High school basketball: The Bee’s Top 25 rankings, plus players to watch in Fresno area

Anthony Galaviz

November 14, 2023 at 8:00 a.m.·2 min read

The start of the high school basketball season began Monday, including Clovis West battling Sierra Pacific on Monday.

The Golden Eagles won 72-28.

Clovis West is The Bee’s top-ranked team and the defending Central Section Division I champions.

Clovis West welcomes back The Bee’s Player of the Year Athena Tomlinson.

Tomlinson will be headed to Boston College next season.

On the boys side, the defending section champions St. Joseph is No. 1, followed by Clovis West at No. 2.

St. Joseph won the Central Section Division I championship last season with a win over the Golden Eagles at Selland Arena.

Clovis West opens the season Saturday at Arroyo Grande.

Players to watch

The Bee lists 10 players to watch in the Fresno-area.

Boys: Connor Amundsen, Clovis North; Jordan Espinoza, Clovis North; Marshel Sanders, Clovis West; Javance Coleman, Bullard; Julius Olanrewaju, San Joaquin Memorial; Dre Davis, San Joaquin Memorial; Ray Brown, Edison; Jackson Scarborough, Clovis; James Miller, Roosevelt; Jackson Young, Clovis West

Girls: Athena Tomlinson, Clovis West; Riley Walls, Clovis West; Keegan Medeiros, Clovis West; Sadie Sin, Clovis; Alyssa Kem, Clovis; Saiya Sidhu, Clovis; Keytonna Ross, Central; NyLeigh Gregory, Roosevelt; Illicia Ross, Central; Yazmine Aguilar, Clovis

Boys Top 25

1. St. Joseph

2. Clovis West

3. Clovis North

4. Bullard

5. San Joaquin Memorial

6. Centennial

7. Stockdale

8. Clovis East

9. Mission Prep

10. Bakersfield Christian

11. Liberty-Bakersfield

12. Sanger

13. Arroyo Grande

14. Ridgeview

15. Sierra

16. Lemoore

17. Dinuba

18. Selma

19. Clovis

20. Sunnyside

21. Porterville

22. El Diamante

23. Edison

24. Kingsburg

25. San Luis Obispo

Girls Top 25

1. Clovis West

2. Clovis

3. St. Joseph

4. Central

5. Buchanan

6. Liberty-Bakersfield

7. Bakersfield Christian

8. El Diamante

9. Tehachapi

10. San Joaquin Memorial

11. Monache

12. Mission Oak

13. Nipomo

14. Roosevelt

15. Caruthers

16. Immanuel

17. Righetti

18. Sierra Pacific

19. Orcutt Academy

20. Sierra

21. Clovis East

22. El Diamante

23. Sanger

24. Fresno

25. Bullard

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