Esperanza Takes Over No. 1 Ranking in Poll

Esperanza High School, the defending Southern Section 4-A champion and Empire League leader, is the new No. 1 team in this week’s Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. baseball poll. Previously top-ranked Servite fell to No. 2 after losing to Bishop Amat, 6-5, Saturday.

The poll:

Pos. School (League) . . . Record 1. Esperanza (Empire) . . . 12-1

2. Servite (Angelus) . . . 10-2

3. Capistrano Valley (South Coast) . . . 10-2

4. El Dorado (Empire) . . . 13-2

5. La Quinta (Garden Grove) . . . 13-1

6. Ocean View (Sunset) . . . 9-4

7. Westminster (Sunset) . . . 10-2-1

8. Edison (Sunset) . . . 11-4

9. Troy (Freeway) . . . 10-3

10. Loara (Empire) . . . 9-4

Others receiving votes: El Toro (11-4), Trabuco Hills (9-1-1), Valencia (8-3), Mission Viejo (9-4) and Canyon (10-3).