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 Senior center MJ Cage and his Mater Dei teammates hold onto the No. 1 spot in the Register's final top 10 for the 2015-16 season.
Senior center MJ Cage and his Mater Dei teammates hold onto the No. 1 spot in the Register’s final top 10 for the 2015-16 season.

The Register’s final Orange County Top 10

FINAL O.C. TOP 10

(Voting is done by county media members)

1. Mater Dei (27-4, 50 poll points): Monarchs are in their usual position, at No. 1 in the final county rankings.

2. Los Alamitos (23-6, 45): Griffins, who went 0-2 in the CIF-Southern Section Open Division, play at home against Poway in CIF Southern California Regionals Division 2 first round Wednesday.

3. Orange Lutheran (21-8, 40): Lancers, 0-2 in CIF-SS Open Division, have Regionals first-round home game Wednesday against Army-Navy of Carlsbad.

4. Santa Margarita (17-11, 35): Eagles, another 0-2 team in Open Division, play Regionals first-round home game Wednesday against Mission Bay of San Diego.

5. Edison (24-8, 29): The only county team to play last week, the Chargers lost to Ayala of Chino Hills, 63-49, in the CIF-Southern Section Division 2AA championship game.

6. Foothill (21-8, 24): Last season’s CIF-SS 1A champion, the Knights lost to Temecula Valley in this year’s 1A quarterfinals.

7. Crean Lutheran (25-5, 21): Saints won Academy League, advanced to 4A semifinals in which they lost by four points to eventual champion Viewpoint of Calabasas.

8. Esperanza (20-9, 15): Aztecs won Crestview League championship, should be good again next year with Kezie Okpala back for senior year.

9. JSerra (19-11, 6): Lions, who finished fifth in Trinity League, lost to eventual 4AA champion Serra of Gardena in quarterfinals.

10. Yorba Linda (22-7, 4): Mustangs went undefeated in North Hills league to win league championship, lost in 3A second round to eventual finalist Chaminade of West Hills.

Also receiving votes: Buena Park (23-9, 3); Capistrano Valley Christian (23-8, 2); Ocean View (25-5, 1)

Contact the writer: sfryer@ocregister.com