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Griffins' Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Girls Water Polo Teams Finish in Top 10

CIF Southern Section releases final coaches' poll of regular season, and Los Alamitos teams are well-represented headed into playoffs.

The Los Alamitos girls water polo team spent the entire season at No. 2 behind Dos Pueblos in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 coaches poll after the final polls of the season were released by the section's office earlier this week.

The Griffins (24-3), champions of the Sunset League, begin their playoff championship quest with a first-round game Wednesday at 5 p.m. against the winner of Tuesday's wild-card game between Beckman and Costa Mesa.

The Los Alamitos boys soccer team (15-4-4), which finished second in the Sunset League, jumped into the final Division 1 rankings at No. 10 after its 1-0 victory over previously undefeated Edison in the final game of the regular season. The Griffins open the playoffs Friday with a home match at 3 p.m. against Upland.

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The Griffins' girls soccer team (15-6-4) fell four spots to No. 8 in the final Division 1 coaches' poll after finishing the season with a 2-2 tie with Fountain Valley. Los Alamitos, the runner-up finisher in the Sunset League to Edison, plays host to Chaminade in a first-round playoff game on Thursday at 3 p.m.

The final rankings for the 2010-11 winter sports season, with last week's rankings are in parentheses after the school.

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CIF Southern Section coaches' girls water polo polls of Feb. 12:

DIVISION 1 — 1. Dos Pueblos (No. 1 last week); 2. Los Alamitos (2); 3. Newport Harbor (3); 4. Corona del Mar (4); 5. Laguna Beach (5); 6. Santa Barbara (6); 7. Foothill (7); 8. Edison (8); 9. Fountain Valley (9); 10. San Marcos (10).

DIVISION 2 — 1. San Clemente (No. 1 last week); 2. Montebello (2); 3. Corona Santiago (3); 4. Agoura (4); 5. El Toro (5); 6. Long Beach Wilson (6); 7. Mater Dei (8); 8. Santa Margarita (7); 9. Riverside Poly (9); 10. ML King (10).

DIVISION 3 — 1. St Lucy’s (No. 1 last week); 2. Murrieta Valley (2); 3. Arroyo Grande (3); 4. South Pasadena (4); 5. Ayala (5); 6. Rio Mesa (6); 7. El Rancho (8); 8. La Serna (7); 9. Charter Oak (10); 10. Vista Murrieta (9).

DIVISION 4 — 1. Harvard-Westlake (No. 1 last week); 2. Dana Hills (2); 3. Los Osos (3); 4. Troy (5); 5. Sunny Hills (4); 6. Upland (6); 7. La Habra (8); 8. Trabuco Hills (10); 9. Aliso Niguel (7); 10. Sonora (NR).

DIVISION 5 — 1. Redlands East Valley (No. 1 last week); 2. Temescal Canyon (2); 3. Crescenta Valley (3T); 4. Bonita (3T); 5. Pasadena (5T); 6. Arlington (8); 7. Los Altos (5T); 8. Glendale (5T); 9. Walnut (9); 10. Redlands (10).

DIVISION 6 — 1. Warren (No. 1 last week); 2. Malibu (2); 3. Cerritos (3); 4. La Quinta La Quinta (4); 5. El Segundo (5); 6. Chadwick (6); 7. Palm Springs (7); 8. Torrance (NR); 9. Santa Monica (8); 10. Western (NR).

DIVISION 7 — 1. Garden Grove (No. 1 last week); 2. Santa Ana Valley (2); 3. Cajon (4); 4. San Gorgonio (5); 5. Los Amigos (6); 6. Katella (4); 7. Citrus Valley (8); 8. Don Lugo (9); 9. Summit (10); 10. Orange (NR).

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CIF Southern Section Soccer Coaches Assn.'s boys soccer polls of Feb. 14:

DIVISION 1 — 1. Edison (No. 1 last week); 2. Millikan (2); 3. Loyola (3); 4. Ventura (7); 5. Palos Verdes (5); 6. Tesoro (6); 7. Santa Barbara (4); 8. St. John Bosco (8); 9. Long Beach Cabrillo (9); 10. Los Alamitos (NR)

DIVISION 2 — 1. Mission Viejo (No. 1 last week); 2. Corona Santiago (3); 4. El Modena (4); 4. Sunny Hills (6); 5. Valley View (5); 6. Damien (NR); 7. Kennedy (NR); 8. Coachella Valley (NR); 9. Great Oak (7); 10. Claremont (2).

DIVISION 3 — 1. Knight (No. 1 last week); 2. Katella (2); 3. Woodbridge (4); 4. Paramount (3); 5. Hueneme (5); 6. Montclair (7); 7. Santa Ynez (NR); 8. Santa Ana Valley (9); 9. Corona del Mar (10T); 10. Oxnard Pacifica (NR).

DIVISION 4 — 1. Santa Monica (No. 1 last week); 2. El Rancho (3); 3. Cathedral (2); 4. Salesian (4); 5. Artesia (5); 6. Bonita (8); 7. Crescenta Valley (NR); 8. Godinez (7); 9. Oak Hills (6); 10. North Torrance (10T).

DIVISION 5 — 1. La Canada (No. 1 last week); 2. Victor Valley (2); 3. Los Amigos (3); 4. Mountain View (4); 5. Pomona (6); 6. Lakeside (10T0; 7. Colton (NR); 8. Carpinteria (10T); 9. Arroyo Grande (10T); 10. Animo Leadership (NR).

DIVISION 6 — 1. San Jacinto (No. 4 last week); 2. Arrowhead Christian (2); 3. Windward (1); 4. Rubidoux (7); 5. Brentwood (3); 6. Buckley (6); 7. Rosamond (8); 8. Beaumont (NR); 9. Crossroads (5); 10. Saddleback Valley Christian (NR).

DIVISION 7 — 1. Cate (No. 1 last week); 2. Mammoth (2); 3. Lancaster Desert Christian (7); 4. Paraclete (8); 5. University Prep (3); 6. West Shores (4); 7. Thacher (5); 8. Milken Community (6); 9. Pacific Lutheran (9); 10. Don Bosco Tech (NR).

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CIF Southern Section Soccer Coaches Assn.'s girls soccer polls of Feb. 14:

DIVISION 1 — 1. San Clemente (No. 1 last week); 2. Esperanza (2); 3. Flintridge Sacred Heart (3); 4. Dana Hills (5T); 5. Santa Margarita (5T); 6. Tesoro (9); 7. Edison (NR); 8.  Los Alamitos (4); 9. Corona del Mar (7); 10. Harvard-Westlake (10).

DIVISION 2 — 1. Palos Verdes (No. 1 last week); 2. Los Osos (2); 3. Long Beach Wilson (6); 4. Buena (4); 5. Upland (5); 6. Sunny Hills (7); 7. Riverside Poly (10T); 8. Corona Santiago (3); 9. Westlake (NR); 10. Newbury Park (NR).

DIVISION 3 — 1. Ayala (No. 4 last week); 2. Bishop Amat (1); 3. Granite Hills (2); 4. La Mirada (3); 5. Righetti (7); 6. Los Altos (8); 7. Serrano (5); 8. St. Lucy's (6); 9. Cypress; 10. Flintridge Prep (9).

DIVISION 4 — 1. Oaks Christian (No. 1 last week); 2. Brentwood (2); 3. Canyon Springs (3); 4. Torrance (4); 5. Santa Monica (8T); 6. Notre Dame Academy (5); 7. South Torrance (8T); 8. Marymount (6); 9. Arlington (10T); 10. Beverly Hills (7).

DIVISION 5 — 1. Lancaster Desert Christian (No. 1 last week); 2. La Serna (3); 3. Santa Ynez (2); 4. Lompoc Cabrillo (5); 5. Oxnard Pacifica (4); 6. Palm Springs (6); 7. Ontario Christian (NR); 8. Grace Brethren (7); 9. Palm Desert (NR); 10. Woodcrest Christian (8).

DIVISION 6 — 1. St. Margaret’s (No. 1 last week); 2. Hemet (2); 3. Alverno (4); 4. Sierra Vista (3); 5. Northview (5); 6. La Canada (6); 7. Beaumont (7); 8. South Pasadena (8); 9. Tahquitz (9); 10. Segerstrom (10T).

DIVISION 7 — 1.  St. Genevieve (No. 1 last week); 2. Rim of the World (3); 3. Sierra Canyon (4); 4. Mary Star of the Sea (2); 5. Animo Leadership (NR); 6. Citrus Valley (NR); 7. Arroyo (NR); 8. Viewpoint (5); 9. Milken Community (7T); 10. Saddleback Valley Christian (NR).


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