FOOTBALL: Oak Grove ranked No. 9 heading into Friday’s game against Acorns

Oak Grove (4-2 overall, 2-1 league) is ranked ninth for Friday’s
7 p.m. home game against Live Oak (4-2, 2-1), a marquee matchup
that will boost or bury both teams’ chances to win the Mount
Hamilton Division championship
MORGAN HILL

David Keifer, a Sunnyvale native who has covered prep sports in the Central Coast Section for most of the past 30 years, and PrepFeed.com released their weekly CCS Top 20 football rankings Monday — and the Acorns are bearing down on a top-10 opponent.

Oak Grove (4-2 overall, 2-1 league) is ranked ninth for Friday’s 7 p.m. home game against Live Oak (4-2, 2-1), a pivotal contest that will boost or bury both teams’ chances to win the Mount Hamilton Division championship.

The Acorns won last year’s meeting 9-7, but this is a different Oak Grove team. After having their streak of seven straight league titles snapped in 2009, the Eagles are looking like the Oak Grove of old. Their two losses were to No. 6 St. Francis and No. 8 Piedmont Hills, Live Oak’s opponent next week.

Here is the full PrepFeed-Keifer CCS Top 20:

1. Valley Christian (6-0)

2. Bellarmine (6-0)

3. Palo Alto (6-0)

4. Palma (6-0)

5. Serra (4-2)

6. St. Francis (3-2-1)

7. Archbishop Mitty (3-3)

8. Piedmont Hills (5-1)

9. Oak Grove (4-2)

10. Los Gatos (3-2-1)

11. Seaside (4-2)

12. Salinas (3-3-1)

13. Sacred Heart Cathedral (3-3)

14. Wilcox (3-3)

15. Milpitas (3-2-1)

16. Homestead (5-1)

17. Terra Nova (4-2)

18. Burlingame (3-3)

19. Sacred Heart Prep (5-1)

20. North Monterey County (6-1)

Dropped: Previous No. 19 Hollister