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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For the seventh consecutive week, the top three teams in the National Prep Basketball Poll remained the same.

All three squads participated in the HoopHall Classic in Springfield, Mass., over the holiday weekend, including Monday's ESPNU-televised matchup between top-ranked Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) and regionally ranked Whitney Young (Chicago).

No. 2 Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) won its HoopHall matchup on Saturday, defeating regionally ranked South Atlanta (Atlanta), 63-58.

In another Monday afternoon ESPNU telecast, No. 3 St. Benedict's (Newark, N.J.) was scheduled to meet regionally ranked Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.).

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The National Prep Basketball Poll is compiled by national high school sports experts Jamie DeMoney and Jeremy Plowman with input from sportswriters, analysts, and coaches. The national Top 25 and regional Top 10's follow with won-loss records:

Northeast Region
1. Newark, N.J., St. Benedict's (16-0) (1)
2. New York, N.Y., Rice (9-1) (3)
3. Elizabeth, N.J., St. Patrick (10-2) (2)
4. DeWitt, N.Y., Jamesville-DeWitt (14-0) --
5. Chester, Pa. (11-1) (6)
6. Lansdowne, Pa., Penn Wood (12-1) (8)
7. Middle Village, N.Y., Christ the King (15-2) (9)
8. Brooklyn, N.Y., Lincoln (9-5) --
9. Jersey City, N.J., St. Anthony (11-2) (4)
10. Plainfield, N.J. (8-3) --

East Coast Region
1. Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill (21-0) (1)
2. Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian (15-1) (2)
3. Arden, N.C., Christ (22-0) (3)
4. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha (14-1) (4)
5. Hampton, Va., Bethel (13-1) (6)
6. Chesapeake, Va., Atlantic Shores Christian (14-1) (7)
7. Huntersville, N.C., Hopewell (17-0) --
8. Washington, D.C., Gonzaga (15-2) --
9. Suffolk, Va., King's Fork (13-1) (10)
10. Charlotte, N.C., Vance (15-1) (5)

Southeast Region
1. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., Boyd Anderson (17-0) (1)
2. Mobile, Ala., LeFlore (19-2) (2)
3. Atlanta, Ga., South Atlanta (14-3) (3)
4. Roswell, Ga., Centennial (14-1) (5)
5. Meridian, Miss. (21-1) (6)
6. Orlando, Fla., Christian Prep (19-0) (7)
7. Norcross, Ga. (13-1) (8)
8. Marietta, Ga., Wheeler (10-5) (9)
9. Memphis, Tenn., Raleigh-Egypt (19-2) (4)
10. Jacksonville, Fla., Providence (16-0) --

Midwest Region
1. Beverly Hills, Mich., Detroit Country Day (9-0) (1)
2. Columbus, Ohio, Northland (9-0) (3)
3. Bloomington, Ind., South (11-0) (4)
4. Detroit, Mich., Pershing (9-0) (5)
5. Indianapolis, Ind., North Central (14-0) (6)
6. Covington, Ky., Holmes (16-1) (7)
7. Madison, Wis., Memorial (10-1) (2)
8. Indianapolis, Ind., Lawrence North (12-2) (8)
9. Harvey, Ill., Thornton (14-1) (10)
10. Chicago, Ill., Young (14-5) --

Midlands Region
1. Minnetonka, Minn., Hopkins (11-0) (1)
2. Provo, Utah (12-0) (2)
3. Columbia, Mo., Rock Bridge (15-0) (3)
4. Ames, Iowa (10-0) (5)
5. Mendota Heights, Minn., Sibley (10-2) (4)
6. New Hope, Minn., Cooper (10-0) (6)
7. Boulder, Colo., Fairview (14-0) (7)
8. Osseo, Minn. (11-1) (8)
9. Wichita, Kan., Heights (9-0) (9)
10. St. Louis, Mo., Chaminade (12-1) (10)

Southwest Region
1. Henderson, Nev., Findlay (19-0) (1)
2. Houston, Texas, Strake Jesuit (23-0) (2)
3. Fayetteville, Ark. (16-0) (3)
4. North Las Vegas, Nev., Cheyenne (12-0) --
5. San Antonio, Texas, Madison (25-1) (4)
6. Cedar Hill, Texas (21-2) (9)
7. Little Rock, Ark., Hall (16-1) (7)
8. Jenks, Okla. (12-0) (8)
9. Duncanville, Texas (16-7) (5)
10. Gilbert, Ariz., Highland (17-2) (6)

West Coast Region
1. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (17-0) (1)
2. Seattle, Wash., Franklin (10-0) (2)
3. Los Angeles, Calif., Westchester (17-1) (4)
4. Los Angeles, Calif., Fairfax (12-3) (3)
5. Compton, Calif., Dominguez (13-4) (5)
6. Seattle, Wash., Rainier Beach (7-0) (6)
7. Oakland, Calif., McClymonds (17-0) (7)
8. Woodland Hills, Calif., Taft (14-2) (8)
9. Concord, Calif., De La Salle (13-1) (9)
10. Etiwanda, Calif. (12-3) (10)

Dropped out: Northeast: No. 5 Mount Vernon, N.Y.; No. 7 Philadelphia, Neumann-Goretti; No. 10 Lawrence, Mass., Central Catholic. East Coast: No. 8 Forestville, Md., McNamara; No. 9 Silver Spring, Md., Springbrook. Southeast: No. 10 Orlando, Fla. Olympia. Midwest: No. 9 Middletown, Ohio. Southwest: No. 10 Kingwood, Texas.

FEATS OF THE WEEK: No. 2 Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill picked up its fourth win over a current or former Top 25 team. The Warriors beat then-No. 19 Atlanta, South Atlanta, 63-58, at the HoopHall Classic in Springfield, Mass. Senior forward Keith "Tiny" Gallon (Oklahoma) scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Oak Hill. Senior center Derrick Favors, who committed to Georgia Tech earlier in the week, led South Atlanta with 25 points and 17 rebounds . . . Gene Pingatore of Westchester, St. Joseph broke the Illinois state record for career coaching victories in his team's 49-26 blowout of Mundelein, Carmel. Pingatore, who has an 827-273 record in 40 seasons, was featured prominently in the 1994 basketball documentary "Hoop Dreams" . . . Junior forward DeShaun Thomas of Fort Wayne, Ind., Luers broke the Allen County all-time scoring record. Thomas (Ohio St.) netted 27 points in his team's 76-69 defeat of Northrop, giving him 1,848 points for his career. The previous mark was held by current Buffalo Bills receiver James Hardy, who played high school basketball at Fort Wayne, Elmhurst . . . No. 15 Los Angeles, Fairfax, got 34 points from highly touted senior forward Renardo Sidney but lost to No. 12 Los Angeles, Westchester, 78-73. Westchester was paced by senior guard Dominique O'Connor, who scored 22. The Western League rivals have combined to win six Division I state championships since 1998.

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About the National Prep Poll: Compiled weekly weekly since 1987 and distributed by World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press, the National Prep Poll is the nation's second oldest weekly high school sports rankings. Doug Huff of ESPN RISE compiled the rankings from 1987 until 1999. Jamie DeMoney has compiled the poll since the start of the 1999 basketball season. The National Prep Poll is the only high school poll distributed to newspapers and Web sites around the United States by the Associated Press national wire service. The National Prep Poll is the first high school football and boys basketball poll to released in the preseason and during each week of the regular season. Criteria considered for the National Prep Poll rankings are strength of schedule, the ability to accomplish the ultimate goal on a team's schedule (i.e. winning a championship), impact players and performers, a team's coaching and recent tradition.

Jamie DeMoney has covered high school sports and recruiting for more than 15 years. He has compiled the National Prep Poll for World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press since 1999 and has also compiled high school football and basketball rankings for Sporting News and RISE. DeMoney was managing editor of American Football Monthly and assistant national editor of All-Stater Sports/Highwired Sports. DeMoney is a graduate of the University of Iowa School of Journalism, and a member of the Football Writers Association of America and the United States Basketball Writers Association.