Southern Division

1. University (Pacific Coast) 8-0

2. Valencia (Empire) 6-1-1

3. Western (Orange) 7-1-1

4. Laguna Hills (Pacific Coast) 5-2

5. Savanna (Orange) 7-2

6. Anaheim (Orange) 8-1

7. Irvine (Pacific Coast) 7-1

8. Pacifica (Empire) 6-2

9. Santiago (Garden Grove) 7-2

10. Kennedy (Empire) 5-3

Others receiving votes: Santa Ana Valley (Orange) 6-3, Cypress (Empire) 5-3

Contact the writer: preps@ocregister.com

Reader's comments

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katella knights CIF BABY THIS IS THE YEAR
your mom - Aug 13, 2008 12:24:22 PM	Remove Comment
Century will come up and surprise all of you an win it, no doubt about that.
34\'s - Jul 29, 2008 08:23:29 AM	Remove Comment
Garden Grove league weak? I think the Orange Coast league is week. Estancia took a tumble to Bolsa Grande. BG always finishes last in that league.
HS FAN - Nov 13, 2007 04:16:16 PM	Remove Comment
Talk some football. Ill talk some football Santa Ana Valley just sucks. You lose to western every year. What more do you want. You guys will never be close to winning the orange league title. They should of just put you guys in the weak garden grove league.
The pissed truth - Nov 13, 2007 03:18:25 PM	Remove Comment
Lame comments, real truth. how bout some real insight next time. Talk some football, not just trash.
Valley1 - Nov 13, 2007 03:04:03 PM	Remove Comment
im just not that confident in our coaching yet. hope this year is different.
whs! - Nov 13, 2007 02:42:38 PM	Remove Comment
Is it me or do I hear annoying anahiem fans? Naw it's just the bell.
The Real Truth - Nov 13, 2007 02:25:39 PM	Remove Comment
Big back? He's 5'9 at most! that was not even the issue, either, "The Opinion". "perspective" was pointing out that anaheim could not have played its best game without its best offensive weapon. it was not a comparison of other "big backs" like the 6'1 Ruben Ortega. Also, how is it that a far superior defense allowed more yards than overrated Anaheim's.
van - Nov 13, 2007 01:52:18 PM	Remove Comment
The reason why I insult the poor magnolia sentinel is becuase he thinks he has the right to talk about other teams such a western. But every year you know magnolia football players read the newspaper about the playoffs instead of playing in them. Anahiem might have what some may consider a decent defensive but westerns defensive is far superior. Number six is just a big back. Does he have the speed and quickness of a D1 prospect? What makes number six different from all the good runningbacks in orange county besides the fact that he big. All the Anahiem fans make him seem like hes the high school version of jerome bettis. Give me a break.
The Truth - Nov 13, 2007 01:09:20 PM	Remove Comment
Anaheim's defense IS solid, as was demonstrated in victories over playoff teams such as Santiago, Valley, and Western. Having attended most of those games, it was obvious the Colonists were uninspired against Katella, Magnolia, Loara etc. Doesn't it make sense that the team played harder against those squads? Every team, regardless of level of competition, tends to play down, or up, to their opponent's level. Furthermore, did they not contain a Western offense which had averaged fifty points in their previous four games?
jimmy - Nov 13, 2007 11:56:05 AM	Remove Comment
HS Fan - I blame Steve Fryer! He led the crusade to cancel week eight. By glorifying the Trinity League's decision to cancel week 8, he indirectly pressured the other leagues to do the same.
W-T-F - Nov 12, 2007 07:09:30 PM	Remove Comment
I don't think it was CIF's mistake, ask your AD and coaches. Other Leagues made room for make up games. Your schools administration made the decision to ditch that week CIF really made a big mistake by not resheduling the fire related cancelled games. A coin flip to determine who goes to the play offs? I realize rescheduling all the games would be difficult, but think of all the kids who worked all summer, only to have their hopes dashed by a coin flip.
HS FAN - Nov 12, 2007 04:17:59 PM	Remove Comment
Anaheim has good defense? Against who? do you rememeber the Katella score? or the Magnolia score, or the Savanna Score? Every team managed to score against them!
Good Defense - Nov 12, 2007 03:20:01 PM	Remove Comment
"anaheim played at their best" the TRUTH do you not know who number 6 is, his name is matt there leading rusher. he didnt play and western bearly won. yea yea your gonna call it a bad game by western but really anaheim has good defense. anaheim would have won if matt would have played
abc - Nov 12, 2007 02:29:42 PM	Remove Comment
Come on, "the truth". Really? do you have to put everyone down and insult poor Magnolia to try to make yourself feel better? You do realize these are just games, right? Oh, by the way, Mr. Truth, could Anaheim really have been playing at "their best" without their leading rusher/only real offensive weapon? Next time check your facts, Mr "really warped reality"
perspective - Nov 12, 2007 01:51:21 PM	Remove Comment
To Olfollower western still won the game and bell despite playing at their worst. Its sad that anahiem played at their best and still lost. Anahiem has been overated from the begining of the season. Anahiem played a weak scedhule and still struggled to get those wins. If Anahiem played westerns preseason scedhule anahiem would have four wins and six losses for the whole season. Anahiem would lose to Los Altos Tustin Valencia Mayfair Savanna and Western of course. Western will be strong next year so dont expect the bell to be back in anahiem for a long time.
The truth - Nov 12, 2007 12:41:23 PM	Remove Comment
Pacifica will win it all? did you see their score against Loara? yeah -Loara. Come on, mariners always get help from the refs, but wait, not during the playoffs!
Mariner Joke - Nov 12, 2007 10:48:54 AM	Remove Comment
Pacifica will win it all, nuff said.
Mariner59 - Nov 12, 2007 06:24:10 AM	Remove Comment
olfollower, I have one question. What?
confused - Nov 11, 2007 09:32:17 PM	Remove Comment
yea right truth im sure los altos dint fumble the ball away in the waning minutes deep in its own territory to give you new life and yes coach im sure your players tought that they just had to show up and the other team would just give up when in reality they were sky high too and just as pumped up as anahi afterall you werent playing just anybody alittle too much pride ha?
olfollower - Nov 11, 2007 09:15:23 PM	Remove Comment
yea i agree. valley finished off the year winning 3 out of their last 4 games. shouldve beat anaheim but a bad officials call changed the whole game. university didnt play anybody all year. the only good team they played all year was irvine. i expect the falcons to come out of this one with a victory.
orange league - Nov 11, 2007 09:09:37 PM	Remove Comment
i think that uni is going to get a big battle and if they underestimate SA Valley they will be in for a big surprise
valley follower - Nov 11, 2007 08:27:36 PM	Remove Comment
how do you think valley is going to fair against university in the first round.
orange league - Nov 11, 2007 07:23:58 PM	Remove Comment
27-60. The combined record of University's opponents this year. You are worse than Rodney Dangerfield. Anyone get that reference?
fb fan - Nov 11, 2007 05:27:56 PM	Remove Comment
Those CIF poles are a joke. It is just a couple of coaches in the division who make them out. You can tell which coaches because their teams are rated way to high. Right University! Who have you played thats Respectable?
wesdog - Nov 11, 2007 03:02:04 PM	Remove Comment
Great game western vs. anahiem,the pioneers had the better team but anahieim played and plays with pride and guts. The bell is back after a one year hiatus. Look for western to win it all and anahiem to deep in the playoffs.
wesdog - Nov 11, 2007 02:22:59 PM	Remove Comment
thats right UNI number 1 thats how it is and thats how it should be
Trojan Pride - Nov 11, 2007 09:49:48 AM	Remove Comment
University is number 1? I thought journalists are required to report the truth.
The Judge - Nov 11, 2007 02:07:36 AM	Remove Comment
CIF really made a big mistake by not resheduling the fire related cancelled games. A coin flip to determine who goes to the play offs? I realize rescheduling all the games would be difficult, but think of all the kids who worked all summer, only to have their hopes dashed by a coin flip.
The Judge - Nov 11, 2007 01:54:25 AM	Remove Comment
yeah I admit western had to rally back to win the game but in the end western came out the winner and orangeleague champions despite the fact everyone in league had anahiem to win league from the start of the season. But anahiem wasnt the toughest opponent western played. It was Los Altos which western lost by seven points. Los Altos can definetly beat anyone in this division.
The truth - Nov 10, 2007 02:21:29 PM	Remove Comment
Savanna and Anaheim will probably drop a spot and Irvine will be out of top 10 being that they played one less game. That should open it up for Valley, but then again, CIF loves the Empire league, so they might plop Cypress at 10 even though they too, played one less game - that they may have lost.
Fball Fan - Nov 10, 2007 12:36:50 PM	Remove Comment
santa ana valley deserves to be in the top ten now no doubt about it
hell yeah - Nov 10, 2007 11:15:46 AM	Remove Comment
Thank God for Tim Burt. Steve Fryer you are such a biased sportswriter. Where is University in the top 25 rankings?
Objective Fan - Nov 10, 2007 09:18:13 AM	Remove Comment
do you think because santa ana valley beat savanna theyre gonna move into the top 10 over savanna.
orange league - Nov 10, 2007 09:04:49 AM	Remove Comment
Western, first, enough with the gangsta talk. You live in ORANGE COUNTY. Go to LA, or Oakland, or Detroit and they would swat you away like the gnats you are. Secondly, you need to attend a class once in a while and learn how to SPELL.
you are dropouts - Nov 10, 2007 07:51:24 AM	Remove Comment
Pro WHS is the best team in Orange league. Con Orange is one of the weakest leagues in CIF Southern Pro Toby Howell Con Toby Howell during the playoffs Pro WHS vs AHS in Orange League games Con WHS vs AHS in Sunset League games WHS had the bell only 2 out of almost 20 year Pro Pioneers Con Pio. Quit misusing our mascot name Western has the talent if the coaches can keep the kids heads in the game.
WHSPIONEERSdotORG - Nov 10, 2007 05:16:44 AM	Remove Comment
where can i find the results of the empire league coin toss?
PHS - Nov 09, 2007 10:53:58 PM	Remove Comment
Hey Great Game colonist you guys played hard. Western thought they would humiliate you but they didn't you guys proved them wrong.
Anaheim Pride! - Nov 09, 2007 10:50:07 PM	Remove Comment
hey truth can you be truthfull enough to admit that anahi was by farr the toughest team you played all year long and that the colony is for real and has a lott of heart cause even with our two fumbles deep inside our territory you still had to earn every yard,congratulations on recovering the bell you eaarned it,perhaps well meet again in the playoffs when were at full strength i know that your goal tonight was not to beat us but to humiliate us and run up the score and the colony dint allow that to happen,ive never been more proud of you colonist !
aafan - Nov 09, 2007 10:31:09 PM	Remove Comment
Truthyness, Either you didn't complete high school or you graduated from Western. You need to go back to high school and learn grammar and syntax. You know the word exit does exist. Which high school were you or your son supposed to go to, Rancho, Cypress, Buena Park? Every year Howell has the cream of talent and every year he is the bridesmaid and never the bride. You could give that guy the Indianapolis Colts and he still couldn't win it all. Sit down before you fall down.
sentinels - Nov 09, 2007 05:49:34 PM	Remove Comment
To the third comment below me. What a great come back. By the way when was the last time Fagnolia reached the playoffs? I think like two decades ago. Let alone the last time you beat western was 1980. That was 27 years ago. That has to be the longest streak. By the way first round exist was last year which was westerns worst team according to coach howell. 2003 cif runner up 2004 cif runner up 2005 second round. Get yo facts straight better yet win some games
The truth - Nov 09, 2007 12:13:39 PM	Remove Comment
western are bunch of girls they look like them too, and play like girls
50 Cent - Nov 09, 2007 11:28:23 AM	Remove Comment
Just wait, today our action will prove who we really are in this divison just cant wait to play valencia again with all their starters playing unlike the kennedy game
current pio player - Nov 09, 2007 08:56:34 AM	Remove Comment
Just the type of comments that I would expect from classless Western. You're season will be over after the first or second round just like every year. Last year Anaheim went as far in the playoffs with homegrown talent as I have ever seen Western go in the playoffs. Year after year you have buku talent from all over the place and cant ever do anything with it.
sentinels - Nov 08, 2007 11:19:33 PM	Remove Comment
Valencia is completely overrated in this poll. They haven't beaten anyone this year except for Pacifica and that was by just one point! Not to mention the fact, they were lucky to get a tie with Western on their home field. Don't be surprised if Kennedy beats them like a drum!
STINGER - Nov 08, 2007 06:45:58 PM	Remove Comment
Hey look The Biz Anaheim has a better all time record than Western.
Anaheim Colonist - Nov 08, 2007 06:05:02 PM	Remove Comment
How's the import / export business Mr. Vandelay?
Kramer - Nov 08, 2007 05:24:43 PM	Remove Comment
Anaheim does play with intensity and I'm sure they will be fired up against Western. I don't think that will be enough, however. Western will be looking for payback from last year's loss. Their team is much improved. And, for anyone that hasn't seen Ortega in action, this kid is for real! The Pioneers are also much more than a one man team. Expect a blow out.
Art Vandelay - Nov 08, 2007 03:33:01 PM	Remove Comment
Anaheim gets the bell back for the first time in many years and starts acting like its been swapping hands year after year between the pioneers and colonists. Don't forget who owned the bell for consecutive years. Fill in the blank ol' AU fans, I'm sure you remember.
The Biz - Nov 08, 2007 12:58:55 PM	Remove Comment
WHO SAID I WASNT PLAYING IM PLAYING TOMORROW AND IM EXCITED TO SEE ALL THIS "PHYSICAL" STUFF WESTERNS BRINGING YEAH GIVE IT TO THEM THEY GOT A REAL GOOD TEAM BUT THATS NOT ALL IT TAKES TO BEAT A TEAM THATS HAS THE HEART,PRIDE,COURAGE,AND FIRE THAT ANAHEIM HAS! IM READY FOR TOMORROW SO LETS JUST LEAVE THE NUMBERS AND WINNERS ON THE FIELD TOMORROW
MATTCONTRERAS - Nov 08, 2007 12:27:18 PM	Remove Comment
OH WERE THE UNDERDOGS AGAIN JUST HOW WE LIKE IT SO WE COULD PROVE ONCE MORE JUST HOW STRONG OUR PRIDE AND FIRE FOR THE GAME IS "WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR OLD AHS!"
AHSPLAYER - Nov 08, 2007 12:22:38 PM	Remove Comment
matt is playing he has been banged for a few weeks but he is ready to go for tomorrow nights bell game this is his first bell game so he is very pumped up to run all over western matt goes for 200 tomorrow night
ahs update - Nov 08, 2007 12:08:46 PM	Remove Comment
why is matt not playing
jman - Nov 08, 2007 11:52:07 AM	Remove Comment
BREAKING NEWS! matts not playing the bell game western just take the bell already cuz matt "the TEAM" is not playing
billygoat - Nov 08, 2007 11:44:16 AM	Remove Comment
I agree that ruben ortega is the future of orange county football simply the kid is AMAZING matt contreras is a great back also much respect to him but this ortega kid is something else and he plays ML and is great at that also matt needs to watch out because this kids phiscality will show matt the explosiveness of western
Anaheim Alumni - Nov 08, 2007 11:32:38 AM	Remove Comment
let the winner be determine on the field all teams have talent and do not count anyone out pacifica play hard tonight all teams have talent stop the trash talk and dont count anyone out
crzy0205 - Nov 08, 2007 11:18:40 AM	Remove Comment
Wow to the second comment below me. You don't think Western has a chance against Anahiem? And your a student at western. Your full of krap. If you actually keep with the games in Orange League you will see how over-rated and weak Anahiem is. Anahiem has struggled with opponents Western blew out. Teams like Loara Magnolia Savanna Santa Ana Valley Century. Anahiem will feel the wrath this friday and western will make a statement coming into the playoffs. I don't like how Valencia is ranked higher than Western even though they tied but we shall see in the playoffs.
The Truth - Nov 08, 2007 10:24:13 AM	Remove Comment
Let us do the talking in the field action is better than words thats all i have to say
Current western player - Nov 08, 2007 09:51:33 AM	Remove Comment
i am currently attending western and i actually think that western cant stand a chancce with anaheim
westernfan - Nov 08, 2007 08:51:05 AM	Remove Comment
like i said before western is not winning this division im guessing they will be out in the first round
jman - Nov 08, 2007 08:27:48 AM	Remove Comment
Western has the best running back in the league. Look at the stats Rubin has over 1000 yards in just over 100 carriers. Over 10 yards a carrier. The leading rusher has 1700 with over 180 carries. If Western didn't have so many great running backs Ortaga would be over 1800 yards this season. and he is only a Soph. The most important thing of all, the kid is a GREAT KID. Reminds me of a player named Bobby Brito of Cypress in the late 90s.
Pio Fan - Nov 08, 2007 03:38:11 AM	Remove Comment
And Anahiem? There true colors came out when they played Savanna. Which western killed savanna. When You play an easy schedule it will kill in league play and in the playoffs. Anahiem dont deserve the bell as well. Western will run the score up on anahiem beucase there pissed off from last years fluke. Go pioneers!
The Truth - Nov 07, 2007 05:23:23 PM	Remove Comment
Western is way to physical. When they played Valencia they tied. If it wasn't for a missed extra point field goal and dropped TD pass Western could of won. Western will win this division easily.
The Truth - Nov 07, 2007 05:18:46 PM	Remove Comment
well if western scored 58 in the third and savanna only had 0 And Savanna beat western, western should kill Anaheim and shouldn't let up on the score.
fan10 - Nov 07, 2007 12:42:31 PM	Remove Comment
Matt and Vince will lead anaheim to victory this Friday
the ahs player - Nov 07, 2007 11:59:09 AM	Remove Comment
i am from the class of 03'trust me ive been to westerns game and they have way more explosiveness than any other team in this division that ive seen and i dont think anaheim truly and honestly cant handle that kind of explosiveness anaheim should try their hardest but honestly its not enough to phase western
Anaheim Alumni - Nov 07, 2007 11:58:50 AM	Remove Comment
he got kicked off because he got arrested
irishfan - Nov 07, 2007 11:44:52 AM	Remove Comment
i heard that valencia's quaterback is off the team does anybody know what happened? How long is Wes Fletcher suspended for?
fan10 - Nov 07, 2007 10:09:32 AM	Remove Comment
We beat anaheim last year and we will beat them again if we have to and western is strong in the orange league but the orange league is horrible
jman - Nov 07, 2007 08:22:41 AM	Remove Comment
Its funny how savanna is up there are the 5 spot and kennedy killed them earlier this year
ogoc - Nov 07, 2007 08:22:38 AM	Remove Comment
Anaheim Alumni below, please identify yourself if you are a Alum. Also, its not about how much muscle a team has its about execution and focus that given night. so good luck Western!
Anaheim Alumnus - Nov 06, 2007 05:20:29 PM	Remove Comment
Once again, record doesnt mean anything. Things will start to heat up when playoff starts. Looking forward to see who comes on top.
HS fan - Nov 06, 2007 01:48:14 PM	Remove Comment
western still has to play kennedy pacifica or valencia if they wanna win this division and i believe they are stronger and better than western
jman - Nov 06, 2007 11:48:49 AM	Remove Comment
i think this is wrong kennedy will be back at the top it doesnt matter kennedy loses one game and drop from 4 to 10?
jman - Nov 06, 2007 11:47:31 AM	Remove Comment
seriously Western is the strongest team physically in this poll anaheim is my alma mater but seriously western has too much muscle for the colonists to handle sorry guys but western will win this division hands down
anaheim alumni - Nov 06, 2007 11:40:36 AM	Remove Comment

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