Esperanza Remains No. 1 in Baseball Poll

The Esperanza High School baseball team, which leads the Empire League with an 8-0 record (16-1), remains the top-ranked team in this week’s Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. poll.

The poll: Pos. School (League) Record 1. Esperanza (Empire) 16-1 2. Servite (Angelus) 15-3 3. Capistrano Valley (South Coast) 17-2 4. Ocean View (Sunset) 14-4 5. La Quinta (Garden Grove) 17-2 6. El Dorado (Empire) 14-3 7. Troy (Freeway) 14-4 8. Mission Viejo (South Coast) 14-4 9. Edison (Sunset) 13-6 10. Westminster (Sunset) 14-4-1

Others receiving votes: Saddleback (13-6) and Orange (13-6).