The high school winter sports regular season will be wrapping up by the end of next week, which means the race to make the playoffs is at its peak. This week’s updated rankings show quite a few local teams getting great exposure in their perspective divisions as the post season nears. The latest CIF Southern Section polls were released Monday, Jan. 27, as the Valley News Sports Department brings you some of the local area teams that have cracked the rankings:
Boys’ Basketball
DIVISION 1
No. 4 – Rancho Christian (18-5; Southeastern League)
DIVISION 2AA
No. 16 – Great Oak (19-6, 6-0; Southwestern League)
DIVISION 2A
No. 11 – Murrieta Mesa (16-5, 5-1; Southwestern League)
DIVISION 3AA
No local teams
DIVISION 3A
No. 12 – Chaparral (13-10, 1-5; Southwestern League)
DIVISION 4AA
No. 8 – Perris (18-6, 8-0; Sunbelt League)
DIVISION 4A
No local teams
DIVISION 5AA
No local teams
DIVISION 5A
No. 2 – Linfield Christian (13-8, 5-5; Ambassador League)
No. 6 – California Military Institute (12-2, 5-2; South Valley League)
No. 8 – San Jacinto Valley Academy (8-2, 5-2); South Valley League)
No. 16 – Temecula Prep (10-9, 3-4; South Valley League)
Girls’ Basketball
DIVISION 1
No local teams
DIVISION 2AA
No local teams
DIVISION 2A
No local teams
DIVISION 3AA
No. 11 – Murrieta Mesa (12-10, 6-0; Southwestern League)
DIVISION 3A
No local teams
DIVISION 4AA
No. 1 – Paloma Valley (16-3, 4-1; Sunbelt League)
No. 7 – Orange Vista (12-6, 4-2; Sunbelt League)
DIVISION 4A
No. 12 – Rancho Christian (15-5; Southeastern League)
DIVISION 5AA
No. 3 – San Jacinto Valley Academy (11-1, 7-0; South Valley League)
DIVISION 5A
T12 – West Valley (8-10, 1-5; Mountain Pass League)
Boys’ Soccer
DIVISION 1-4
No local teams
DIVISION 5
Top 15 – Chaparral (Southwestern League)
DIVISION 6
No local teams
DIVISION 7
No. 2 – Linfield Christian (Ambassador League)
No. 3 – California Military Institute (South Valley League)
Girls’ Soccer
DIVISION 1
No local teams
DIVISION 2
No. 8 – Paloma Valley (Sunbelt League)
DIVISION 3
No local teams
DIVISION 4
No. 2 – Hemet (Mountain Pass League)
Top 15 – Murrieta Mesa (Southwestern League)
DIVISION 5
No local teams
DIVISION 6
T10 – Rancho Verde (Ivy League)
DIVISION 7
No. 4 – Linfield Christian (Ambassador League)
Girls’ Water Polo
DIVISION 1 & 2
No. 15 – Murrieta Valley (Southwestern League)
DIVISION 3
No local teams
DIVISION 4
No. 6 – Murrieta Mesa (Southwestern League)
DIVISION 5
No. 7 – Temecula Valley (Southwestern League)
DIVISION 6 & 7
No local teams
Wrestling
The Dual Meet Wrestling Championships will be held at different sites starting Saturday, Feb. 1. There will be six brackets, minimum of eight teams and maximum of 16 teams, one for each Division. Due to smaller than anticipated participation, Division’s 1 and 2 are unable to be split. They remain together for Division 1; other divisions will be numbered 2-6. Pairings for all divisions will be announced Thursday, Jan. 30, at www.cifss.org.
*Polls are created by CIF-SS Advisory Committees representing each sport listed above.
JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.
