The area's top-10 high school teams from the 2011-12 season were selected by the Glendale News-Press sports department.
1 Crescenta Valley High boys' swimming: Before the season began, Coach Jan Sakonju had a feeling that the Falcons might be in line to challenge for a CIF Southern Section Division II championship. He also knew it wouldn't be easy. Looking at his roster, the Falcons appeared to have everything in place to win the program's first CIF crown since 2000.
With a cast that featured Young Tae Seo, Harrison Thai and Louis Wojciechowski, the Falcons were indeed ready for battle. It came down to the final race in the meet — the 400-yard freestyle relay — in Riverside for the Falcons to begin their long-awaited celebration. Thai, Wojciechowski and Edward Yi teamed with Seo, who swam the final leg and help the Falcons finish with a meet-record mark of 3 minutes 5.50 seconds.