High school sports

Eight local diamond teams are ranked in polls by CIF-SS

EIGHT LOCAL prep baseball and softball teams ranked this week in CIF-SS polls (Shutterstock).

All-stars and polls, etc. in today’s Prep Sport Spotlight.

This week’s CIF-SS polls as regards teams serving our cities of Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Stanton and Westminster:

Baseball

  • Division 1: Huntington Beach (fifth), Pacifica (receiving votes);
  • Division 8: Rancho Alamitos (receiving votes).

Softball

  • Division 1: Pacifica (first), Huntington Beach (fifth), Marina (10th).
  • Divison 7: Orangewood Academy (10th), Western (14th).

As far as Orange County polls go, in baseball, Huntington Beach is fourth, Pacifica is 14th, Edison is 19th, Marina is 22nd and Ocean View is 25th.

In softball, Pacifica is first, Marina is eighth and Edison is 24th.

Honors for local hoops

Here are the local basketball players that are all CIF-SS by division.

BOYS

Division 2A  

  • Barak Simon (Marina) Player of the Year; Nick Racklin (Marina) Coach of the Year.
  • Dylan Gomez (Marina).

Division 5A

  • Philip Stewart (Los Amigos), Henry Phan (Rancho Alamitos)

GIRLS

Open Division

  • Maria  Mejia (Orangewood Academy)

Division 5AA

  • Sophia Rangel (Loara).

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