Mission Viejo Tops Final Poll

Mission Viejo High School earned all eight first-place votes to become the county’s mythical champion in the final Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. prep football poll.

Mission Viejo is the fifth school to finish the season as the top-ranked team in the poll in the past five years. Mission Viejo follows Capistrano Valley (1989), Fountain Valley (1988), Bolsa Grande (1987) and El Toro (1986).

The writers’ poll:

Pos. School (League) Record 1. Mission Viejo (South Coast) 9-1 2. Tustin (Sea View) 10-0 3. El Toro (South Coast) 9-1 4. Esperanza (Empire) 10-0 5. Edison (Sunset) 9-1 6. Capistrano Valley (South Coast) 8-2 7. La Quinta (Garden Grove) 10-0 8. Santa Margarita (Independent) 10-0 9. Valencia (Orange) 9-1 10. El Modena (Century) 7-3

Others receiving votes: Sunny Hills (7-3), Irvine (6-4), Laguna Hills (8-1-1) and Rancho Alamitos (8-2).