Top 10 Washington D.C. Girls High School Basketball Rankings (2/11/2024)

Calvin Coolidge moves to No. 3; Georgetown Visitation Prep also climbs
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There’s a slight shift in the Top 5 in this week’s District of Columbia girls high school basketball rankings with the regular season in its final stages.

Calvin Coolidge moves from No. 5 to No. 3 with Georgetown Visitation Prep up a spot to fourth after defeating then-No. 3 Maret School. Maret falls to No. 5.

Sidwell Friends School and St. John’s College maintain their positions at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. Eastern stays at No.  6 while Jackson-Reed and Benjamin Banneker switch spots at No. 7 and 8. 

1. SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL (19-2)

Previous rank: 1

The Quakers defeated Georgetown Day School, 65-27, and then-No. 3 Maret School, 71-49.

2. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE (22-2)

Previous rank: 2

The Cadets defeated Washington Catholic Athletic Conference rivals Bishop Ireton (Va.), 47-43, and Paul VI Catholic (Va.), 60-55.

3. CALVIN COOLIDGE (24-3)

Previous rank: 4

The Colts defeated No. 9 School Without Walls, 47-36, and No. 8 Benjamin Banneker, 63-33.

4. GEORGETOWN VISITATION PREP (17-7)

Previous rank: 5

The Cubs went 3-1, defeating St. John Paul the Great (Va.), then-No. 3 Maret School (58-54), Stone Ridge of the Sacred Heart (Md.) and lost to Potomac School (Va.), 65-57.

5. MARET SCHOOL (15-8)

Previous rank: 3

The Frogs lost to then-No. 5 Georgetown Visitation Prep and No. 1 Sidwell Friends School.

6. EASTERN (20-6)

Previous rank: 6

The Ramblers defeated Paul Laurence Dunbar, 57-29.

7. JACKSON-REED (16-5) 

Previous rank: 8

The Tigers defeated then-No. 7 BENJAMIN BANNEKER, 54-34, and McKinley Tech, 53-38.

8. BENJAMIN BANNEKER (14-5)

Previous rank: 7

The Bulldogs lost to then-No. 8 Jackson-Reed and No. 4 Calvin Coolidge.

9. SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS (15-4)

Previous rank: 9

The Penguins lost to No. 4 Calvin Coolidge.

10. THEODORE ROOSEVELT (14-8)

Previous rank: 10

The Roughriders defeated MacArthur, 60-21, and Friendship Technology Prep, 52-23.


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