Fresno-area preps: New No. 1 girls basketball team; section cheer championships
Clovis High is The Fresno Bee’s top-ranked high school girls basketball team after defeating Clovis West last week.
Cougars freshman Sadie Sin hit 1 of 2 free throws with 1.2 seconds left to give the Cougars a 52-51 victory over Clovis West, snapping the Golden Eagles’ 33-game winning streak in the Tri-River Athletic Conference.
The Cougars picked up another impressive win against Central on Friday.
Clovis and Clovis West will meet again in the TRAC finale at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at Clovis High.
Here are the rest of The Bee’s girls basketball rankings:
This week’s rankings with records updated until Monday
1. Clovis (20-4). Last week: beat Clovis West and Central and lost to Christian Brothers. Pvs: 2
2. Clovis West (23-1). Last week: lost to Clovis and beat Clovis North. Pvs: 1
3. St. Joseph (20-3). Last week: beat Cabrillo and Orcutt Academy. Pvs: 4
4. Tehachapi (19-1). Last week: beat Arvin and won by forfeit over South. Pvs: 5
5. Monache (22-2). Last week: beat Porterville and Golden West. Pvs: 6
6. El Diamante (18-2). Last week: beat Golden West and Redwood. Pvs: 7
7. Caruthers (19-5). Last week: beat Minarets, Parlier and Lincoln-Stockton. Pvs: 9
8. Buchanan (19-5). Last week: beat Clovis North and lost to Clovis East. Pvs: 3
9. Central (14-9). Last week: beat Clovis East, lost to Clovis, beat Mission Oak. Pvs: 8
10. San Joaquin Memorial (14-8). Last week: beat Bullard, Edison and Brentwood School-Los Angeles. Pvs: 10
11. Roosevelt (21-4). Last week: beat Sunnyside and Sanger West. Pvs: 11
12. Sierra Pacific (15-8). Last week: beat Hanford West and Kingsburg. Pvs: 14
13. Nipomo (16-5). Last week: beat Righetti, Cabrillo and Arroyo Grande. Pvs: 15
14. Bakersfield Christian (17-6). Last week: beat Independence, Bakersfield and Dinuba. Pvs: 16
15. Clovis East (14-10). Last week: lost to Central, beat Buchanan. Pvs: 17
16. Orcutt Academy (17-4). Last week: beat Mission Prep, lost to St. Joseph. Pvs: 12
17. Mission Oak (18-6). Last week: beat Dinuba, Tulare Western and lost to Central. Pvs: 13
18. Immanuel (19-4). Last week: beat Reedley and Hanford West. Pvs: 18
19. McFarland (17-6). Last week: beat Wasco, lost to Ventura. Pvs: 19
20. Righetti (14-8). Last week: beat Nipomo and Arroyo Grande. Pvs: 23
21. Sierra (19-3). Last week: beat Liberty-Madera Ranchos and Minarets. Pvs: 24
22. Madera South (19-5). Last week: beat Sanger West and Hoover. Pvs: 25
23. Golden Valley-Bakersfield (13-6). Last week: beat Wasco, lost to Foothill, beat Mira Monte. Pvs: 20
24. Arroyo Grande (14-9). Last week: beat Morro Bay, lost to Righetti and Nipomo. Pvs: 21
25. Santa Maria (17-6). Last week: lost to Pioneer Valley and beat Atascadero. Pvs: 22
Boys basketball: Clovis West, St. Joseph lead the way
Clovis West is back to being the top-ranked team by The Bee following a win over Clovis North in a rematch.
The Broncos fall to No. 2 following the loss.
San Joaquin Memorial moves up two spots to No. 4, while Clovis East is No. 5.
Lemoore moves up two spots to No. 6 after defeating Hanford and Tulare Union.
The rest of The Bee’s rankings:
This week’s rankings with records updated until Monday
1. Clovis West (23-2). Last week: beat Clovis and Clovis North. Pvs: 3
2. St. Joseph (18-5). Last week: beat Cabrillo and Pioneer Valley. Pvs: 4
3. Clovis North (19-6). Last week: beat Buchanan, lost to Clovis West. Pvs: 2
4. San Joaquin Memorial (16-7). Last week: beat Bullard and Edison. Pvs: 6
5. Clovis East (15-9). Last week: beat Central and Buchanan. Pvs: 7
6. Lemoore (17-6). Last week: beat Hanford and Tulare Union. Pvs: 8
7. Bakersfield Christian (17-7). Last week: beat Independence, Bakersfield and Centennial. Pvs: 16
8. Centennial (20-4). Last week: beat Frontier and Stockdale, lost to Bakersfield Christian. Pvs: 1
9. Stockdale (21-3). Last week: beat Garces, lost to Centennial. Pvs: 5
10. Bullard (15-10). Last week: lost to San Joaquin Memorial, beat Sanger. Pvs: 9
11. Dinuba (21-3). Last week: beat Mission Oak and Hanford. Pvs: 10
12. Selma (18-5). Last week: beat Kingsburg and Immanuel. Pvs: 12
13. Arroyo Grande (15-7). Last week: beat Atascadero and Righetti. Pvs: 13
14. Mission Prep (16-7). Last week: beat Cabrillo, Pioneer Valley and Atascadero. Pvs: 14
15. Sanger (15-9). Last week: beat Madera, lost to Bullard. Pvs: 11
16. North (16-8). Last week: lost to South and West. Pvs: 15
17. Sierra (19-4). Last week: beat Liberty-Madera Ranchos and Minarets. Pvs: 17
18. Ridgeview (16-6). Last week: beat Highland and Frontier. Pvs: 18
19. Porterville (16-9). Last week: beat Monache and Mt. Whitney. Pvs: 21
20. El Diamante (15-7). Last week: beat Golden West and Redwood. Pvs: 22
21. South (17-6). Last week: beat North and Tehachapi. Pvs: 23
22. West (16-7). Last week: beat East and North. Pvs: 25
23. Clovis (13-12). Last week: lost to Clovis West and Central. Pvs: 19
24. Edison (14-10). Last week: beat Garza, lost to San Joaquin Memorial. Pvs: 20
25. Templeton (14-9). Last week: beat San Luis Obispo, Santa Ynez and Orcutt Academy. Pvs: NR
Boys soccer
This week’s rankings with records updated until Monday
1. Clovis North 17-0-1
2. Sunnyside 19-1-3
3. Redwood 14-4-3
4. Ridgeview 13-1-3
5. Sanger 10-4-3
6. Clovis West 10-7-2
7. Clovis East 9-5-1
8. Golden West 13-3-2
9. Arroyo Grande 13-4-1
10. El Diamante 13-4-3
Girls soccer
This week’s rankings with records updated until Monday
1. Liberty-Bakersfield 15-0
2. Buchanan 9-4-1
3. Clovis North 12-2-3
4. Redwood 15-0-2
5. St. Joseph 16-1-2
6. Stockdale 19-2-2
7. Sanger 11-2-1
8. Righetti 15-4
9. Centennial 11-4-3
10. Clovis East 11-6-2
Central Section cheer and dance championships
The Central Section cheerleading championships were held Jan. 21 at Buchanan.
Here are the section champions from the competition:
Division I dance: Clovis
Division II dance: Clovis West
Division III dance: El Diamante
Division IV dance: Garza
Cheer Division I: Garza
Cheer Division II: Clovis North
Cheer Division III: El Diamante
Cheer Division IV: Sanger West
Cheer Division IV coed: Bullard
This story was originally published January 30, 2023 at 11:18 AM.
