Westchester capped off a tremendous season in boys basketball by finishing as the No. 3-ranked team nationally in the final Maxpreps.com Xcellent Top 25 poll.
Findlay Prep of Henderson, Nev., won the overall top spot after beating No. 2 Oak Hill Academy during a tournament. Other California teams in the final 25 included No. 8 Mater Dei and No. 20 Fairfax.
Westchester posted a 35-2 record and won its fifth state title, though no one saw this one coming because of such a young team. The young Comets rose up to win a share of the Western League, then continue to win the L.A. City Section title and then the Division I state title.
"They weren't a team that anyone was talking about in the preseason, Most thought they were a year away," said Dave Krider, Maxprep's senior writer. "But Ed Azzam is one of the best coaches in the country, and he proved it to win the best state title in the country."
Westchester also has three juniors who figure to put the Comets in position to make a run at City, state and national titles next season - Jordin Mayes, Dwayne Polee and Kareem Jamar.
Re: Your All Area Boys Basketball team picks.
West High's Sean Hinkley's on the 2nd team? He is the ONLY player on your 1st or 2nd teams to average a double-double! Be careful...your bias is showing.