St. John Bosco, coming off a 28-25 victory against Mater Dei on Friday, remains atop the SoCal VarsityTop 20 rankings entering Week 7.
The Braves (5-1,1-0) are again the poll’s unanimous No. 1 selection after opening Trinity League play by defeating the second-ranked Monarchs (5-1, 0-1). Despite the loss, Mater Dei remained in the second position, followed by Centennial of Corona (4-2, 1-0).
This week’s schedule features more attractive SoCal Varsity Top 20 games as the Monarchs take on Servite (4-2, 1-0), which is tied with JSerra for fourth. The game will be played at Cerritos College on Friday.
JSerra (6-0, 1-0) plays host to St. John Bosco at Orange Coast College.
In the competitive Mission League, No. 8 Bishop Amat (4-3, 2-1) will aim for a third straight league win when it plays host to No. 17 Chaminade (5-2, 1-2).
In the Inland Empire League, rising No. 7 Chino Hills (5-1, 1-0) plays at former SoCal-ranked Upland (4-2, 1-0) in one of the biggest games of the week. The game could decide the Baseline League title.
SOCAL VARSITY TOP 20
School, poll points, last week
1. St. John Bosco 120 (1)
2. Mater Dei 114 (2)
3. Centennial of Corona 107 (4)
4T. JSerra 98 (6)
4T. Servite 98 (5)
6. Long Beach Poly 92 (7)
7. Chino Hills 77 (13)
8. Bishop Amat 65 (15)
9T. Alemany 57 (3)
9T. Serra of Gardena 57 (16)
11. Santa Margarita 56 (10T)
12. Crespi 54 (9)
13. Westlake 49 (12)
14. Orange Lutheran 48 (10T)
15. Tesoro 41 (14)
16. Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks 37 (18)
17. Chaminade 30 (8)
18. St. Francis 19 (17)
19. La Mirada 11 (20)
20. Redlands East Valley 10 (NR)
Others receiving votes: Upland 7, Corona del Mar 5, Mission Viejo 5, San Clemente 2, Vista Murrieta 1.
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About the poll: The five voters are Steve Fryer (Register), Dan Albano (Register), Jeremy Balan (Register), Eric-Paul Johnson (Riverside Press-Enterprise), Kyle Glaser (Riverside Press-Enterprise) and Landon Negri (Riverside Press-Entererprise). … A first-place vote is worth 20 points, second-place votes are 19, etc.
