MaxPreps Northern California Top 25 high school baseball rankings

Video: Joe DeMers High School Baseball Highlights
See College Park's ace in action at the NHSI earlier this season

The league races are tightening up with section play looming. Some leagues wrap up this week and most next week.

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1. College Park (Pleasant Hill) (Last week 2) 13-3
Section: North Coast
League: Diablo Valley
Update: The Falcons inch back up to the top spot as ace Joe DeMers tossed his third successive home no-hitter to bury Northgate (Walnut Creek) 11-0. He also had four hits. Demers is 8-0 with an 0.26 ERA.

2. Los Gatos (1) 22-2
Section: Central Coast
League: DeAnza
Update: The Wildcats beat Wilcox (Santa Clara) 3-0 and then had their 15-game winning streak halted by the same team, 4-3. Aiden Finch has 30 RBIs and aces Jake Holton and Hunter Bigge are 7-1 and 8-1, respectively.

3. Saint Francis (Mountain View) (3) 18-5
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Update: The Lancers are in first place in the rugged WCAL despite a loss to ranked rival Serra, a team Saint Francis has already downed twice. Jeremy Ydens has 15 RBIs and 23 runs and Kyle Basch and Andrew Carter are each 5-0 on the mound. The week ends against state No. 1 JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) on Saturday in the finals of the Boras Classic.

4. Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) (4) 22-3
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Sierra Foothill
Update: Top-ranked by the Sacramento Bee, the Trojans had a 10-game winning streak halted by Folsom 6-5 but they still are in clear control of the SFL. Ryan Sullivan, Nolan Boggini, Tyson Solis and Chris Roppolo have had big moments.

5. Valley Christian (San Jose) (10) 19-5
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Update: The Warriors beat ranked rivals Bellarmine 2-1 and Serra 5-4 to keep pace in the WCAL race. Kyle Marinconz and Patrick Wicklander have played well. An earlier loss was 5-2 to No. 2 Los Gatos.

6. Serra (San Mateo) (9) 15-7
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Update: The Padres beat ranked rivals Mitty 2-1 and Saint Francis 6-0 before falling to No. 5 Valley Christian 5-4. Christopher Papapietro has 15 RBIs and 20 runs and John Besse is 5-0.

7. Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) (7) 18-6
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Update: The Monarchs recovered from a 2-1 loss to ranked rival Serra with wins of 3-2 over ranked Bellarmine (3-2) and over Riordan (San Francisco) 8-0 and Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco). An earlier loss was 2-1 to Oak Ridge.

8. Jesuit (Carmichael) (8) 17-6
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Delta
Update: Ranked second by The Sacramento Bee, the Marauders beat Bee No. 3 Elk Grove and then lost to the same team on Monday 7-1 in a tight league race. Matt Cantelme has had big moments.

9. San Ramon Valley (Danville) (5) 13-3
Section: North Coast
League: East Bay
Update: The Wolves have an earlier 4-0 win over top-ranked College Park on a Joey Matulovich gem, and he was at it again in beating De La Salle 2-1. Earlier, he struck out 14 to beat Amador Valley (Pleasanton) 4-2.

10. De La Salle (Concord) (11) 9-6
Section: North Coast
League: East Bay
Update: The Spartans rolled Monte Vista (Danville) 10-0 as Matt Sanders and Kevin Sandri combined for six RBIs before a 2-1 loss to No. 8 San Ramon Valley. An earlier loss was by a run to Jesuit with a win over No. 10 Elk Grove.

11. Franklin (Elk Grove) (14) 18-5
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Delta
Update: The Wildcats beat state power Buchanan (Fresno) earlier this season and are in the running for league-title honors even after losing Monday to Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove) 7-2. Shortstop Hank LoForte is one of the state's top players and leaders.

12. Elk Grove (12) 14-8
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Delta
Update: The Thundering Herd split with Jesuit in Delta action and has a mostly underclass pitching rotation. Slugger Dylan Carlson has pitched and hit well.

13. Livermore (15) 12-4
Section: North Coast
League: East Bay
Update: The Cowboys lead the deep EBAL race with wins over California (San Ramon) 14-6 and Foothill (Pleasanton) 5-3 as Jake Foscalina and Ryan Ruley played well. The lone league loss was to De La Salle.

14. Wilcox (Santa Clara) (25) 17-8
Section: Central Coast
League: De Anza
Update: The Chargers lost to No. 2 Los Gatos 3-0 and then beat the same team 4-3 to keep pace in a tough league.

15. Hillsdale (San Mateo) (22) 22-1
Section: Central Coast
League: Peninsula
Update: The Knights have won 19 consecutive games, the longest streak in Northern California. Riki Urata has 32 runs and Ro Mahanty is 8-0.

16. Heritage (Brentwood) (17) 15-4
Section: North Coast
League: Bay Valley
Update: The Patriots have won seven of eight and remain unbeaten in league play. Kevin Milam has played big.

17. Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose) (13) 15-5
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Update: The Bells have absorbed every tough loss imaginable but are hanging around in the tough-minded WCAL.

18. St. Mary's (Stockton) (18) 15-10
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Tri-City Athletic
Update: The Rams have an early 5-0 loss to No. 1 College Park and recently won two of three against Lodi and beat ranked rival Lincoln 9-3.

19. Lincoln (Stockton) (21) 20-4
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Tri-City Athletic
Update: The Trojans are in a league title chase with rival St. Mary's to close out the regular season. An earlier loss was to ranked Jesuit 3-0.

20. Vanden (Fairfield) (NR) 15-7
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Solano County Athletic
Update: The Vikings are in first place in league play and just beat No. 21 Vintage in nonleague action, 8-3. Alejandro Lara is batting .561.

21. Vintage (Napa, Calif.) (23) 19-3
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Monticello Empire
Update: Running neck-and-neck with rival No. 24 Vacaville, the Crushers face the Bulldogs this week. Jacob Albert MacNichols has 16 RBIs and Juan Carlos Lopez is 5-0 while Aaron Shortridge is 4-1.

22. Casa Grande (Petaluma) (NR) 13-5
Section: North Coast
League: North Bay
Update: Longaker Casey is batting .490 with 19 RBIs and arms Jon Christy and Chris Joaquim each have five wins for the Gauchos, battling Cardinal Newman and Maria Carrillo for league honors.

23. Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) (NR) 14-4
Section: North Coast
League: North Bay
Update: The Cardinals beat ranked rival Maria Carrillo 1-0 to remain in a tight race with Casa Grande and Carrillo.

24. Maria Carrillo (Santa Rosa) (13) 13-5
Section: North Coast
League: North Bay
Update: The Pumas are suddenly in a tight league race with ranked rivals Casa Grande and Cardinal Newman. MC went 3-1 in the Boras Classic, including 7-1 over Sacramento Bee No. 1 Oak Ridge.

25. Redwood (Larkspur) (19) 15-3
Section: North Coast
League: Marin County
Update: The winning streak ended at 13 behind aces Tyler Peck is 6-0 and Zach Cohen is 5-0. The Giants are still in first place.

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