Local Teams Dominate CIF-SS Fall Sports Polls

Here are the latest CIF Southern Section fall sports polls released today (Monday) by the section office. Included are the divisions in which Orange County Patch teams (in bold) play. Preseason 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 preseason); 2. Dos Pueblos (2); 3. Redondo Union (3); 4. Edison (4); 5. Newport Harbor (6); 6. Mira Costa (8); 7. Thousand Oaks (9T); 8. Santa Margarita (others); 9. Mater Dei (5); 10. Huntington Beach (others). Others: Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks (others); Poly/Long Beach (7); Palos Verdes (others).

DIVISION 1A -- 1. Marymount (No. 1 in preseason); 2. Corona del Mar (2); 3. Laguna Beach (3); 4. Vista Murrieta (4); 5. Valencia/Valencia (5); 6. Murrieta Valley (7); 7. Notre Dame Academy (10); 8. El Dorado (9); 9. Saugus (NR0; 10. Canyon/Anaheim (NR). Others: Yucaipa (NR); Beckman (NR).

DIVISION 2AA -- 1. St. Lucy's (No. 1 in preseason); 2. Chino Hills (2); 3. Oaks Christian (3); 4. South Torrance (7); 5. La Canada (4); 6. La Reina (5); 7. La Salle (6); 8. ML King (NR); 9. Riverside Poly (8); 10. Bishop Montgomery (9). Others: Oak Park (NR); North Torrance (NR); Claremont (10T); Mission Viejo (10T).

DIVISION 4AA -- 1. St. Margaret's (No. 1 in preseason); 2. Ocean View (2); 3. Viewpoint (5); 4. Sage Hill (6); 5. Serra (3); 6. Brethren Christian (7); 7. Laguna Blanca (8); 8. St. Paul (4); 9. Jurupa Valley (10); 10. Yucca Valley (9). Others: Buckley (others); Colony (NR).

BOYS WATER POLO

DIVISION 1 -- 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 in preseason); 2. Long Beach Wilson (2); 3. Villa Park (3); 4. Foothill (4); 5. Murrieta Valley (5); 6. Montebello (6); 7. M.L. King (7); 8. Esperanza (8); 9. Riverside Poly (9); 10T. Irvine (10); 10T. Northwood (NR). Others: None.

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

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

BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY

DIVISION 1 -- 1. Arcadia (No. 1 in preseason); 2. Dana Hills (3); 3. Trabuco Hills (4); 4. Great Oak (6); 5. El Toro (5); 6. Rancho Cucamonga (2); 7. Corona (7); 8. Burbank (9); 9. Burroughs/Burbank (10); 10. Poly/Long Beach (8).

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

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

DIVISION 5 -- 1. St. Margaret's (No. 1 in preseason); 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 in preseason); 2. Dana Hills (2); 3. Warren (4); 4. San Clemente (5); 5. Ventura (NR); 6. Rancho Cucamonga (6); 7. Trabuco Hills (7); 8. Arcadia (8); 9. Corona (9); 10. Vista Murrieta (3).

DIVISION 2 -- 1. Saugus (No. 1 in preseason); 2. Simi Valley (2); 3. Redondo Union (3); 4. Woodbridge (4); 5. Tesoro (6); 6. Ayala (7); 7. Foothill (5); 8. Mira Costa (8); 9. Serrano (9); 10. Thousand Oaks (10).

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

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

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

(Sports editor note: Rich Gonzalez of ESPNHS/DyeStatCal, compiles the cross-country rankings and reported that this week's do not include results from Saturday's Laguna Hills Invitational as he did not receive them in time.)