Local Teams Dominate CIF-SS Fall Sports Polls of Sept. 19

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. Redondo Union (3); 4. Edison (4); 5. Newport Harbor (5); 6. Mira Costa (6); 7. Thousand Oaks (7); 8. Santa Margarita (8); 9. Mater Dei (9); 10. Huntington Beach (10). 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. Murrieta Valley (6); 7. Notre Dame Academy (7); 8. El Dorado (8); 9. Saugus (9); 10. Canyon/Anaheim (10). Others: None.

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

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

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

BOYS WATER POLO

DIVISION 1 -- did not report -- 1. Mater Dei (No. 1 in preseason); 2. Newport Harbor (2); 3. El Toro (3); 4. Huntington Beach (4); 5. Los Alamitos (5); 6. Loyola (6); 7. Santa Barbara (7); 8. Servite (8); 9. Ventura (9); 10. Dana Hills (10). Others: Laguna Hills (others), San Clemente (others), Harvard-Westlake (others).

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

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

DIVISION 7 -- 1. Nogales (No. 1 last week); 2. Santa Ynez (2); 3. Nipomo (3); 4. Ocean View (4); 5. Cajon (7); 6. Don Lugo (5); 7. Wilson/Heights Wilson (6); 8. Los Amigos (8); 9. Cabrillo/Lompoc (9); 10. Brentwood (10). Others: None.

BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY

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

 DIVISION 3 -- 1. Palos Verdes (No. 1 last week); 2. St. John Bosco (3); 3. Cathedral (6); 4. Damien (10); 5. West Torrance (2); 6. Granite Hills (7); 7. South Pasadena (9); 8. San Juan Hills (5); 9. South Hills (NR); 10. Brea Olinda (4).

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

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. Pasadena Poly (7); 8. Sage Hill (8); 9. Buckley (9); 10. Chadwick (10).

GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY

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

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

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

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

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

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

GIRLS TENNIS

(First rankings of the season)

DIVISION 1 -- 1. Campbell Hall; 2. Dana Hills; 3. University; 4. Peninsula; 5. Palm Desert; 6. Thousand Oaks; 7. Tesoro; 8. Palos Verdes; 9. Harvard-Westlake; 10. San Clemente.

DIVISION 2 -- 1. San Marino; 2. Newport Harbor; 3. Santa Barbara; 4. Arcadia; 5. Murrieta Valley; 6. Diamond Bar; 7. El Dorado; 8. Cypress; 9. Santa Monica; 10. Great Oak. Others: Temecula Valley.

DIVISION 3 -- 1. St. Margaret's; 2. Sage Hill; 3. West Ranch; 4. Santa Monica; 5. Arroyo Grande; 6. M.L. King; 7. Paramount. (Coaches ranked only top seven teams in this division.)