High school baseball: With an enrollment of 197 students, Oklahoma school finishes No. 1 in top 25 small town rankings

Silo (Okla.) may be a small school in a small town, but its baseball team has some big-time credentials.

Besides posting a 30-0 record and a 58-game win streak, Silo won its fifth straight spring state championship and has the winningest coach in high school baseball history. Silo also tops the MaxPreps list of the Top 25 small town baseball teams in the country.

Consider that Silo is home to the nation's all-time winningest high school coach, Billy Jack Bowen. In spring and fall seasons combined, Bowen has 2,191 career wins in his 36 season. He's also won 22 state championships between the fall and spring season with his club winning both the fall and spring championship in the 2021-22 school year. The team takes a 58-game win streak — the second-longest active streak in the nation and the second longest in Oklahoma history — into next season. Silo has won 94 of the last 98 games it has played dating back to last spring.

With just over 500 people in the town of Silo, the school serves several small towns in the vicinity, but it still has just under 200 students in four grades. The Rebels edge out Randleman (N.C.), Sumrall (Miss.) and Sinton (Texas) for the No. 1 Small Town ranking based on its MaxPreps computer rating.

Randleman won the Class 2A state championship behind the play of catcher Brooks Bannon, a MaxPreps All-America selection who led the nation in home runs with 20. Sumrall, a MaxPreps National Champion in 2009 and 2010, won the Class 4A state championship this year, its sixth state title in school history. Sinton, meanwhile, won its first state championship in over 20 years in winning the Texas Class 4A title.

Teams qualify for the small town national rankings if they are from a school with less than 1,000 students and are part of a town that has a population of less than 10,000 people. Teams below are listed with their overall record, their MaxPreps computer rating and their postseason finish.
Top 25 small town high school baseball rankings

1.   Silo (Okla.)
Record: 30-0 | Rating: 29.4
Class 2A state champion

2.   Randleman (N.C.)
Record: 33-1 | Rating: 29.3
Class 2A state champion

3.   Sumrall (Miss.)
Record: 35-1 | Rating: 28.8
Class 4A state champion

4.   Sinton (Texas)
Record: 36-1 | Rating: 28.6
Class 4A state champion

5.   South Rowan (China Grove, N.C.)
Record: 30-6 | Rating: 26.1
Class 3A state champion

6.   Central (Martinsburg, Pa.)
Record: 27-0 | Rating: 26.0
Class 3A state champion

7.   Rosepine (La.)
Record: 35-2 | Rating: 24.6
Class 2A state champion

8.   Eaton (Colo.)
Record: 28-2 | Rating: 24.0
Class 3A state champion

9.   North Vermilion (Maurice, La.)
Record: 37-4 | Rating: 23.9
Class 4A state runner-up

10. Buchanan (Mich.)
Record: 30-4 | Rating: 23.7
Division 3 state champion

11. Long (Skipperville, Ala.)
Record: 32-7 | Rating: 23.6
Class 2A state champion

12. Roff (Okla.)
Record: 29-3 | Rating: 23.5
Class B state champion

13. Gunter (Texas)
Record: 36-2 | Rating: 23.3
Class 3A semifinalist

14. Chatham (N.Y.)
Record: 25-0 | Rating: 23.1
Class C state champion

15. Andrew Jackson (Kershaw, S.C.)
Record: 33-2-1 | Rating: 23.1
Division 3 state champion

17. Brock (Texas)
Record: 36-4 | Rating: 22.7
Class 3A state runner-up

18. Holtville (Deatsville, Ala.)
Record: 35-7 | Rating: 22.6
Class 5A state runner-up

19. China Spring (Texas)
Record: 32-9 | Rating: 22.5
Class 4A semfinalist

20. East Union (Blue Springs, Miss.)
Record: 29-4 | Rating: 22.1
Class 2A state champion

21. Blanchard (Okla.)
Record: 35-5 | Rating: 21.8
Class 4A state champion

22. Perquimans (Hertford, N.C.)
Record: 31-2 | Rating: 21.3
Class 1A state champion

23. Oktaha (Okla.)
Record: 30-8 | Rating: 21.3
Class 2A state runner-up

24. Canute (Okla.)
Record: 27-3 | Rating: 21.2
Class 1A state runner-up

25. Pigeon Forge (Tenn.)
Record: 39-4 | Rating: 21.1
Class AA state runner-up