PREP NOTES

Among the girls’ soccer matches that are threatened by the weather is the one today between El Toro and Mission Viejo. When the match is played, it will decide the South Coast League championship.

“If we get the real fierce storm that they are expecting, I don’t know how we’re going to play,” El Toro Coach Kerry Krause said. “It’s not soccer anymore, it’s water polo. We just have to hope there’s a window (today).”

El Toro (20-2-1, 7-0-1 in league), which has won the past two Southern Section 4-A titles

and is again the top-ranked team in the division, has a 15-match unbeaten streak. Mission Viejo (18-7-2, 8-0-1), ranked No. 4 in the division, tied the Chargers, 0-0, in the first round of league play.

If today’s match cannot be played, it would likely have to be made up Saturday, because El Toro is scheduled to play host to San Clemente Friday in a makeup of a match that was postponed Tuesday because of rain.

Southern Section rules say the regular season must be completed by Saturday. The playoffs start next week.

The field at Mission Viejo held up Tuesday for the Diablos’ match with Dana Hills, but not without some grounds work on puddles.

“There was a parent out there with a squeegee,” said Krause, who watched Mission Viejo’s 4-2 victory. “It was unbelievable. By the end of the game the field was completely dry.

“That must be a poor man’s Zamboni machine.”

Mission Viejo Coach Jim Dutton said the field drains well, but it is being taxed by the rain.

“If it stops we can play, but it needs to stop by (Wednesday) evening,” he said.