By Ronnie Flores

Last season Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.) got a taste of what the National Interscholastic Basketball Conference (NIBC) would be like when it went to a full conference slate in 2021-22. The Buffaloes played Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) in the inaugural NIBC title game, a one off game between the two best teams affiliated with the conference. Montverde Academy won that game and beat Sunrise Christian three out of four times (including in the GEICO Nationals title game) en route to the 2020-21 FAB 50 national title.

In the preseason, we knew the Buffaloes lost tons of firepower off last year's club, perhaps as much as any team in the country. We also knew in a relatively short period of time coach Luke Barnwell has built the program to a level where it will compete for the FAB 50 national title each season. Despite returning only one contributor (Kansas-bound Gradey Dick) we began Sunrise Christian No. 3 in the preseason FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by www.ebooksnet.com.

Over the course of this season Sunrise Christian has proved its rankings worth, and them some, as the nation's top-ranked team captured the first NIBC regular season title with a 9-1 conference mark courtesy of its 57-52 victory over then No. 3 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) last Saturday at the Metro Classic in New Jersey. IMG Academy entered the game with two conference losses and had an opportunity to win a co-championship. IMG Academy ended up 7-3 in conference play with two losses to the Buffaloes and a loss to No. 8 La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.), while Sunrise Christian split games with new No. 3 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) in conference play.

Saturday's contest was a game of runs and after a big run by Sunrise Christian at the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarter, the Ascenders answered with a 10-2 turn to tie the game at 48. In the final minutes with the game tied at 52, the Buffaloes got a big time 3-pointer from Duke-bound Mark Mitchell to take control of the game and sealed it with a lay-up from junior guard Layden Blocker with 23 seconds left.

Dick finished with a team-high 16 points ,while Blocker came up big with 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field. Houston-bound Jarace Walker led IMG Academy with 14 points, 14 rebounds and three assists.

"I’m so proud of our group to win the inaugural NIBC championship Saturday outright," Barnwell told Ballislife. "I’m not sure we would have been the first or second choice at the beginning of the year with losing all but one contributing player last season. Truthfully I’m not sure I believed if we could do it, but we just put our heads down and got after it. Our kids kept working and getting better throughout the year. They are a joy to coach everyday."

IMG Academy was playing without Alabama-bound point guard Jaden Bradley, who is reportedly nursing a broken toe. Two night earlier, IMG Academy lost to La Lumiere, but stay in front of La Lu in the rankings because of their two victories over No. 3 Montverde Academy while at full strength. Montverde has done enough to be ranked in front of the Ascenders because of their split with Sunrise Christian Academy, with Duncanville (Texas) at No. 2 because of its head-to-head win over the Eagles. La Lumiere jumps up to No. 8 one spot in front of the Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) club it has a split with. Oak Hill Academy's win over IMG Academy in December's City of Palms Classic in Florida did not count in the NIBC standings.

Sunrise Christian doesn't have too long to dance with glee over its conference crown, as it must quickly regroup for a February 11 showdown with No. 4 and unbeaten Link Academy (Branson, Mo.) at the Heartland Hoops Classic in Grand Island, Neb. Many respected observers feel coach Rodney Perry's club is easily the best team in the country not affiliated with the NIBC and some feel it's the most talented club, period. Link Academy will get an opportunity to prove that on Friday.

"There's no rest for the weary for us though," Barnwell said. "We had six hours of delays Sunday, getting home at 2 a.m. Monday morning. We then turn around and play one the best teams in the country Friday in Link Academy."

"We are very excited for the opportunity to play a big time program like Sunrise Christian," Perry told Ballislife. "We respect their program and it’s a great opportunity to measure ourselves. They have great players and they play the right way. Sunrise Christian is very well coached and have great concepts, offensively and defensively, so there’s no secret why they are the number one team in the country and won the NIBC."

Newcomers Make A Big Splash

This week's highest rated newcomers are No. 28 Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.) and No. 29 St. Francis Prep (Fresh Meadows, N.Y.), respectively. Sidwell Friends is now the No. 2 ranked team from the DMV (DC-Maryland-Virginia) behind No. 21 Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.), which defeated previous No. 40 DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.), 77-74 in overtime, and battle-tested St. John's (Washington, D.C.), 81-75 in triple overtime. The Panthers are now one loss behind first place Bishop McNamara (Forrestville, Md.) in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) standings. So far seven WCAC contests have gone to overtime. Bishop McNamara, which has a conference loss to DeMatha, fell two spots in the rankings this week to No. 30 after losing a weekend non-conference showdown to Sidwell Friends, 52-46.

St. Francis Prep comes in right in front of Bishop McNamara and right behind defensive-oriented Sidwell Friends after recording a 61-56 win on Sunday over previous No. 19 Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, N.Y.) in an intense CHSAA showdown. St. Francis Prep has been on the FAB 50 bubble for weeks and looking for national respect, and knocking off Hayes (who has a split with No. 32 Archbishop Stepinac of White Plains, N.Y.) was exactly what the doctor ordered from coach Jimmy Lynch's club to break into the rankings.

Junior (2023) guard Josh Pascarelli led St. Francis Prep with 18 points in its signature win. The Terriers (who have only lost to Westminster Academy of Florida) were playing without 2022 guard Chance Morrish, out with a broken wrist, but players such as 2022 forward Jaden Daughtry (12 points) and 2022 guard Latiek Briscoe (11 points) stepped up.

Out West, No. 5 Centennial (Corona, Calif.) and No. 13 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) are the top two seeds, respectively, in the CIF Southern Section open division playoffs. The CIFSS playoffs for the best eight teams are pool play format (two pools of four) with the higher seed hosting each game. Both teams remain undefeated against CIF competition and could meet in the CIFSS open division title game Feb. 25 or 26.

Sierra Canyon was able to move up two spots this week after winning an out-of-state showcase game with previous No. 11 Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), 67-64, before 10,000 fans at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. UCLA-bound Amari Bailey weaved through the lane and found 2023 guard Dylan Metoyer in the corner for a 3-pointer. which he knocked down at the buzzer. Bailey finished with 19 points while 2023 guard LeBron James Jr. had arguably the best offensive game of his high school career so far, knocking down six 3-pointers and finishing with 18 points.

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For the first time in many weeks, no team fell out of the latest FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by www.ebooksnet.com as a result of off-court COVID-19 fallout. The majority of states conducting playoffs are now in the deep rounds or wrapped up this past weekend. As a result, many ranked teams ran into tough opposition and eight teams not only took a loss, but also saw their respective 2020-21 season come to an end.

For the second consecutive week, the No. 15 team in the rankings dropped out, as Homestead (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) fell to new No. 34 Carmel (Carmel, Ind.) in an Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Class 4A regional semifinal contest, 60-49. While it may seem like a steep drop, Homestead could still bounce back and end up in the final FAB 50.

The reason Homestead's rankings fate ain't done yet is that regional semifinal contest had a state final feel to it, as the teams were No. 1 and No. 2 in the state's Class 4A poll. It would obviously bode well for tough-luck Homestead if Carmel were to go on to win the IHSAA Class 4A state crown. Carmel defeated Lafayette Jefferson (Lafayette, Ind.) in the regional finals, 50-49, and take on West Side (Gary, Ind.) in the state semifinals on March 20. In the opposite semifinal, No. 36 Lawrence North (Indianapolis, Ind.) grapples with Bloomington South (Bloomington, Ind.). Carmel has now done enough to be ranked ahead of Lawrence North, whose two losses are to the Greyhounds and Homestead.

Unfortunately not every team that lost last week will have a chance to return to the FAB 50 for two main reasons. Either they didn't get enough quality wins under their belt or the team they lose to wasn't ranked high enough. For some teams, a loss dropped them but didn't send them spiraling out of the rankings. Such was the case for previous No. 17 Westlake (Austin, Texas), previous No. 22 Bellevue West (Bellevue, Neb.) and previous No. 37 Berkmar (Lilburn, Ga.).

Westlake fell in the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Class 6A state title game to No. 12 Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas), 66-53. Westlake's only two losses of the season came against the Panthers, who now have been Texas' top-ranked team three consecutive seasons running and captured an on-court Class 6A state crown twice in three years. Because of Duncanville's success, Westlake is able to stay ranked ahead of new Class 5A state champ Beaumont United (Beaumont, Texas), which capped an unbeaten season with a 71-70 overtime win over Kimball (Dallas) behind the heroics of junior forward Terrance Arceneaux, who hit a buzzer-beating jumpshot in the extra period and finished with 24 points, seven rebounds and nine blocked shots.

Bellevue West's regular season victory over eventual Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Class 4A champ Waukee Senior (Waukee, Iowa) was a big factor in its ranking drop this week after the Thunderbirds fell in the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) Class A state title game to highly-regarded Millard North (Omaha, Neb.), 84-78, in overtime. More than one local reporter called it the best game they ever witnessed, as McDonald's all-American Hunter Sallis (who still hasn't announced his college decision) netted 25 points in a game fans waited hours in the rain outside Pinnacle Bank Arena to get in to.

If that was one of the best games in Nebraska schoolboy history, we could only imagine what Bellevue West's state semifinal contest was like. In that one, Bellevue West outlasted previous No. 27 Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.) to win 95-94, in a three-overtime contest. Frankie Fidler (32 points) and Wisconsin-bound Chucky Hepburn (23 points) led the way for Bellevue West, which is ranked one spot above Waukee Senior at No. 31 because of the 74-60 head-to-head victory. Millard North, which won its first state crown, is this week's highest-ranked newcomer at No. 24, as they defeated Bellevue West two of three times this season and also defeated national power and No. 25 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.).

For Berkmar, the pressure of holding off No. 10 Milton (Milton, Ga.) in the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Class AAAAAAA title game proved to be too much, as the Patriots missed some crucial free throws down the stretch. That allowed Milton to escape with a 52-47 victory. For the Eagles it was their third state title and first since 2012 when it finished No. 7 in the FAB 50. Sophomore Kanaan Carlyle had 15 points and five rebounds while junior Bruce Thornton added 12 points, five rebounds and four assists.

Berkmar doesn't fall out of the FAB 50 because it recorded a regular season win over Class AAAAAA champ Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.).

GEICO Nationals In Focus

With its GHSA Class AAAAAAA title in tow, Milton has a chance to be selected for GEICO Nationals, which will announce its 10-team field on March 16. GHSA AA champ and No. 27 Pace Academy (Atlanta, Ga.) may also be considered. The 2021 edition of GEICO Nationals takes place March 31-April 3 at Suncoast Union Arena on Florida SouthWestern’s campus in Ft. Myers, Fla.

By winning the inaugural National Interscholastic Basketball Conference (NIBC) title, FAB 50 No. 1 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) will be the top seed at GEICO Nationals. The Eagles won the NIBC crown on March 12 by virtue of its 61-57 victory over No. 2 Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.). The game was played at Arlington (Memphis, Tenn.) and had a pro-Sunrise crowd, but Montverde Academy used a big third quarter scoring advantage (22-15) and increased defensive intensity in the second half to propel its victory. Montverde Academy trailed 28-27 at halftime, but held a 49-43 advantage entering the fourth period. MVA’s offensive rebounding also hurt Sunrise Christian, which trialed by nine points with just under two minutes remaining in the game.

Baylor-bound Langston Love had 15 points and five rebounds for MVA, while junior wing Dariq Whitehead had a big outing with 18 points, seven rebounds and five steals. Junior forward Gradey Dick, who recently committed to Kansas, led Sunrise Christian with 18 points. The Buffaloes McDonald's All-American duo of Kennedy Chandler (Tennessee) and Kendall Brown (Baylor) combined for 19 points, as Brown (six points) was saddled with foul trouble.

It was Montverde Academy’s second win over Sunrise in three regular season games. And there is a possibility they could meet a fourth time at GEICO Nationals in the title game, as the two powerhouses are assuredly to sit on opposite sides of the 10-team bracket. Not only did the win give MVA the first NIBC crown, it likely means the Eagles won’t have AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) on its side of the bracket. That team defeated Sunrise Christian earlier in the season and took MVA to overtime before losing.

Also expect No. 3 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), No. 5 Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, Utah), and No. 25 Oak Hill Academy to be part of the 10-team field.

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Updated FAB 50 National Team Rankings
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(13th poll of 2020-21 regular season; Through games played on Sunday, March 14; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included; ***Does not include results vs. out-of-season opponents; ****Season complete.)

Dropped Out: Previous No. 15 Homestead (Ft. Wayne, Ind.), No. 18 Simeon (Chicago), No. 27 Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.), No. 29 Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.), No. 32 St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio), No. 34 Richardson (Richardson, Texas), No. 41 Whitney Young (Chicago, Ill.), No. 45 Edmond Memorial (Edmond, Okla.).

Bubble Teams:  Adams (South Bend, Ind.) 23-2****; Ardrey Kell (Charlotte, N.C.) 10-1****; Atascocita (Humble, Texas) 24-3****; Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) 7-2****; Blue Ridge (St. George, Va.) 15-0****; Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 17-7****; Cannon School (Concord, N.C.) 27-5****; Centennial (Corona, Calif.) 0-0; Centennial (Peoria, Ariz.) 17-1; Christ The King (Middle Village, N.Y.) 0-0; Covington Catholic (Park Hills, Ky.) 22-3; Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.) 23-3****; Davis (Kaysville, Utah) 22-4****; Del City (Del City, Okla.) 22-4****; DePaul College Prep (Chicago, Ill.) 14-2****; Dr. Phillips (Orlando, Fla.) 24-3****; Eagle’s Landing (McDonough, Ga.) 29-1****; Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.) 0-0; Edmond Memorial (Edmond, Okla.) 17-2****; Elder (Cincinnati, Ohio) 20-4****; Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) 0-0; Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) 22-4****; Green Run (Virginia Beach, Va.) 9-1****; Homestead (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) 26-1****; Huron (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 13-0; Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.) 11-0; Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) 0-0; Kell (Marietta, Ga.) 21-7****; La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.) 10-9; Las Cruces (Las Cruces, N.M.) 0-0; Legacy Early College (Greenville, S.C.) 14-7****; Manasquan (Manasquan, N.J.) 12-0****; McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) 24-5****; Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) 17-5**; North Little Rock (North Little Rock, Ark.) 20-2; Oak Ridge (Orlando, Fla.) 22-3****; Pebblebrook (Mableton, Ga.) 25-4****; Rangeview (Aurora, Col.) 15-0; Richardson (Richardson, Texas) 25-2****; Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.) 12-3****: Seattle Prep (Seattle, Wash.) 0-0; Shawnee (Lima, Ohio) 26-1; South Central (Winterville, N.C.) 13-0**; South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, Texas) 21-1****; Starkville (Starkville, Miss.) 21-3****; Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Va.) 16-1****; St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) 0-0; St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio) 19-3****; St. Mark’s (Dallas, Texas) 7-1****; St. Mary’s (Pheonix, Ariz.) 18-1; Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.) 19-1;?Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) 13-1**; Waxahachie (Waxahachie, Texas) 20-3****; Westlake (Saratoga Springs, Utah) 21-4****; Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) 27-5****; Whitney Young (Chicago, Ill.) 13-1; Windward (Los Angeles, Calif.) 0-0.

Note: The FAB 50 powered by www.ebooksnet.com is a continuation of the National Sports News Service ratings that began in 1952. These were the first national high school rankings and the late Art Johlfs of Minnesota compiled them. They were compiled for many years by the late Barry Sollenberger of Phoenix, who merged them into the FAB 50 21 years ago.

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While some teams are quickly wrapping up their 2020-21 season, another fell victim to the fallout of COVID-19. The teams in the Baltimore City Public Schools received word there would be no season last week. That means previous No. 31 Poly (Baltimore, Md.) has dropped out of the latest FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by www.ebooksnet.com without having played a sanctioned game.

Public school districts in urban areas have been hit hardest by health department guidelines associated with playing interscholastic and youth sports. Public and parochial schools in New York City await the fate of their seasons and out West, it took a lawsuit for California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) sanctioned indoor sports to get the green light. There is still tons of work to do, however, for CIF programs to meet the protocols and requirements to play indoors. Some school districts will opt out of playing.

Three of the four other teams that fell out of the FAB 50 this week did it the old-fashioned way: they took a tough playoff loss to end their respective season.

The highest ranked team to get tripped up was previous No. 15 Waxahachie (Waxahachie, Texas), which fell to No. 14 Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) in the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Class 6A, Region 2 final, 70-65. Duncanville was led to victory by Sam Houston State-bound wing Damon Nicholas Jr. with 20 points, while underrated guard Juan Reyna added 15 points. The Panthers were ranked ahead of Waxahachie in the industry's longest running weekly rankings, but actually avenged a regular season overtime loss to the Indians to advance to the state final four, where it will face No. 34 Richardson (Richardson, Texas) on Tuesday at Southern Methodist University. The other Class 6A semifinal pits No. 17 Westlake (Austin, Texas) versus unranked and two-loss Atascocita (Humble, Texas) at Northside ISD in San Antonio.

While dropping out may seem like a harsh penalty for Waxahachie considering it beat Duncanville during the regular season, it doesn't mean the Indians can't get back in the FAB 50. It would bode well for them if Richardson were to knock off Duncanville in the state semis and go on to win the Class 6A state crown. Waxahachie handed Richardson its only regular season loss. Westlake's only regular season loss was to Duncanville.

Unfortunately previous No. 17 North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, N.C.) won't finish with a strong enough resume to return to the rankings, as the Vikings fell from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 65-62 loss to Ardrey Kell (Charlotte, N.C.) in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) Class 4A state semifinals. Ardrey Kell was handed its first loss of the season, in overtime, by another unbeaten club in the state final.

That team was Millbrook (Raleigh, N.C.), which capped an undefeated season with a come-from-behind 67-65 victory to land at No. 36 in this week's rankings as the highest newcomer. The Wildcats overcame a four-point deficit with under 30 seconds remaining in overtime behind junior Silas Demary. He hit four three throws and came up with a steal and lay-in with four seconds remaining to give his team an improbable victory.

Silas led Millbrook with 22 points, while Louisville-bound big man Eric van der Heijden added 21 points before fouling out in regulation. It was the first state title in Millbrook's history.

New No. 37 Berkmar (Lilburn, Ga.) has a chance to shake up next week's FAB 50, as it faces No. 10 Milton (Milton, Ga.) in the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Class AAAAAAA title game. Milton defeated the Patriots during the regular season.

Looking Ahead

As quickly as some seasons got underway, it seems as if they are coming to an end. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) teams outside of Chicago will see their seasons come to an end this week, while Chicago Public School  (CPS) teams have two weeks remaining to play. There will be no IHSA playoffs, but at least some of the better teams in the greater Chicago metro will have a chance to battle it out.

The Chipotle Clash of Champions takes place March 12-13 at St. Patrick (Chicago) and Notre Dame College Prep (Niles, Ill.). The eight-team field was seeded on Sunday and the top seed is FAB 50 No. 18 Simeon (Chicago). The No. 2 seed is one of the newcomers to this week's FAB 50: No. 41 Whitney Young (Chicago). The quarterfinals will take place Friday at St. Patrick (the No. 8 seed) and the semis and championship are set Saturday at Notre Dame (the No. 4 seed).

On March 12, a single-game clash at Arlington High School in Memphis (Tenn.) will determine the inaugural champion of the National Interscholastic Basketball Conference (NIBC). FAB 50 No. 1 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) will face No. 2 Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.) at 8:30 pm ET (ESPN3).

The two teams have split two regular season contests so far. Although the clash will determine the NIBC champion and next week's No. 1 team, it will not determine the mythical national title, as both teams are expected to to participate at GEICO Nationals, April 1-3.

Sunrise Christian is led by a pair of McDonald's All-American selections: forward Kendall Brown and Mr. Basketball USA candidate Kennedy Chandler, a point guard. Montverde Academy counters with a McDonald's All-American of its own in Michigan-bound Caleb Houstan and its own Mr. Basketball USA candidate in junior center Jalen Duren.

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Updated FAB 50 National Team Rankings
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(12th poll of 2020-21 regular season; Through games played on Sunday, March 7; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included; ***Does not include results vs. out-of-season opponents; ****Season complete.)

Dropped Out: Previous No. 15 Waxahachie (Waxahachie, Texas), No. 17 North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, N.C.), No. 21 Christian Brothers (Memphis, Tenn.), No. 29 Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.), No. 31 Poly (Baltimore, Md.).

Bubble Teams:  Adams (South Bend, Ind.) 23-2****; Ardrey Kell (Charlotte, N.C.) 10-1****; Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) 19-1; Blue Ridge (St. George, Va.) 15-0****; Blue Valley North West (Overland Park, Kan.) 21-1; Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 17-7****; Cannon School (Concord, N.C.) 27-5****; Carmel (Carmel, Ind.) 22-2; Carver (New Orleans, La.) 28-1; Cedar Falls (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 19-0; Centennial (Corona, Calif.) 0-0; Centennial (Peoria, Ariz.) 15-1; Central (Little Rock, Ark.) 21-4; Christ The King (Middle Village, N.Y.) 0-0; Covington Catholic (Park Hills, Ky.) 21-3; Davis (Kaysville, Utah) 22-4****; Dr. Phillips (Orlando, Fla.) 24-3****; Eagle’s Landing (McDonough, Ga.) 28-1; Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.) 0-0; Elder (Cincinnati, Ohio) 20-3; Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) 0-0; Grand Blanc (Grand Blanc, Mich.) 6-1; Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) 22-4****; Green Run (Virginia Beach, Va.) 9-1****; Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.) 11-0; Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) 0-0; Kell (Marietta, Ga.) 21-6; Kingfisher (Kingfisher, Okla.) 22-1; La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.) 10-9; Las Cruces (Las Cruces, N.M.) 0-0; Legacy Early College (Greenville, S.C.) 14-7****; Lexington Catholic (Lexington, Ky.) 19-1; Magnolia (Magnolia, Ark.) 19-0; Manasquan (Manasquan, N.J.) 12-0; McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) 24-5****; Mentor (Mentor, Ohio) 23-0; Millard North (Omaha, Neb.) 24-2; Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) 15-4; Mundelein (Mundelein, Ill.) 13-1; Oak Ridge (Orlando, Fla.) 22-3****; Pebblebrook (Mableton, Ga.) 25-4****; Rangeview (Aurora, Col.) 13-0; Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.) 12-3; Seattle Prep (Seattle, Wash.) 0-0; Shawnee (Lima, Ohio) 24-1; South Central (Winterville, N.C.) 13-0**; South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, Texas) 21-1****; Starkville (Starkville, Miss.) 21-3****; Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Va.) 16-1****; St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) 0-0; St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) 0-0; St. Mark’s (Dallas, Texas) 7-1****; St. Mary’s (Pheonix, Ariz.) 16-1; Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.) 17-1; Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) 11-1**; Waxahachie (Waxahachie, Texas) 20-3****; Westlake (Saratoga Springs, Utah) 21-4****; Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) 26-5; Windward (Los Angeles, Calif.) 0-0.

Note: The FAB 50 powered by www.ebooksnet.com is a continuation of the National Sports News Service ratings that began in 1952. These were the first national high school rankings and the late Art Johlfs of Minnesota compiled them. They were compiled for many years by the late Barry Sollenberger of Phoenix, who merged them into the FAB 50 21 years ago.

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