Fair Oaks boys basketball rivals No. 9 Bella Vista and No. 10 Del Campo will break a first-place deadlock when they meet tonight in a Capital Valley Conference game at Bella Vista.
Both are 19-4 overall and 5-1 in league.
Defending league champion Bella Vista defeated Del Campo 64-57 on Jan. 18 at Del Campo but was upset 55-53 by Oakmont two nights later.
In other key games this week, top-ranked Sheldon will attempt to avenge its only Delta River League loss when it plays host to No. 11 Oak Ridge on Wednesday.
No. 2 Jesuit and No. 5 Pleasant Grove, tied for second and a game behind Sheldon, play the same night at Pleasant Grove.
Lincoln will try to end No. 6 Foothill's 16-game winning streak tonight in a Pioneer Valley League game in Foothill Farms. Foothill (21-3, 7-0) also will play host to defending PVL champion and No. 14 Center (17-6, 5-2) on Thursday.
THE BEE'S TOP 20
PR - previous ranking:
records through Sunday
Team W-L PR
1. Sheldon 18-5 (1)
2. Jesuit 19-5 (2)
3. Sacramento 18-5 (3)
4. Antelope 22-1 (4)
5. Pleasant Grove 20-3 (5)
6. Foothill 21-3 (6)
7. Burbank 17-6 (7)
8. Franklin 18-5 (8)
9. Bella Vista 19-4 (9)
10. Del Campo 19-4 (10)
11. Oak Ridge 14-9 (11)
12. Kennedy 17-6 (12)
13. Del Oro 16-7 (13)
14. Center 17-6 (14)
15. Capital Christian 19-4 (16)
16. River Valley 18-4 (17)
17. Granite Bay 12-11 (19)
18. Folsom 11-13 (15)
19. Cosumnes Oaks 17-7 (-)
20. El Camino 12-10 (20)
Dropped out - Lindhurst


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