PREP POLLS : Esperanza Moves Ahead of Los Alamitos

Esperanza High School, coming off a 56-14 victory over St. John Bosco, has unseated rival Los Alamitos as the top-ranked team in the Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. prep football poll.

Los Alamitos had been ranked No. 1 in the county for the past three weeks but is coming off a narrow, 28-27 victory over Villa Park. Esperanza will play host to Los Alamitos on Oct. 30.

The writers’ poll:

Pos., School (League): Record

1. Esperanza (Empire): 3-0

2. Los Alamitos (Empire): 3-0

3. Servite (Sunset): 2-0-1

4. Rancho Alamitos (Garden Grove): 2-1

5. Santa Margarita (Sea View): 3-0

6. Trabuco Hills (Pacific Coast): 3-0

7. Irvine (Sea View): 2-1

8. Mater Dei (South Coast): 2-0-1

9. Mission Viejo (South Coast): 2-1

10. Sunny Hills (Freeway): 3-0

Others receiving votes: El Dorado (3-0), Newport Harbor (3-0), Capistrano Valley (2-1) and Edison (2-1).

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

Orange County Coaches’ Top 10

Pos., School (League)Record

1. Corona del Mar (Sea View): 3-0

2. Laguna Beach (Pacific Coast): 3-0

3. Edison (Sunset): 3-0

4. Capistrano Valley (South Coast): 5-1

5. El Toro (South Coast): 2-1

6. Newport Harbor (Sea View): 3-1

7. Mater Dei (South Coast): 2-1

8. Dana Hills (South Coast): 5-0

9. La Habra (Freeway): 4-0

10. Capistrano Valley Christian (Olympic): 2-0

Contenders: Cypress, El Modena, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, San Clemente and Sunny Hills.

State coaches’ poll: 1. Corona del Mar, 2. Mountain View St. Francis, 3. Torrance, 4. Laguna Beach, 5. Stockton St. Mary’s, 6. Los Altos, 7. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 8. Thousand Oaks, 9. Bakersfield Highland, 10. Long Beach Poly, 11. Manhattan Beach Mira Costa, 12. Poway, 13. Capistrano Valley, 14. Newport Harbor, 15. El Toro, 16. Del Mar Torrey Pines, 17. Bakersfield North, 18. Los Gatos, 19. Santa Barbara, 20. Livermore Granada.

County teams receiving votes: Capistrano Valley Christian, Cypress, Edison, El Modena, Fountain Valley, La Habra and Mater Dei.

WATER POLO

Orange County Water Polo

Coaches’ Assn. Poll

Pos., School (League): Record

1. El Toro (South Coast): (7-0)

2. Capistrano Valley (South Coast): (7-0)

3. Corona del Mar (Sea View): (5-3)

4. Marina (Sunset): (9-2)

5. Foothill (Century): (5-4)

6. San Clemente (South Coast): (5-2)

7. Newport Harbor (Sea View): (4-2)

8. Fountain Valley (Sunset): (3-2)

9. Costa Mesa (Pacific Coast): (5-5)

10. Esperanza (Empire): (7-2)

CROSS-COUNTRY

Orange County Sportswriters Assn.

Top 10

Boys

Pos., School (League)

1. Katella (Empire)

2. Saddleback (Sea View)

3. Newport Harbor (Sea View)

4. La Habra (Freeway)

5. Dana Hills (South Coast)

6. Santa Margarita (Sea View)

7. Esperanza (Empire)

8. Corona del Mar (Sea View)

9. Mater Dei (South Coast)

10. Santa Ana (Sunset)

Girls

Pos., School (League)

1. Edison (Sunset)

2. Corona del Mar (Sea View)

3. Irvine (Sea View)

4. El Modena (Century)

5. Laguna Hills (Pacific Coast)

6. Canyon (Century)

7. Esperanza (Empire)

8. El Toro (South Coast)

9. Ocean View (Sunset)

10. Newport Harbor (Sea View)