The final MaxPreps Regional Baseball Computer Rankings find state champions from New York, California, Florida, Michigan and Texas topping the five geographic regions.
Baker (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) captured the Class AA state championship in New York and tops the Northeast region ahead of New Jersey Group IV state champion Eastern (Voorhees, N.J.).
In the Farwest, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) is not a state champion (California does not have a state championship tournament), but it did win the largest sectional tournament in the state with a Division I Southern Section crown. The Wolverines are just ahead of Desert Mountain (Scottsdale, Ariz.), the Arizona Division I state champion.
Venice, the Florida 7A state champion, edges out Milton, the Georgia 6A state champion, for the top spot in the South, while Michigan Division 1 champion Bay City Western (Auburn) tops the Midwest, just ahead of Indiana 4A state champ Elkhart Central.
The Woodlands, which won the Class 5A state championship in Texas, is the top team in the Southwest.
The MaxPreps Regional Rankings are based on the
MaxPreps Computer Rankings, with the 50 states divided into five regions of 10 states each.
Final 2013 MaxPreps Regional Baseball RankingsNortheast
Eastern finished second in the Northeast rankings with a 30-3 record.
Photo by Laura Stinsman
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Baker (Baldwinsville, N.Y.), 20-4, 14.4
2.
Eastern (Voorhees, N.J.), 30-3, 13.3
3.
Washington Township (Sewell, N.J.), 23-6, 13.3
4.
Clarence (N.Y.), 19-3, 13.1
5.
St. Mark's (Wilmington, Del.), 17-7, 12.9
6.
Cambridge-South Dorchester (Cambridge, Md.), 17-5, 12.8
7.
St. John's Prep (Danvers, Mass.), 23-2, 12.7
8.
Gloucester Catholic (Gloucester City, N.J.), 29-5, 12.7
9.
Portsmouth (N.H.), 17-4, 12.6
10.
Calvert Hall (Baltimore), 23-8, 12.5
Farwest
Harvard-Westlake won the CIF Southern Section Division I title and finished 28-4, good for the No. 1 spot in the Farwest rankings.
Photo by Louis Lopez
1.
Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.), 28-4, 18.8
2.
Desert Mountain (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 31-4, 17.1
3.
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 24-3, 16.9
4.
Coronado (Henderson, Nev.), 36-4, 16.4
5.
St. Francis (Mountain View, Calif.), 29-4, 16.4
6.
Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), 30-5, 15.9
7.
Granada (Livermore, Calif.), 24-2, 15.8
8.
Fountain Valley (Calif.), 24-5, 15.8
9.
Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 30-7, 15.7
10.
Grossmont (El Cajon, Calif.), 26-8, 15.5
South
At 29-3, Venice was the top team in the South rankings this season.
Photo by Marc Estrada
1.
Venice (Fla.), 29-3, 16.2
2.
Milton (Ga.), 30-8-1, 15.9
3.
Pensacola Catholic (Fla.), 30-0, 15.8
4.
Hanover (Mechanicsville, Va.), 24-4, 15.3
5.
Edgewood Academy (Elmore, Ala.), 43-3, 15.3
6.
Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 25-5, 15.3
7.
Flora (Columbia, S.C.), 27-6, 15.1
8.
Pelham (Ala.), 29-11, 15
9.
Hartselle (Ala.), 47-15, 15
10.
Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs, Fla.), 27-5, 14.9
Midwest
North Penn, the No. 8 team in the Midwest region, went 18-10 and won the PIAA Class AAAA championship.
Photo by Paul Burdick
1.
Bay City Western (Auburn, Mich.), 35-1, 15.7
2.
Elkhart Central (Ind.), 32-1, 15.1
3.
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati), 31-2, 14.4
4.
Mount Carmel (Chicago), 26-8, 14.2
5.
Indianapolis Cathedral (Indianapolis), 29-1, 13.8
6.
Lockport (Ill.), 32-5, 13.4
7.
Norwell (Ossian, Ind.), 33-2, 13.2
8.
North Penn (Lansdale, Pa.), 18-10, 13
9.
Bay Port (Green Bay, Wis.), 22-3, 12.9
10.
Loyalsock Township. (Williamsport, Pa.), 22-2, 12.8
Southwest
With a record of 38-4, The Woodlands finished the season as the top team in the Southwest rankings.
Photo by Jim Redman
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The Woodlands (Texas), 38-4, 17.2
2.
Blue Valley West (Stilwell, Kan.), 25-3, 16.2
3.
Seaman (Topeka, Kan.), 23-2, 16.1
4.
Fayetteville (Ark.), 23-1, 16
5.
Howell (St. Charles, Mo.), 32-5, 15.8
6.
Owasso (Okla.), 36-0, 15.6
7.
Flower Mound (Texas), 31-5, 14.5
8.
Fort Bend Dulles (Sugar Land, Texas), 32-8, 14.5
9.
Rockwall (Texas), 30-9, 14.5
10.
Christian Brothers (St. Louis), 22-8, 14.1
