PAGMETER DIVISION 1 BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS 2021
DIVISION 1 BOYS BASKETBALL
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There will be an Open Division playoff bracket this year and the 4 best teams will play in it. The 4 Open Division teams will also be guaranteed a spot in the southern section regional state playoffs. Every Central Section division winner will get to play in the Southern Section Regional state playoffs.
THERE WILL BE NO SELLAND ARENA THIS YEAR. TOP SEED WILL GET THE HOME PLAYOFF GAME ALL THE WAY TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
CENTRAL SECTION CHAMPIONS THE LAST 14 YEARS
2008 Clovis East beat Clovis West 60-56
2009 Edison beat Central 66-65
2010 Clovis East beat Buchanan 71-52
2011 Bullard beat Clovis West 54-51
2012 Bullard beat Clovis West 69-55
2013 Bullard beat Clovis West 66-53
2014 Edison beat Bullard 58-41
2015 Edison beat Bullard 54-46
2016 Central beat Clovis North 77-64
2017 Central beat Bakersfield 69-58
2018 Central beat Bullard 79-77
2019 Clovis West beat Bullard 89-81 (2 OT)
2020 Memorial beat Clovis West 51-49
2021 St Joseph beat Memorial 68-64
DIVISION 1 SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP
2020 Clovis East beat Bullard 80-55
2021 Bullard beat Central 85-83
DIVISION 1 SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP
2020 Clovis East beat Bullard 80-55
Clovis East T Wolves are the Division 1 Section Champions
2020 OPEN DIVISION
Memorial Panthers beat Clovis West Golden Eagles 51-49
The CIF & PAGMETER Rankings agreed on the Open Division
OPEN DIVISION PLAYOFF BRACKET
SEMIFINAL FINAL SCORES
1 Memorial Panthers beat 4 Clovis North Broncos 84-82
2 St Joseph Knights beat 3 Clovis West Golden Eagles 87-83
OPEN DIVISION 3rd PLACE FINAL
Clovis West beat Clovis North 74-72
CENTRAL SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
2 ST JOSEPH KNIGHTS beat 1 MEMORIAL PANTHERS 68-64
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ST JOSEPH KNIGHTS-CENTRAL SECTION CHAMPIONS
St. Joseph scoring Sam Bazunga, 19 points and 11 rebounds. Angel Ortiz, 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Jincho Rivera had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Dre Roman, 13 points and Steven Vasquez, 8 points. Sophomores Luis Marin and Caeden Hamilton with 2 points each.
Memorial scoring; Mike Davis Jr. 16 points. James Prescott, 14 points. Jaden Geron, 13 points, JoJo Hunter with 11 points
CIF & PAGMETER Rankings were off with each other in the Division 1 Bracket.
DIVISION 1 PLAYOFF BRACKET
First Round Final score
Top Bracket
1 Central Grizzlies Bye
8 Mission Prep Royals beat 9 Clovis Cougars 61-51
5 Arroyo Grande Eagles Bye
4 Liberty Patriots Bye
Bottom Bracket
3 Clovis East T Wolves Bye
6 Edison Tigers Bye
7 Buchanan Bears Bye
2 Bullard Knights Bye
Quarterfinal Final scores
Top Bracket
1 Central Grizzlies beat 8 Mission Prep Royals 76-48
5 Arroyo Grande Eagles beat 4 Liberty Patriots Forfeit because of the silly testing
Bottom Bracket
6 Edison Tigers beat 3 Clovis East T Wolves 68-52
2 Bullard Knights beat 7 Buchanan Bears 57-53
SEMIFINAL FINAL SCORES
1 Central Grizzlies beat 5 Arroyo Grande Eagles 66-48
2 Bullard Knights beat 6 Edison Tigers 74-57
DIVISION 1 SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
2 BULLARD KNIGHTS beat 1 CENTRAL GRIZZLIES 85-83
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BULLARD KNIGHTS -DIVISION 1 SECTION CHAMPIONS
Knights scoring; Omarion Thomas-Marshall, 26 points. LaJuan Watts, 17 points. Brandon Green, 15 points. Shawn Packard, 9 points. Kyle Shinn, 5 points. Wendell Ware, 4 points. Michael Adamyan, 3 points.
Grizzlies scoring; LaDanian Streets, 27 points. Cedric Coward, 20 points. Terik Streets, 17 points. Milton Walker, 14 points.
PAG METER DIVISION 1 BASKETBALL FINAL RANKINGS
No 1 St Joseph Knights (27-3) (10-0 MOUNTAIN CHAMPIONS) CENTRAL SECTION CHAMPIONS
The Knights return almost everybody from last year including the starting 5 with seniors Anyel Ortiz, Steven Vasquez (has scored over 1000 career points), Sam Bazunga, Jincho Rivera, junior Dre Roman and sophomore Luis Marin.
No 2 Memorial Panthers (23-3) (10-0 CMAC CHAMPIONS)
The Defending Central Section Champions come into 2021 as the team to beat. One of the top players in the country is junior Joseph Hunter. The Panthers will be real good with Junior TJ Hall, seniors Jaden Geron, Jalen Douglas and James Prescott. A star is born with sophomore Mike Davis Jr.
No 3 Clovis West Golden Eagles (20-5) (10-0 TRAC CHAMPIONS)
Senior Cole Anderson is already the all-time central section 3-point shooting king making almost 400. Cole is also the leading scorer in Clovis West history and maybe the TRAC all-time leading scorer? Stay tuned on that. Seniors Preston Kilbert and Ryas Vang will be the senior leaders. A star is born with sophomore Issac Martinez, New transfer from Fresno Christian junior Tyus Parrish-Tillman will miss the year with a knee injury.
No 4 Clovis North Broncos (18-6) (8-2 TRAC)
One of the top players in the state is 6’6 Ak Okereke. Leading the way will be senior Toby Miller. Guard Nico Jones can really shoot it. Keep an eye on sophomore Jaylen Bryant and a star is born with freshman Conner Amundsen.
No 5 Bullard Knights (15-9) (7-3 CMAC) DIVISION 1 SECTION CHAMPIONS
The Knights will get better and better. Seniors Omarion Thomas Marshall and Shawn Packard lead the Knights. The Knights have a couple of outstanding juniors with Tyric Herod and Lejuan Watts. And keep an eye on sophomore Mark Williams.
No 6 Central Grizzlies (12-7) (5-5 TRAC)
If there is a sleeper team with plenty of talent then it must be the Grizzlies. Leading the way will be juniors Marquise Greene, Terik Streets, Marcus Greene, & sophomore Cedric Coward.
No 7 Arroyo Grande Eagles (11-6) (7-3 MOUNTAIN)
The Eagles head coach Ryan Glanville now with over 300 wins
No 8 Edison Tigers (7-9) (5-5 CMAC)
Stay tuned on the Tigers
No 9 Liberty Patriots (8-2) (0-0 SWYL)
Very young and off to a great start. Leading the way is senior Brock Batte
No 10 Clovis East T Wolves (7-10) (4-6 TRAC)
Leading the way for the defending division 1 champions will be seniors Trevor Vertiz, Sean Kelly and junior Camden Thompson.
No 11 Buchanan Bears (4-10) (2-8 TRAC)
The Bears will be young and leading the way will be sophomore Arman Rai.
No 12 Mission Prep Royals (6-11) (3-7 MOUNTAIN)
Leading the Royals will be seniors Zac Hatch and Mark Rodriguez.
No 13 Clovis Cougars (3-14) (1-8 TRAC)
The Cougars will be a young team
No 14 Bakersfield Drillers (2-3) (0-2 SWYL) Will not play in the Playoffs
The Drillers will have a young team
No 15 Stockdale Mustangs (0-2) (0-0 SWYL) Will not play in the Playoffs