Here’s our last East Bay football poll of the regular season. New teams in the fold — Northgate, Liberty and Granada.

Also receiving votes:  Washington (5-4, 2 votes), Concord (6-3, 2), San Leandro (5-4, 1).  The East Bay Football Poll is voted on by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group East Bay.

Here’s our latest East Bay football poll. College Park and Encinal crack the rankings.

Also receiving votes:  Concord (6-2, 4 votes), Northgate (7-1, 2), Hercules (7-1, 1).  The East Bay Football Poll is voted on by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group East Bay.

Here’s our latest East Bay football poll. Undefeated Deer Valley and Campolindo keep climbing higher.

Also receiving votes:  Encinal (6-1, 3 votes), Hercules (6-1, 3), Granada (4-3, 1). The East Bay Football Poll is voted on by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group East Bay.

The Diablo Valley Athletic League is brimming with college baseball prospects this year. Between College Park and Clayton Valley Charter, nine baseball players have made their college commitments.

Clayton Valley has a pair of seniors who recently committed. Grant Meylan (outfield/pitcher) is headed to Santa Clara while Garrett Nelson (first base/pitcher) is going to Long Beach State.

College Park has seven players, all juniors, who have already committed. They are:

• Noah Oar – Stanford
• Joe DeMers – Washington
• Trevor Larnach – Oregon State
• Willie MacIver – Washington
• Jeff Mitchell – Cal
• Chris Brown – UC Davis
• Noah Burnham- UC Santa Barbara

Pittsburg High running back Harris Ross has flipped his college commitment to Oregon State.

Here’s our latest East Bay football poll. Deer Valley and Campolindo each move up a spot.

Also receiving votes:  McClymonds (3-2, 3 votes), Granada (4-2, 2). The East Bay Football Poll is voted on by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group East Bay.

San Ramon Valley High’s Conor Neumann, a two-sport standout, had some tough choices to make about his college future.

The senior eventually chose water polo over baseball and Cal over a host of other colleges. The lefty attacker made his commitment to the Cal water polo program this week.

A starting pitcher for the Wolves’ baseball team since his sophomore year, Neumann drew interest from Oregon, UC Davis, University of Pennsylvania and Long Beach State. But he decided to focus on water polo instead, picking Cal over schools like UCLA and UC Santa Barbara.

Neumann, a four-year varsity water polo player at SRV,  is currently sidelined by a broken finger, but could be back before season’s end. He’ll try to help a young Wolves team reach the NCS championship game for a third straight year.

As a junior, he was named first team All-NCS, first team All-EBAL, second team All-East Bay and seventh team All-American. Neumann played on the Lamorinda U-18 squad over the summer.

Here’s our final East Bay poll before league play gets underway for everyone this week.

Also receiving votes:  Granada (3-2, 1 vote). The East Bay Football Poll is voted on by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group East Bay.

Very few changes this week. Amador Valley and SRV swap spots as do Acalanes and Miramonte.

Also receiving votes:  Hercules (3-1, 1 vote), Granada (3-2, 1). The East Bay Football Poll is voted on by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group East Bay.

With league play beginning this week in the DFAL, EBAL, MVAL and Tri-County Rock, I thought it would be a good time to take a closer look at those divisions. Who are the favorites, which teams have surprised and what games should high school football aficionados make sure they see? We’ll take a look at the other leagues when they kick off in the next few weeks.

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