Local Teams Dominate CIF-Southern Section Falls Sports Polls of Sept. 26

Here are the latest CIF Southern Section fall sports coaches' polls released today (Monday) by the section office. Included are the divisions in which Orange County Patch teams (in bold) play. Last week's rankings are in parentheses.

Complete polls for all divisons can be found on the CIF Southern Section's website.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

DIVISION 1AA -- 1. Los Alamitos (No. 1 in last week); 2. Dos Pueblos (2); 3. Edison (4); 4. Newport Harbor (5); 5. Mira Costa (6); 6. Santa Margarita (8); 7. Mater Dei (9); 8. Huntington Beach (10); 9. Orange Lutheran (NR); 10T.  Thousand Oaks (7); 10T. Redondo Union (3). Others: Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks (others); Palos Verdes (others).

DIVISION 1A -- 1. Marymount (No. 1 last week); 2. Corona del Mar (2); 3. Laguna Beach (3); 4. Vista Murrieta (4); 5. Valencia/Valencia (5); 6. Notre Dama Academy (7); 7. El Dorado (8); 9. Canyon/Anaheim (10); 10. Yucaipa (NR). Others: Beckman (NR).

DIVISION 2AA -- 1. St. Lucy's (No. 1 in last week); 2. Chino Hills (2); 3. South Torrance (3); 4. Oaks Christian (4); 5. South Hills (5); 6. La Canada (6); 7. Bishop Montgomery (10); 8. M.L. King (9); 9. La Salle (7); 10. Mission Viejo (others). Others: North Torrance (others); La Reina (8).

DIVISION 4AA -- 1. St. Margaret's (No. 1 last week); 2. Viewpoint (2); 3. Sage Hill (3); 4. Laguna Blanca (4); 5. Serra (6); 6. Ocean View (5); 7. Jurupa Valley (8); 8. St. Paul (7); 9. Yucca Valley (9); 10. Colony (10). Others: Crean Lutheran (others); Loara (others), Holy Martyrs (NR).

DIVISION 4A -- 1. Pacific Christian (No. 2 last week); 2. Hemet (1); 3. Alverno (5); 4. Fairmont Prep (3); 5. Bell-Jeff (4); 6. Grace Brethren (7); 7. San Jacinto (6); 8. Frazier Mountain (8); 7. Grace Brethren (5); 8. Frazier Mountain (8); 9. Milken Community (9); 10. Connelly (10). Others: Saddleback Valley Christian (others); Malibu (NR); Holy Family (others); Pomona Catholic (others).

BOYS WATER POLO

DIVISION 1 -- 1. Mater Dei (No. 1 last week); 2. Newport Harbor (2); 3. Huntington Beach (4); 4. Loyola (6);  5. El Toro (3); 6. Los Alamitos (5); 7. Santa Barbara (7); 8. Ventura (9); 9. Harvard-Westlake (others); 10. Dos Pueblos (NR). Others: None.

DIVISION 2 -- 1. Corona del Mar (No. 1 last week); 2. Villa Park (3); 3. Long Beach Wilson (2); 4. Northwood (9); 5. Montebello (others); 6. Foothill (5T); 7. Poly/Riverside (4); 8. M.L. King (7); 9. University (others); 10. Murrieta Valley (5T). Others: Irvine (others), Chaparral (8).

DIVISION 3 -- 1. Laguna Beach (No. 1 last week); 2. Damien (2); 3. Aliso Niguel (6); 4. Palos Verdes (3); 5. La Canada (4); 6. Mira Costa (5); 7. Capistrano Valley (7); 8. Santa Monica (8); 9. Peninsula (9); 10. Tesoro (10). Others: None.

DIVISION 7 -- 1. Nipomo (No. 3 last week); 2. Cajon (5); 3. Don Lugo (6); 4. Nogales (1); 5. Ocean View (4); 6. Santa Ynez (2); 7. Los Amigos (8); 8. Cabrillo/Lompoc (9); 9. Brentwood (10); 10. Arroyo Valley (NR). Others: Wilson/Hacienda Heights (7); Chino (NR); Citrus Valley (NR).

BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY

DIVISION 1 -- 1. Arcadia (No. 1 last week); 2. Rancho Cucamonga (2); 3. Great Oak (3); 4. Trabuco Hills (4); 5. Poly/Long Beach (5); 6. Vista Murrieta (6); 7. El Toro (7); 8. Ventura (NR); 9. Dana Hills (8); 10. Corona (9).

DIVISION 4 -- 1. Don Bosco Tech (No. 1 last week); 2. Crespi (3); 3. Salesian (2); 4. Big Bear (4); 5. JSerra (5); 6. Laguna Beach (6); 7. Nordhoff (7); 8. Harvard-Westlake (8); 9. Twentynine Palms (NR); 10. Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks (10).

DIVISION 5 -- 1. St. Margaret's (No. 1 last week); 2. Desert Christian/Lancaster (2); 3. Woodcrest Christian (3); 4. Flintridge Prep (4); 5. Xavier Prep (5); 6. Thacher (6); 7. Chadwick (10); 8. Pasadena Poly (8); 9. Sage Hill (8); 10. Webb (NR).

GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY

DIVISION 1 -- 1. Great Oak (No. 1 last week); 2. San Clemente (3); 3. Trabuco Hills (4); 4. Ventura (6); 5. Arcadia (5); 6. Dana Hills (2); 7. Marina (7); 8. Crescenta Valley (NR); 9 Vista Murrieta (9); 10T. Warren (8); 10. Warren/Valencia.

DIVISION 2 -- 1. Simi Valley (No. 1 last week); 2. Saugus (2); 3. Tesoro (4); 4. Mira Costa (6); 5. Redondo Union (3); 6. Woodbridge (5); 7. Sultana (NR); 8. Thousand Oaks (7); 9. Foothill (8); 10. Canyon/Anaheim (9).

DIVISION 3 -- 1. Palos Verdes (No. 1 last week); 2. Corona del Mar (2); 3. Bonita (3); 4. Santa Margarita (NR); 5. West Torrance (5); 6. Granite Hills (6); 7. Mater Dei (7); 8. San Luis Obispo (4); 9. Northwood (8); 10. South Hills (9).

DIVISION 4 -- 1. JSerra (No. 1 last week); 2. Harvard-Westlake (2); 3. La Reina (3); 4. Mayfield (5); 5. Flintridge Sacred Heart (4); 6. El Segundo (6); 7. Bishop Montgomery (7); 8. Morro Bay (8); 9. Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks (9); 10. Marlborough (10).

DIVISION 5 -- 1. Chadwick (No. 1 last week); 2. Thacher (2); 3. Xavier Prep (4); 4. St. Margaret's (3); 5. Pasadena Poly (6); 6. Flintridge Prep (5); 7. Brentwood (NR); 8 Cate (7); 9. Desert Christian/Lancaster (8); 10. Sage Hill (9).

(Cross-country rankings by Rich Gonzalez of DyeStatCal/ESPNHS.)

GIRLS TENNIS

DIVISION 1 -- 1. University (No. 3 last week); 2. Campbell Hall (1); 3. Peninsula (4); 4. Dana Hills (2); 5. Palm Desert (5); 6. Thousand Oaks (6); 7. Palos Verdes (8); 8. Harvard-Westlake (9); 9. San Clemente (10); 10. Tesoro (7). Others: Northwood (NR); Brentwood (NR).

DIVISION 2 -- 1. San Marino (No. 1 last week); 2. Newport Harbor (2); 3. Santa Barbara (3); 4. Arcadia (4); 5. Murrieta Valley (5); 6. El Dorado (7); 7. Diamond Bar (6); 8. Cypress (8); 9. Santa Monica (9); 10. Great Oak (10). Others: Temecula Valley (others); Rowland (NR).

DIVISION 3 -- 1. West Ranch (No. 3 last week); 2. St. Margaret's (1); 3. Sage Hill (2); 4. Valencia/Valencia (NR); 5. Arroyo Grande (5); 6. M.L. King (6); 7. Paramount (7); 8. Warren (NR). Coaches ranked only eight teams.