Servite Moves to No. 1 in Baseball Poll; Loara 6th

Servite High School is the new No. 1 team in this week’s Orange County Sportswriters Assn. baseball poll after previously top-ranked Loara lost two games last week. The Saxons dropped to No. 6. Capistrano Valley moved to second and Esperanza to third.

The poll:

Pos. School (League) Record 1. Servite (Angelus) 7-1

2. Capistrano Valley (South Coast) 7-1

3. Esperanza (Empire) 8-1

4. El Dorado (Empire) 10-1

5. Westminster (Sunset) 7-1-1

6. Loara (Empire) 7-2

7. Edison (Sunset) 9-2

8. Mission Viejo (South Coast) 7-1

9. Ocean View (Sunset) 6-3

10. Troy (Freeway) 7-1

Others receiving votes: Canyon (7-1), El Toro (7-3), Mater Dei (6-3), Fullerton (5-3), Tustin (5-4), La Quinta (8-1).