3. Los Alamitos (7-3) – The Griffins missed the playoffs last year, but they are poised for a huge comeback this year.

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4. Mission Viejo (4-6-1) – The Diablos got bounced out of the playoffs quickly last year, by Orange Lutheran, so they are out to make amends. They have the ammo to do so, too.

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Tartans football coach Harry Welch is so high on his quarterback David Mothander, he said the 6-foot-2, 172-pound senior could have been the passer on many of his teams at Canyon of Canyon Country.

During the offseason, Mothander did pick up some tips from one of Welch’s top stars at Canyon — quarterback Nate Longshore. The senior quarterback at Cal spent time with Mothander at St. Margaret’s.

Surprisingly, Longshore hasn’t been tabbed the starter this season at Cal but I’m sure he helped Mothander.

Welch added that if he were at Canyon and Mothander was his quarterback, he would feel good about the season.

5. Edison (8-4 in 2007) — This team is known for throwing the ball, but it might use the running game quite a bit more this year. That still should translate to plenty of victories for the Chargers, who shared the Sunset League championship with Esperanza last year.

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6. Servite (9-3) – They don’t have the stars, such as Matt Kalil and D.J. Shoemate, they had year, but the Friars have enough good ones coming back and the usual grit and team spirit to be a factor in the ultra-tough Trinity League.

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7. Esperanza (10-2) – A good running game and a hard-nosed defense have been the Aztecs’ strengths for a long time, and that appears to be their assets again this year.
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8. Newport Harbor (8-4) – The Sailors bring back 12 starters – six on offense, six on defense – from a team that finished third in the Sunset League and upset Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks in the first round of the Pac-5 Division playoffs.

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9. Tesoro (7-4) – The Titans went 5-0 in 2007 in the South Coast League, including a victory over Mission Viejo, to win the league championship.

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10. Santa Margarita (5-5) – Whoever finishes fourth in the Trinity League will be the best fourth-place team in Orange County, if not the entire CIF-Southern Section.

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By MARY BETH BISHOP
Special to OCVarsity.com

WAILUKU, Hawaii — The Edison High School football team capped off its week on Maui with a handy 43-10 victory over Lahainaluna in its season opener at War Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

First-year starting quarterback Matt Viles led the Chargers (1-0), completing 14 of 22 passes for 269 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions.

The two-time defending Sunset League co-champions racked up 490 total yards on offense to the Lunas’ 96.

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