CONCORD – Archbishop Mitty forward Jonah Guardino celebrates scoring the game winning goal in the 84th minute. De La Salle and Archbishop Mitty played in the De La Salle high school soccer showcase on Friday, Dec. 16 2022 in Concord, Calif. (Joseph Dycus/Bay Area News Group)
Bellarmine slipped from No. 3 to No. 5 in the Bay Area News Group boys soccer rankings after losing to a pair of SoCal teams over the winter break.
Clayton Valley Charter stayed at No. 1 after two victories against East Bay opponents.
St. Francis jumps to No. 7 from No. 11 following back-to-back big wins.
De La Salle dropped from No. 8 to No. 9 after losing twice and beating a ranked Monte Vista team.
Richmond lost twice and fell to No. 11.
Mountain View enters the rankings with a 6-0-1 record after beating Serra.
On to the rankings …
Bay Area News Group boys soccer Top 15
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
No. 1 CLAYTON VALLEY CHARTER (10-0-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Update: Beat Dougherty Valley 2-1, Ygnacio Valley 2-1
Up next: Thursday at Northgate, 7 p.m.
No. 2 SACRED HEART PREP (3-1-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Update: Tied Mater Dei-Santa Ana 0-0.
Up next: Friday at Priory, 3:30 p.m.
No. 3 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (5-2-0)
Previous ranking: 4
Update: Beat Branham 2-0, Valley Christian 8-0.
Up next: Thursday at St. Francis, 4 p.m.
No. 4 LAS LOMAS (6-0-0)
Previous ranking: 6
Update: Beat Northgate 3-1.
Up next: Thursday at Miramonte, 7 p.m.
No. 5 BELLARMINE (3-3-1)
Previous ranking: 3
Update: Lost to Servite 4-0, Orange Lutheran 2-0, beat Archbishop Riordan 3-0.
Up next: Thursday vs. St. Ignatius, 7 p.m.
No. 6 PROSPECT (4-0-1)
Previous ranking: 5
Update: Did not play
Up next: Jan. 4 at Santa Teresa, 7 p.m.
No. 7 ST. FRANCIS (3-1-2)
Previous ranking: 11
Update: Beat Mater Dei-Santa Ana 1-0, Sacred Heart Cathedral 1-0.
Up next: Thursday vs. Archbishop Mitty, 4 p.m.
No. 8 ST. IGNATIUS (4-1-2)
Previous ranking: 10
Preseason: Lost to Hamilton-Chandler 2-0, tied Sunnyside-Tuscon 1-1, beat Campo Verde-Gilbert 3-0, Serra 1-0.
Up next: Thursday at Bellarmine, 7 p.m.
No. 9 DE LA SALLE (3-4-1)
Previous ranking: 8
Update: Lost to Cathedral-Los Angeles 2-1, tied with St. Augustine-San Diego 2-2, beat Monte Vista 1-0.
Next game: Tuesday vs. Dublin, 6:30 p.m.
No. 10 MONTE VISTA 7-1-1)
Previous ranking: 12
Update: Lost to De La Salle 1-0.
Up next: Thursday vs. Dublin, 6:30 p.m.
No. 11 RICHMOND (4-4-0)
Previous ranking: 7
Update: Lost to San Clemente 3-1, San Dieguito-Academy 6-1.
Up next: Thursday at El Cerrito, 6 p.m.
No. 12 BURLINGAME (3-1-2)
Previous ranking: 13
Update: Did not play last week.
Up next: Jan. 4 vs. San Mateo, 6 p.m.
No. 13 PIEDMONT (3-1-2)
Previous ranking: 14
Update: Did not play last week.
Up next: Jan. 6 vs. Cardinal Newman, 7 p.m.
No. 14 DUBLIN (3-1-3)
Previous ranking: 15
Update: Tied with Pittsburg 0-0, lost to California 2-0.
Up next: Thursday at Monte Vista, 6:30 p.m.
No. 15 Mountain View (6-0-1)
Previous ranking: NR
Update: Beat Serra 2-1.
Up next: Today vs. Leigh, 6:15 p.m.
Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. For updated records, please email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.
Originally published at Joseph Dycus