{"id":106506,"date":"2025-12-23T16:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/106506\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:04:36","slug":"cypress-in-top-10-after-two-big-wins-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/106506\/","title":{"rendered":"Cypress in Top 10 after two big wins \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 25<\/p>\n<p>Notable this week: Cypress rises from No. 17 last week to No. 6 this week after victories over then-No. 15 San Clemente and No. 4 Fairmont Prep. \u2026 Santa Margarita stays on top after close wins over Basha and Bishop Gorman in the Tarkanian Classic tournament in Las Vegas. \u2026 Canyon\u2019s young team climbs after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2025\/12\/19\/boys-basketball-rivalry-renewed-canyon-beats-villa-park\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a win over rival Villa Park<\/a>. \u2026 Los Alamitos continues its rise after a 20-point win over Torrey Pines. \u2026 Corona del Mar and Fountain Valley take undefeated records into this week.<\/p>\n<p>1. Santa Margarita 13-1: The Eagles advanced to the semifinals of the top division of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarkanianclassic.com\/2025home.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tarkanian Classic<\/a>, the Platinum Division, including a win, 86-79, in overtime over Bishop Gorman. Drew Anderson scored 29 points with 19 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 1<\/p>\n<p>2. Crean Lutheran 9-3: The Saints lost to Sierra Canyon, 69-40, a team widely considered No. 1 in the CIF Southern Section. They play in the top division of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicatdamien.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Classic at Damien<\/a> after Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 2<\/p>\n<p>3. JSerra 8-5: The Lions won their first two games in the Tarkanian Classic\u2019s Spalding Division by one-sided scores, 88-60 over Bingham and 70-35 over Mojave.<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 3<\/p>\n<p>4. Corona del Mar 11-0: The undefeated Sea Kings did not play last week. They will play No. 7 Cypress in the Orange County North\/South Challenge at Tesoro on Tuesday at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 5.<\/p>\n<p>5. Canyon 7-3: Often with three freshmen on the court at the same time, Canyon beat Villa Park 65-58 in the Challenge For CHOC showcase at Sonora. They will play in the post-Christmas Classic at Damien\u2019s Diamond Division.<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 9<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Mohammed el Baba #0 of Canyon reaches in for the ball against Nate Chung #24 of the Villa Park during a boys basketball game at Sonora High School on December 19, 2025 in La Habra, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)\" width=\"3622\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OCR-L-HSBB-VP-CAN-1220-19.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"11315048\" \/>Mohammed el Baba #0 of Canyon reaches in for the ball against Nate Chung #24 of the Villa Park during  a boys basketball game at Sonora High School on December 19, 2025 in La Habra, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)<\/p>\n<p>6. Cypress 10-4: The Centurions had a great week, with wins of 57-50 over San Clemente and 59-49 over Fairmont Prep. They play Corona del Mar at Tesoro on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 17<\/p>\n<p>7. Los Alamitos 4-5: The Griffins impressed again with a 73-53 win over Torrey Pines. They continue their rugged schedule by taking on Crean Lutheran at Tesoro on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 10<\/p>\n<p>8. Fairmont Prep 7-5: The Huskies beat Oak Hills 52-47 and lost to Cypress 59-49. They will play in the Diamond Division of The Classic at Damien after Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 4<\/p>\n<p>9. Pacifica Christian 11-2: The Tritons have won eight in a row since a loss to Rolling Hills Prep. They will play in the Silver Division of The Classic at Damien.<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 6<\/p>\n<p>10. Mater Dei 7-5: The Monarchs went 1-1 over the first two days of the Tarkanian Classic. They had an 87-61 win over Coeur d\u2019Alene as Richie Ramirez scored 41 points and Luke Barnett scored 33.<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 7<\/p>\n<p>11. Orange Lutheran 10-4<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 10<\/p>\n<p>12. Tesoro 12-2<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 11<\/p>\n<p>13. El Dorado 11-1<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 12<\/p>\n<p>14. La Habra 11-3<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 13<\/p>\n<p>15. Edison 9-2<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 14<\/p>\n<p>16. Esperanza 13-1<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 16<\/p>\n<p>17. Servite 11-3<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 18<\/p>\n<p>18. San Clemente 6-7<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 15<\/p>\n<p>19. Newport Harbor 9-3<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 19<\/p>\n<p>20. Sonora 10-4<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 21<\/p>\n<p>21. Fountain Valley 11-0<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 22<\/p>\n<p>22. Foothill 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 20<\/p>\n<p>23. Woodbridge 10-3<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 23<\/p>\n<p>24. Villa Park 10-6<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 24<\/p>\n<p>25. Aliso Niguel 9-5<\/p>\n<p>Previous ranking: 25<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 25 Notable this week: Cypress rises from No. 17 last week to No. 6 this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[26993,163,165,30750,164,7,6734,2461,6735,17227,2044,588,2462,5910,17306,5860,26995,171,611,2463,2464,10808,6736,338,127,6917,26996],"class_list":{"0":"post-106506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-aliso-viejo","9":"tag-anaheim","10":"tag-anaheim-headlines","11":"tag-anaheim-hills","12":"tag-anaheim-news","13":"tag-california","14":"tag-corona-del-mar","15":"tag-cypress","16":"tag-fountain-valley","17":"tag-high-school-basketball","18":"tag-high-school-sports","19":"tag-huntington-beach","20":"tag-irvine","21":"tag-la-habra","22":"tag-los-alamitos","23":"tag-newport-beach","24":"tag-north-tustin","25":"tag-orange","26":"tag-orange-county","27":"tag-placentia","28":"tag-rancho-santa-margarita","29":"tag-san-clemente","30":"tag-san-juan-capistrano","31":"tag-santa-ana","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-tustin","34":"tag-villa-park"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}