MaxPreps Top 25 national high school softball rankings

Bay City Western won the Michigan Division 1 state softball title and returned to the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 National Softball Rankings for the first time in four weeks. In a rare double, Bay City's softball squad defeated Central Portage on the same day its baseball team won the state championship.

Kasson-Mantorville  moved into the Top 25 as it concluded its season at 28-0 with a Minnesota 2A state title.

Meanwhile, Amador Valley held onto the No. 1 spot, followed closely by No. 2 Alexander Central. Amador Valley completed its season June 3.

Central, which has won 67 straight games and the last two North Carolina 4A titles, concluded its season June 10.

After falling out for one week, No. 25 Aledo (Texas) returns to anchor the rankings.


1. (No. 1 last week) Amador Valley (Pleasanton, Calif.), 27-0 *Season over
The Dons captured the CIF North Coast Section D-I title.

2. (2) Alexander Central (Taylorsville, N.C.), 35-0 *Season over
Central won its second-straight state 4A title and has won 67 in a row.

3. (3) Mission Viejo (Calif.), 26-1 *Season over
The Diablos won the CIF Southern Section D-2 title. Their only loss was to D-1 CIF-SS winner Pacifica.

4. (4) Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 30-1 *Season over
Mitty captured the CIF Central Coast Section D-2 championship.

5. (5) Pacifica (Garden Grove, Calif.), 29-4-1 *Season over
Pacifica captured the CIF Southern Section D-1 title.

6. (8) Sherwood (Sandy Spring, Md.), 22-0 *Season over
Sherwood, which has won 62 straight games, has won the last three 4A state titles.

7. (7) South Salem (Ore.), 30-1 *Season over
South Salem captured Oregon's 6A title.

8. (9) Bishop Carroll (Wichita, Kan.), 25-0 *Season over
The Golden Eagles rolled to their fourth-straight 5A state title.

9. (11) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 30-2 *Season over
The Raiders won Florida's 7A state title for the second-straight year.

10. (13) Indian Hills (Oakland, N.J.), 34-0 *Season over
In winning a state D-3 title, the team set a record with 34 wins in a single season.

11. (14) Sparkman (Harvest, Ala.), 63-4-1 *Season over
Sparkman won the 6A state title.

12. (12) Vacaville (Calif.), 29-1-1 *Season over
The Bulldogs won a CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D-1 title.

13. (16) Eastern Tech (Baltimore), 24-0 *Season over
Tech beat Easton 3-1 to capture the Maryland 2A state championship.

14. (15) Hoover (North Canton, Ohio), 29-3 *Season over
Hoover won a fourth-straight D1 state title.

15. (19) Curtis (River Ridge, La.), 30-2 *Season over
Curtis won a state 3A title.

16. (NR) Bay City Western (Auburn, Mich.), 41-3 *Season over
Led by Hannah Leppek and Meredith Rouse, Bay City Western defeated Central Portage 4-2 to win Michigan's D1 title. Rouse had 80 hits on the season and Leppek finished with 310 strikeouts. Rouse's total is the ninth-highest in Michigan history. The same day Bay City Western won the state softball title, it also won the state baseball championship.

17. (18) La Grange (Texas), 40-2 *Season over
La Grange won the Texas 3A title.

18. (20) Kamiakin (Kennewick, Wash.), 24-2 *Season over
Kamiakin won its third-straight 3A Washington title.
 
19. (NR) Kasson-Mantorville (Kasson, Minn.), 28-0 *Season over
The Komets captured the state's 2A title as junior Maddie Damon finished the season 26-0 with a 0.22 ERA and struck out 323 in 160 innings. She allowed just 26 base hits and hurled 20 shutouts and capped the season with a one-hit shutout. The Komets gave up just nine runs, while scoring 257. They allowed multiple runs in just one game this season.

20. (21) Deer Park (Texas), 39-6 *Season over
Deer Park won the Texas 5A title.

21. (22) Bloomingdale (Valrico, Fla.), 27-2 *Season over
Bloomingdale won its last nine games and beat Hagerty for state 8A title. It last lost to Alonso, 6-5, on April 4.

22. (23) Rio Rancho (N.M.) (28-4) *Season over
Rio Rancho won 25 of its last 26 games and captured the 5A state title.

23. (24) West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.), 28-1 *Season over
The Jaguars won the state 4A title.

24. (25) The Woodlands (Texas), 39-4 *Season over
The Highlanders dropped the 5A state title game to No. 20 Deer Park.

25. (NR) Aledo (Texas), 33-4 *Season over
Aledo won the Texas 4A title.

Dropped Out: Parkland (Allentown, Pa.), Cosby (Midlothian, Va.), Unionville-Sebewaing (Sebewaing, Mich.).