The nation’s best high school girls’ basketball teams
Westlake (Georgia) ran the table last year and brought home the Geico Nationals championship. Graduation and transfers make a repeat highly unlikely.
This year’s high school basketball season is nearing an end, with national tournaments on the horizon. In the meantime, another handful of state championships have been crowned.
Sierra Canyon (Calif.) beat Archbishop Mitty in the CIF Open Division Championships 85-61 thanks to Judea Watkins‘ 23 points, 19 rebounds and six assists.
Classen SAS (Okla.) won the 4A Division over Tuttle 55-22. Baylor-bound Darianna Littlepage-Buggs had 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Stephen F. Austin-bound Jordan Harrison had 10 points and eight assists.
Georgia-bound Sydney Bowles had 19 points to lead in-state Woodward Academy to the 5A state championship title over Forest Park 72-44.
We are ranking the top programs for the 2021-22 season. Below is the ESPN High School Girls’ Basketball Top 25 for the week of March 14:
1. Sidwell Friends (D.C.), 28-0
2. DeSoto (Texas), 35-2
3. Hopkins (Minn.), 23-1
4. Sierra Canyon (Calif.), 30-2
5. St. John Vianney (N.J.), 27-1
6. Classen SAS (Okla.), 25-1
7. Etiwanda HS (Calif.), 29-1
8. La Jolla Country Day (Calif.), 25-3
9. New Hope (Md.), 27-2
10. DME (Fla.), 25-3
11. Montverde (Fla.), 18-3
12. Lake Highland Prep (Fla.), 25-4
13. Cedar Park (Texas), 37-0
14. Conway (Ark.), 29-2
15. Duncanville (Texas), 34-7
16. Incarnate Word (Mo.), 27-0
17. Hazel Green (Ala.), 35-0
18. Woodward Academy (Ga.), 29-2
19. Noblesville (Ind.), 25-4
20. South Bend Washington (Ind.), 27-3
21. Fremont (Utah), 24-3
22. IMG (Fla.), 11-4
23. St. John’s College Prep (D.C.), 19-5
24. Bishop McNamara (Md.), 20-5
25. Homestead (Ind.), 23-2