PREP POLLS : Mater Dei Wins Basketball Title

Mater Dei High School received all six first-place votes and finished the regular season as the top-ranked team in the Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. boys’ prep basketball poll.

It marks the eighth time in the past nine years Mater Dei has won the county’s mythical championship. Saddleback finished as the top-ranked team in 1989.

The writers’ poll:

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Pos. School (League) Record 1. Mater Dei (Angelus) 26-1 2. Capistrano Valley (South Coast) 23-3 3. Trabuco Hills (Pacific Coast) 20-5 4. Irvine (South Coast) 21-5 5. Tustin (Sea View) 19-7 6. Estancia (Pacific Coast) 20-6 7. Sunny Hills (Freeway) 20-4 8. Los Alamitos (Empire) 17-9 9. Edison (Sunset) 16-8 10. Marina (Sunset) 17-9

Others receiving votes: Kennedy (19-6), Huntington Beach (15-10), Esperanza (16-10) and Buena Park (19-5).

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Writers’ Poll

Pos. School (League) Record 1. Brea-Olinda (Orange) 24-2 2. Capistrano Valley (South Coast) 24-1 3. Costa Mesa (Pacific Coast) 19-6 4. Marina (Sunset) 21-4 5. San Clemente (South Coast) 17-6 6. Cypress (Empire) 18-4 7. Tustin (Sea View) 18-7 8. Woodbridge (Sea View) 18-7 9. Rancho Alamitos (Garden Grove) 17-2 10. Newport Harbor (Sea View) 15-8

Others considered: Dana Hills (16-8), El Dorado (17-6), El Modena (14-6), Huntington Beach (15-9), La Habra (16-6) and Ocean View (18-6).

BOYS’ SOCCER

Orange County Coaches’ Assn. Poll

Pos. School (League) Record 1. Ocean View (Sunset) 18-4-2 2. Capistrano Valley (South Coast) 19-3-3 3. Orange (Sunset) 14-4-6 4. Mater Dei (Angelus) 20-3-2 5. Santa Ana (Sunset) 14-6-3 6. El Dorado (Empire) 14-2-8 7. El Modena (Century) 11-3-1 8. Saddleback (Sea View) 12-4-1 9. Anaheim (Orange) 13-1-10 10. Marina (Sunset) 16-7-4