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Boys School Top 50 2024: Week 2

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Boys School Top 50 2024: Week 2

Two tight wins against tough opposition for Torrey Pines this season. Luke Fulkerson photo.

Week 2 and there hasn't been a lot of action, but we have seen some movement.

A couple of errors in our earlier rankings (we moved the wrong team) got fixed, and Mira Costa comes in after a couple of good results.

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We waited for the Torrey Pines vs Cathedral Catholic game (#6 vs #12) and it did not disappoint; Torrey Pines won 15-13. Cathedral nudges up with that result, and it does seem like Torrey Pines, Cathedral, and Los Alamitos are all very close. 

Games to watch coming up: Marvin Ridge vs South Meck (#35 vs #15), St. Augustine vs Cathedral (#34 vs #11), and Hough vs Sun Valley (#23 vs knocking on the door). Also knocking on the door is Cardinal Gibbons (who lost a preseason game to a strong Key Biscayne club over the weekend) but we might wait until the league games to really seem them make a move.

South Carolina kicks off its season with a series of jamborees where every team plays at the same venue. The story from there is the growth (or regrowth) of the league. James Island and Bishop England were slammed by the COVID shutdowns but now, after four years, are back. Spring Hill continues to rebuild and Lucy Beckham HS is a new team. They joins Wando, Oceanside, Cape Fear, and Greer among boys teams and this will help the top teams looking to be ranked because they have more solid competition.

Teas kicks off with their Ruggapalooza, and also Lake Travis playing Four Points, and we're interested in how the burgeoning Faith Family Academy team is developing.

Rank Prev Team Notes
1 1 Gonzaga (DC)  
2 2 Sacramento Jesuit (CA)  
3 3 De La Salle (CA)  
4 4 Xavier (NY)  
5 5 St. Ignatius (OH)  
6 6 Torrey Pines (CA) Beat Servite; Close win over Cathedral (12)
7 7 East HS (UT)  
8 8 Fairfield Prep (CT)  
9 9 Greenwich (CT)  
10 10 Herriman (UT)  
11 12 Cathedral Catholic (CA) Close loss to Torrey Pines (6)
12 11 St. Martin's (KS)  
13 13 Los Alamitos (CA)  
14 14 Regis Jesuit (CO)  
15 15 South Meck (NC)  
16 17 Georgetown Prep (MD)  
17 18 Belmont HS (MA)  
18 19 St. Edward (OH)  
19 20 Moeller (OH)  
20 21 Gregory the Great (PA)  
21 22 Dallas Jesuit (TX)  
22 23 SLUH (MO)  
23 24 Hough (NC)  
24 25 Bixby (OK)  
25 26 East HS (CO)  
26 27 St. Francis (CA)  
27 28 Penn (IN)  
28 41 Pelham HS (NY)  
29 30 Rye (NY)  
30 Unr Mira Costa (CA) Beat St. Augustine (16), La Costa Canyon
31 31 Monarch (CO)  
32 32 Strake Jesuit (TX)  
33 33 Eagle (ID)  
34 16 St. Augustine (CA) Lost to Mira Costa
35 37 Marvin Ridge HS (NC) Beat Charlotte Catholic
36 34 Owyhee (ID)  
37 35 ND de la Salette (IL)  
38 36 St. Thomas Aquinas (KS)  
39 38 St. Augustine (NJ)  
40 39 Oceanside (SC)  
41 40 St. Xavier (OH)  
42 29 Jesuit New Orleans (LA)  
43 42 Loyola LA (CA)  
44 43 Edina (MN)  
45 44 LaSalle (PA)  
46 45 Olympus (UT)  
47 46 BC High (MA)  
48 47 St. John's (MA)  
49 48 Palmer (CO)  
50 49 Wando (SC)