California Team Rankings - September 25 Rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez; distributed by NSSF Woodbridge wins confirm Saugus girls #1 and move Buchanan boys up to #1.
Last week's ranking in parenthesis. BT=bubble team NR=not ranked
BOYS
GIRLS
1.Buchanan [2] Overall winners in big Woodbridge meet w/o key scorer 2.Vista Murrieta [3] 2nd to Buchanan at Woodbridge with 29-second spread 3.Loyola-L.A. [4] Merged-score winners over Dana Hills at Mt. Carmel Inv on tough course 4.Dana Hills [1] 2nd in overall scoring at Mt. Carmel with 49-second spread 5.Upland [BT] 9th at Woodbridge while resting top 3 runners, after earlier win over Arcadia 6.Arcadia [BT] 3rd at Woodbridge with 15:22 avge on fast 3-miler 7.Petaluma [7] Dominates local meet on short course 8.Rancho Cucamonga [BT] Merged-score 3rd-placers at Mt. Carmel meet 9.Barstow [6] No major meet after winning mid-week meet 10.Jesuit [8] Narrow winners a big early-season De La Salle meet
Cut: El Toro [5], Murrieta Valley [9], Rancho Buena Vista [10]
Bubble teams alphabetically: Amador Valley, Campolindo, Davis, El Toro, Foothill-SA, Long Beach Poly, Mountain View, Newport Harbor, Patrick Henry, Rancho Buena Vista, Redondo Union, Saugus, Thousand Oaks, Torrey Pines, Trabuco Hills
1.Saugus [1] Storms to huge victory over visiting The Woodlands (TX) at Woodbridge Inv 2.Dana Hills [2] Easy winners at Iolani Inv in Hawaii 3.Torrey Pines [6] Merged-score winners by 26 points at Mt. Carmel Inv 4.Great Oak [NR] Excellent 3rd-place showing with 38-second spread at Woodbridge 5.Murrieta Valley [5] 4th at Woodbridge meet 6.Carondelet [7] Wins De La Salle/Carondelet Inv by 46 points 7.Crescenta Valley [BT] 7th at Woodbridge while short-handed 8.Trabuco Hills [3] 9th at Woodbridge with split line-up 9.Canyon-Anaheim [BT] 5th at Woodbridge with 53-second spread 10.Fountain Valley [9] 6th at Woodbridge with 71-second spread
Cut: Chino Hills [4], Mira Costa [10]
Bubble teams alphabetically: Buchanan, Carlmont, Chino Hills, Clovis, Davis, El Toro, Esperanza, Foothill-SA, Mira Costa, Mountain View, Newport Harbor, Oak Park, Orange Lutheran, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Buena Vista, Redlands, Redlands East Valley, San Clemente, St. Ignatius, West Ranch
