CIF-SS preseason wrestling and soccer polls

Serrano girls soccer team enters the 2015–16 season outside of the top 10 in the preseason CIF-Southern Section Division 4 poll. (FILE PHOTO: David Pardo, Daily Press)

The CIF-Southern Section released preaseason polls for wrestling and boys and girls soccer on Monday. The boys and girls basketball polls won’t be released until Dec. 14.

There’s not a ton of High Desert representation in these polls. Does that forecast a down year in winter sports (a season in which we typically have at least one soccer team making a deep run and some very good wrestling)? Or will local teams find their way into the polls once play starts? Time will tell.

Here’s a look at the local teams involved:

Boys Soccer

High Desert teams will start the year just outside of the top 10 for both Division 4 (Mojave River League teams) and Div. 5 (Desert Sky League teams).

Oak Hills is a team receiving votes in the Div. 4 poll. Adelanto and Granite Hills have the same distinction in the Div. 5 poll.

Div. 4

1. Bellflower
2. Hart
3. Godinez
4. Chaparral
5. Norwalk
6. El Segundo
7. Great Oak
8. Lawndale
9. West Torrance
10. Cate

Others receiving votes: Sierra Vista, Oak Hills, Vista Murrieta.

Div. 5

1. Santiago/Garden Grove
2. Chino
3. Rialto
4. Arroyo
5. San Gorgonio
6. La Puente
7. Arroyo Valley
8. Garey
9. Animo Leadership
10. Charter Oak

Others receiving votes: Adelanto, Granite Hills, Mountain View

University Prep is the lone local team ranked in boys soccer, landing at No. 3 in Div. 7.

Div. 7

1. Dunn
2. Laguna Blanca
3. University Prep
4. Webb
5. Buckley
6. Santa Rosa Academy
7. de Toledo (formerly New Community Jewish)
8. Filmore
9. St. Anthony
10. Desert Christian Academy

Girls Soccer

The High Desert has almost no representation in the girls soccer polls. Serrano is a team receiving votes in Div. 4, but that’s it.

Div. 4

1. La Mirada
2. Moorpark
3. Santa Monica
4. Poly/Riverside
5. Royal
6. Arcadia
7. Oak Park
8. Alemany
9. Malibu
10. Sage Hill

Other’s receiving votes: Serrano, San Marino, Mayfair

Wrestling

Three High Desert teams land in the Eastern Division’s top 10 in wrestling. Oak Hills headlines that group at No. 2. The Bulldogs return Jesse Madrigal, who placed sixth at 220 pounds at the CIF State Wrestling Championships and was Daily Press Wrestling Athlete of the Year last season.

Sultana lands at No. 6 while Victor Valley sits one back at No. 7.

Eastern Div.

1. Temecula Valley
2. Oak Hills
3. Palm Desert
4. Citrus Hill
5. Temescal Canyon
6. Sultana
7. Victor Valley
8. Canyon Springs
9. Hemet
10. Centennial/Corona

Others receiving votes: Vista Murrieta, Santiago/Corona.