No. 1 is one more reason to get excited about the Nike Extravaganza.
USA Today’s national rankings that were released Monday have Oak Hill Academy at No. 1.
The co-ed private school in Mouth Of Wilson, Va., is scheduled to play twice in the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei: on Feb. 6 against Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth, and Feb. 7 against Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland.
O’Dowd is No. 1 in CalHiSports.com’s California top 20 and No. 9 in the USA Today national top 25. Sierra Canyon is No. 11 in the national rankings and No. 2 in the state rankings.
Fairfax of Los Angeles, ranked No. 3 in the nation, plays state No. 3 Mater Dei in the Nike Extravaganza on Feb. 7.
Other state top 20 teams in the Nike showcase are No. 7 Centennial of Corona, No. 12 Chino Hills, No. 14 Etiwanda and No. 17 Orange Lutheran.
All-Orange County matchups on Feb. 7 in the Nike event are Servite vs. St. Margaret’s, Los Alamitos vs. Villa Park, Canyon vs. JSerra and Orange Lutheran vs. Sonora.
Tickets for the Nike Extravaganza ($12-$20) are on sale weekdays at the ticket window at the Meruelo Athletic Center on the Mater Dei campus.
Jump stops around Orange County basketball:
• Calvary Chapel’s 49-48 home win over Laguna Beach on Friday ended Laguna Beach’s Orange Coast League winning streak at 26 games. Laguna Beach is 70-8 in Orange Coast League games in the league’s nine-year history. The Breakers play host to Godinez on Wednesday in another crucial league game.
• The membership of the county top 10 has not changed this month. There does not appear to be a team not in the top 10 that is better than any of the teams in the top 10.
• This reporter’s county top 25: 1. Mater Dei (16-3); 2. Orange Lutheran (17-3); 3. Sonora (17-3); 4. Tustin (18-2); 5. Foothill (17-3); 6. Santa Margarita (13-3); 7. Los Alamitos (18-1); 8. Edison (16-5); 9. Canyon (13-7); 10. Esperanza (16-4); 11. Servite 910-8); 12. Saddleback Valley Christian (13-7); 13. Corona del Mar (15-6); 14. San Clemente (13-7); 15. Aliso Niguel (16-6); 16. Trabuco Hills (14-7); 17. El Dorado (13-8); 18. Tesoro (12-9); 19. Yorba Linda (15-7); 20. Valencia (17-3); 21. Troy (13-8); 22. Garden Grove (19-2); 23. JSerra (9-11); 24. Godinez (17-4); 25. Villa Park (9-9).
• Yorba Linda’s Isaac Douglass scored a career-high 29 points with seven 3-pointers and 13 rebounds in the Mustangs’ win over El Modena last week.
• MJ Cage had 21 rebounds and La’vette Parker scored 20 points in Mater Dei’s 66-46 win at Servite on Friday.
• Jake Linsky scored 42 points for Northwood in the Timberwolves’ win over University last week.
• Godinez’ Brandon Smith, who signed with UC Irvine, scored 48 points over two Grizzlies wins last week. Smith scored 26 against Costa Mesa and 22 against Estancia.
• Tyler Burch of Westminster scored 28 points against Santa Ana and 35 against Ocean. Both games were wins for the Golden West League-leading Lions.
• Six Orange County teams are on the watch list for the CIF-Southern Section’s Open Division (in alphabetical order): Los Alamitos, Mater Dei, Orange Lutheran, Santa Margarita, Sonora and Tustin.
• Mater Dei is the only county team that is No. 1 in its division in the CIF-Southern Section rankings. The Monarchs are on top in Division 1AA.
• County teams that are No. 2 in their divisions: Foothill, in Division 1A (behind Loyola of Los Angeles); Sonora, 3AA (Damien of La Verne is No. 1); Orange Lutheran, 4AA (Bishop Montgomery of Torrance); Capistrano Valley Christian, 5A (Bellarmin-Jefferson of Burbank); and Orangewood Academy, 6 (Price of Los Angeles).
• Top games this week: today, Saddleback Valley Christian at Orangewood Academy (San Joaquin League), Western at Cypress (Empire) and Yorba Linda at Esperanza (nonleague); Wednesday, Los Alamitos at Edison (Sunset), Orange Lutheran at Servite (Trinity) and Godinez at Laguna Beach (Orange Coast); Thursday, Tesoro at San Clemente (nonleague); Friday, Santa Margarita at Mater Dei (Trinity), Foothill at Esperanza (Crestview), El Toro at Aliso Niguel (South Coast), Canyon at Villa Park (Crestview) and Tustin at Western (Empire).
Contact the writer: sfryer@ocregister.com
