Winners in the California, Illinois and Texas state playoffs all made a move in this week's MaxPreps Top 25 high school baseball rankings.
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
rallied from a two-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh to capture
the Northern California Division 1 championship and moved into the
rankings for the first time this year at No. 11. In the semifinals, the
Spartans also defeated a
St. Mary's (Stockton) team that had won the
Boras Classic earlier this season.
Brother Rice (Chicago, Ill.),
meanwhile, advanced to the semifinals of the Division 1 state tournament with wins over
Providence Catholic (New Lenox) and
Chicago Mt. Carmel,
two of its Chicago Catholic Blue rivals. The Crusaders move into the
rankings for the first time this year at No. 12.
Two Texas teams dropped out of the rankings as
Pleasant Grove (Texarkana) and
Liberty-Eylau (Texarkana) both lost their state championship games.
Tomball, ranked No. 21 last week, also lost in the state final to
Kingwood but the defending 6A state champions stayed in the rankings at No. 23 due to its one-run loss.
Venice (Fla.) moved back into the rankings at No. 25 even though it hasn't played in almost a month. Venice, and
Puyallup (Wash.), both had strong seasons before suffering shocking upsets in the playoffs.
De La Salle def.
Junipero Serra (San Mateo, Calif.), 5-4. Trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh, De La Salle got back-to-back doubles by
Tyler Spangler and
Antonio Castro to tie the game at 4-4.
Niko Baumgartner then singled to drive in the winning run.
Game to watch: Brother Rice vs.
McHenry (Ill.).
While Brother Rice entered the rankings this week and could be
considered the favorite in this Division 1 state tournament semifinal
game, McHenry is actually the No. 1 seed in the bracket.
Pitcher of the week: Graham Schlicht of De La Salle got the shutout win over St. Mary's, a team De La Salle had lost to earlier in the season.
Hitter of the week: James Clark of
St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) came up big in the Southern California Division 1 championship game against
Patrick Henry (San Diego) with a double and a triple.
Streaks: Pinkerton (Derry, N.H.)
added a win last week over
Bishop Guertin (Nashua) in the Division 1 state
tournament quarterfinals to up its winning streak to 31 games. However,
Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights, N.J.)
won three times last week to win the Central Jersey Group 2
championship and extend its winning streak to 33 games in a row.
Pinkerton and Governor Livingston could each get two more wins this year
and extend their streaks into next season.
No. 10 Kingwood won 18 of its last 19 games en route to the Conference 6A Division 2 state title in Texas. (PHOTO: Andrew Taylor)
1. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)Record: 24-1 |
Last week: No. 1
Season complete.
2. Stoneman Douglas (Parkland, Fla.)Record: 31-2 |
Last week: No. 4
Season complete. Class 7A state champion.
3. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)Record: 30-4 |
Last week: No. 3
Scores: Def. St. Augustine, 2-1; def. Villa Park, 7-4; def. Patrick Henry, 4-0
Pitcher of the week: Brayden Krakowski pitched 10 total innings in the three playoff wins, allowing no runs on five hits.
Hitter of the week: James Clark had a double and a triple in the Southern California championship win over Patrick Henry.
4. Calallen (Corpus Christi, Texas)Record: 35-2 |
Last week: No. 4
Scores: Def. Pleasant Grove, 5-3
Pitcher of the week: Cody Andrade went one and two-thirds innings and gave up no runs on no hits with five strikeouts.
Hitter of the week: Drayton Mitchell went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.
5. St. John's (Washington, D.C.)Record: 30-1 |
Last week: No. 5
Season complete. WCAC champion.
6. Grapevine (Texas)Record: 36-3 |
Last week: No. 6
Scores: Def. Kingwood Park, 9-5
Pitcher of the week: Benjamin Chen got the win for Grapevine, going four innings and allowing no runs on one hit.
Hitter of the week: Gianni Corral went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the win.
7. Lutheran South Academy (Houston, Texas)Record: 36-3-1 |
Last week: No. 7
Season complete. TAPPS Division II state champion.
8. The First Academy (Orlando, Fla.)Record: 30-4 |
Last week: No. 8
Season complete. Class 3A state champion.
9. Catholic (Baton Rouge, La.)Record: 37-5 |
Last week: No. 9
Season complete. Division I Select state champion.
10. Kingwood (Texas)Record: 39-4 |
Last week: No. 10
Scores: Def. Tomball, 5-4
Pitcher of the week: Ben Mayorga went four and two-thirds innings to get the win, striking out four.
Hitter of the week: Brian Schumacher went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and two runs.
11. De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Record: 29-4 |
Last week: NR
Scores: Def. Del Oro, 7-3; def. St. Mary's (Stockton), 3-0, def. Junipero Serra (San Mateo), 5-4
Pitcher of the week: Graham Schlicht got the shutout against St. Mary's, giving up four hits and striking out nine.
Hitter
of the week: Tyler Spangler went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI and
two runs scored in come-from-behind win over Junipero Serra.
12. Brother Rice (Chicago, Ill.)
Record: 37-3 |
Last week: NR
Scores: Def. Oak Park-River Forest, 2-1; def. Chicago Mt. Carmel, 3-2; def. Providence Catholic, 8-5
Pitcher of the week: Brady Cunningham struck out seven in six innings in a no-decision against Oak Park.
Hitter of the week: Aidan Nohava went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBI against Providence Catholic.
Next: Friday vs. McHenry
13. Walton (Marietta, Ga.)Record: 33-8 |
Last week: No. 11
Season complete. Class AAAAAA state champion
14. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)Record: 29-6
| Last week: No. 12
Season complete. Class 5A state champion
15. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)Record: 29-6-1 |
Last week: No. 13
Season complete. Class 6A state champion.
16. Sam Houston (Lake Charles, La.)Record: 37-8 |
Last week: No. 14
Season complete. Division I Non-Select state champion.
17. Teurlings Catholic (Lafayette, La.)Record: 34-5 |
Last week: No. 15
Season complete. Division II Select state champion.
18. Corona (Calif.)Record: 28-3 |
Last week: No. 16
Season complete.
19. Miami Springs (Fla.)Record: 28-3 |
Last week: 17
Season complete. Class 3A state champion.
20. Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.)Record: 33-9 |
Last week: 18
Season complete. Class AAAA state champion.
21. Basic (Henderson, Nev.)Record: 24-7 |
Last week: No. 19
Season complete. Class 5A state champion.
22. Magnolia Heights (Senatobia, Miss.)
Record: 39-5 |
Last week: No. 20
Season complete. MSAIS Class 5A champion.
23. Tomball (Texas)
Record: 34-7-1 |
Last week: No. 21
Scores: Lost to Kingwood, 5-4
24. Puyallup (Wash.)
Record: 28-1 |
Last week: No. 24
Season complete.
25. Venice (Fla.)
Record: 29-5 |
Last week: NR
Season complete.
Dropped out:
No. 22
Liberty-Eylau (Texarkana, Texas), No. 23
Pleasant Grove (Texarkana, Texas), No. 25
Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
