Mater Dei, Servite/Rosary Lead After Winter Season

The winter sports season has concluded and the points have been totaled toward the sixth annual Times Orange County All-Sports Award, presented at the end of the school year to the large- and small-school winners.

Mater Dei retains the lead it took in the fall and Servite/Rosary, which has won the past two small-school titles, has again moved to the top of its division, jumping over Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar, which led after the fall season.

The All-Sports Award rewards schools that have the county’s most successful overall athletic programs. The Times’ scoring format awards points only for a team’s Southern Section playoff participation and finish.

Under the format, 20 points are earned for winning a section title, 16 for finishing as a runner-up, 12 for reaching the semifinals, eight for reaching the quarterfinals and four for qualifying for the playoffs.

Mater Dei, which won section titles in football and girls’ tennis in the fall, added a boys’ basketball championship this past winter. In addition, the Monarchs’ girls’ basketball team reached the section semifinals and its girls’ soccer teams the quarterfinals for a total of 112 points.

Woodbridge, with 100 points, continues in second place in the large-school division thanks to section championships won by its boys’ and girls’ soccer teams.

Rosary won section titles in girls’ basketball and girls’ water polo and reached the quarterfinals in girls’ soccer. Combined with the Royals’ success is that of Servite, which advanced to the semifinals in boys’ soccer and the quarterfinals in boys’ basketball. The schools combined for 140 points.

Santa Margarita, the three-time defending large-school champion, is competing in the small-school division this year because its enrollment dropped to 1,294 (excluding freshmen), as reported to the Southern Section office on Sept. 23. The Eagles, with section championships in boys’ and girls’ soccer, are second with 120 points. Brea Olinda, with another girls’ basketball title, is third at 96.

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Orange County’s high schools were split into two divisions. The cutoff point was 1,500 students, excluding freshmen. Enrollment figures are from the Southern Section office as of Sept. 23, 1998.

LARGE SCHOOLS

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Rank School Fall BB GB BS GS GWP W Total 1. Mater Dei 68 20 12 4 8 0 0 112 2. Woodbridge 56 0 4 20 20 0 0 100 3. University 60 4 0 4 4 16 0 88 4. Esperanza 40 4 4 4 8 4 12 76 5. San Clemente 32 4 16 0 0 8 12 72 6. Irvine 44 4 0 0 0 16 4 68 7. Marina 40 4 8 0 0 8 4 64 8. Katella 40 4 0 4 0 8 4 60 9. Villa Park 28 4 4 0 0 12 8 56 10. Capistrano Valley 32 4 0 0 4 12 0 52 10. Dana Hills 28 0 4 4 0 4 12 52 12. Los Alamitos 28 4 0 0 12 0 0 44 12. Troy 20 4 4 0 4 4 8 44 12. Loara 12 4 0 4 4 0 20 44 12. El Toro 8 0 16 4 4 4 8 44 16. Sunny Hills 20 0 0 0 8 4 8 40 16. Santa Ana 16 0 0 4 0 0 20 40 18. Mission Viejo 16 4 0 0 16 0 0 36 19. Saddleback 16 0 0 8 0 0 4 28 20. Edison 8 0 8 4 4 0 0 24

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SMALL SCHOOLS

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Rank School Fall BB GB BS GS GWP W Total 1. Servite/Rosary 72 8 20 12 8 20 0 140 2. Santa Margarita 52 12 12 20 20 4 0 120 3. Brea Olinda 44 8 20 12 4 4 4 96 4. Newport Harbor 60 8 4 0 0 20 0 92 5. Calvary Chapel 28 8 20 4 12 0 16 88 6. Corona del Mar 64 16 0 0 0 0 0 80 6. Laguna Hills 40 4 8 4 12 4 8 80 8. Orange Lutheran 28 8 8 20 20 0 4 88 9. Foothill 36 4 16 4 4 8 0 72 10. El Dorado 28 4 4 16 4 8 0 64 11. Laguna Beach 40 8 0 4 0 8 0 60 12. St. Margaret’s 36 4 4 8 4 0 0 56 12. Valencia 32 4 4 0 16 0 0 56 14. Cypress 36 0 4 0 4 8 0 52 14. El Modena 32 0 4 0 4 0 12 52 14. Pacifica 28 8 4 4 8 0 0 52 17. La Habra 36 4 4 0 0 0 0 44 17. Estancia 32 4 4 4 0 0 0 44 17. Canyon 20 4 12 0 4 4 0 44 20. Western 36 0 0 0 4 0 0 40 20. Costa Mesa 28 0 12 0 0 0 0 40 20. Ocean View 24 12 0 0 4 0 0 40 20. Sonora 12 8 8 4 4 4 0 40 24. Tustin 24 4 4 0 0 4 0 36 24. Santiago 20 0 4 4 0 0 8 36 26. Buena Park 16 4 0 4 0 0 0 24 26. La Quinta 12 4 4 0 4 0 0 24

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KEY:

Fall--Previously earned points from fall sports

BB--Boys’ Basketball

GB--Girls’ Basketball

BS--Boys’ Soccer

GS--Girls’ Soccer

GWP--Girls’ Water Polo

W--Wrestling