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Top 25 Boys’ Basketball Rankings for the Southland After Week 4

The latest boys’ basketball rankings from The Times highlight the dynamic landscape of Southland teams following Week 4, showcasing both established powerhouses and emerging contenders.

1. Sierra Canyon (7-1): Continuing their strong performance, Sierra Canyon is set to face Crean Lutheran on Saturday, holding onto the top spot from last week.

2. Santa Margarita (11-1): With an impressive record, Santa Margarita heads to Las Vegas for the Tarkanian Classic, maintaining their second-place ranking.

3. St. John Bosco (8-0): The champions of their home tournament, led by standout player Christian Collins, remain firmly in third place.

4. Harvard-Westlake (9-1): Preparing for a trip to Hawaii, Harvard-Westlake continues to hold their ground at fourth.

5. Redondo Union (6-2): After a split performance during their East Coast trip, Redondo Union remains in fifth.

6. San Gabriel Academy (1-3): This team will also head to Las Vegas, maintaining their position in sixth.

7. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (6-2): The team is gearing up to play Riviera Prep from Miami on Friday, staying steady at seventh.

8. Crean Lutheran (9-2): With notable contributions from Hunter Caplan, Crean Lutheran holds on to the eighth position.

9. Corona Centennial (10-1): Isaiah Rogers clinched the MVP award at the San Juan Hills tournament, helping the team secure the ninth spot.

10. Village Christian (7-3): Freshman Will Conroy is emerging as the leading scorer for the team, continuing from their ninth-place ranking.

11. Etiwanda (13-0): As champions of the North Orange County tournament, Etiwanda climbs to eleventh from fifteenth.

12. Corona del Mar (11-0): The team boasts an impressive 11-game win streak to start the season, rising from sixteenth to twelfth.

13. Crespi (6-4): Looking ahead to reinforcements arriving on December 26, Crespi drops from tenth to thirteenth.

14. Damien (12-2): After going 2-1 on a recent trip to Idaho, Damien holds steady at fourteenth.

15. Fairmont Prep (6-4): The team has faced narrow losses against strong opponents, falling from twelfth to fifteenth.

16. JSerra (6-4): Led by Jaden Bailes, JSerra remains in sixteenth place after maintaining a competitive edge.

17. La Mirada (4-4): Competing against a tough schedule, La Mirada is positioned at seventeenth.

18. Chaminade (11-0): A narrow victory over El Camino Real keeps Chaminade unbeaten, marking them as eighteenth.

19. Arcadia (7-1): A solid win over Pasadena in the Pacific League opener boosts Arcadia to nineteenth from twentieth.

20. Pasadena (3-2): The Bulldogs are in a wait-and-see mode, hoping for player eligibility changes while holding at twentieth.

21. Crossroads (7-1): The team is managing to secure wins despite Evan Willis being sidelined by the flu, moving up from twenty-second.

22. Eastvale Roosevelt (5-3): The team anticipates facing Hesperia on Tuesday, maintaining their spot at twenty-second.

23. Brentwood (10-0): A trip to Hawaii is on the horizon as Brentwood remains unbeaten, rising to twenty-third.

24. Rancho Verde (9-2): With Semaj Carter on a scoring spree, Rancho Verde enters the rankings at twenty-fourth.

25. Rolling Hills Prep (10-1): After suffering their first loss to Los Alamitos, Rolling Hills Prep rounds out the list at twenty-fifth, dropping from seventeenth.

This week’s rankings reflect the competitive spirit and high stakes of boys’ basketball in the Southland, with teams poised for critical matchups in the coming days.