BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL RANKINGS
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Who is the area's best boys and girls basketball player?
Below: Pasadena's Nigel Ajere, who had 20 points and 15 rebounds against Arcadia last week.
Star-News Boys Basketball top ten rankings
1. La Canada (14-0) - Won’t be touched in RHL
2. Pasadena (13-2) - Won 22 straight in Pacific
3. Renaissance Academy (12-1) - Can compete with top two
4. Alhambra (11-5) - Almont League favorites?
5. La Salle (11-4) - Finding groove; four straight wins
6. San Gabriel (12-4) - Playing best ball in years
7. Maranatha (9-7) - Short-handed most of season
8. Marshall (13-3) - Big win over Keppel
9. Keppel (10-6) - Drops after third straight loss
10. Muir (7-7) - Can’t find consistency
Star-News Girls Basketball top ten poll
1. Muir (11-1) - Starting five can hang with anyone
2. Monrovia (8-3) - Big game against SPas tonight
3. Keppel (9-7) -Tournament tested Aztecs for real
4. South Pasadena (12-1) - Area’s biggest surprise
5. La Canada (7-7) - Record reflects tough opponents
6. Flintridge Prep (10-3) - Deepest team in Prep League
7. San Marino (10-6) - Another solid RHL team
8. Westridge (9-2) - Close loss to SPas on Monday
9. Rio Hondo Prep (11-3) - Notch below Westridge, FPrep
10. Blair (9-5) - Vikings are another surprise
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Hey Fred;
PHS boys BB will be ok once the quarks in their system is ironed out. I believe that they will win the Pacific league, CIF II AA and maybe Stateif they work hard and pass the ball. Also, Nigel Agere, their PF will be the league and CIF MVP. Go Bulldogs
Fred;
You are doing a wonderful job, especially with the article on Nigel Ajerea and how he bonded with his new team as wellas his ex team mates from Arcadia. It is refreshing to read a beautiful and positive piece now and again. We need more of this coverage for our league to encourage our players. Keep up the good work and good luck to Nigel. We will be watching you play.
Do you have proof they recruit? Do you see their coach at Junior High School basketball games talking to kids and parents? I dont think so. Kids go to that school to get out of the public school system. As a parent I know that for sure. As for graduation rates, 3 out of the 4 graduating seniors over the past 2 years have gone straight to college and one is trying to make it playing JC basketball.
RA is only a D5 school by enrollment. Every kid on there basketball team was recruited in. They have no academics and attend school only to play basketball. Check back when these kids "graduate" and see if any of them qualify into a 4 year university.
Renaissance upset the defending Divsion 2 CIF champion Colony 61-54. Big news when a Divison 5 school beats a Division 2 powerhouse. Renaissance is 15-1 now.
Anyone know who won the Marshall-Pac Hills game last night?
For some reason the Monrovia girls game on Friday didn't get in the paper. Monrovia 60 Blair 23. Ladycats keep on rolling
Friday's Scores
Boys Basketball
Pasandena 48, Hoover 46, OT
Arcadia 49, Glendale 43
Montebello 73, Keppel 63
San Gabriel 43, Alhambra 41
Maranatha 75, CAMS 36
Bishop Montgomery 75, Bosco Tech 35
Verbum Dei 76, St. Francis 57
Chadwick 44, Flintridge Prep 41, OT
La Canada 64, Temple City 42
GIRLS SCORES
Muir 60, Burroughs 42
Alhambra 68, San Gabriel 36
Harvard Westlake 67, FSHA 26
Glendale 50, Arcadia 49
Flintridge Prep 69, Chadwick 23
Pasadena Poly 35, Mayfield 25
La Canada 65, Temple City 47
Monrovia 60, Blair 23
South Pasadena 40, San Marino 38
Hey Fred,
Where are the HS B-Ball scores on the website????
PHS sure didnt look very good at Hoover tonight. I think Tucker needs to start putting in some offensive sets. The D is always good, but with Harmon on lock down, the offense was very average.
Hoffman has the luxury of the Rio Hondo league. Would love to see La Canada switch with St. Francis and be part of the Mission League. They wont have the easy 10 wins they get year in and year out. Then we could see how great Hoffman is.
Thank God for Hoffman. He get more out his player than anyone.
Renaissance has a tough game against Division 2 powerhouse Colony on Saturday at Pierce College.
Later that night, Campbell Hall plays Taft in a battle for San Fernando Valley supremacy.
Biggest disappointment is that the Pasadena Boys and Muir girls have two outstanding teams, but no fans who want to blog about them. Seriously, what's going on? I can go back five years and recall all the complaining that we didn't do enough to cover the Muir and PHS basketball programs, and now that we cover them more than anyone, where are the fans? Where is the interest? I might as well switch our focus to the Rio Hondo League teams and private schools.
Philly, 5:30 p.m., I'm going to cover it.
hey fred what time is the game between south pas monrovia for the girls
hey fred what time is the game between south pas monrovia for the girls
Their third loss was to Inglewood
Hey fred I havent been keepin up with monrovia girls b-ball, but who was theier third lost to. And where is the game at home or at southpas?
Hey fred I havent been keepin up with monrovia girls b-ball, but who was theier third lost to. And where is the game at home or at southpas?
Hey fred I havent been keepin up with monrovia girls b-ball, but who was theier third lost to. And where is the game at home or at southpas?