orange county

Tuesday is not only "poll" day for the big boys, it also applies to just about every local paper in the country: The big games from the previous week are over by Saturday night at the latest, and Sunday gives everyone a chance to think about what happened, and for most of the papers, Monday is the day to write about it so that the stuff can appear on Tuesday. The Orange County papers, in particular the Register, are no different and today, like most Tuesdays for the next two months, they will publish their "Orange County Writers' Top Ten Poll", aka, the Frank Burlison Top 10 with a little help from Steve Fryer and others. Here's the latest "Top 10" from the Register:

1.   Mater Dei (South Coast League) 15-2
2.   Capistrano Valley (South Coast League) 13-2
3.   Santa Margarita (Sea View League) 12-2
4.   Brea Olina (Orange League) 12-2
5.   Newport Harbor (Sea View League) 14-2
6.   Ocean View (Golden West League) 12-3
7.   Pacifica (Garden Grove League) 13-1
8.   Tustin (Golden West League) 11-4
9.   Irvine (Sea View League) 13-2
10. Loara (Empire League) 13-2

And Steve Fryer, who writes a weekly column on prep sports, sometimes focusing on basketball in a bit more depth than does Frank Burlison's column which is a sort of combination college and college-prospect deal, had his own "Top 25" which went on to include 11-25:

11. Los Alamitos;
12. El Toro;
13. Katella;
14. Sonora;
15. Trabuco Hills;
16. Fountain Valley;
17. San Clemente;
18. Dana Hills;
19. Foothill;
20. Troy;
21. Laguna Beach;
22. Corona del Mar;
23. Servite;
24. Villa Park;
25. Buena Park.

Er, um, ok. That just about exhausts the list of the top teams in Orange County. Sorta kinda. We might have included Canyon of Anahiem in at least the 11-25 list, but then what do we know.

Tuesday is the day most of the local papers publish their stats leaders. Of course not all the coaches in the area call in their players stats, and there are lots of players from the stats lists missing. . . in fact the LA Times, which covers most of the metro area, doesn't publish prep stats at all except in the Valley Edition, and even then, it's incomplete because some coaches just don't understand that they have to call the stats in by Monday noon at the latest to hit the papers. Still, there are some impressive stats leaders out there among those who choose to publicize such things:

Player	G	Pts	High	Avg
Young, Calvary Chapel	13	351	41	27
S. Gloger, Santa Margarita	14	335	27	23.9
Alvarado, Orangewood Acad.	13	306	--	23.5
Huff, St. Margaret's	7	157	37	22.4
Stoa, Whittier	14	309	35	22.1
Jerry Inzunza, Troy	12	258	36	21.5
James, Bolsa Grande	10	210	34	21.0
JJ Sola, Capo Valley	15	306	29	20.4
Whieldon, Orange Lutheran	12	244	29	20.3
Zepeda, Century	15	304	31	20.3
Montgomery, Rancho Alamitos	14	281	36	20.0

Other notable scoring leaders are:

Neil Hammad, Canyon--19.7
Kyle Dodd, Brea Olinda--18.9
Kurt Beimfohr, Laguna Beach 17.9
Brandon Martin, Trabuco Hills--16.2
Mike Stowell, Capo Valley--15.9
Andrew Pleick, Los Alamitos--15.8
Dustin Illingworth, Newport Harbor--15.6
Nate Hair, Capo Valley--15.5
Mike Bayer, Mater Dei 15.3
Marqui Worthy, Sonora--15.3
Steve Scoggin, Mater Dei--15.3
Chris Ferguson, Irvine-- 15.2
Ryan Moreau, Fountain Valley--15.2
Rob Abercrombie, Katella--15.1

And, surprisingly, some lesser known players, or guys who don't get as much press who are actually doing better than some of the more well known players:

Peirson, Laguna Hills--18.5
Carlos, El Dorado 18.3
Rasmussen, Foothill--18.2
Johnson, University--18.2
Graham, Santa Ana--17.9
Pierce, San Clemete--17.9
Lawrence, University--16.7
Jameson, Newport Harbor--16.6
Wardrop, Loara--16.3
Parham, Anaheim-- 16.1
Foster, Saddleback--16.1
Okoro, Buena Park--15.8
Warner, Heritage Christian--15.4
Barlow, Woodbridge--15.4

The Orange County Rebounding Leaders:

Williams, Heritage Christian--13.1
Okoro, Buena Park--13.0
Jame, Bolsa Grande--11.2
Zepeda, Century--11.1
Alvardo, Orangewood Acad.--10.7
Sola, Capo Valley 10.7
E. Fatu, Santa Ana Valley 10.5
Wolrthy, Sonora--10.5
Rainey, Orangewood Acad. --10.4
Graham, Santa Ana--10.2
Patton, Loara--10.1
Bayer, Mater Dei--10.0
Skrivfars, Brea Olinda--9.8
Young, Calvary Chapel--9.6
Illingworth, Newport Harbor--9.2
Layton, Whittier Christian--9.0
Emina, Orangewood Acad. --8.9
Gaynor, Brethren Christian--8.8
Stovall, Cypress--8.8
Chaney, Troy--8.5

Assists leaders in Orange County were:

Buford, Foothill--11.0
Rainey, Orangewood Acad--9.7
Jameson, Newport Harbor--8.7
Dodd, Brea Olinda-- 8.0
Newte, Heritage Christian-7.7
Galbreath, Orangewod Acad--7.5
Okunrimboye, Sonora--6.8
Brown, Unviersity--6.8
Marmardlo, Brethren Christian--6.6
H. Fatu, Santa Ana Valley--6.4
Pickney, Anaheim --5.9
Hogan, Canyon--5.9
Pierson, Laguna Hills--5.8
Yu, Canyon--5.7
Pierce, San Clemente--5.6
Dow, Ocean View--5.4
Tanaka, El Toro--5.4
Whieldon, Orange Lutheran 5.3
Keller, Los Alamitos--5.2
Vantich, Rancho Alamitos--5.0
Hardeman, Irvine--4.9
Patton, Loara--4.9
Upattiya, Magnolia-- 4.9
Gracia, Loara--4.8
Dwight, Santa Margarita--4.8
Ferguson, Irvine--4.6
McDaniel, Cap Valley 4.4
Pleick, Los Alamitos--4.3
Moreau, Fountain Valley 4.1

Three point shooting leaders in Orange County are:

Name	G	Total Made	Avg
Huff, St. Margaret's	7	29	4.1
Peirson, Laguna Hills	14	47	3.6
Lawrence, University	13	38	2.9
Inzunza, Troy	12	35	2.9
Rassmussen, Foothill	14	39	2.8
Hogan, Canyon	12	32	2.7
Young, Calvary Chapel	13	35	2.7
Scoggin, Mater Dei	17	45	2.6
Bigler, Foothill	15	40	2.6
Yun, Cypress	15	37	2.5
Ortega, Valencia	15	37	2.5
Levine, Sonora	11	28	2.5
Hammad, Canyon	12	29	2.4
Brenan Martin, Trabuco Hills	15	33	2.2
Parham, Anaheim	13	28	2.2
Barlow, Woodbridge	9	19	2.1
Lund, Capo Valley	12	25	2.1
Hardin, Fountain Valley	13	27	2.1
Hair, Capo Valley	15	31	2.1
S. Gloger, Santa Margarita	14	29	2.1