PREP FOOTBALL 2000 / CENTURY LEAGUE

1) Aliso Niguel High School,

Wolverine Stadium

2800 Terrace View, Aliso Niguel

Directions: Interstate 5 to Alicia Parkway. South to Aliso Creek Road. Aliso Creek Road to Terrace View. Turn east and follow to Deerhurst; stadium on right.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 2,675

Who plays there: Aliso Niguel

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2) Bolsa Grande High School

9401 Westminster Ave.

Directions Garden Grove Freeway to Brookhurst Avenue. South to Westminster Avenue. Turn west; stadium on corner of Deodora Drive and Westminster.

Parking: Lots behind home side; next door Garden Grove Park and surrounding streets

Capacity: 5,000

Who plays there: Bolsa Grande, La Quinta, Pacifica, Rancho Alamitos

Noteworthy: Two speed soccer arenas are adjacent to football stadium’s west gate. All three visible from Garden Grove Freeway.

3) Brea Olinda High School

789 Wildcat Way, Brea

Directions: Orange Freeway to Lambert Road. East to Wildcat Way. North on Wildcat Way; stadium behind school on left.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 2,000

Who plays there: Brea Olinda, Orange Lutheran

4) Buena Park High School, Spaulding Stadium

Magnolia Avenue and Academy Drive, Buena Park

Directions: Santa Ana or Riverside Freeway to Magnolia Avenue. North to Orangethorpe Avenue; stadium on west side of campus.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 3,800

Who plays there: Buena Park, Sunny Hills

5) Cal State Fullerton, Titan Stadium

800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton

Directions: Orange Freeway to Yorba Linda Boulevard. West on Yorba Linda over the freeway; college and stadium on left.

Parking: Stadium lot is on corner of Yorba Linda and State College.

Capacity: 10,000

Who plays there: Santa Margarita, Servite

Noteworthy: University’s Division I-A football team played only one year in the stadium, built in 1992, before the program was dropped. Titan soccer teams play there.

6) Capistrano Valley High School, Cougar Stadium

26301 Via Escolar, Mission Viejo

Directions: Interstate 5 to Avery Parkway. East to Marguerite Parkway. South on Marguerite. Left on Via Escolar; school and stadium on left.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 2,900

Who plays there: Capistrano Valley

7) Dana Hills High School, Walt Spencer Stadium

33333 Golden Lantern, Dana Point

Directions: PCH to Golden Lantern. North to corner of Stonehill Drive; stadium on west side of school.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 2,000

Who plays there: Dana Hills

Noteworthy: Named after school’s first principal; paid for with bingo funds.

8) El Modena High School, Fred Kelly Stadium

3920 Spring St., Orange

Directions: Costa Mesa Freeway to Chapman Avenue. East to Prospect Street. North to Spring Street; school and stadium on right.

Parking: School lot or shopping centers and streets adjacent to stadium

Capacity: 7,500

Who plays there: Canyon, El Modena, Orange, Villa Park

Noteworthy: Stadium is named after star athlete who was an Olympic gold medalist in track in 1912.

9) Fullerton High School, Fullerton District Stadium

201 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton

Directions: Riverside Freeway to Lemon Street. North past Chapman Avenue; stadium on corner of Lemon and Berkeley Avenue.

Parking: School lot or across Lemon at Fullerton College

Capacity: 6,700

Who plays there: Fullerton, Troy

10) Garden Grove High School, Grove Stadium

11271 Stanford, Garden Grove

Directions: Garden Grove Freeway to Euclid Street. North to Lampson Avenue; stadium on right.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 5,000

Who plays there: Garden Grove, Los Amigos, Pacifica, Santiago

Noteworthy: One of only two lighted football fields in the seven-school Garden Grove Unified School District; other is at Bolsa Grande High.

11) Glover Stadium

La Palma Park, corner of Harbor Boulevard, La Palma Avenue and Anaheim Boulevard,Anaheim

Directions: Riverside Freeway to Harbor Boulevard. South to La Palma Avenue. East on La Palma; stadium on left.

Parking: In park; public lot across Anaheim Boulevard; on surrounding streets

Capacity: 9,500

Who plays there: Anaheim, Fairmont, Katella, Loara, Magnolia, Savanna

Noteworthy: Named after Dick Glover, a coach and athletic director at Anaheim High in the 1940s and ‘50s and district physical education coordinator. He was instrumental in getting stadium built.

12) Hare School Park

Chapman Avenue between Avenue and Loraleen Street, Garden Grove

Directions: Garden Grove Freeway to Magnolia Avenue. North to Chapman Avenue. East on Chapman; park on right.

Who plays there: Liberty Christian (eight- man football)

13) Huntington Beach High School, Sheue Field

1905 Main St., Huntington Beach

Directions: San Diego Freeway to Beach Boulevard. South to Yorktown Avenue. East on Yorktown to Main Sreet. South on Main, stadium across from Huntington Beach City Hall.

Parking: Enter at Main Street signal adjacent to Worthy Park; walk through campus to stadium entrance, or back to Main Street.

Capacity: 5,000

Who plays there: Edison, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Ocean View

Noteworthy: Stadium was named after legendary football coach Cap Sheue.

14) Irvine High School

4321 Walnut Ave., Irvine

Directions: Santa Ana Freeway to Culver Drive. South to Walnut Avenue. East on Walnut; stadium on left, before Yale Avenue.

Parking: Lots in front of school, behind school (from Walnut, turn north on Escolar, lot is on the right) or at Heritage Park.

Capacity: 3,500

Who plays there: Irvine, Northwood, University, Woodbridge

Noteworthy: Stadium adjacent to Heritage Park and visible from freeway.

15) Laguna Beach High School, Guyer Field

625 Park Ave., Laguna Beach

Directions: Laguna Canyon Road to PCH. South to Park Avenue. Left on Park to school, just past Short Street; stadium at rear.

Parking: Streets surrounding school

Capacity: 2,500

Who plays there: Laguna Beach, Capistrano Valley Christian.

Noteworthy: Field is named for former football and track star at Laguna Beach.

16) La Habra High School

801 W. Highlander, La Habra

Directions: Orange Freeway to Lambert Road. Lambert west approximately four miles to Idaho Street. North on Idaho; school on corner of Idaho and Whittier Boulevard.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 5,000

Who plays there: La Habra, Sonora

17) Mission Viejo High School

(Saddleback Valley Unified School District Stadium)

25025 Chrisanta Drive, Mission Viejo

Directions: Interstate 5 to La Paz Road. La Paz east to Chrisanta Drive. South on Chrisanta; school and stadium on right.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 5,000

Who plays there: Laguna Hills, Mission Viejo

Noteworthy: Built in 1966.

18) Newport Harbor High School, Davidson Field

600 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach

Directions: Costa Mesa Freeway south until it turns into Newport Boulevard. Turn east on 17th, then south on Irvine Avenue; stadium on corner of Irvine and 16th Street.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 5,000

Who plays there: Corona del Mar, Costa Mesa, Estancia, Newport Harbor

Noteworthy: Named after Sidney H. Davidson, first principal and superintendent of the Newport Harbor Union High School District.

19) Orange Coast College, LeBard Stadium

2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa

Directions: San Diego Freeway to Fairview Road. Fairview south to Adams Avenue, turn right; stadium on the left.

Parking: School lot, stadium lot and across Fairview at Costa Mesa High

Capacity: 7,600

Who plays there: Corona del Mar, Costa Mesa, Estancia, Fountain Valley.

Noteworthy: Originally called Pirate Stadium, it was renamed in 1967 after Harry LeBard, a founding member of the Coast Community College board of trustees.

20) Saddleback College

28000 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo

Directions: Interstate 5 to Avery Parkway. Avery east, up hill to college entrance; stadium on left after entering school.

Parking: College lots surrounding stadium

Capacity: 3,200

Who plays there: Santa Margarita

21) St. Margaret’s High School

31641 La Novia, San Juan Capistrano

Directions: Interstate 5 to Ortega Highway. East on Ortega to La Novia. Right on La Novia; school on right.

Parking: School and church lots.

Capacity: 750-1,000 (est.)

Who Plays There: St. Margaret’s

Noteworthy: County’s newest stadium opened in 1999.

22) San Clemente High School, Thalassa Stadium

700 Avenida Pico, San Clemente

Directions: Interstate 5 to Avenida Pico, then Avenida Pico east; school on right with stadium behind it.

Parking: School lot

Capacity: 4,000

Who plays there: San Clemente

Noteworthy: Named after the home of Triton, a sea god in Greek mythology.

23) Santa Ana Municipal Stadium

(Santa Ana Bowl / Eddie West Field)

Sixth and Flower streets, Santa Ana

Directions: Garden Grove, Orange or Santa Ana freeway to Bristol Street. South to Civic Center Drive and turn east; stadium on corner of Civic Center and Flower.

Parking: Public facilities on west side of stadium; $1 charge

Capacity: 10,000

Who plays there: Century, Mater Dei, Saddleback, Santa Ana, Santa Ana Valley

Noteworthy: Confusion has reigned over field’s true name since city officials renamed it in 1979 to honor West, a longtime county newspaper sports editor.

24) Trabuco Hills High School

(Saddleback Valley Unified School

District Stadium at Trabuco Hills)

27501 Cordova Road, Mission Viejo

Directions: Interstate 5 to El Toro Road. East to Santa Margarita Parkway. Turn right on LosAlisos Boulevard; school on right.

Parking: School lot

Capacity: 5,000

Who plays there: El Toro, Trabuco Hills, Northwood

Noteworthy: Built in 1991.

25) Tustin High School, Northrup Field

1171 El Camino Real, Tustin

Directions: Santa Ana Freeway to Newport Avenue. North on Newport, right on El Camino Real; school on left, stadium behind it.

Parking: School lot

Capacity: 3,700

Who plays there: Foothill, Tustin

Named after Orville Northrup, a former superintendent with the Tustin school district; stadium constructed in mid-1940s.

26) Valencia High School, Bradford Stadium

500 Bradford Ave., Placentia

Directions: Orange Freeway to Chapman Avenue. Chapman east to Bradford Avenue. North on Bradford; school on right, stadium at north end of campus.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 5,280

Who plays there: El Dorado, Esperanza, Valencia

Noteworthy: Named after one of the founding families of Placentia; built in 1949.

27) Western High School, Handel Stadium

501 S. Western Ave., Anaheim

Directions: Beach Boulevard to Orange Avenue. West to Western Avenue; school on corner of Orange and Western.

Parking: School lot and surrounding streets

Capacity: 5,000

Who plays there: Cypress, Katella, Kennedy, Loara, Magnolia, Marina, Savanna, Western

Noteworthy: Named after a former sportswriter

28) Westminster High School

14325 Golden West St., Huntington Beach

Directions: San Diego Freeway to Bolsa Avenue / Golden West Street. Golden West north, back over freeway; school on left.

Parking: Turn left onto campus at first light after crossing freeway (end of Hazard Avenue).

Capacity: 4,500

Who plays there: Calvary Chapel, Ocean View, Westminster

BEYOND ORANGE COUNTY

Clark Field

4832 Clark Ave., Long Beach

Directions: Interstate 605 to Carson Street. West on Carson to Clark Avenue. Right on Clark.

Parking: On-site.

Capacity: 2,000.

Who plays there: Brethren Christian

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Long Beach Veterans Stadium

5000 Lew Davis St., Long Beach

Directions: San Diego Freeway to Lakewood Boulevard. North on Lakewood to Conant Street. East on Conant, then left on Faculty Avenue; stadium on right.

Parking: Entrance off Faculty Avenue; $3 charge.

Capacity: 12,500

Who plays there: Los Alamitos

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Whittier College,

Chief Newman Memorial Field

13406 E. Philadelphia St., Whittier

Directions: Santa Ana Freeway to Carmenita Road. North on Carmenita, which changes to Painter Avenue. Painter to Earlham Drive, then east on Earlham; stadium on left.

Parking: School lot

Capacity: 7,000

Who plays there: Whittier Christian

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Source: Times research by PREP SPORTS STAFF