Sheldon ShealerTOP STORY: The Texas public high school season kicks off this week and the current ESR Top 5 will be competing at the National Elite Prep Showcase, co-hosted by Nolan Catholic and Southlake Carroll. The event annually attracts teams from California, Florida and Texas — although this year’s event has limited out-of-state involvement. However, the one school making the trip to the Fort Worth area is No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), where it could strengthen its case for a second national title in three years with a strong showing at the event.
BIG MOVER: None of note as all 50 teams from last week remained in the rankings with some slight movement.
NEWCOMERS: None.
NOTES: The winter season includes the following states: Arizona, California (winter), Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
Rankings through matches played Jan. 6, 2013
| Rk. | School (City, State) | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Plano West (Plano, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 1 |
| Plano West faces state-ranked Nolan Catholic in the opener of the National Elite Prep Showcase on Thursday. | |||
| 2 | St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) | 14-0-0 | 2 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas faces Liberty (Calif.) in Thursday’s opening round of play at the National Elite Prep Showcase. | |||
| 3 | Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 3 |
| Marcus takes on Midland in Thursday’s action at the National Elite Prep Showcase. | |||
| 4 | Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 4 |
| Carroll plays host to Bishop Lynch in the opening round of the National Elite Prep Showcase on Thursday. | |||
| 5 | Coppell (Coppell, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 5 |
| Coppell faces Clear Lake, a perennial Houston-area power, on Thursday in the first round of the National Elite Prep Showcase. | |||
| 6 | Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo, Calif.) | 9-1-2 | 6 |
| Capo Valley was idle last week and returns to action Tuesday against one-loss and state-ranked San Juan Hills. | |||
| 7 | San Ramon Valley (Danville, Calif.) | 8-0-2 | 7 |
| San Ramon Valley was idle last week and next faces Livermore on Tuesday. | |||
| 8 | American Heritage-Delray (Delray Beach, Fla.) | 17-0-1 | 8 |
| AH-Delray was idle last week and returns to action Thursday against West Boca Raton. | |||
| 9 | Flower Mound (Flower Mound, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 9 |
| Flower Mound takes on ESR Top 50-ranked Grapevine in the opening round of the National Elite Prep Showcase on Thursday. | |||
| 10 | Douglas (Parkland, Fla.) | 17-0-0 | 10 |
| Douglas faces Boca Raton on Tuesday in a match with significant ESR Top 50 implications. | |||
| 11 | Dana Hills (Dana Point, Calif.) | 5-0-3 | 11 |
| Dana Hills was idle last week and faces ESR Top 50-ranked San Clemente on Tuesday. | |||
| 12 | Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.) | 8-0-3 | 12 |
| Hannah Vane had a goal and two assists as Mitty posted victories over Valley Christian and Sacred Heart Cathedral last week. | |||
| 13 | Kingwood (Humble, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 13 |
| Kingwood faces Arlington Martin in the opening round of the National Elite Prep Showcase on Thursday. | |||
| 14 | Vero Beach (Vero Beach, Fla.) | 16-0-0 | 14 |
| Vero Beach was idle last week and returns to action Tuesday against West Shore. | |||
| 15 | Palm Beach Central (Wellington, Fla.) | 13-0-0 | 15 |
| Palm Beach Central was idle last week and next faces Royal Palm Beach on Tuesday. | |||
| 16 | Pinnacle (Phoenix, Ariz.) | 11-0-1 | 16 |
| Jorian Baucom was named MVP as Pinnacle won the AZ Showcase last Monday. | |||
| 17 | South Torrance (Torrance, Calif.) | 11-0-6 | 17 |
| Charlie Tavormina’s goal lifted South Torrance to a 1-0 win over Peninsula last week. | |||
| 18 | Torrance (Torrance, Calif.) | 11-1-0 | 18 |
| Allison Arriola had a goal and one assist as Torrance defeated Marymount 3-0. | |||
| 19 | Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) | 6-1-2 | 19 |
| Mira Costa was idle last week and next faces West Torrance on Tuesday. | |||
| 20 | Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.) | 9-1-2 | 20 |
| Mackenzie Howe and Chloe Castaneda scored as Harvard-Westlake defeated Santa Barbara 2-0 last week. | |||
| 21 | Sunny Hills (Fullerton, Calif.) | 11-1-4 | 23 |
| Sunny Hills was idle last week and returns to action Tuesday against La Habra. | |||
| 22 | Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) | 7-1-2 | 21 |
| Aliso Niguel was idle last week and next faces Mission Viejo on Tuesday. | |||
| 23 | Catalina Foothills (Tucson, Ariz.) | 12-1-2 | 22 |
| Catalina Foothills was idle last week and next faces Sahuaro on Tuesday. | |||
| 24 | Saugus (Santa Clarita, Calif.) | 12-0-0 | 24 |
| Saugus was idle last week and faces state-ranked Valencia on Tuesday. | |||
| 25 | Flintridge-Sacred Heart (La Canada, Calif.) | 9-0-2 | 25 |
| Coach Frank Pace collected career win No. 200 as the Tologs defeated Sacred Heart Academy 3-1 on goals by Casey Basso, Hanna Armendariz and Krista Meaglia. Pace is in his 15th season at the school. | |||
| 26 | Ursuline Academy (Dallas, Texas) | 5-1-0 | 26 |
| 27 | Edison (Huntington Beach, Calif.) | 9-3-1 | 27 |
| 28 | Bishop O’Dowd (Oakland, Calif.) | 9-1-1 | 28 |
| 29 | Klein Oak (Spring, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 30 |
| 30 | Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) | 12-1-3 | 31 |
| 31 | Los Osos (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) | 10-2-3 | 32 |
| 32 | San Clemente (San Clemente, Calif.) | 7-3-3 | 33 |
| 33 | Cathedral Catholic (San Diego, Calif.) | 10-2-3 | 34 |
| 34 | Corona del Mar (Newport Beach, Calif.) | 8-2-2 | 35 |
| 35 | Boca Raton (Boca Raton, Fla.) | 13-2-1 | 36 |
| 36 | American Heritage-Plantation (Plantation, Fla.) | 18-1-0 | 37 |
| 37 | Iolani (Honolulu, Hawaii) | 7-0-1 | 38 |
| 38 | St. Francis (Mountain View, Calif.) | 7-0-1 | 39 |
| 39 | Mansfield (Mansfield, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 40 |
| 40 | McKinney Boyd (McKinney, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 41 |
| 41 | Grapevine (Grapevine, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 42 |
| 42 | Claremont (Claremont, Calif.) | 14-2-1 | 43 |
| 43 | Scripps Ranch (San Diego, Calif.) | 8-0-4 | 44 |
| 44 | Melbourne (Melbourne, Fla.) | 15-0-1 | 45 |
| 45 | Alta Loma (Alta Loma, Calif.) | 7-2-1 | 46 |
| 46 | Upland (Upland, Calif.) | 7-2-0 | 49 |
| 47 | Chino Hills (Chino Hills, Calif.) | 8-2-5 | 47 |
| 48 | University (Irvine, Calif.) | 5-2-3 | 48 |
| 49 | Madison Central (Madison, Miss.) | 13-1-1 | 29 |
| 50 | Desert Vista (Phoenix, Ariz.) | 12-1-1 | 50 |
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