Both Long Beach Poly and Lakewood High’s football teams moved up one spot in the newly-released PAC-5 Division polls today, after earning victories in their first games of the season over the weekend.
Formerly #2 Mater Dei fell in a 14-10 loss to Carson and dropped to #10, opening room for Poly to move into #3 and Lakewood into the #4 position. Poly held off a late rally to defeated Bakersfield 42-18 while Lakewood route Locke by a 49-0 score.
The final Moore League team to get a mention in the polls is none other than the Compton Tarbabes, who didn’t make the Top Ten but received votes after defeating Monte Vista by a 34-14 score. The Wilson Bruins received votes last week but were not mentioned in this week’s poll after a 28-26 win over Huntington Park.
It was nearly a sweep for all Moore League teams in the opening week, with the new-look Jordan Panthers handing freshman coach Thomas Barnes his first win, 32-20 over Jordan L.A. The Millikan Rams and Cabrillo Jaguars were the only Moore League teams to lose over the weekend, as the Rams dropped a 48-22 loss to the high-octane attack of Gahr and Cabrillo fell to Lincoln, 61-14.
Here are this week’s complete PAC-5 standings.
PAC-5 DIVISION
1. Mission Viejo (1-0) def. Bothell (WA) , 49-13
2. Servite (1-0) def. Oceanside (SD), 31-7
3. Long Beach Poly (1-0) def. Bakersfield, 42-28
4. Lakewood (1-0) def. Locke (LA), 49-0
5. Los Alamitos (1-0) def. Norwalk, 34-0
6. Edison (1-0) def. Artesia, 59-0
7. Bishop Amat (1-0) def. Garfield (LA) , 23-0
8. Newport Harbor (0-0) Bye
9. San Clemente (2-0) def. Villa Park, 25-0
10. Mater Dei (0-1) lost to Carson (LA), 10-14OTHERS: Orange Lutheran (1-0) def. La Habra, 21-17; Crespi (0-1) lost to Dominguez, 11-14; Dana Hills (1-0) def. Santiago/Corona, 49-20; Loyola (1-0) def. Mira Costa, 10-7; St. John Bosco (1-0) def. Mission Hills (LA), 47-21; Alemany (1-0) def. Oaks Christian, 20-17; Compton (1-0) def. Monte Vista, 34-14; Santa Margarita (1-0) def. Diamond Ranch, 56-0; Tesoro (1-0) def. Vallley Christian/Cerritos, 54-0; Trabuco Hills (1-0) def. Capistrano Valley, 17-0
Here are this week’s Moore League standings thus far, with their next opponent.
Long Beach Poly (#3) 1-0 (0-0) St. Bonaventure at Veterans Stadium, 7:00pm Friday
Lakewood (#4) 1-0 (0-0) At St. John Bosco, 7:00pm Friday
Compton Tarbabes 1-0 (0-0) At Compton Centennial, 5:00pm Friday
Wilson Bruins 1-0 (0-0) Edison at Wilson High School, 7:00pm Friday
Jordan Panthers 1-0 (0-0) BYE this week. At Warren, 7:00pm September 17
Cabrillo Jaguars 0-1 (0-0) Lynwood at Cabrillo High School, 7:00pm Friday
Millikan Rams 0-1 (0-0) At Artesia High School, 7:00pm Friday