Bay Area girls soccer: Woodside, Valley Christian, Granada make the jump into the rankings.
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
(Records through Monday)
No. 1 ST. FRANCIS (3-0-1)
Previous ranking: 1
Since last ranking: Beat Santa Cruz 6-0, tied Los Altos 1-1, beat Burlingame 2-1, Woodside 1-0
Up next: Jan. 4 at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 3:15 p.m.
No. 2 SAN RAMON VALLEY (7-0)
Previous ranking: 5
Since last ranking: Beat Wilcox 8-0, Castro Valley 3-0, Livermore 6-0, St. Mary’s 1-0, Windsor 4-0, Montgomery 3-1, Lincoln-Stockon 5-0
Up next: Jan. 9 at Dougherty Valley, 6:30 p.m.
No. 3 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (6-0)
Previous ranking: 6
Since last ranking: Beat Salinas 7-0, Sequoia 1-0, Tamalpais 8-0, Maria Carrillo 3-1, St. Mary’s-Stockton 4-0, Monte Vista 3-0
Up next: Jan. 4 at St. Ignatius, 3:15 p.m.
No. 4 MONTE VISTA (4-1-1)
Previous ranking: 8
Since last ranking: Beat Tamalpais 1-0, Campolindo 6-3, Berkeley 1-0, tied Whitney 2-2, beat Windsor 7-0, lost to Archbishop Mitty 3-0.
Up next:Jan. 9 at Carondelet, 6:30 p.m.
No. 5 BERKELEY (5-1-1)
Previous ranking: 14
Since last ranking: Beat Arroyo 4-0, Vintage 3-0, Carondelet 1-0, Pittsburg 3-0, lost to Monte Vista 1-0, Deer Valley (FF), tied Heritage 1-1
Up next: Wednesday vs. James Logan 6:30 p.m.
No. 6 CARONDELET (4-1)
Previous ranking: 2
Since last ranking: Lost to Berkeley 1-0, beat Bullard 4-0, Clovis North 1-0, Liberty 4-0, Whitney 1-0.
Up next: Wednesday at Northgate, 6:30 p.m.
No. 7 LEIGH (5-0)
Previous ranking: 9
Since last ranking: Beat Mountain View 1-0, Menlo School 4-0, Woodside 2-0, Leland 3-0, Presentation 1-0
Up next: Friday vs. Piedmont Hills 7 p.m.
No. 8 WOODSIDE (4-2)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Menlo School 1-0, Mountain View 1-0, lost to Leigh 2-0, beat Aragon 3-0, Los Gatos 2-1, lost to St. Francis 1-0.
Up next: Jan. 6 vs. Newark Memorial, 12 p.m.
No. 9 MOUNTAIN VIEW (5-2)
Previous ranking: 3
Since last ranking: Beat San Mateo 4-0, lost to Leigh 1-0, Woodside 1-0, beat Menlo School 5-1, Sacred Heart Prep 1-0, Sequoia 2-1, Homestead 4-0
Up next: Friday at Hollister, 3 p.m.
No. 10 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (8-0-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Nore Dame-San Jose 2-1, Hollister 1-0, Willow Glen 4-0, Salinas 2-1, Monte Vista Christian-Watsonville 2-0, tied Aptos 3-3, beat Archbishop Riordan 3-0, Live Oak 4-2, Sobrato 6-0.
Up next: Wednesday at The King’s Academy, 3 p.m.
No. 11 LELAND (4-1-2)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Monta Vista 9-0, tied Sacred Heart Prep 1-1, St. Ignatius 2-2, beat Menlo-Atherton 3-0, Los Altos 1-0, lost to Leigh 3-0, beat Evergreen Valley 7-0.
Up next: Jan. 3 vs. Branham , 7 p.m.
No. 12 SACRED HEART PREP (3-1-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Tied Leland 1-1, beat Los Altos 2-1, lost to Mountain View 1-0, beat Santa Clara 3-1, Sequoia 2-1
Up next: Thursday vs. Menlo-Atherton, 2:30 p.m.
No. 13 LOS ALTOS (4-3-1)
Previous ranking: 12
Since last ranking: Beat Menlo-Atherton 4-0, St. Ignatius 2-0, lost to Sacred Heart Prep 2-1, Leland 1-0, tied St. Francis 1-1, beat Notre Dame-Belmont 5-0, lost to Homestead 2-1, beat Saratoga 8-1.
Up next: Jan. 9 vs. Mountain View, 6 p.m.
No. 14 ST. IGNATIUS (5-1-2)
Previous ranking: 7
Since last ranking: Tied Tamalpais 1-1, lost to Los Altos 2-0, tied Leland 2-2, beat Pioneer 3-1, Menlo-Atherton 4-0, Lincoln-Stockton 2-0, Whitney 3-0, Maria Carrillo 3-0.
Up next: Friday vs. Colfax, 3:30 p.m.
No. 15 GRANADA (5-0)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Livermore 2-0, College Park 1-0, American 2-1, Granite Bay 3-2, West-Tracy 3-0,
Up next: Wednesday at San Leandro, 7 p.m.
Editor’s note: Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
