No. 1 OCP has won 6 straight games
Seminole is at No. 2, Ocoee moves up to No. 8 behind 4 straight wins
Ten Sentinel Super 16 boys basketball teams suffered at least one loss last week but because the damage was spread around there isn’t a whole lot of shuffling in the pecking order this week.
The top two teams — Orlando Christian Prep and Seminole — held strong. The other teams that went unscathed were Central Florida Christian Academy, streaking Jones, undefeated Mount Dora Christian, and Ocoee, which moves up two slots to No. 8 this week.
Lake Nona climbed back into the rankings, taking the No. 16 spot away from Boone. The Braves are now wading in our teams-towatch pool but have a shot to make another splash when they travel to play at Lake Nona on Tuesday night.
Outside the rankings, Class 2A Faith Christian is 5-0 in January to run its record to 17-2. Junior guard Josiah Sarasty scored 30 and 32 points in the Lions’ past two victories to up his average to 19.9 points per game.
The Super 16 is composed of Orlando area teams that participate in the FHSAA playoffs. Here are the rankings with placement and records based on games through Saturday, Jan. 18: 1. Orlando Christian Prep (15-2): No. 1 team in 2A has won six straight heading into Thursday home game vs. No. 1 1A Wildwood (15-4).
2. Seminole (17-1): Seminoles forced overtime with late basket and won 63-56 vs. Bradenton Lakewood Ranch on Saturday.
3. Apopka (14-5): Five of next six Blue Darters games are against teams that have spent time in Super 16 rankings.
4. Windermere Prep (14-3): Lakers bounced back from 60-58 loss at The First Academy with 72-62 Saturday win vs. Lehigh.
5. Oak Ridge (10-6): Pioneers play two Super 16 teams this week, vs. Boone at home Thursday and at Windermere High on Friday.
6. Kissimmee Osceola (13-4): Kowboys are favorites in Orange Belt Conference tournament this week.
7. Central Florida Christian Academy (12-3): Eagles go to Jacksonville to face No. 9 3A Providence on Friday, 2 4A Paxon on Saturday.
8. (10) Ocoee (12-6): Winners of four straight play four consecutive road games, starting at Apopka on Tuesday.
10. (8) Windermere High (12-6): Wolverines rebounded from home loss to visiting West Orange with win at Master’s Academy.
10. (13) Jones (9-9): Class 5A Tigers continued their climb with wins vs. 6A Edgewater and ranked 7A Dr. Phillips.
11. Dr. Phillips (12-6): Panthers can surpass last season’s win total (12-15) with home win vs. Evans on Tuesday. 12. Mount Dora Christian (18-0): Bulldogs host Eustis on Tuesday in midst of eight-game homestand.
13. (9) The Master’s Academy (11-5): Ailing Eagles have lost three of past five and it only gets tougher in Montverde Academy Invitational this week.
14. (15) West Orange (10-7): Warriors beat Windermere and Edgewater and lost to Apopka in 2-1 week.
15. (14) Lake Highland Prep (12-5): Saturday’s 63-52 loss to hot-shooting
Oviedo marked Highlanders’ first loss to unranked team.
16. (NR) Lake Nona (13-3): Lions won 66-57 at Olympia to stretch win streak to five going into tests vs. Boone, The First Academy and Apopka.
Watch list: Boone (11-5), Eustis (10-5), Evans (10-8), The First Academy (8-8), Leesburg (11-5), Olympia (10-8), Oviedo (10-8), Timber Creek (10-7).