THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

BEN BOLCH’S FOOTBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS:

*--* Rk Team (Rec.) Comment 1 L.B. POLY (4-1, SS-Div. I) Playing Concord De La Salle is like escaping Alcatraz. (No. 1 last week) 2 LOYOLA (5-0, SS-Div. I) Coach Steve Grady let the Cubs out in rout of Wilmington Banning. (2) 3 CHINO (5-0, SS-Div. II) Hard to assess strength because starters benched at halftime. (3) 4 MISSION VIEJO (5-0, SS-Div. II) Only remaining hurdle in regular season is San Clemente. (4) 5 LOS ALAMITOS (4-0-1, SS-Div. I Might be next Southland team worthy of taking on De La Salle. (5) 6 HART (4-0-1, SS-Div. II) Trying to fit in “Tonight Show” during Burbank game. (6) 7 SANTA MARGARITA (5-0, SS-Div. I) Eagles finally give up first turnover but keep rolling. (7) 8 TAFT (5-0, CS) Chatsworth would stand a chance if teams were playing baseball. (8) 9 MIRA COSTA (5-0, SS-Div. III) Mustangs keep mopping up South Bay opposition. (9) 10 LOS ALTOS (4-1, SS-Div. VI) Public service announcement: Only loss was a forfeit. (11) 11 ARROYO GRANDE (5-0, SS-Div. IV) Hoping trip to wine country leaves Paso Robles punch drunk. (12) 12 ESPERANZA (5-0, SS-Div. I) Should finish off staggering Sunset League rival Edison. (13) 13 SERVITE (5-0, SS-Div. I) Bishop Amat game will provide litmus test for resurgent Friars. (14) 14 MATER DEI (4-1, SS-Div. I) Victory over Loyola would bring early Serra League edge. (15) 15 FREMONT (4-0, CS) Pathfinders go Hollywood after 70-6 dismantling of Sheiks. (16) 16 SAN CLEMENTE (4-1, SS-Div. II) Tritons traverse Foothill, now ready for climb over Trabuco Hills. (17) 17 ST. BONAVENTURE (4-1, SS-Div. IV) Lorenzo Booker and Tyler Ebell there in spirit against Ventura. (18) 18 KAISER (4-0-1, SS-Div. VIII) Sunkist League foes want Cat class and they want Cat style. (19) 19 COR. CENTENNIAL (4-1, SS-Div. V) Upset loss to Redlands was Terrier-bites-Husky story. (10) 20 S.O. NOTRE DAME (5-0, SS-Div. III) The little school that could -- and does. (21) 21 CHARTER OAK (4-1, SS-Div. VI) Made Diamond Bar look more like Cubic Zirconia Bar. (24) 22 DAMIEN (4-1, SS-Div. II) Somebody should move these guys into the Serra League. (25) 23 AYALA (4-1, SS-Div. II) Only blemish is four-point loss to Los Altos. (NR) 24 ALTA LOMA (4-1, SS-Div. II) Back in rankings after braving loss to Palmdale. (NR) 25 CANYON SPRINGS (4-0-1, SS-Div. V) Whoever thinks ties should stand deserves to be hog-tied. (23)

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