THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

MARTIN HENDERSON’S FOOTBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS

*--* Rk. School, Record Comment (last week) 1 MISSION VIEJO (7-0) SS-Div. II A 36th win will displace Loyola for section’s third-longest streak. (2) 2 RIVERSIDE NORTH (7-0) SS-Div. V Won, 49-7, but needed season-high 7 1/2 minutes to score. (3) 3 WESTLAKE (7-0) SS-Div. IV Rudy Carpenter accounted for four TDs against former school. (4) 4 LONG BEACH POLY (5-2) SS-Div. I Rolling along until Week 9 showdown with Lakewood. (5) 5 ST. BONAVENTURE (7-0) SS-Div. IV Converted five turnovers into TDs against Ventura. (6) 6 ORANGE LUTHERAN (6-0) SS-Div. VI Area’s top passer hardly made a dent in Lancer defense. (7) 7 LOS ALAMITOS (6-1) SS-Div. I Lost only 21-16 to Fountain Valley despite seven turnovers. (1) 8 HART (4-3) SS-Div. II Sean Norton doesn’t take a back seat to anybody. (8) 9 LOS ALTOS (7-0) SS-Div. VI Offense is rolling, put big number up on South Hills. (9) 10 CORONA CENTENNIAL (4-2) SS-Div. V Jurupa Valley postponed to today, short week going into Corona. (10) 11 VENICE (7-0) City Ryan Graves averaged 28.8 yards per catch vs. L.A. University. (11) 12 FOUNTAIN VALLEY (5-2) SS-Div. I Win over Los Alamitos a surprise only if not paying attention. (17) 13 ST. JOHN BOSCO (6-1) SS-Div. I Result: def. Santa Margarita, 22-0. Next: vs. Loyola (19) 14 DORSEY (7-0) City Manual Arts offered little resistance to Dorsey’s offensive wishes. (15) 15 SANTA MARGARITA (6-1) SS-Div. I Serra League carnage continues this week against Servite. (14) 16 SERVITE (6-1) SS-Div. I Andrew Boyle filled in admirably for injured starter but lost. (16) 17 LOYOLA (4-3) SS-Div. I OT win over Mater Dei knocked Monarchs from top 25. (21) 18 DOMINGUEZ (7-0) SS-Div. III Dons have struggled against teams with winning records. (20) 19 ST. PAUL (5-2) SS-Div. III Swordsmen starting to meet early expectations. (NR) 20 S.O. NOTRE DAME (5-2) SS-Div. III Rebounded from Bishop Amat loss with a 40-0 victory. (22) 21 MIRA COSTA (7-0) SS-Div. III Avoided upset against Inglewood with 14-8 victory. (24) 22 EDISON (4-3) SS-Div. I Chargers back in Sunset title hunt after Los Alamitos’ loss. (25) 23 SAN CLEMENTE (5-2) SS-Div. II Triton offense unstoppable since implementing the Fly. (NR) 24 FULLERTON (7-0) SS-Div. IX Beat La Habra by greater margin than Los Alamitos, Los Altos. (NR) 25 C.C. CANYON (6-1) SS-Div. II To play with the elite, you have to play defense. (12)

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