Mission Viejo Takes Over Top Ranking in Prep Poll

Mission Viejo High School unseated Fountain Valley as the top-ranked team in the Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. poll after a 24-3 victory over the Barons last week.

Fountain Valley fell to fourth after two weeks as the county’s top-ranked team. Mission Viejo was ranked third.

Santa Ana fell from second to fifth after a 17-10 loss to 10th-ranked Mater Dei last week.

In the featured game of the week, second-ranked Servite plays host to Crespi at 7:30 Saturday night in Orange Coast College’s LeBard Stadium.

The game features running backs Russell White of Crespi and Derek Brown of Servite.

The poll:

Pos. School (League) Record

1. Mission Viejo (South Coast) 3-0

2. Servite (Angelus) 3-0

3. Edison (Sunset) 3-0

4. Fountain Valley (Sunset) 2-1

5. Santa Ana (Century) 2-1

6. Esperanza (Empire) 3-0

7. Valencia (Orange) 3-0

8. El Toro (South Coast) 2-1

9. Woodbridge (Pacific Coast) 3-0

10. Mater Dei (Angelus) 1-2

Others Receiving Votes: Irvine (3-0) and Corona del Mar (3-0).