Its recent victory over Santa Barbara High helped vault San Marcos’ girls water polo team to its highest ranking in CIF Division 1.
In the final rankings before next week’s playoffs, the Royals moved into fifth, one spot ahead of Santa Barbara. Dos Pueblos is eighth.
The Royals beat the Dons 6-5 in a fifth-place semifinal game at last weekend’s Southern California Championships in Irvine. The crosstown rivals play the Ventura schools on Tuesday before squaring off in the regular-season finale on Thursday at San Marcos. That meeting figures to be for the Channel League title. The Dons are 6-0 and the Royals 5-1.
DIVISION 1 RANKINGS
1.Laguna Beach 2. Foothill 3. Corona del Mar 4. Newport Harbor 5. San Marcos 6. Santa Barbara 7. Los Alamitos 8. Dos Pueblos 9. Edison 10. Irvine
BOYS BASKETBALL
Santa Barbara enters the final week of the regular season in the No. 4 spot in the 3A Division rankings. The Dons, the Channel League champions, trail three parochial schools, Cathedral, Chaminade and St. Francis.
San Marcos is ranked 13th in Division 3AA. The Royals are in a fight with Buena for second place in the Channel League. They finish the regular season with home games against Ventura on Tuesday and Santa Barbara on Thursday. Santa Barbara plays host to Buena on Tuesday.
Bishop Diego holds down the No. 4 spot in Division 5AA.
In Division 6, Condor League champion Laguna Blanca is ranked fifth and Providence is No. 13.
DIV. 3AA
1. Santa Margarita 2. Atascadero T3. Brea Olinda T3. Corona del Mar 5. Beverly Hills 6. La Mirada 7. Western 8. Servite 9. Tahquitz 10. Northwood 11. San Bernardino 12. Bonita 13. San Marcos 14. Palm Desert 15. Gahr 16. Esperanza
DIV. 3A
1.Cathedral 2. Chaminade 3. St. Francis 4. Santa Barbara 5. La Canada 6. Oak Park 7. Cabrillo/Lompoc 8. Pioneer 9. Artesia 10. Bishop Amat 11. Antelope Valley 12. Paso Robles 13. Gladstone 14. Indio 15. South El Monte T16. Lompoc, El Monte
DIV. 5AA
1. Saddleback Valley Christian 2. San Gabriel Academy 3. Brethren Christian 4. Bishop Diego 5. Poly/Pasadena 6. Chadwick 7. Santa Clara 8. Xavier Prep 9. Woodcrest Christian 10. Western Christian 11. New Community Jewish T12. AAE, Pacifica Christian 14. Pilibos 15. Linfield Christian 16. Oakwood
DIV. 6
1. Trinity Classical Academy 2. Desert Chapel 3. Joshua Springs 4. Los Angeles Adventist 5. Laguna Blanca 6. Hesperia Christian 7. Valley Christian/Santa Maria 8. Palm Valley 9. Besant Hill T10. Baptist Christian, California Lutheran 12. Apple Valley Christian 13. Providence 14. Acaciawood Academy 15. St. Monica Academy 16. Eastside Christian
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Despite its home loss to Ventura, Santa Barbara High’s girls team remained No. 1 in Division 3AA. Ventura fell from No. 1 to No. 2 in Division 1A
Bishop Diego is seventh in Division 5AA and Cate is ranked 14th in Division 5.
DIV. 1A
1. Camarillo 2. Ventura 3. Mark Keppel 4. Huntington Beach 5. Newbury Park 6. Canyon/Canyon Country 7. Burroughs/Burbank 8. Valley View 9. Peninsula 10. Buena 11. Cypress 12. Burbank 13. Chino 14. Lakewood 15. Westminster 16. University
DIV. 3AA
1. Santa Barbara 2. Lakeside 3. San Juan Hills 4. Diamond Ranch 5. Corona del Mar 6. Esperanza 7. Tustin 8. Murrieta Mesa 9. Antelope Valley 10. Pacifica/Garden Grove 11. South Hills 12. Yorba Linda 13. Palos Verdes 14. Hawthorne 15. Wilson/Hacienda Hts. 16. Calabasas
DIV. 5AA
1. Aquinas 2. Poly/Pasadena 3. Santa Clara 4. Saddleback Valley Christian T5. Notre Dame/Riverside T5. Desert 7. Bishop Diego 8. Buckley 9. Webb 10. Crean Lutheran 11. Chadwick 12. Silver Valley 13. Thacher T14. Calif. Military Inst., Hamilton 16. Linfield Christian
DIV. 5A
1. Orangewood Academy 2. AGBU/Canoga Park 3. Ribet Academy 4. Pacifica Christian 5. St. Pius-St Matthias 6. Holy Martyrs 7. Avalon 8. California Lutheran 9. Eastside Christian 10. Faith Baptist 11. Pilibos 12. Arrowhead Christian 13. Tarbut V’Torah 14. Cate 15. Immanuel Christian 16. AGBU/Pasadena
BOYS SOCCER
Santa Barbara is ranked eighth in the Division 1 poll. The Dons wrapped up the outright Channel League title on Saturday with a win at San Marcos.
Dos Pueblos, which nipped San Marcos, 1-0, in a make-up game on Monday, is ranked ninth.
Condor League champion Cate remained fourth in Division 6.
DIVISION 1
1. Loyola 2. Edison 3. San Clemente 4. Servite 5. El Toro 6. Millikan 7. Palos Verdes 8. Santa Barbara 9. Dos Pueblos T10. Damien, Santa Margarita
DIVISION 6
1. Jurupa Hills 2. Animo Leadership 3. Rubidoux 4. Cate 5. St. Margaret’s 6. San Gorgonio 7. Arroyo Valley 8. Arrowhead Christian 9. Rialto 10T.Carter, Chadwick, Sage Hill
