The Channel League girls volleyball campaign kicks off with a bang as rivals San Marcos and Santa Barbara High clash Wednesday at Santa Barbara’s J.R. Richards Gym. First serve is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
The crosstown rivals are both ranked in the CIF-SS Division 1A top 10 — the Royals are No. 8 and the Dons are ninth. The teams are loaded with talent and experienced players. San Marcos is led by the powerhouse trio of Anika Wilson, Emily Allen and Chloe Allen. Santa Barbara counters with setter Lexi Rottman and outside hitters Jessyca Beksa and Lourda Weger.
San Marcos enters the match with a 4-1 match record and a San Luis Obispo Tournament championship. The Royals’ lone loss came at Division 1AA school Harvard Westlake. Santa Barbara is 8-3 after knocking off Harvard Westlake on Tuesday night.
Santa Barbara is the defending league champion but it lost both matches against the Royals last year.
“We are excited and ready to compete,” San Marcos coach Erica Menzel Downing said of the showdown. “it will be a good game.”
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
DIVISION 1A
1 Santiago/Corona
2 Aliso Niguel
3 Valencia/Valencia
4 Redlands East Valley
5 Villa Park
6 Chino Hills
7 ML King
8 San Marcos
9 Santa Barbara
10 Ventura
Others: Thousand Oaks, San Juan Hills, St Lucy’s, Mission Viejo
DIVISION 4AA
1 Alta Loma
2 La Reina
3 St. Paul
4 St. Bonaventure
5 Laguna Blanca
6 Pacifica Christian
7 Vistamar
8 Garden Grove
9 Nordhoff
10 Milken Community
Others: St Anothy, Desert Mirage, Shadow Hills
DIVISION 4A
1 Cate
2 Azusa
3 Desert
4 Gladstone
5 Fontana
6 Mammoth
7 Duarte
8 Desert Christian/Lancaster
9 Anaheim
10 Summit
BOYS WATER POLO
DIVISION 2
1 Foothill
2 Los Osos
3 Mira Costa
4 San Marcos
5 Dos Pueblos
6 Dana Hills
7 Damien
8 Villa Park
9 Ventura
10 San Clemente
Others: None
GIRLS TENNIS
DIVISION 1
1. Peninsula
2. University
3. Campbell Hall
4. Corona del Mar
5. Santa Barbara
6. Mira Costa
7. Los Alamitos
8. Dana Hills
9 . Harvard-Westlake
10. Tesoro
Others: Beckman, JSerra, Santa Margarita
DIVISION 2
1. Valencia/Valencia
2. Vista Murrieta
3. Hart
4. Beverly Hills
5. Murrieta Valley
6. Sage Hill
7, Burbank
8. Arroyo Grande
9. Carpinteria
10. Santiago/Corona
Others: Great Oak
CROSS COUNTRY
GIRLS
DIVISION 3
1. Palos Verdes
2. Corona del Mar
3. Moorpark
4. South Torrance
5. Northwood
6. Esperanza
7. Yorba Linda
8.Laguna Hills
9. Paso Robles
10. Dos Pueblos
BOYS
DIVISION 3
1. Brea Olinda
2. Agoura
3. Palos Verdes
4. Rubdoux
5. Paso Robles
6. St. John Bosco
7. Dos Pueblos
8. Yorba Linda
9. Moorpark
10. El Modena
