earned berth in finals of Hooters Holiday Shootout in St. Petersburg, Fla.
10. Indianapolis, Pike (6-0) ,
4 of top 7 players are underclassmen
11. Lexington, Ky., Catholic (9-1) ,
only loss to No. 8 St. Benedict's
12. Los Angeles, Fairfax (12-0) ,
meets regionally ranked Oceanside, El Camino in finals of National Prep Classic in San Diego
13. Chicago, Crane (5-0) ,
idle during busy tournament week
14. Miami, Christian (10-2) ,
beat then-No. 5 Hopkins, 60-58, at Slam Dunk to the Beach
15. Jackson, Miss., Lanier (15-1) ,
beat tough field at Jackson Public School tourney
16. Minnetonka, Minn., Hopkins (7-1) ,
only loss to No. 14 Miami Christian
17. Detroit, Redford (4-0) ,
humiliated Farmington Hills, Harrison, 89-26
18. Arlington, Va., Bishop O'Connell (11-0) ,
advanced to finals of Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
19. Beaumont, Texas, Ozen (16-0) ,
got two solid wins at Slam Dunk to the Beach
20. Bronx, N.Y., St. Raymond (6-2) ,
both losses to top-5 teams
21. Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian (6-1) ,
in final round of GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational in Raleigh, N.C.
22. Springfield, Mo., Kickapoo (9-0) ,
finalist in Bank Midwest Holiday Classic in Liberty, Mo.
23. Los Angeles, Westchester (13-1) ,
suffered first loss to No. 3 Rice at Academy National Invitational
24. Bakersfield, Calif., Garces Memorial (17-0) ,
led by superstar 7-foot junior Robert Swift
25. Fort Worth, Texas, Dunbar (15-1) ,
beat then-No. 23 Monroe, La., Ouachita to win Whataburger Tournament in Haltom City, Texas

Northeast
1. Elizabeth, N.J., St. Patrick, 4-1
2. New York, Rice, 8-1
3. Newark, N.J., St. Benedict's, 7-0
4. Bronx, N.Y., St. Raymond, 6-2
5. Rochester, N.Y., McQuaid, 9-0
6. Philadelphia, Saint Joseph's Prep, 10-0
7. Middle Village, N.Y., Christ the King, 6-1
8. Brooklyn, N.Y., Lincoln, 11-1
9. Jersey City, N.J., St. Anthony, 2-1
10. West Orange, N.J., Seton Hall Prep, 4-1

East Coast
1. Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill, 13-1
2. Arlington, Va., Bishop O'Connell, 11-0
3. Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian, 6-1
4. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha, 8-0
5. Winston-Salem, N.C., Reynolds, 5-2
6. Severn, Md., Archbishop Spalding, 7-1
7. Baltimore, Douglass, 7-0
8. Raleigh, N.C., Millbrook, 5-0
9. Washington, Spingarn, 8-2
10. Washington, Gonzaga, 9-3

Southeast
1. Orlando, Fla., Edgewater, 12-0
2. Lexington, Ky., Catholic, 9-1
3. Miami, Christian, 8-2
4. Jackson, Miss., Lanier, 15-1
5. Monroe, La., Ouachita, 16-3
6. Baton Rouge, La., Woodlawn, 18-0
7. Memphis, Tenn., White Station, 10-1
8. Memphis, Tenn., Fairley, 14-1
9. Jacksonville, Fla., Arlington Country Day, 4-0
10. St. Petersburg, Fla., Lakewood, 10-2

Midwest
1. Akron, Ohio, St. Vincent-St. Mary, 7-0
2. Columbus, Ohio, Brookhaven, 6-1
3. Indianapolis, Pike, 6-0
4. Chicago, Crane, 5-0
5. Detroit, Redford, 4-0
6. Country Club Hills, Ill., Hillcrest, 12-0
7. Milwaukee, King, 5-0
8. Aurora, Ill., West, 9-2
9. Chicago, Whitney Young, 8-0
10. Detroit, Renaissance, 4-0

Midlands
1. Minnetonka, Minn., Hopkins, 7-1
2. Springfield, Mo., Kickapoo, 9-0
3. Waterloo, Iowa, East, 5-0
4. South Jordan, Utah, Bingham, 7-0
5. Blue Springs, Mo., 8-0
6. Denver, East, 5-1
7. Highlands Ranch, Colo., ThunderRidge, 5-2
8. Litchfield, Minn., 6-0
9. Olathe, Kan., South, 4-0
10. Bloomington, Minn., Jefferson, 6-0

Southwest
1. Beaumont, Texas, Ozen, 16-0
2. Fort Worth, Texas, Dunbar, 15-1
3. Alief, Texas, Hastings, 22-1
4. North Las Vegas, Nev., Cheyenne, 13-1
5. Little Rock, Ark., Parkview, 11-2
6. Houston, Jones, 14-2
7. Cedar Hill, Texas, 16-1
8. Coppell, Texas, 18-2
9. Tulsa, Okla., Memorial, 9-0
10. Houston, Westbury Christian, 14-5

West Coast
1. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei, 14-1
2. Seattle, Rainier Beach, 6-1
3. Los Angeles, Fairfax, 12-0
4. Los Angeles, Westchester, 13-1
5. Bakersfield, Calif., Garces Memorial, 17-0
6. Los Angeles, Loyola, 10-1
7. Torrance, Calif., Bishop Montgomery, 12-1
8. Seattle, Franklin, 5-2
9. Seattle, Seattle Prep, 7-0
10. Oceanside, Calif., El Camino, 11-2

FEATS OF THE WEEK: A crowd of over 18,000 at Ohio State's Value City Arena watched the LeBron James-led Akron, St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish stake its claim as the top team in Ohio -- and now the nation -- with a thrilling 67-62 overtime win over No. 7 Brookhaven. SV-SM, ranked No. 1 in this week's poll, got 27 points and 10 rebounds from the 6-foot-7 and NBA-bound James, who outdueled Brookhaven's 5-7, Oklahoma-bound guard Andrew Lavender, who scored 26 points but missed two free throws with the score tied 59-59 with 2.7 seconds left in regulation. Next up for SV-SM and James, another ESPN2-televised game this Saturday versus No. 5 Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei at Pauley Pavilion . . . Maureece Rice of Philadelphia, Strawberry Mansion broke Wilt Chamberlain's Philadelphia career scoring record of 2,206 points during a 76-63 win over Olney. Rice scored 44 in the game, giving him 2,209 for his career . . . Perhaps the top field of all the national holiday tournaments is the Academy National Invitational in Houston where four top-10 teams and five additional nationally or regionally ranked squads are on hand. Second-ranked Elizabeth, N.J., St. Patrick and No. 4 Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill are set to meet in the tourney final on Monday after the Celtics defeated third-ranked New York, Rice, 55-52, and the Warriors beat sixth-ranked Seattle, Rainier Beach, 69-65, in the semifinals.

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