1990 PREP WATER POLO PREVIEW

Top Teams (In alphabetical order): Capistrano Valley, Corona del Mar, Edison, El Dorado, El Toro, Mission Viejo, Newport Harbor, San Clemente, Sunny Hills, Tustin, University, Villa Park.

Top Individuals (Alphabetical): Neal Brockmeier (Sr. Villa Park), Pat Collins (Sr. Tustin), Greg Craycraft (Sr. El Toro), Corey Delahunt (Sr. Costa Mesa), Kevin Eggert (Sr. Capistrano Valley), Larry Felix (Sr. El Dorado), Miguel Franco, (Jr. Canyon), Dan Hancock (Sr. Capistrano Valley), Damen Hannaman (Sr. Tustin), Eric Johnson (Sr. Villa Park), Nick Kittredge (Sr., Capistrano Valley), J.P. Mathot (Sr. El Toro), Greg Milton (Sr. El Dorado), Kip Parsons (Sr. Villa Park), Robbie Pike (Sr. Corona del Mar), Matt Svobda (Sr. El Dorado), John Turnbull (Sr. Mission Viejo), Mike Thompson (Sr. Sunny Hills), Kyle Utsumi (Sr. El Dorado), Mark Wicker (Sr. University), Ryan Wier (Sr. Corona del Mar), Jeff Williams (Sr. Buena Park), Jeremy Yorba (Jr. Tustin).

Important Dates: Nov. 7-8-9, Southern Section playoffs begin; Nov. 21, Southern Section championships.

Notes: The Orange County Coaches Assn. poll and the Southern Section Coaches Poll picked the top four teams to be: 1. Capistrano Valley, 2. Corona del Mar, 3. El Dorado, 4. El Toro. That will likely change as Villa Park beat El Dorado in sudden death overtime to open the season last Tuesday. Long shots to crack the Top 10 include San Clemente, Buena Park, Canyon and Edison. San Clemente won the 15-and-under section of the Junior National tournament but still might be a year, or even two years away from the finals. . . . Corona del Mar has a new pool that might be the best in the county. UC Irvine’s tournament was held there last weekend. The Sea Kings, three-time defending 4-A champion, will face their first big test Tuesday when they play host to defending 3-A champion El Toro. . . . Edison looks like the top team in the Sunset League with four returning all-league players. . . . The season’s best indicator of top teams will come Sept. 27-29 in the South Coast League tournament.

Orange County Coaches Assn. Water Polo Poll

1. Capistrano Valley (South Coast League)

2. Corona del Mar (Sea View League)

3. El Dorado (Empire League)

4. Newport Harbor (Sea View League)

5. Villa Park (Freeway League)

6. El Toro (South Coast League)

7. Mission Viejo (South Coast League)

8. University (Sea View League)

9. Tustin (Sea View League)

10. Sunny Hills (Freeway League)