CIF Boys' Polls 1

The Daily News and the Orange County Register both purported to publish the Southern Section CIF Coaches Polls yesterday. However, in many instances there were wild variations between them in the same divisions. Somebody was off, and pretty badly. For example, the OC Register still listed Harvard-Westlake at No. 1 in Division III-A, and we know that that's just not possible. Or is it? The Daily News had them still showing at No. 8, but then the rankings also listed St. Francis, which beat H-W on Saturday, and so maybe the Daily News was right after all.

Well, even though we question the accuracy of the reporting of the CIF-SS polls, and more important, question what these "polls" really mean, every week, we'll bring you the CIF Southern Section coaches poll, even if we've got it entirely wrong. Don't blame us, blame the newspapers that we're getting this stuff from. Maybe we'll just have to speak to Dean Crowley ourselves, and insure that we get the proper poll each week as it's issued. Only about three more weeks to go anyway, so if you can hold out, eventually someone is bound to get it right.

Division I-AA 1. Artesia 2. Simi 3. Etiwanda 4. Long Beach Poly 5. Bellflower 6. Eisenhower 7. Ayala 8. Fontana 9. Capistrano 10. Warren Dropped out: Long Beach Jordan, Redlands Others Receiving Votes: Long Beach Jordan, Century, Redlands, Lynwood, Upland	Last Week 1 3 2 4 5 6 7 8 NR NR	Division I-A 1. Glendora 2. Cajon 3. J.W. North 4. Arlington 5. Pacific 6. Murrieta Valley 7. Dana Hills 8. Santa Barbara 9. Valencia 10. Mater Dei Dropped Out: Hart. Others Receiving Votes: None	Last Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 NR 8	Division II-AA 1. Santa Margarita 2. Compton 3. Inglewood 4. Brea Olinda 5. Mira Costa 6. Tustin 7. Troy 8. Katella 9. Gahr 10. Villa Park Dropped Out: California Others Receiving Votes: California, Canyon, Rancho Verde, Loara	Last Week 1 2 4 3 NR 6 8 7 9 10
Division II-A 1. Dominguez 2. Redondo Beach 3. Cathedral City 4. Paso Robles 5. Dos Pueblos 6. Newbury Park 7. Sonora 8. Perris 9. Pacifica 10. Muir 10. Servite Dropped Out: None	Last Week 1 2 4 5 6 7 3 8 10 NR	Division III-AA 1. Barstow 2. La Canada 3. Magnolia 4. Lompoc 5. Riverside Notre Dame 6. Bolsa Grande 7. Pomona 8. San Luis Obispo 9. Gladstone 10. Brawley Dropped Out: None	Last Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 8 10 7	Division III-A 1. Ocean View 2. Chaminade 3. Santa Paula l 4. San Dimas 5. Estancia 6. Bishop Montgomery 7. Compton Centennial 8. Harvard-Westlake 9. San Jacinto 10. St. Francis Dropped Out: Bassett	Last Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NR
Division IV-AA 1. Twentynine Palms 2. St. Joseph Santa Maria 3. Marshall 4. Laguna Beach 5. Oak Park 6. St. Paul 7. Calvary Chapel 8. Crespi Fillmore 9. Rosamond Crespi 10. Fillmore Dropped Out: St. Bernard	Last Week 1 2 3 4 6 5 NR 9 10 8	Division IV-A 1. Crossroads 2. Brentwood 3. Verbum Dei 4. Whittier Christian. 5. Bell-Jeff 6. Serra 7. Village Christian 8. St. Monica 9. Mojave 10. Valley Christian 10. Orange Lutheran Dropped Out: Valley Christian Bretheran Christian, St. Joseph SM St. Bonaventure	Last Week 1 7 NR 10 8 NR NR 9 2 3 NR	Division V-AA 1. Montclair Prep 2. Pacific Hills 3. Chadwick 4. Bishop Diego 5. Santa Clara 6. St. Anthony 7. Campbell Hall 8. Pasadena Poly 9. Yeshiva 10 Mary Star Dropped Out: Woodcrest Christian	Last Week 1 2 3 4 7 5 6 9 8 NR
Division V-A 1. Rolling Hills Prep 2. Price Laguna 3. Laguna Blanca 4. Rio Hondo Prep 5. Southlands Chr. 6. Orangewood 7. Apple Valley Chr. 8. Antelope Valley 9. Light and Life 10. Valley Christian SM Dropped Out: Mesrobian, Santa Clarita Christian, Gateway Christian	Last Week 1 3 2 5 NR 4 NR 7 9 NR

Again, now that you've seen it, what does it really mean? We don't think it means a whole lot, especially since some of the Division IA teams have been beaten by Division IIAA teams, and Division IV-A teams are beating up on some Division V-A and V-AA teams. In fact, if you look at the composition of most leagues, you'll see that the Southern Section "divisions" really in most instances make no sense, and they certainly aren't determinative of a school's ability. But it's what we're stuck with, at least for now, and that's why just about everyone (well, at least the top three or four teams in most leagues) make the playoffs come the end of February and beginning of March. But these are still all very fine teams, some of which we've featured, and many of which we will before the season is out. Anyway, they're here at SoCalHoops. Because you asked.