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CIF Southern Section boys water polo coaches' poll: Harvard-Westlake the top dog

Newport Harbor and Harvard-Westlake have been neck-and-neck for the top spot in the boys' water polo rankings all season. This week, Harvard-Westlake gets the
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CIF Southern Section boys water polo coaches' poll: Harvard-Westlake the top dog
CIF Southern Section boys water polo coaches' poll: Harvard-Westlake the top dog

Newport Harbor and Harvard-Westlake have been neck-and-neck for the top spot in the boys' water polo rankings all season. This week, Harvard-Westlake gets the nod. All the results of the voting are below:

DIVISION 1/2

  1. Harvard-Westlake
  2. Newport Harbor
  3. Loyola
  4. Huntington Beach
  5. Santa Margarita (tied for fifth)
  6. Oaks Christian (tied for fifth)
  7. Mater Dei (tied for fifth)
  8. Corona del Mar
  9. Orange Lutheran
  10. Palos Verdes (tied for tenth)
  11. Laguna Beach (tied for tenth)
  12. Woodbridge (tied for tenth)
  13. San Clemente
  14. Foothill
  15. Dana Hills
  16. Mira Costa
  17. Los Alamitos
  18. Damien
  19. Riverside Poly
  20. Dos Pueblos

DIVISION 3

  1. Wilson (Long Beach)
  2. Los Osos
  3. Beckman
  4. Redondo Union
  5. Servite
  6. Santa Barbara
  7. Northwood
  8. Newbury Park
  9. Westlake
  10. Costa Mesa

    Also receiving votes: Edison, South Pasadena, El Toro, Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)

DIVISION 4

  1. JSerra
  2. San Juan Hills
  3. El Segundo
  4. Yorba Linda
  5. University
  6. El Dorado
  7. Pacifica (Garden Grove)
  8. Brentwood
  9. Glendora
  10. Chadwick

    Also receiving votes: Yucaipa, Roosevelt, Troy, Thousand Oaks, M.L. King, Arlington

DIVISION 5

  1. Mission Viejo
  2. Brea-Olinda
  3. Trabuco Hills
  4. St. Francis
  5. Palm Desert
  6. Burroughs (Burbank)
  7. Culver City
  8. Camarillo
  9. Canyon
  10. Marina

    Also receiving votes: Laguna Hills

DIVISION 6

  1. Crespi
  2. Redlands
  3. Portola
  4. Valencia (Placentia)
  5. Los Altos
  6. Baldwin Park
  7. South (Torrance)
  8. Alemany
  9. Whittier
  10. Garden Grove

    Also receiving votes: Western, Pacifica (Oxnard), Paramount

DIVISION 7

  1. Rancho Mirage
  2. Ontario
  3. Santa Ana
  4. Milken Community
  5. Crean Lutheran
  6. Lakewood
  7. Norte Vista
  8. San Gorgonio
  9. Chaffey
  10. Magnolia

    Also receiving votes: Patriot, La Mirada, Santa Fe, Westminster

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Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
LANCE SMITH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Lance Smith is a veteran high school sports reporter who worked previously with SBLive Sports covering basketball, football, and softball in California's Southern Section and LA City Section and has returned as contributor to High School On SI in 2025. He also covers Nevada and National Girls Basketball. A graduate of The USC Marshall School of Business, Smith dabbles in linear algebra and football and basketball computer rankings.

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