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SOFTBALL RANKINGS: Villa Park No. 1 in Division 2; Los Al, Pacifica, Esperanza, HB, Marina and Santa Margarita in D1 top 10

Villa Park is ranked No. 1 in this week’s CIF Division 2 softball poll.

Orange County teams Los Alamitos, Pacifica, Esperanza, Huntington Beach, Marina and Santa Margarita are ranked in the top 10 of the Division 1 poll.

Beckman and Tesoro are ranked in the top 10 of the Division 3 poll. Rosary, Newport Harbor and Segerstrom are ranked in the top 10 in Division 4. Capistrano Valley and Ocean View are in the top 10 of Division 5, Garden Grove and Rancho Alamitos are in the top 10 of Division 6 and Buena Park is in the top 10 of Division 7.

To see the rankings for every division, click here

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