MaxPreps Top 25 high school girls basketball rankings
Holiday tournaments offer treats for those who win, but will mix up rankings again this week.
By
Clay Kallam
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7 min read
For most of the top teams in the country, the Christmas break is hardly a break at all. In fact, the only time there's more pressure is during the run for a state title, and usually then there are several days between games.
During the holidays, though, the tournaments run before Christmas and after Christmas, and at elite events like the Nike TOC, each one of the four games is a war. So not only must teams play well, they have to play well day after day after day, with the slightest lapse in attention an invitation to disaster.
Windward (Los Angeles), for example, had a 13-point third quarter lead over Miami Country Day (Miami) in the championship game of the Clare Droesch bracket (the top of the Nike TOC) — but lost focus and eventually lost the game by one.
St. John's (Washington, D.C.), last week's No. ...
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