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Five O.C. teams in regional top 20
Five O.C. teams in regional top 20
August 18, 2008 10:52 AM
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Find out if your favorites made the cut for the preseason rankings.
Find out if your favorites made the cut for the preseason rankings.
Five Orange County high school football teams were selected among the top 20 for the rivals.com West region rankings announced today.
But no team from Orange County broke the top five, and Mater Dei - which features the nation's top recruit in quarterback Matt Barkley - was the first entry at No. 8.
No. 1 was no shock: De La Salle of Concord.
Then Nos. 2-7 were Long Beach Poly, Desert Vista of Phoenix, Centennial of Corona, Edison of Fresno, Timpview of Provo, Utah, and Skyline of Issaquah, Wash.
Bruce Rollinson's Monarchs, who open their season on national television Sept. 3 against Carson, are ranked eighth. Hamilton of Chandler, Ariz., and Punahou of Honolulu round out the top 10.
Other Orange County teams in the top 20:
12. Mission Viejo
13. Los Alamitos
15. Orange Lutheran
19. Edison
For the complete top 20 and other regions, go to highschool.rivals.com.
But no team from Orange County broke the top five, and Mater Dei - which features the nation's top recruit in quarterback Matt Barkley - was the first entry at No. 8.
No. 1 was no shock: De La Salle of Concord.
Then Nos. 2-7 were Long Beach Poly, Desert Vista of Phoenix, Centennial of Corona, Edison of Fresno, Timpview of Provo, Utah, and Skyline of Issaquah, Wash.
Bruce Rollinson's Monarchs, who open their season on national television Sept. 3 against Carson, are ranked eighth. Hamilton of Chandler, Ariz., and Punahou of Honolulu round out the top 10.
Other Orange County teams in the top 20:
12. Mission Viejo
13. Los Alamitos
15. Orange Lutheran
19. Edison
For the complete top 20 and other regions, go to highschool.rivals.com.
Contact the writer: tharmonson@ocregister.com
