Mater Dei Holds Its No. 1 Position in Basketball Poll

Mater Dei High School, coming off a 62-59 victory over Artesia, Los Angeles County’s No. 1 team, is the top-ranked team for the fifth consecutive week in the Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. prep basketball poll.

El Toro, ranked second last week, dropped to fourth after a 69-52 loss to unranked Dana Hills. Edison, ranked second two weeks ago, moved to the No. 2 spot. Corona del Mar makes its first appearance in the poll at No. 9.

In the featured game of the week, Edison plays host to 10th-ranked Marina at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The poll:

1. Mater Dei (Angelus): 18-1

2. Edison (Sunset): 13-4

3. Tustin (Sea View): 15-2

4. El Toro (South Coast): 14-3

5. Mission Viejo (South Coast): 12-5

6. Ocean View (Sunset); 10-6

7. Capo Valley (South Coast): 11-7

8. Brea-Olinda (Orange): 14-3

9. Corona del Mar (Sea View): 11-6

10. Marina (Sunset): 10-7

Others receiving votes--Los Alamitos (13-5), Dana Hills (14-4), Loara (12-3), Western (11-4), Laguna Beach (13-3) and Saddleback (12-7).

Orange County Girls’ Basketball Poll

1. Brea-Olinda (Orange): 17-0

2. El Toro (South Coast): 14-4

3. Ocean View (Sunset): 18-1

4. Marina (Sunset): 14-4

5. La Quinta (Garden Grove): 14-2

6. La Habra (Freeway): 11-2

7. Esperanza (Empire): 12-3

8. Edison (Sunset): 11-5

9. San Clemente (South Coast): 13-5

10. Tustin (Sea View): 13-5

Others receiving votes--Woodbridge (11-4), University (11-4), Capistrano Valley (11-4), Rancho Alamitos (10-2), Mission Viejo (12-7), Valencia (7-8), Estancia (6-8).