SAN DIEGO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK : Poway, Torrey Pines Climb Volleyball Polls

The Poway and Torrey Pines volleyball teams continue to work their way up the polls. Poway, 10-0 and fifth in the California Coaches Poll, defeated eighth-ranked Torrey Pines, 15-11, 4-15, 15-3, 17-15, Friday night.

Amy Boyer, one of five seniors on Poway’s team not only helped her team remain undefeated, she was also crowned Homecoming Queen.

“This team is the most unbelievable come-back team. It’s partly because of Amy Boyer. Her positive attitude on and off the court, and she’s a great setter,” Poway Coach Lisa Reis said. “We’ve been down 10-1 to Torrey Pines and we’ve come back. They have a lot of confidence in each other.”

Besides Boyer, the other seniors are Christy Fortney, back row specialists Jennifer Schuey and Susan Napierala and setter Julie Schwan.

Last year, Poway defeated Torrey Pines in the San Diego Section 3-A championships. Under Reis, Poway won section championship three years in a row, from 1984-86.

“We hope to do well in playoffs, if we play to our potenial,” Reis said. “We can’t afford to mess up.”

Again this year, the title will probably go to either Poway or Torrey Pines.

“Now that we’re this far into the season I can say it is between us and Poway,” Torrey Pines Coach Jim Harrah said. “The next best team is San Dieguito, which we both beat substanially.”

Unlike the more experienced Titans, Torrey Pines 14-2, has only three seniors.

Captains of the team are senior setter Jennifer Meredith, senior middle hitter Lisa Jhung and junior outside hitter Amy Peters.

There’s a weighty issue being discussed that could effect California high school wrestlers. Right now, Califonia doesn’t have a voice on the National Federation Wrestling Committee because the state hasn’t implemented the weight classes set by the national governing body.

In question are the lightweight and heavyweight divisions. California has a 98-pound class. The national low is 103. And at the national level, the heavier weight classes jump from 189 pounds to 275. California includes a 245-pound division.

Jon Talbot, President of the San Diego Wrestling Coaches’ Assn., said he is not opposed to adopting national weight classes provided the 98-pound wrestler isn’t left out and that the national committee adopt a class between 189 and 275 pounds.

Friday in Palm Springs, acting on a proposal by the San Diego Section Board of Managers, the State Council voted to send the question of an additional weight class back to each of the state’s 10 sections for more discussion. The council also approved state compliance with national standards by the 1990-91 school year.

The State Council reconvenes in February in Sacramento.