Girls hoops notebook: Austin area rankings, GOTW preview and games to watch

By Michael Adams
madams@onthesidelinessports.com

Westlake, Liberty Hill and Jarrell remain the top teams in this week’s Austin-area girls basketball Power 5 rankings. A highly-anticipated Westlake-Bowie game is on the horizon in the new year. Cedar Ridge and Vandegrift are making waves in the early District 25-6A season.

McCallum (10-5) and Taylor (8-7) are newcomers to this week’s rankings. The Lady Knights are off to a 5-0 start in District 24-5A. Also in Class 5A, Glenn and Hays are set for a showdown on Tuesday in this week’s On the Sidelines Sports’ Girls Basketball Game of the Week.

Here are this weekโ€™s rankings and games to watch for Austin-area boys high school basketball action.

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Austin-Metro Power 5s

Editorโ€™s note: Records were taken from MaxPreps reporting.

Class 6A
RankTeamrecordLW
1Westlake13-31
2Bowie11-43
3Cedar Ridge11-64
4Vandegrift13-55
5Vista Ridge12-52
Dropped out: none Notable: Lake Travis (13-6), San Marcos (11-4), Stony Point (12-5)
Class 5A
RANKTEAMRECORDLW
1Liberty Hill18-01
2Glenn16-12
3Georgetown13-43
4Hays14-44
5McCallum10-5NR
Dropped out: Hendrickson (9-6) Notable: Cedar Park (13-8), Connally (10-6)
Class 4A-1A
RankTeamrecordlW
1Jarrell13-61
2Manor New Tech8-42
3Thrall7-93
4Wimberley10-84
5Taylor8-7NR
Dropped out: Smithville (6-6) Notable: none

Game of the week

Hays at Glenn, 7 p.m., Tuesday

Thereโ€™s not a bigger basketball game this week โ€“ boys or girls โ€“ in the Austin-metro area than Hays (14-4) at Glenn (16-1). Both teams are 2-0 in District 25-5A and ranked in the latest Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 5A state rankings. No. 5 Glenn has won 10 straight since losing to Little Elm in the third week of the season, while No. 14 Hays has won two straight since losing to Southlake Carroll on Dec. 2 in overtime in the championship game of the Hays Classic.

5 Games to Watch

Smithville at Manor New Tech, 6:15 p.m., Tuesday

McNeil at Vista Ridge, 7 p.m.

Round Rock at Stony Point, 7 p.m., Tuesday

Westlake at Austin High, 6:30 p.m., Wednesday

Connally at Georgetown, 7 p.m., Thursday

Get the complete Austin-area girls basketball schedule for this week

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