Westlake (Georgia) ran the table last year and brought home the GEICO National championship. Graduation and transfers make a repeat highly unlikely.
It is a wide-open field this season. DeSoto (Texas) boasts three espnW 100 players. Montverde Academy (Florida) added Georgia-bound star. Janiah Barker to its roster. La Jolla Country Day and Sierra Canyon are two of California’s premier high schools.
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 Monday, Dec. 6, 2021:
1. DeSoto (TX), 9-0
2. Hopkins (MN), 5-0
3. Montverde (FL), 11-1
4. Sidwell Friends (DC), 3-0
5. Bishop McNamara (MD), 2-1
6. Etiwanda HS (CA), 4-0
7. Sierra Canyon (CA), 7-0
8. DME (FL), 11-0
9. Centennial (NV), 0-0
10. La Jolla Country Day (CA), 6-1
11. New Hope (MD), 6-1
12. Lake Highland Prep (FL), 6-1
13. St. John Vianney (NJ), 0-0
14. IMG (FL), 4-0
15. South Bend Washington (IN), 10-1
16. Conway (AR), 8-0
17. Classen SAS (OK), 6-0
18. Detroit Edison (MI), 1-0
19. Minnetonka (MN), 4-0
20. Fremont (UT), 2-0
21. The Webb School (Bell Buckle, TN), 5-1
22. Cedar Park (TX), 16-0
23. St. John’s (DC), 3-0
24. Incarnate Word (MO), 2-0
25. Christ the King (NY), 0-1