Posted by OC Dad on January 13, 2026 at 21:29:42:
In Reply to: Re: Surprises and disappointments posted by IE on January 13, 2026 at 08:54:33:
: : Anyone have any others?
: : Thoughts???
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: : Surprises
: : El Dorado
: : Fountain valley
: : Los Al
: : Cypress
: : Disappointed
: : San Clemente
: : Foothill
: : Tustin
: : Fairmont
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: Surprises
: Elsinore-18-0, expected to have another good season but an undefeated regular season is a rarity and the hardest part of their schedule is past them.
: Tahquitz- 10-4, not many games but a big improvement from the cellar.
: King, 17-7- after a few down years look like they are returning to the upper echelon of Riverside basketball.
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: Disappointed
: Poly, 7-12-Huge drop off, from one of the elite teams in the greater Riverside area with high expectations for another high division playoff run and possibly a shot for a league title. Reality they are middle of the pack in the area and have a lot of work to do just to qualify for playoffs and might end with just an 8 or 9 win season.
: Norte Vista, 7-12- expectations to build off last years success and have a 25+ win season, cakewalk to an undefeated league championship, and deep another playoff run but now would be happy with 15 wins and splitting league title.
: JW North, 3-16- Expected another solid season and change to win league but Started 0-15 and looked like all wheels had fallen off. Might still be able to scrape way into 3rd for a playoff chance .
: Norco, 5-19- Not high expectations but the program had gotten back to battling for 3rd last few years in league but now looking like back to winless non competitive games.
Surprises
Esperanza