OC Top 10

This must be the day for the "Top 10" lists. Guess I'll have to watch Letterman tonight to get the real list for today. The Orange County Register today issued their annual Pre-Season Top 10 Rankings for Boys' and Girls' High School Teams in the Orange County Area. Valley Region. The list is essentially compiled by Steve Fryer, and like Sondheimer's list for the San Fernando Valley, it's also right on the money from what we've seen thus far. Here are the Boys' Teams in order, and with their 96-97 records.

Rank	Team	League	96-97
1	Santa Margarita	CIF--Sea View League	18-8
2	Ocean View	CIF--Golden West	20-7
3	Mater Dei	CIF--South Coast League	32-3
4	Brea Olinda	CIF--Orange League	26-4
5	Sonora	CIF--Freeway League	26-4
6	Los Alamitos	CIF--Sunset League	23-4
7	Canyon	CIF--Century League	12-15
8	University	CIF--Pacific Coast Ath.	16-10
9	Tustin	CIF--Golden West	19-10
10	Dana Hills	CIF--South Coast League	16-13

The Register also released it's Pre-Season Rankings for Girls' Top 10 teams:

Rank	Team	League	96-97
1	Brea Olinda	CIF--Orange League	29-4
2	San Clemente	CIF--South Coast League	20-9
3	Esperanza	CIF--Sunset League	22-6
4	Marina	CIF--Sunset League	18-8
5	Troy	CIF--Freeway League	22-4
6	Mater Dei	City--South Coast League	22-7
7	Capistrano Valley	CIF--South Coast League	19-9
8	Calvary Chapel	CIF--Olympic League	19-10
9	El Toro	CIF--Sea View League
10	Ocean View	CIF--Golden West	25-5