CIA-Bella Vista (AZ) named 2026 Sporting News high school boys' basketball national champions
CIA-Bella Vista's path to the national championship included eight wins against teams ranked in SN's final top 10.
CIA-Bella Vista (AZ) named 2026 Sporting News high school boys' basketball national champions originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The CIA-Bella Vista [Phoenix, AZ] Bears entered the 2026 Chipotle Nationals with the same potential national championship path as the other nine teams participating in the event at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Ind.
Win 'em all or go home empty-handed. It was a tall task, considering that the Bears were only the #3 seed and ranked No. 7 in the penultimate edition of the The Sporting News High School Boys Basketball Top 25 .
SN's top four teams were also competing in a loaded field, which included the No. 1 Dynamic Prep [Dallas, TX], No. 2 AZ Compass Prep [Chandler, AZ] Dragons, No.
3 Prolific Prep [Fort Lauderdale, FL] Crew, and No. 4 Paul VI [Chantilly, VA] Panthers. They were also ranked behind two teams not playing in Fishers – the No.
Continue to the original source for the full article.