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BOYS SOCCER
Coach of the Year Rubidoux - Brian Miller

Name: (Print First, Last) Grade Position
1st Team - JH Offensive MVP - Hector Estrada 11 Mid
1st Team - JH Oscar Medina 10 Defense
1st Team - JH Andres Manzano 11 Mid
1st Team - JH Jose Flores 11 Mid
1st Team - JH Francisco Higuera 11 Forward
1st Team - JH Walter Zavala 11 Defense

Here are Tuesday's CIF-SS playoff scores for San Bernardino County teams. We were still missing a couple of scores as of Tuesday night.

BOYS SOCCER
Second Round
DIVISION 3
Fontana 3, Newport Beach Corona del Mar 1
DIVISION 4
Oak Hills 1, North Torrance 1 (Oak Hills advances on PKs, 4-2)
DIVISION 5
Cajon 4, Monrovia 0
Granite Hills 1, San Luis Obispo 0
Colton 1, South Pasadena 0
Santa Maria Pioneer Valley 1, Silverado 0
DIVISION 6
Crossroads 4, Ontario Christian 3 (OT)
Los Angeles Brentwood at Jurupa Hills
DIVISION 7
AAE 2, Santa Clarita Christian 1

BOYS BASKETBALL
DIVISION 1AA
Second RoundSanta Ana Foothill 74, Rancho Cucamonga 59
Upland 80, Palmdale Quartz Hill 55
Etiwanda 60, Cerritos Gahr 52
Santa Monica 68, Silverado 55
Eisenhower 51, Moreno Valley Rancho Verde 50
DIVISION 1A
Second Round
Vista Murrieta 69, Chino Hills 68
DIVISION 2AA
Second Round
Riverside Poly 44, Ayala 42
Cajon 51, Cypress 48 (OT)
Fullerton Sunny Hills 71, Summit 69
DIVISION 2A
Second Round
North Torrance 77, Don Lugo 75
Colony 96, Culver City 82
DIVISION 4A
Quarterfinals
Ontario Christian 55, Los Angeles Brentwood 54
DIVISION 5AA
Quarterfinals
Playa Del Rey St. Bernard 78, Aquinas 61
DIVISION 6
Quarterfinals
L.A. Adventist vs. Joshua Springs
Hesperia Christian 79, Santa Maria Valley Christian 57

Here are my rankings for this week, as published on Thursday.
Boys Basketball
1. Etiwanda
2. Chino Hills
3. Eisenhower
4. Summit
5. Silverado
Girls Basketball
1. Etiwanda
2. Summit
3. Rialto
4. Cajon
5. Eisenhower
Boys Soccer
1. Fontana
2. Redlands East Valley
3. Oak Hills
4. Granite Hills
5. Cajon
Girls Soccer
1. Los Osos
2. Granite Hills
3. Serrano
4. Ayala
5. Ontario Christian
Girls Water Polo
1. Los Osos
2. Upland
3. Ayala
4. Redlands East Valley
5. Citrus Valley

OK, here they are, for better or for worse.
I compiled the first Top 5 rankings for the county in the winter sports. They are running in Thursday's paper. Due to coaches not submitting results, some of the rankings are based on CIF polls as much as anything. Rialto girls basketball, unranked despite being 14-1, is the biggest slight I've found in the CIF polls. Are there others?
Boys basketball
1. Etiwanda
2. Chino Hills
3. Eisenhower
4. Summit
5. Silverado

Girls basketball
1. Etiwanda
2. Summit (beat Corona Centennial)
3. Rialto (lost to Corona Centennial)
4. Cajon
5. Eisenhower

Boys soccer
1. Fontana (beat Redlands East Valley)
2. Redlands East Valley (beat Oak Hills on penalty kicks in the San Gorgonio Tournament)
3. Oak Hills
4. Cajon
5. Colton

Girls soccer
1. Los Osos
2. Granite Hills
3. Serrano
4. Ayala
5. Ontario Christian

Girls water polo
1. Los Osos
2. Upland
3. Ayala
4. Redlands East Valley
5. Cajon

Dual-meet wrestling
(which is not in Thursday's paper)
1. Oak Hills
2. Sultana
3. Alta Loma
4. Bloomington
5. San Gorgonio

Fresh off the e-mail from the CIF-SS offices. Ok, well it's a couple hours old, but I'm just getting back into the flow after being out of the office for most of last week.

Division 2
Player of the Year: Cory Hodge, Sr., D, Claremont
Coach of the Year: Fred Bruce-Oliver, Claremont

Eduardo Morales, Sr, F, Arlington
Alex Wixsted, Sr., D, Anaheim Canyon
Michael Salazar, Sr., F, Canyon Springs
Felix Espinoza, Sr., F, Capistrano Valley
Jensen Lee, Sr., D, Capistrano Valley
Ben Manko, Sr., D, Capistrano Valley
Alex Sanchez, So., MF, Chino Hills
Troy Ford, Jr., MF, Claremont
Cory Hodge, Sr., D, Claremont
Alberto Villa, Sr., F, Coachella Valley
Cam Waymire, Sr., F, El Modena
William Bobo, Sr., MF, Foothill
Paul Mahlerbe, Sr., D, Great Oak
Evyn Hewitt. Sr., MF, Kennedy
Earvin Aleman, Sr., D, La Habra
Santiago Garcia, Sr., GK, La Habra
Tylor Magdeleno, Sr., MF, La Habra
Giovanni Acosta, Sr., D, King
Andy Ho, Sr., MF, King
Ryan Felix, Sr., D, Corona Santiago
Sung Moon, Sr., F, Sunny Hills
Alex Turkson, Jr., F, Valley View

Division 3
Player of the Year: Ricardo Villegas, Sr., D, Paramount
Coaches of the Year: Juan Navarro and Rafa Villaseñor, Paramount

Sean Greathead, Sr., F, Lompoc Cabrillo
Christian Alvear, Sr., F, Century
Anthony Carillo, Sr., MF, Chino
Brian Ford, Sr., MF, Corona del Mar
Carlos Cruz, Jr., MF, Fontana
Jonathan Madrid, Jr., F, Fontana
Jonathan Martinez, Sr., MF, Garey
Uriel Rodriguez, Sr., MF, Hart
Hugo Cobain, Sr., F, Katella
Adrian Topete, Sr., GK, Montclair
Eric Pulido, Sr., F, Nipomo
Isaac Flores, Sr., F, Oxnard
Angel Marriquez, Sr., D, Oxnard Pacifica
Alejandro Iniguez, Sr., F, Palmdale
Jose Ochoa, Jr., MF, Paramount
Antonio Salgado, Sr., F, Paramount
Ricardo Villegas, Sr., D, Paramount
Armando Flores, So., MF, Santa Ana Valley
Ulises Alvarez, Sr., MF, Santa Maria
Anthony Zavala, Jr., GK, Warren
Daniel Ten Bosch, Jr., MF, Woodbridge
Giovanny Romero, Sr., F, Yucaipa

Only two county teams, the Ayala girls and Oak Hills boys, advance on to the regional tournament, which starts Tuesday and will end Saturday at Downey Warren High School. The pair of Bulldogs are looking to avenge CIF-SS championship losses, with Ayala falling to Bishop Amat in the Division 2 finals Friday and Oak Hills losing to Pico Rivera in the D4 championship Saturday. First-round games are Tuesday at 4 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Division 1 Girls
Westview at No. 1 San Clemente
Buena at No. 4 Bullard
Wilson at No. 3 El Camino Real
Ayala at No. 2 Torrey Pines

Division 2 Boys
Coronado at No. 1 Claremont
Oak Hills at No. 4 Reedley
Canoga Park at No. 3 Santa Barbara
Citrus Hill at No. 2 University City

The times and sites for this weekend's CIF-SS soccer championships were finalized Wednesday, with three county teams set to battle for titles in their respective divisions. Both county boys soccer teams that are still alive, Fontana in Division 3 and Oak Hills in Division 4, will play Saturday. The Mojave River League champion Bulldogs, making their second consecutive CIF championship appearance, will play No. 2-seeded Pico Rivera El Rancho in the D4 title game at 9:30 a.m. at Downey Warren High School while the Citrus Belt League champion Steelers will face off against No. 4-seeded Paramount in the D3 title game at 5 p.m. at Mission Viejo High School.

The top-seeded team in Division 3 girls, Ayala, will play its championship game on Friday, as the Bulldogs will take on No. 2-seeded La Puente Bishop Amat at 7:30 p.m. at Warren High School. Bishop Amat defeated No. 3 Granite Hills in the semifinals Tuesday.

No neutral sites here. To be played tomorrow.

Division 3
Corona del Mar at Santa Maria
Lompoc Cabrillo at No. 4 Paramount
Warren at Century
Fontana at Hart

Division 4
No. 1 Santa Monica at Oak Hills
Artesia at No. 4 Salesian
Ganesha at No. 3 Cathedral
No. 2 El Rancho at Crescenta Valley

Division 5
No. 1 La Canada at Carpinteria
Cajon at Oaks Christian
No. 3 Los Amigos at Baldwin Park
Amino Leadership at No. 2 Victor Valley

Division 7
No. 1 Cate at The Grove
University Prep at La Sierra Academy
No. 3 Paraclete at West Shores
No. 2 Mammoth at Kilpatrick

These are set for Wednesday.

Division 2
No. 1 Mission Viejo at Riverside King
Coachella Valley at Great Oak
Valley View at Claremont
No. 4 Sunny Hills at Foothill
No. 3 El Modena at Arlington
Santa Ana at Capistrano Valley
La Habra at Chino Hills
Chaparral at No. 2 Canyon Springs

Division 3
Oxnard at Santa Maria
Santa Ana Valley at Corona del Mar
Hueneme at Lompoc Cabrillo
No. 4 Paramount at Yucaipa
No. 3 Woodbridge at Century
Montclair at Warren
University at Hart
No. 2 Katella at Fontana

Titans FC announced the rosters for their 4th annual Inland Empire Showcase boys soccer all-star game which will be held March 13 at 5 p.m. at Norco High School earlier this week. Check-in for the game will be at 3 p.m.

County players who will be taking part in the game are Jesse Huerta (Eisenhower), Omar Vasquez (Fontana), Isaac Fonseca (Fontana), Giovani Romero (Yucaipa), Christopher Angenet (Yucaipa), Angel Deleon (San Gorgonio), Jorge Caballero (San Gorgonio), Gerardo Montes (Carter), Robert Rodriquez (Colton), Jorge Ruiz (Kaiser), Juan Nuno (Oak Hills), Javier Botello (Bloomington), Kramer Gudgeon (Redlands East Valley) and Jeff Salt (Summit).

No No. 1s this week, but plenty of No. 2s, as Oak Hills, Cajon and Arrowhead Christian are in the second spot in Divisions 4, 5 and 6, respectively.

DIVISION 4
1. El Rancho
2. Oak Hills
3. Santa Monica
4. Cathedral
5. Norwalk
6. La Salle
7. Artesia
8. California
9. Salesian
10. Diamond Ranch

DIVISION 5
1. La Canada
2. Cajon
3. Victor Valley
4. Baldwin Park
5. Granite Hills
6. Carter
7. Carpinteria
8. Lakeside
9. Mountain View
10T. Garden Grove Santiago
10T. Cerritos Valley Christian

DIVISION 6
1. Brentwood
2. Arrowhead Christian
3. Buckley
4. Tahquitz
5T. Bishop Union
5T. San Jacinto
7. Rubidoux
8. Ontario Christian
9. Pasadena Poly
10. Windward

With World Cup fever at a fever pitch, Ontario High School soccer player Aldo Magana is making his presence felt at the Junior National level. Magana, an incoming junior for the Jaguars, made the United States' Under-17 team and scored a goal in a 2-0 win in Argentina earlier this week in Argentina. The site showcasing Magana's goal is here. The site is written in Spanish, but an English link to the Under-17 American roster is here.

Plenty of county boys soccer players were recognized by the CIF-SS offices when the all-CIF soccer teams were unveiled earlier today. But Oak Hills junior forward Juan Nuno went the extra mile, earning Offensive MVP honors for the Bulldogs, who advanced to the Division 6 finals in their inaugural year. Oak Hills coach Darren Goodman was also named coach of the year.

These were e-mailed to me last Thursday by Arroyo Valley athletic director Matt Howell, but I was in Las Vegas and out of e-mail access. Plus, my typing could have been ugly after spending afternoons at various sportsbooks watching my brackets spontaneously combust.

So I apologize for the delay and here they are.

The division shifts in football got most of the attention by the CIF-Southern Section on Monday, but several other powerful local teams in other sports were impacted by the changes.

One of the teams most impacted was the Redlands East Valley girls volleyball team. The three-time defending CIF-SS champions are being bumped up a class from Division 2-AA to 1-A. The Baseline and Citrus Belt leagues were bumped up in softball from Division 2 to Division 1 and the Citrus Belt was bumped up from Division 2 to Division 1 in girls soccer.

The High Desert also saw its soccer prowess recognized as two-time defending Division 4 girls champion Sultana moves into Division 3, along with CIF-State Southern California Division II regional champion Granite Hills. The boys soccer teams got a bump too, with the Mojave River League moving up to Division 4 and the Desert Sky League going to Division 5.

The High Desert remains alive and well in soccer going into this weekend's CIF-SS title games, as all three remaining teams in the boys and girls playoffs are located north of the Cajon Pass.

On the girls side, Sultana and Granite Hills will get a chance to replay their classic Division 4 championship game from a year ago, which the Sultans won on penalty kicks, 7 p.m. Friday at Downey Warren High School. The Sultans advanced to the finals with a 1-0 victory over No. 1-seeded La Puente Bishop Amat Tuesday while No. 2 Granite Hills defeated Hacienda Heights Los Altos 1-0 in the semifinals.

On the boys side, No. 1-seeded Oak Hills advanced to the Division 6 championship in its inaugural season by ousting Brentwood Tuesday. After a scoreless tie in regulation, the Bulldogs won the penalty-kick round 4-1 on goals by Abel Arriola, Brett Croft, Juan Nuno and Sergio Romero. The Bulldogs will face El Monte Mountain View at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Warren HS.

In the other semifinals Tuesday, Redlands East Valley fell to Harvard-Westlake 4-0 in Division 2 girls while Malibu defeated Ontario Christian on penalty kicks 3-2 in D6 girls after the teams played to a 1-1 tie.

Today was a bloody day for every county team but Oak Hills. The Bulldogs, ranked No. 1 in Division 6, defeated Maranatha today and now head to O.J. Simpson's old stomping grounds Tuesday for a semifinal matchup with Brentwood. Pretty crazy that the youngest team in the playoffs is the only one left.

Quarterfinal scores
Division 3
Santa Ana Valley 2, Redlands 1

Division 5
Amino Leadership 3, Cajon 1
Garden Grove Santiago 2, Hesperia 0

Division 6
Oak Hills 3, Maranatha 0
Brentwood 2, Granite Hills 1
Mountain View 2, Arrowhead Christian 0

Semifinals
Oak Hills at Brentwood
Pasadena Poly vs. Mountain View

Here are second-round scores from yesterday and quarterfinal matchups, which will take place Thursday.

Division 2
Second Round
Santa Barbara 1, Chino Hills 0

Division 3
Second Round
El Rancho 1, Montclair 0
Redlands 2, Ontario 0

Quarterfinals
Santa Ana Valley at Redlands, 6 p.m.

Division 5
Second Round
Salesian 4, San Gorgonio 2
Cajon 2, Ganesha 2 (Cajon wins PKs, 5-4)
Hesperia 4, Pomona 2

Quarterfinals
Cajon at Amino Leadership
Hesperia at Garden Grove Santiago

Division 6
Second Round
Oak Hills 4, El Monte 0
Granite Hills 2, Rubidoux 1
Brentwood 2, Western Christian 0
Arrowhead Christian 1, Victor Valley 0

Quarterfinals
Maranatha at Oak Hills
Brentwood at Granite Hills
Arrowhead Christian at Mountain View

Division 7
Second Round
Santa Clara 4, Victor Valley Christian 3
Serra 5, Bloomington Christian 1

To be played Tuesday.

Division 2
Santa Barbara at Chino Hills
Saddleback at La Sierra
Buena Park at Corona Santiago
Arlington at Katella
Placentia Valencia at Corona
Valley View at Dos Pueblos
Santa Ana at Bell Gardens
Glendora at Riverside Poly

Division 3
Chapparal at Savanna
Garey at Paramount
Lompoc at Great Oak
La Quinta at Canyon Country Canyon
Coachella Valley at Santa Maria
Montclair at El Rancho
Redlands at Ontario
Santa Ana Valley at Lompoc Cabrillo

An interesting twist in the Division 5 boys soccer playoffs presents itself today, as the Mojave River League and San Andreas League face off in three separate first-round games.

Two of the games, Pacific at D5 No. 2-seed Hesperia and San Gorgonio at Serrano, will take place in the High Desert while Apple Valley will travel down the hill to face SAL champion Cajon. Both Pacific and Apple Valley helped create this unusual triumvirate by winning their wild-card games Tuesday, as Pacific defeated visited Monrovia 2-1 while the Sun Devils went on the road to beat Salton City West Shores 3-1.

It's almost similar to college bowl season, as two of the more notable league in the area get to butt heads in postseason play - definitely providing a juicy little subplot to the boys soccer playoffs.

Oak Hills, a freelance team without seniors in its first year, grabbed the No. 1 seed in Division 6, a pretty heady accomplishment for a young program. Hesperia notched the No. 2 seed in Division 5 as well, while Division 3 is a who's who of county teams. Wild Card games will be played Wednesday, with the first round starting Friday.

DIVISION 3
Wild Card
A: Cathedral City at Rialto
B: Santa Ynez at Saugus
C: Chaffey at Great Oak
D: Redlands East Valley at Anaheim
E: Miller at Bloomington
F: Temecula Valley at Nogales
G: Ontario at Indio
H: Lynwood at Pioneer.

First Round
Wild Card A at Chaparral
West Covina at Savanna
Wild Card B at Paramount
California at Garey
Wild Card C at Fontana
Warren at Lompoc
Kaiser at La Quinta
Wild Card D at Canyon Country Canyon
Wild Card E at Coachella Valley
Valencia at Santa Maria
Downey at El Rancho
Wild Card F at Montclair
Wild Card G at Norte Vista
Murrieta Valley at Redlands
Lompoc Cabrillo at Rowland
Wild Card H at Santa Ana Valley.

The High Desert is feeling good again, as Oak Hills jumps into first in Division VI while Hesperia and Granite Hills are ranked No. 2 in Division V and VI, respectively.

The High Desert teams continue to regulate in the lower divisions, with Granite Hills and Oak Hills maintaining their No. 1 and No. 3 rankings, respectively, in Division 6 while Hesperia is No. 2 in Division 5. Montclair seems to be making a movie in Division 3, where the Cavaliers have surged to No. 4.

The High Desert is leading the way in soccer (which isn't unusual at all really). Granite Hills (No. 1), Oak Hills (No. 3) and Silverado (No. 5) are ranked high in Division VI, while Hesperia holds down the No. 2 spot in Division V.