Rare is it that Classen SAS is tested during the regular season.

Entering last Thursday, the team out of Oklahoma City had won all but one of their games in 2021-22 — they fell to Etiwanda (Calif.), 53-51, on Dec. 22 — and appeared ready to head into the postseason on a high note. That is, so long as they could get past Edmond North, which entered Thursday’s showdown with a 21-0 record.

In the end, Baylor commit Darianna Littlepage-Buggs and Classen SAS overcame a double-digit deficit to claim the 58-56 victory. The statement win helped the Comets bump up to No. 6 in this week’s rankings. Sidwell Friends remains at No. 1 after another high-profile victory.

1. Sidwell Friends (D.C.), 22-0

The Quakers capped a three-win week with a decisive 73-58 win over then-undefeated St. John Vianney to close out the regular season.

2. Hopkins (Minn.), 18-1

The Royals play their final regular season game Friday evening against Buffalo.

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3. DeSoto (Tex.), 29-2

The Eagles advanced to the state quarterfinals with a 63-28 win over Lake Ridge.

4. Etiwanda (Calif.), 26-0

The Eagles edged Mater Dei, 64-53, to earn a spot in the Open Division championship game.

5. La Jolla Country Day (Calif.), 23-2

The Torreys challenge Mission Hills on Saturday in the San Diego Section championship.

6. Classen SAS (Okla.), 18-1

Darianna Littlepage-Buggs scored a game-high 21 points in the Comets’ win over Edmond North.

7. St. John Vianney (N.J.), 23-1

Madison St. Rose scored 28 points, but the Lancers fell to Sidwell Friends, suffering their first loss in more than two years.

8. Sierra Canyon (Calif.), 26-1

The Trailblazers beat Centennial by 27 points to earn a date with Etiwanda in the championship.

9. New Hope (Md.), 24-2

New Hope enters the National Association of Christian Athletes National Championship having beaten their previous two opponents by 55 and 72 points.

10. Conway (Ark.). 26-1

The Wampus Cats pushed their winning streak to 12 games with a 61-46 win over Northside.

11. Montverde (Fla.), 18-3

The Eagles, with no other games scheduled, are hopeful they’ll receive a bid to the GEICO National Championships.

12. Cedar Park (Tex.), 33-0

The Timberwolves are one win away from a spot in the 5A state semifinals.

13. Incarnate Word (Mo.), 23-0

The Red Knights ended the regular season undefeated.

14. Lake Highland Prep (Fla.), 21-4

The Highlanders edged Palm Bay, 56-51, to advance to the 4A state semifinals.

15. Fremont (Utah), 21-2

After a first-round bye, the Silverwolves play Corner Canyon on Thursday in a 6A second-round matchup.

16. Hazel Green (Ala.), 31-0

The Trojans defeated Mortimer Jordan, 48-38, in a defensive battle in the third round of the 6A playoffs.

17. Johnston (Iowa), 23-0

The Dragons clinched the 5A Region 1 championship with a 60-46 win over Des Moines North.

18. Woodward Academy (Ga.), 24-2

The War Eagles kicked off the AAAAA playoffs with a 42-point trouncing of lowly Coffee.

19. Bishop McNamara (Md.), 19-4

The Mustangs comfortably won six conference games over the past nine days.

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20. DME (Fla.), 21-3

DME is hanging tight for a potential GEICO nationals bid.

21. Franklin Community (Ind.), 28-1

The Grizzly Cubs snuck past Mooresville, 49-46, to advance to the 4A state title game, where they will play Noblesville.

22. IMG (Fla.), 11-4

The Ascenders’ weekend clash against Hopkins was canceled due to weather.

23. Noblesville (Ind.), 24-4

The Millers advanced to the state finals for the first time in 32 years.

24. South Bend Washington (Ind.), 26-3

The Panthers play Silver Creek in the 3A state championship game on Saturday.

25. Rock Bridge (22-1)

The Bruins rolled to three straight wins by at least 24 points before squeaking by Helias, 57-42.

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Aryna Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam of the 2025 WTA season on Saturday, with the world No. 1 defeating then-No. 9 Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6(3) to claim the US Open trophy — the final Slam of the year.

"To bring the fight and be able to handle my emotions the way I did in this final, it means a lot," Sabalenka said following the match. "I'm super proud right now of myself."

After successfully defending her 2024 US Open title — and claiming tennis's top 2025 paycheck in the process — Sabalenka is now the tournament's first repeat champion since 2014, when Serena Williams claimed a third straight trophy at the New York Slam.

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The 27-year-old narrowly avoided a Slam-less year, going without a trophy despite reaching both the Australian Open and French Open finals as well as the Wimbledon semifinals.

"I think because of the finals earlier this season, this one felt different," Sabalenka said. "All of those lessons are making me tougher, tougher, and tougher."

As for Anisimova, the US rising star added a new career-high WTA ranking alongside her second straight Grand Slam final appearance on her 2025 resume, rising to world No. 4 in Monday's update.

Also earning a noticeable bump on Monday was Japanese star Naomi Osaka, who clocked in at No. 14 after a stellar Grand Slam comeback run to the 2025 US Open semifinals.

The Golden State Valkyries have made WNBA history yet again, setting a new league attendance record by selling out all 22 of the 2025 expansion team's home games this year — and doing so in their debut season.

Even more, the WNBA surpassed the 3 million-fan mark over the weekend, an historic first for the 29-year-old league.

A hit from the very first tip-off, the Valkyries have seen unprecedented support while becoming the first-ever expansion team to make the WNBA playoffs in their inaugural year.

Making the announcement in their final 2025 regular-season home stand against the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday, the Valkyries have officially seen fans fill every one of the Chase Center's maximum 18,064 seats all season — claiming a WNBA all-time record for any team's per-game average along the way.

With those season-long record crowds, Golden State also now owns the WNBA total attendance mark at 397,408 fans on the year.

Just behind Golden State are the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty — the only other WNBA teams that will close out the 2025 regular-season with average crowds over 16,000 and totals breaking the 300,000-fan mark.

With one home game still left to play for each team, Indiana has welcomed 349,313 total fans so far, while New York currently sits at a 341,575 total attendance for the 2025 WNBA season.

Attendance has skyrocketed across the WNBA year, thanks in part to the league adding both a 13th franchise as well as two more home games to each team's 2025 schedule.

As a result, the league demolished the previous season-high attendance of 2.36 million set in 2002 and, with 11 games still on the 2025 regular-season schedule, the WNBA is currently on track to push past the 3.1 million mark before the postseason tips off.

Three retired WNBA icons received their flowers over the weekend, as Minnesota Lynx legends Sylvia Fowles and Maya Moore and Seattle Storm great Sue Bird took their places in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday — making the 2025 WNBA class arguably the most dominant in HOF history.

"Now that I'm in the Hall, I believe I have become Auntie Maya," Moore said in her enshrinement speech. "I want to challenge you up-and-comers to learn to love and seek out joy and connection as your biggest motivator."

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With 11 Olympic gold medals — more than any other HOF group — and 10 league championships between them, plus countless individual honors, Fowles, Bird, and Moore comprise the strongest women's basketball Hall of Fame class in history.

Even more, this is the first year that the Naismith has added a full trio of WNBA players to its hallowed halls — a testament to the unmatched careers of Bird, Moore, and Fowles.

"Put us on a 3×3 team, you'd have some problems — we'd be pretty good," Bird joked. "It is pretty special to go in with people who aren't just amazing players, having impact on and off the court, but these are players that I got to experience life with."

"I think that would be fair to say that they would have the title of best class ever," Minnesota head coach Cheryl Reeve said.

The 2025 NWSL season for the No. 5 Orlando Pride has taken a sharp downturn, as the reigning league champions are now winless in their last seven games following Sunday's 5-2 loss to the No. 13 Chicago Stars at Northwestern University's Martin Stadium.

While left back Carson Pickett and defensive midfielder Haley McCutcheon each managed to take a goal back for the Pride, a leaky Orlando back line saw five different Stars players hit the back of the net — including a 10th goal on the season for Chicago star striker Ludmila.

"I apologize to the fans that were watching at home, and I apologize to the fans that were here with their support. That was not us today and we have to get it right," Pride head coach Seb Hines said following the match.

Orlando have continued to slide down the NWSL standings since their last win on June 13th, most recently logging three straight losses as the team struggles to find their form following MVP candidate Barbra Banda's season-ending injury on August 16th.

One of the Pride's rare bright spots on Sunday was record-breaking signee Lizbeth Ovalle, with the Mexican international subbing in at the half to make her NWSL debut.

Chicago, on the other hand, hasn't dropped a match since returning from the midseason summer break, with the surging Stars putting on a Sunday show in their impending lakefront home.

"I feel like it's just a really cool atmosphere, a lot more people can come now, and it's really good vibes," midfielder Julia Grosso said after the match.