THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

*--* Rk School (Record) Comment (last week) 1 WESTM. LA QUINTA (8-0, SS-Div. IV) Take away one Ian, there’s still another. (1) 2 CHATSWORTH (7-0, City) Chancellors still rubbing cheeks after close shave against Carson. (2) 3 CAPISTRANO VALLEY (6-0, SS-Div. I) Can anyone score against these guys? (3) 4 GLENDORA (6-0, SS-Div. I) Another shutout, dog barks at mailman, Earth rotates on axis. (5) 5 RIV. ARLINGTON (6-0, SS-Div. I) Defending Division III champs doing just fine in Division I. (15) 6 PENINSULA (6-1, SS-Div. II) Panthers were meek against Joel Weeks in 4-1 loss to West Torrance. (6) 7 EL DORADO (7-1, SS-Div. II) Scored touchdown vs. Anaheim Canyon, only a safety in Servite loss. (9) 8 MARINA (5-1, SS-Div. I) Sound familiar? Daric Barton hits home run, Marina wins. (12) 9 VALENCIA (6-2, SS-Div. II) Amusement park town not thrilled with loss to C.C. Canyon. (7) 10 RIVERSIDE POLY (6-2, SS-Div. I) Explain, please: Poly swept Mater Dei, then lost to Valley View. (13) 11 ANAHEIM CANYON (6-2, SS-Div. II) Early-season momentum stalled by split with Esperanza. (8) 12 WEST TORRANCE (6-1, SS-Div. II) Warriors for real, split with Peninsula. (18) 13 MATER DEI (4-3, SS-Div. I) Beat Bishop Amat after starting week 0-3 vs. Riverside Poly, La Quinta. (4) 14 BISHOP AMAT (3-1, SS-Div. I) Lancers think it’s football season, played only one game last week. (14) 15 ENCINO CRESPI (7-0, SS-Div. III) Too bad Celts can’t play San Marcos twice every week. (19) 16 QUARTZ HILL (5-1, SS-Div. II) Tsk, tsk. Rebels would be 6-0 if they hadn’t used an ineligible player. (NR) 17 VILLA PARK (3-3, SS-Div. II) Lost to Marina, Anaheim Canyon by combined four runs. (10) 18 CRESCENTA VALLEY (4-2, SS-Div. I) Falcons split with Los Alamitos, continue slide in rankings. (16) 19 SANTA MARGARITA (4-2, SS-Div. I) Barely beat Tustin, then got drubbed by Servite, 9-1. (11) 20 ETIWANDA (5-1, SS-Div. I) Flew out of Ontario with 13-4 victory over Jaguars. (22) 21 MISSION VIEJO (3-3, SS-Div. I) Toughest early-season schedule this side of Mater Dei. (24) 22 CALABASAS (5-1, SS-Div. II) Newest Marmonte League member already creating a stir. (NR) 23 CORONA SANTIAGO (7-1, SS-Div. II) Successfully differentiating itself from Garden Grove Santiago. (NR) 24 EL CAMINO REAL (6-1, City) City Section has another ranked team besides Chatsworth ... barely. (17) 25 C.C. CANYON (5-1, SS-Div. II) Needed another school in rankings with geological name. (NR)

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