Texas state champions make first appearance in high school baseball top 25; Central of Naperville also joins rankings.
The Texas state playoffs concluded last week, bringing several big changes in the middle of the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 High School Baseball National Rankings, presented by Milk.
Brenham defeated Calallen to capture the 4A state championship while Carroll topped Klein to win the 5A title. Neither Brenham nor Carroll had been favored to win the title going into the tournament last week, with Carroll not among the top-ranked 5A teams for much of the season. However, their big wins catapulted them both into the top 25, with Brenham at 20 and Carroll at 21.
The win by Carroll allowed Roff to enter the rankings at the No. 50 spot. Easily the smallest school in the rankings, Roff was the Class B champion in Oklahoma. However, Roff holds a win over Carroll and has a narrow loss to Owasso as the only blemish on a 36-1 mark. We'll give credit to Carroll for traversing through a more treacherous playoff schedule in justifying the higher ranking.
Another high riser is Central of Naperville, Ill., which defeated a pair of talented teams from Stevenson and St. Rita to capture the Illinois 4A state championship. The Red Hawks enter the rankings at No. 30, replacing Stevenson.
The final rankings will appear next week following the conclusion of the state championships in Michigan and Indiana. A final Top 100 will appear the first week of July.
MAXPREPS XCELLENT 25 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NATIONAL RANKINGS
1. (1) Sumrall (Miss.), 35-1
Mississipi 3A state champions. Season over.
2. (2) Pace (Fla.), 29-2
Florida 5A state champions. Season over.
3. (3) Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 31-3
California Central Coast Section Division I champions. Season over.
4. (4) Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 29-3
Florida 3A state champions. Season over.
5. (5) La Cueva (Albuquerque, N.M.), 28-2
New Mexico 4A state champions. Season over. 
Noah Holmes, East Rowan, N.C.
Photo by Damon Thomas
6. (6) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.), 33-3
Nevada 4A state champions, Season over.
7. (7) White Knoll (Lexington, S.C.), 32-2
South Carolina 4A state champions. Season over.
8. (8) Wando (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), 28-4
Season over.
9. (9) Desert Ridge (Mesa, Ariz.), 30-4
Arizona 5A-I state champions. Season over.
10. (10) Farragut (Knoxville, Tenn.), 42-6
Tennessee 3A state champions. Season over.
11. (11) Flanagan (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), 23-2
Florida 6A state champions. Season over.
12. (12) St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 28-3
Ohio Division I state champion. Season over.
13. (13) Jonathan Alder (Plain City, Ohio), 34-0
Ohio Division II state champion. Season over.
14. (14) Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), 30-2
Ohio Division II state runner-up. Season over.
15. (16) Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 24-6
Florida 4A state champions. Season over.
16. (17) Rocky Mountain (Fort Collins, Colo.), 26-2
Colorado 5A state champions. Season over.
17. (18) Petal (Miss.), 30-3
Mississippi 6A state champions. Season over.
18. (20) Germantown Academy (Fort Washington, Pa.), 28-3
Season over.
19. (22) Glendora (Calif.), 27-2-1
California Southern Section Division II champion.
20. (46) Brenham (Texas), 35-5
The Cubs defeated Wichita Falls Rider 3-2 in eight innings and then edged Calallen 2-1 to win the Texas 4A state championship game. Chase Wellbrock finished the season with an 18-0 pitching record to get the win. He struck out five and gave up seven hits. Erich Weiss was 2 for 3 and Jeremy Hall was 2 for 2 in the win.
21. (27) Carroll (Corpus Christi, Texas), 37-7
The Tigers defeated Fort Bend Clements 4-3 in the semifinals of the Texas 5A state championship game and then topped Klein 5-2 in the finals. Courtney Hawkins got the win in the final game, striking out six, while Michell Nau was 2 for 4.
22. (23) Jesuit (Tampa, Fla.), 29-4
Florida 4A state runner-up. Season over.
23. (24) Madison Central (Miss.), 31-4
Mississippi 6A state runner-up. Season over.
24. (25) Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.), 29-5
California Central Section Division I champion. Season over.
25. (34) Tottenville (Staten Island, N.Y.), 22-1
The Pirates defeated Lehman 1-0 in 10 innings to capture the PSAL championhip. George Kantzian doubled and scored the winning run on an error for Tottenville.
The Next 25
26. (26) Monroe Campus (Bronx, N.Y.), 46-2
Season over.
27. (31) Indianapolis Cathedral (Ind.), 31-1
The Fighting Irish advanced to the Indiana 4A state championship game with a 1-0 victory over Bloomington South. Indianapolis Cathedral will face Carrol in the championship game.
28. (15) Calallen (Corpus Christi, Texas), 38-5
The Wildcats defeated Wakeland 6-3, but fell to Brenham 2-1 in the Texas 4A state championship game.
29. (19) Klein (Texas), 32-7
The Bearkats knocked off Plano West 4-3 to advance to the Texas 5A state championship game, but they fell to Carroll, 5-2.
30. (NR) Central (Naperville, Ill.), 38-4
The Patriots knocked off Stevenson 6-4 in the Illinois 4A state semifinals and then got 10 strikeouts from Shane Conlan to defeat St. Rita 10-4 in the championship game.
31. (32) Elder (Cincinnati, Ohio), 28-5
Ohio Division I state runner-up. Season over.
32. (33) Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 29-2
Season over.
33. (35) Clovis West (Fresno, Calif.), 29-4
California Central Section Division I runner-up. Season over.
34. (36) Auburn (Ala.), 32-10
Alabama 6A state champions. Season over.
35. (37) Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 26-6
Arizona 4A-I state champion. Season over.
36. (38) Union (Tulsa, Okla.), 23-10
Oklahoma 6A state champion. Season over.
37. (39) Amador Valley (Pleasanton, Calif.), 25-3
California North Coast Section Division I champion. Season over.
38. (41) Owasso (Okla.), 32-7
Oklahoma 6A state runner-up. Season over.
39. (42) Canyon del Oro (Tucson, Ariz.), 28-3
Season over.
40. (43) C. Milton Wright (Bel Air, Md.), 23-0
Maryland 3A state champion.
41. (44) Columbus (Ga.), 32-5
Georgia AAA state champion. Season over.
42. (45) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 20-10
Southern Section Division I champion. Season over.
43. (47) Catholic (Baton Rouge, La.), 33-7
Louisiana 5A state champions. Season over.
44. (28) Wakeland (Frisco, Texas), 30-12
The Wolverines fell to Calallen 6-3 in the semifinals of the Texas 4A state playoffs.
45. (29) Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall, Texas), 39-3
Season over.
46. (48) Harrison (Kennesaw, Ga.), 26-10
Georgia AAAAA state champions. Season over.
47. (NR) East Rowan (Salisbury, N.C.), 31-2
North Carolina 3A state champion. Season over.
48. (49) Kentwood (Covington, Wash.), 22-4
Washington 4A state champions. Season over.
49. (50) Marist (Atlanta), 29-6
Georgia AAAA state champions. Season over.
50. (NR) Roff (Okla.), 36-1
Oklahoma Class B state champion. Season over.
