DIVISION 2
LAST YEAR’S CHAMPION: Pacifica
TOP FOUR SEEDS: 1. Redlands East Valley, 2. Temecula Valley, 3. Los Osos, 4. Cypress.
ORANGE COUNTY AT-LARGE TEAMS: Yorba Linda, Laguna Hills.
COUNTY PLAYERS TO WATCH: Cesar Serna, Valencia; David Fletcher, Cypress; Kyle Molnar, Aliso Niguel; Brennan Guinet, Beckman; James Clothier, Northwood.
BEST WILD-CARD MATCHUP: San Juan Hills at Pacifica.
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University and Corona del Mar, the top two teams in Orange County, have drawn the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds, respectively, in the CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs. The brackets for all five divisions were released Monday at 11 a.m. and can be found on the CIF-SS’s web site.
First-round matches start Wednesday at 3 p.m.
The Trojans open by hosting the winner of the wild-card match between Crescenta Valley and Redondo Union, while the Sea Kings host Brentwood.
Valencia and Cypress received the top seeds in Division 3.
How I voted today in the Orange County baseball top 10 poll. I am one of five voters on the panel. This is not the official top 10 of the week. It is just one of five votes.
1. Mater Dei
2. El Toro
3. Fountain Valley
4. El Dorado
5. Canyon
6. San Clemente
7. Cypress
8. Orange Lutheran
9. Marina
10. Trabuco Hills
This is how I voted on the Orange County baseball top 10 today. It is a media poll of five media members.
1. Mater Dei (19-1 overall, 9-0 league)
2. El Toro (15-5, 7-0 … swept Mission Viejo last week)
3. Orange Lutheran (15-4, 6-2)
4. Fountain Valley (20-1, 9-0 … just a tad below El Toro, Orange Lutheran)
5. Canyon (15-4, 7-3 … lost to El Dorado, split w/Esperanza last week)
6. El Dorado (def. Canyon, split w/Villa Park)
7. San Clemente (19-5, 6-2 … was 2-2 last week; split w/San Juan Hills and with Great Oak of Temecula)7. San Clemente
8. Cypress (16-6, 4-2 .. split with Tustin)
9. Marina (13-7, 6-3 … 2nd in Sunset; def. Huntington Beach twice last week)
10. Mission Viejo (15-7-1, 4-3 … lost to El Toro twice)
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This is how I, your pal Steve Fryer, voted on the Orange County baseball top 10 today. We have five media members vote on the top 10 every Monday through the end of the regular season.
1. Mater Dei (10-1 overall, 5-1 league … just won that national tournament in North Carolina)
2. Canyon (10-1, 5-1 … won three Century League games)
3. Fountain Valley (13-1, 5-0 … def. Marina and Campolindo)
4. Cypress (9-3, 2-0 … has that early-season sweep of El Toro)
5. El Toro (8-4, 4-0 … 1st place in tough South Coast League)
6. Orange Lutheran (8-4, 3-2 … idle last week)
7. Capistrano Valley (13-4, 2-2 … lost to Trabuco, def. Tesoro and a couple of Lions tournament wins)
8. San Clemente (12-3, 3-1 … def. Dana and Aliso)
9. Mission Viejo (11-5, 2-2 … def. Trabuco)
10. El Dorado (7-4, 5-1 … has won 6 of past 7; def. Esperanza twice, and Foothill … def. Canyon earlier)
Compare Steve Fryer’s vote to this week’s baseball O.C. Top 10.
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How I voted on the Orange County top 10 today. I have one of the five votes that creates the county baseball top 10 …
1. Mater Dei (6-1 overall record, 5-0 league)
2. Canyon (7-1, 2-1)
3. Fountain Valley (9-1, 3-0)
4. Cypress (7-3, 0-0)
5. El Toro (7-4, 3-0)
6. Orange Lutheran (8-4, 3-2)
7. Capistrano Valley (10-3, 1-1)
8. Marina (7-3, 3-0)
9. Aliso Niguel (8-4, 2-0)
10. Mission Viejo (8-4, 1-1)
On the bubble (this is alphabetical order): El Dorado (4-4, 2-1 … beat Canyon last week); JSerra (5-7, 2-3 … better than its record); Laguna Hills (11-3, 2-1); San Clemente (8-3, 1-1); Trabuco Hills (8-4, 1-0; Valencia (10-2, 1-1); Servite (5-4-1, 3-2).
Compare Fryer’s vote to this week’s baseball O.C. Top 10.
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The first top 10 vote of the season is difficult in any sport, but especially so for baseball. Teams beat better teams because the better team went with its No. 4 starting pitcher, or brought up a JV guy who won’t pitch in a varsity league game, etc.
But here it goes — first top 10 vote of this baseball season …
The Loara Tournament semifinals at Glover Stadium/Dee Fee Field in Anaheim on Thursday: Cypress vs. Fountain Valley at 3 p.m.; Los Alamitos vs. Canyon at 7 p.m.
Los Alamitos and Cypress were in the Orange County preseason top 10. Canyon and Fountain Valley were not included, but were given consideration for the top 10.
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The start for today’s CIF Division 1 girls water polo playoff match between visiting Canyon and host Newport has moved to 3:30 p.m., the Sailors reports. …
Cypress and Los Amigos each have junior goalies that colleges should keep tabs of.
Cypress’ Rachel Privett is 5-foot-11 with excellent cage coverage and a club background with International. And Los Amigos’ Diane Ho is quick and athletic keeper.
They both have excellent arms and combined for 32 saves on Tuesday night.
Girls water polo playoffs: CIF Central ’13
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