El Toro, With 17-Game Streak, Holds Top Spot
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El Toro High School, with the second-longest current winning streak in the Southern Section, remained the top-ranked team in the Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. prep football poll.
The Chargers have won 17 games in a row. Muir, of Pasadena, has a 27-game winning streak. Sixth-ranked Bolsa Grande has the third-longest streak in the section (12).
El Dorado makes its debut in the poll at No. 8 following a 10-6 upset of Valencia, which knocked the Tigers out of the top 10.
In the featured game this week, fourth-ranked Mission Viejo hosts 10th-ranked Santa Ana at 7:30 p.m. Friday in a rematch of the 1985 Southern Conference title game.
The writers’ poll:
Pos. School (League), Record 1. El Toro (South Coast), 3-0
2. Capistrano Valley (South Coast), 3-0
3. Sunny Hills (Freeway), 3-0
4. Mission Viejo (South Coast), 3-0
5. Servite (Angelus), 2-0-1
6. Bolsa Grande (Garden Grove), 3-0
7. Esperanza (Empire), 2-1
8. El Dorado (Empire), 3-0
9. Newport Harbor (Sea View), 3-0
10. Santa Ana (Century), 2-1
Others Receiving Votes: Valencia (2-1), Saddleback (2-1), Mater Dei (2-1).
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