The Bee’s final regular season basketball rankings: Which teams are title contenders?
The Stanislaus District high school basketball regular season is coming to a close.
The final day of the regular season is Friday; playoff brackets will be released on Saturday.
Here are the Bee’s final rankings before the playoffs with a couple of league championships still yet to be decided (CCAL on both boys and girls and TVL boys).
A number of teams hope their seasons extend to at least Feb. 27 or 28 when the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Championships take place at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. The CIF State playoffs begin the following week.
There are at least six teams on the boys’ side and a couple of girls teams capable of winning a section championship.
Central Catholic, Modesto Christian, and Sonora boys teams all played in championship games last year; the Wildcats captured a title.
All have chances of getting back to Sacramento with the No. 2 Wildcats and No. 3 Raiders likely getting top seeds in the playoffs.
Sonora hasn’t lost a game since Dec. 27. Raiders’ senior guard Dayton Magana all but sealed a Valley Oak League title on Feb. 7 with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer against Weston Ranch.
It’s never too early to talk about basketball players of the year, so email at jalopez@modbee.com with your picks and reasons behind them. The Bee will have All-District Teams for both the boys and girls.
Note: Teams’ records do not include Tuesday’s results
THE BEE’S TOP 10 BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS
1. Modesto Christian (18-9)
2. Sonora (22-3)
3. Central Catholic (19-7)
4. Gregori (22-4)
5. Denair (23-2)
6. Ripon Christian (19-6)
7. Ripon (14-13)
8. Beyer (16-10)
9. Hilmar (19-7)
10. Enochs (13-12)
THE BEE’S TOP 10 GIRLS BASKETBALL RANKINGS
1. Pitman (21-6)
2. Modesto Christian (14-12)
3. Ripon (19-7)
4. Hughson (17-8)
5. Orestimba (24-3)
6. Ripon Christian (13-10)
7. Turlock (13-12)
8. Gregori (15-11)
9. Oakdale (15-10)
10. Patterson (13-11)
