CIF Girls' Polls

Ok, so we've ignored girls' high school hoops for about as long as we possibly can. Well, we've had an article here and there, but nothing compared to the coverage of boys' hoops. Just to give a little equality (this is MLK weekend after all), so here's the latest CIF Southern Section poll of Girls' teams. And as we reminded everyone with the Boys' team polls, we really don't place too much credence in polls, since these are just the coaches voting on teams they may or may not have played or even seen this year. Anyway, here they are:

Division I-AA

1. Crescenta Valley
2. Diamond Bar.
3. Peninsula
4. Long Beach Wilson
5. Esperanza
6. Capistrano Valley
7. Millikan
8. Long Beach Poly
9. Lynwood
10. Ayala

Division I-A

1. J.W. North
2. Cerritos
3. Marina
4. San Clemente
5. Buena
6. Moreno Valley
7. Royal
8. Ventura
9. Keppel
10. Westminster

Division II-AA

1. Brea Olinda
2. Bellflower
3. Troy
4. Gahr
5. El Dorado
6. Anaheim Canyon
7. Mater Dei
8. Tustin
9. Kennedy
10. Woodbridge

Division II-A

1. Dominguez
2. Bishop Amat
3. Moorpark
4. Los Altos
5. St. Lucy's
6. Palm Desert
7. Atascadero
8. Lakewood/St. Joseph
9. Muir
10. Redondo Beach

Division III-AA

1. Alemany
2. Rosary
3. Rancho Alamitos
4. La Puente
5. Silverado
6. Calabasas
7. Barstow
8. MOnrovia
9. Mayfair
10. Western

Division III-A

1. Harvard-Westlake
2. Costa Mesa
3. Bishop Montgomery
4. Morningside
5. Ocean View
6. Santa Ynez
7. Banning
8. Estancia
9. Nordhoff
10. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame

Division IV-AA

1. St. Bernard
2. Louisville
3. St. Paul
4. Santa Ana Calvary Chapel
5. Paraclete
6. Twentynine Palms
7. Morro Bay
8. Fillmore
9. Immaculate Heart
10. La Salle

Division IV-A

1. Cerittos Valley Christian
2. Crossroads
3. Mojave
4. Bretheren Christian
5. Santa Maria St. Joseph
6. St. Monica
7. Brentwood
8. St. Bonaventure
9. Bell-Jeff
10. Whittier Christian

Division V-AA

1. Chadwick
2. Western Christian
3. Lone Pine
4. Arrowhead Christian
5. Pilgrim
6. Connelly
7. Mary Star
8. Lancaster Desert Christian
9. Riverside Bethel Christian
10. Windward

Division V-A

1. Santa Maria Valley Christian
2. Rio Hondo Prep
3. Cornerstone Christian
4. Pioneer Baptist
5. Apple Valley Christian
6. Living Stream
7. Paptist Christian
8. California Lutheran
9. Rolling Hills Prep
10. Antelope Valley Christian

Compare this poll to the boys, and you'll be surprised how many of the same schools are ranked in their divisions. Coincidence? We think not. Political? Maybe. Good teams in both boys and girls? Definitely.

Of course, what is missing from these polls, and what makes them truly not representative of whether these are truly the "best" teams in the particular geographical region which comprises SoCal, is that they exclude the 60 or so LA City Section High Schools (120 teams counting both boys and girls), and the entire San Diego Section of CIF (both San Diego City and Non-City Section)--which is another 84 schools--that's 168 teams of boys and girls.