Esperanza Is No. 1 in Baseball Poll

Undefeated Esperanza High School is the top-ranked team in the Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. prep baseball poll. Esperanza, Canyon and Western each had two first-place votes. Valencia had the other.

The writer’s poll:

Pos. Team (League) Records 1. Esperanza (Empire) 2-0 2. Edison (Sunset) 3-1 3. Canyon (Century) 1-0 4. Loara (Empire) 3-0 5. Valencia (Orange) 3-0 6. Western (Orange) 2-0 7. Fountain Valley (Sunset) 3-1 8. Mater Dei (Angelus) 0-0 9. Foothill (Century) 2-0 10. Sunny Hills (Freeway) 3-1

Others Receiving Votes: La Quinta, Capistrano Valley, Laguna Hills, Magnolia, Mission Viejo, Huntington Beach and Katella.