SOUTHERN SECTION POLLS : Mater Dei Ranked Second in Baseball, Softball

Simi Valley and Mater Dei are ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in Division I baseball and softball in the recently released Southern Section polls, the first of the spring sports season.

Woodbridge, La Quinta, Rancho Alamitos and Laguna Hills are ranked in the Division III baseball poll, and El Toro, Marina, Fountain Valley, Foothill and Pacifica are in the Division I softball poll.

Sea View League schools University, Corona del Mar, Santa Margarita and Newport Harbor are ranked in the Division I boys’ tennis poll, with Sunny Hills of the Freeway League atop the Division II poll.

Capistrano Valley, Esperanza and Whittier Christian are top-ranked in their boys’ volleyball divisions.

The polls:

BASEBALL

Division I--1. Simi Valley, 2. Mater Dei, 3. Encino Crespi, 4. Lakewood, 5. Diamond Bar, 6. Long Beach Millikan, 7. El Dorado, 8. Long Beach Wilson, 9. Hesperia, 10. Fontana.

Division II--1. Riverside Poly, 2. Newhall Hart, 3. West Covina South Hills, 4. Chino Don Lugo, 5. Cerritos Gahr, 6. Troy, 7. Santa Barbara San Marcos, 8 (tie). Riverside Arlington, Beverly Hills, 10. Moreno Valley Canyon Springs.

Division III--1. La Puente Bishop Amat, 2. El Segundo, 3. Bellflower St. John Bosco, 4 (tie). Irvine, Palmdale, 6. Woodbridge, 7. Calexico, 8. La Quinta, 9. Rancho Alamitos, 10. Laguna Hills.

Division V--1. Cerritos Valley Christian, 2. Fillmore, 3. Big Bear, 4 (tie). Santa Monica Crossroads, Pasadena Poly, 6. Beaumont, 7. Rosamond, 8. North Hills L.A. Baptist, 9. Palos Verdes Chadwick, 10. Orange Lutheran.

Division VI--1. Temecula Linfield, 2. Burbank Providence, 3. Boron, 4. Riverside Bethel Christian, 5. Los Angeles Lutheran, 6. Bloomington Christian, 7. California Lutheran, 8. Carpinteria Cate, 9. St. Margaret’s, 10. Chino Boys Republic.

SOFTBALL

Division I--Simi Valley, 2. Mater Dei, 3. Camarillo, 4. El Toro, 5. Marina, 6. Thousand Oaks, 7. Fountain Valley, 8. Foothill, 9. Pacifica, 10. Cerritos.

Division II--1. Covina Charter Oak, 2. La Habra, 3. Glendale Hoover, 4. Canyon Country Canyon, 5. Brea-Olinda, 6. La Mirada, 7. Saugus, 8. Lakewood St. Joseph, 9. Bellflower, 10. Fontana.

Division III--1. Irvine, 2. Woodbridge, 3. Mission Hills Alemany, 4. Riverside Arlington, 5. Laguna Hills, 6. West Covina South Hills, 7. Quartz Hill, 8. Upland, 9. Pomona Catholic, 10. Whittier La Serna.

Division V--1. Thousand Oaks La Reina, 2. Cerritos Valley Christian, 3. Fillmore, 4. Lancaster Paraclete, 5. Brethren Christian, 6. Santa Monica Crossroads, 7. Los Angeles Notre Dame Academy, 8. Bishop, 9. Moorpark, 10. Whittier Christian.

Division VI--1. San Bernardino Christian, 2. Templeton, 3. Temecula Linfield, 4. Riverside Woodcrest Christian, 5. Hesperia Christian, 6. Redlands Arrowhead Christian, 7. Los Angeles Lutheran, 8. Lancaster Bethel Christian, 9. Big Pine, 10. Liberty Christian.

BOYS’ TENNIS

Division I--1. Santa Barbara, 2. Palos Verdes Peninsula, 3. University, 4. Corona del Mar, 5. San Marino, 6. Santa Margarita, 7. Newport Harbor, 8. Camarillo, 9. Mission Viejo, 10. Beverly Hills.

Division II--1. Sunny Hills, 2. North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake, 3. Palm Desert, 4. Laguna Beach, 5. Trabuco Hills, 6. North Torrance, 7. South Torrance, 8. Riverside Poly, 9. Redlands, 10 (tie). Esperanza, Temple City.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL

Division I--1. Capistrano Valley, 2. Manhattan Beach Mira Costa, 3. Goleta Dos Pueblos, 4. Laguna Beach, 5. Huntington Beach, 6. Los Angeles Brentwood, 7. North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake, 8. Irvine, 9. Santa Monica, 10. Ventura.

Division II--1. Esperanza, 2. Simi Valley Royal, 3. Foothill, 4. Upland, 5. Newhall Hart, 6. Lakewood, 7. Thousand Oaks, 8. San Gabriel, 9. El Modena, 10. Canyon Country Canyon.

Division III--1. Whittier Christian, 2. Calvary Chapel, 3. Los Angeles Salesian, 4. Rosemead Bosco Tech, 5. Santa Maria St. Joseph, 6. Cerritos Valley Christian, 7. Pasadena Poly, 8. Santa Barbara Bishop Diego, 9. Los Angeles Windward, 10. North Hollywood Campbell Hall.