Division I-AA Southern Section Poll 12/16 preseason revision

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

1	El Toro	Underrated team over-achieved last year, and this year if everyone returns could be a contender. Ashkan Nazeri, Matt Green, Ken Tanaka, and Chris Parrish should be back for Elite 8 finisher.
2	Crescenta Valley	James Jenkins, Jimmy Goffredo, and Chris Tarne all return and CV could contend for the top spot, and vying to go undefeated this season in league and preseason play.
3	San Clemente	Handed their first preseason loss in an overtime game against Crescenta Valley, this team could also challenge for a section title behind the scoring of Tim Burnette and some clutch play from Eli Owens, James Hartman, Matt King, Jordan Fleener and Curtis Bush.
4.	Glendora	Mike Mehanna, Spencer Foster, Evan Lynch and a few other returnees will keep Glendora near the top of the division. How near is the question.
5	Aliso Niguel	Graduated 3 starters accounting for 34 ppg, but return some talented guards like Dino Lamela, Shaun Garcia, Brandon Sievers, Ramy Farag, Don Nguyen, and big scorer Zach Zanolli, along with Ricky Ebel, Brandon Alconcel, Scott Sporleader Kyle Hanson, Chris Buchert.
6	Warren	Lost Curtis Williams (18.7 ppg), but return big scorers Julian Assibey and Aaron Hobbensiefken, as well as several other solid role players like Jimmy Shull, and Harold Fairweather. Will rebuild, but have a good base.
7	Rancho Verde	Oregeon State signee JS Nash will again lead a team which made it to the Southern Section Semi-finals, losing to Simi last year in the playoffs. So far, have not played up to their potential when Nash has been out, but capable of big things with him in the game.
8	Cajon	Team loses Blake Walker to graduation and Paul Roby to prep school but they return Donovan Morris, Nick Norman, Larry Dew, Tony Danridge, Rummel Clark, Romale Porter, Mike De Arman, Andre Clark, Kris Silvas, Danial Cooper, Andre Payne and Dmytry Lewis. A solid crew.
9	Thousand Oaks	Lose big scoring Tim Chevalier, but return Kyle Kegley who led team at 16.8 ppg, David Anderson (9.2ppg) and some other tough guards.
10	Mission Viejo	Lost four seniors, but return a big junior class in Travis Niesen (6'-7" Jr. PF), Erik Engstrom (6'-6" Jr. C), David Johnson (6'-6" Sr. C), and solid guards like Mykel Valentine, Brad Campbell, Osvaldo Gudino, Greg Villanueva, and Joel Zamora.
11	Quartz Hills	Tony Johnson has been an excellent scorer for Quartz Hills in the preseason, and teammate Josh Porter has contributed some solid play as well.
12	Loyola	Omar Wilkes, Sean Crosner, Matt Llewellyn lead this group of very under-rated, and as yet unproven players.
13	Marina	Return Beau Brown (13 ppg), and Chris De Luca, but loses high scorer Dustin Kaatz (24 ppg); complete rebuilding year, but a team to watch
14	Montclair	Milton Stanley has been a prolific scorer, while Demetris Walk has played great defense and provided some offense as well.. Teammate Quincy Fields has provided depth on the boards, both offensively and defensively.
15	Murrieta Valley	Dan Larsen, CJ Richardson, and several others have played well in the early preseason.
16	Irvine	David Cox and Massud Naderi have had the hot hand for the Vaqueros in the early pre-season.
17	Camarillo	Camarillo had guard Ian Campbell, forward Jared Jungwirth and Jimmy Alstot who will lead the team this year.
18	Moreno Valley	Moreno Valley has been spotty in the preseason. Ron Howard has shot the ball well, but the team has been inconsistent with turnovers.
19	Nogales	Led by senior guard Jeremy Mack and Gary Castillo, Nogales has played some good teams in the preseason. Should be improved.
20	Valencia (V)	Scott Jones and Emanuel Ortega have led the Tigers to a respectable and promising preseason thus far.

Preseason Southern Section Others Not Ranked (In alphabetical order)		Century Chino Coachella Valley Colton Don Lugo Hart Hueneme	Indio Irvine Jurupa Valley Montebello North, JW Palmdale Redlands	Righetti Rowland Royal San Gabriel San Gorgonio Santa Ana Valley Schurr	Silverado Temecula Valley University Walnut West Covina Westminster Yucaipa