Division I-AAA Southern Section Poll

Preseason Southern Section D-IAAA Top 20 (revised Dec. 16, 2000)

1	Long Beach Poly	Lost Wesley Stokes and Joe Travis to graduation, but return strongest team in the division, with Markee White, Marcedes Lewis, Carlos Rivers, Jono Harper. Defending D-IAA Champs should repeat, but will be challenged by a few like Upland.
2	Upland	Very tough squad, UNLV-signee Kirk Snyder, Sheldon Pace, Prentice Harris, Lionel Davis and Tye-Juan Hatter make them a contender. Quarterfinals last year, could be finalist this year
3	Canyon Springs	Arizona State-signee Jason Braxton, soph Richard Cobbs, Howard and Royal Tayloar and Marcus Carver make up a talented squad. Should have better chemistry
4	Fontana	Two of the "Fab Three" are gone, but Trayvon Williams and a very talented team remain
5	Oxnard	Only lose 5 players; Matthew Merricks is gone, but they have some excellent guard play, and top D-I prospect Nicholas Curtis, as well as All-League junior point guard Jonathan Davis and junior forward Lee Abair.
6	Eisenhower	Return Johnny Dukes, Denote Nelson, Sean Marshall, Joell Hart, and Alex Acker. Sweet 16 team should be better this year
7	Arroyo Grande	Height with Phillip Johnson and Ryan Zimmerman and good guard play give this team real potential
8	Peninsula	Lose a little to graduation, but gain from returning player maturity. Kevin Gardner will lead along with Ryan Johnson, Phil Baxter, Jay Lescoulie, Andrew Nyim, and Austing Cinnzmoad
9	Leuzinger	Derrick Clark is reason enough to put this team here
10	Miller, AB	Currently 7-0;
11	Jordan	Travon Bryant is gone, but Keith Rogers, Anthony Massey, Rashawn Childs, Ron Banks, Donald Williams, Clay Salima and Donte Cottrell should all return.
12	Ontario	Ontario lost a lot to graduation, including Jonathan Levy (18 ppg) and Jason Burrell (21 ppg), but they return just about everyone, including Marlon Mitchell (15 ppg), Brandon Kinney, David Dunn, Andrew ?Alhadeff and Harold Ringgold.
13	Los Alamitos	Lost a lot to graduation including big men Jeff Grgas Kenny Carter but return Brian Rakusin (6'-8" Sr. C/F), along guards Eddie Courtemarche, Ian Martini, Steve Shinen and Eric Yarger.Very good jv-feeder program.
14	Esperanza	Team returns everyone except four lost to graduation. Anthony Vicencia leads returning scorers.
15	Lakewoood	Robert Hicks and Armand Ivory make this team one to watch.
16	Etiwanda	Lost Reco Wright and Romel Beck to graduation, but most of their other offensive weapons return, including Jonathan Boyd and Jason Burrell.
17	LB Millikan	Could be a darkhorse in the division and may sneak up on some people.
18	Fountain Valley	Forward Matt Ball and guard Tucker Fendon have helped Fountain Valley to get off to a good start this season. We'll see if it lasts.
19	Ayala	Litigation settled, now it's back to business. Lost a lot to graduation, but Dontaa Donald, Ken Quinn, Kyle Gregory and Danny Stephens return to an always tough team. Hard to replace Chris Pacana, Marcel Burke, Malik Jones, Mike Sterling, Chase Jones, and DJ Lucas, but a huge base of students to draw on.
20	Rialto	Daryl Diggins, and Gales have been the two mainstays in the preseason from what we can tell. Struggled a bit against some teams, but they have excellent potential. Keep an eye on them.
20T	Downey	Downey has managed a 5-4 preseason record thus far, and with Steve Topete and Aaron Perez, along with Nathan Black and George Zumbarakis, and Danny Mendiola (related to ???), they will be improving. Others include Lucas Lucero, Matthew Craig, Brian Wright, Rudy Danato, Andrew Yonan and Jaime Johnson.

Preseason Teams Not Ranked (In alphabetical order)		Alhambra Alta Loma Arcadia Bell Gardens Capistrano Valley Chaffey Channel Islands	Dana Hills Diamond Bar Downey El Rancho Fountain Valley Glendale Hawthorne	Hoover Littlerock Lynwood Paramount Rancho Cucamonga Redlands East Valley	Saddleback Santa Ana Santa Maria Santa Monica Santiago--Corona Wilson (Long Beach)