Flower Mound and
Tomball were the top two Texas Class 6A teams in the Preseason MaxPreps Top 25 high school baseball rankings. This weekend the Jaguars and Cougars could meet for the state championship.
Tomball, ranked No. 25 to start the season, stays at No. 3 this week after sweeping
Bridgeland (Cypress) and upping its win streak to 27 games. The Cougars meet
Johnson (San Antonio) in the state semifinals.
Flower Mound, which started the season at No. 9, stayed at No. 5 this week despite needing three games to knock off
Pearce (Richardson) and advance to the other semifinal against
Pearland.
Should both Flower Mound and Tomball win, they would play Saturday at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.
In California,
Orange Lutheran (Orange) and
Granada (Livermore) moved up in the rankings after winning regional championships. The Lancers, who lost to
Harvard-Westlake (Studio City) in the Southern Section Division 1 semifinals, won three times to capture the Southern California Division 1 regional. The three wins allowed the Lancers to climb past Harvard-Westlake to No. 6.
The key win for the Lancers was the final against
La Mirada, a team that had defeated No. 2
Corona during the regular season. Since Orange Lutheran split its season series with Harvard-Westlake at 2-2, the La Mirada win was deemed enough to move the Lancers past Harvard-Westlake.
Granada defeated Sac-Joaquin Section champion
St. Mary's (Stockton) in the Northern California Division 1 regional final to finish 32-1. The Matadors moved up five spots to No. 7.
Dropped out: No. 22
Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, Ill.)Newcomer: No. 16
Mason (Ohio)Game of the Week: Granada 2,
Clovis West (Fresno, Calif.) 1, eight innings. The Matadors trailed 1-0 in the bottom of the seventh when they tied the game on a RBI double by
A.J. Martinez. Granada won the game in the bottom of the eighth when Martinez's ground ball to the shortstop resulted in an error and allowed the winning run to score.
Game to Watch: Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) vs.
St. Mary's Prep (Orchard Lake, Mich.). The Eaglets have lost three times to the Warriors this year but the 2022 national champions have to be considered a threat to Brother Rice's tremendous season. The two teams meet in the regional semifinals Wednesday.
Player of the Week: Chase VanAmeyde of Brother Rice had three home runs in a 16-2 win over Catholic Central and upped his season RBI total to 67. He enters the postseason just 16 RBI short of tying Drew Henson's state record of 83 RBI.
Streaks: Eaton won its fourth straight Class 3A state championship in Colorado and concluded its season with a 28-0 record. The win in the championship game, a 6-5 victory over University, puts the Reds at 69 wins in a row heading into the 2025 season. The Reds will start the season at No. 6 on the all-time consecutive wins list with 21 wins needed to pass
Portsmouth (N.H.) for the all-time consecutive wins record.
Senior Josh Glaser got the win in No. 5 Flower Mound's series-opening win over Pearce in the Texas Class 6A regional finals. (File photo: Carlos Champion)
Record: 38-2 |
Last week: 1
Season complete. Select Division 1 state champion.
2. Corona (Calif.)
Record: 30-3 |
Last week: 2
Season complete. Southern Section Division 1 champion.
3. Tomball (Texas)
Record: 39-3 |
Last week: 3
Scores: Def. Bridgeland, 2-0, 8-6
Hitter of the week: Blaine Lucas went 3-for-3 with two RBI in an 8-6 win.
Pitcher of the week: C.J. Sampson threw a one-hit shutout in a 2-0 win.
Next: Friday vs. Johnson (San Antonio)
4. Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
Record: 38-1 |
Last week: 4
Scores: Def. Catholic Central, 16-2; def. West Bloomfield, 7-1
Hitter of the week: Chase VanAmeyde had three home runs in the win over Catholic Central, driving in six runs. He concluded the regular season with 67 RBI.
Pitcher of the week: Blake Ilitch struck out seven in the 7-1 win over West Bloomfield.
Next: Wednesday vs. St. Mary's Prep (Orchard Lake)
5. Flower Mound (Texas)
Record: 40-5 |
Last week: 5
Scores: Def. Pearce, 5-4; lost to Pearce, 3-0; def. Pearce, 6-2
Hitter of the week: Adrian Rodriguez hit a home run in the 5-4 win.
Pitcher of the week: Josh Glaser got the win in a 5-4 victory, giving up four runs on six hits with 13 strikeouts.
Next: Friday vs. Pearland
6. Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Record: 28-7 |
Last week: 12
Scores: Def. Cathedral Catholic, 9-3; def. Santa Margarita, 3-0; def. La Mirada, 7-6
Hitter of the week: Finnegan Stewart went 2-for-2 with a double and three RBI against La Mirada.
Pitcher of the week: Sophomore
Gary Morse threw a seven-inning one-hitter against Santa Margarita with no walks and five strikeouts.
Next: Season complete. Southern California Division 1 regional champion.
7. Granada (Livermore, Calif.)
Record: 32-1 |
Last week: 12
Scores: Def. Clovis West, 2-1, def. De La Salle (Concord), 5-0; def. St. Mary's (Stockton), 6-4
Pitcher/Hitter of the week:
Parker Warner went seven innings against De La Salle and allowed no
runs on four hits with two strikeouts. Against St. Mary's, Warner had a
double and two RBI.
Next: Season complete. Northern California Division 1 regional champion.
8. Stoneman Douglas (Parkland, Fla.)
Record: 26-5 |
Last week: 6
Season complete. Class 7A state champion.
9. Jackson Prep (Jackson, Miss.)
Record: 39-4 |
Last week: 7
Season complete. MAIS Class 6A state champion.
10. North Broward Prep (Coconut Creek, Fla.)
Record: 28-3 |
Last week: 8
Season complete. Class 3A state champion.
11. Farragut (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Record: 40-5 |
Last week: 9
Season complete. Class 4A state champion.
12. Harlem (Ga.)
Record: 40-1 |
Last week: 10
Season complete. Class AAA state champion.
13. Grapevine (Texas)
Record: 38-5 |
Last week: 13
Scores: Lost to Argyle, 1-0; def. Argyle, 8-2, 12-1
Hitter of the week: Sammy Kelley went 5-for-8 with four RBI over the two wins over Argyle.
Pitcher of the week: Dasan Hill gave up one run on five hits with 12 strikeouts in six innings of an 8-2 win.
Next: Friday vs. Leander Rouse
14. Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.)
Record: 27-5-1 |
Last week: 11
Season complete.
15. Valley View (Jonesboro, Ark.)
Record: 31-2 |
Last week: 16
Season complete. Class 5A state champion.
16. Mason (Ohio)
Record: 26-6 |
Last week: NR
Scores: Def. Elder (Cincinnati), 9-5; def. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati), 3-0
Hitter of the week: Anthony Sulek had a double and a triple with three RBI in the 3-0 win over Moeller.
Pitcher of the week: Michael Bilo tossed a seven inning no-hitter against Moeller with 10 strikeouts.
Next: Friday vs. Perrysburg
17. West Monroe (La.)
Record: 31-8 |
Last week: 17
Season complete. Non-Select Division 1 state champion.
18. Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.)
Record: 35-6 |
Last week: 18
Season complete. Class AAAAAAA state champion.
19. Bob Jones (Madison, Ala.)
Record: 44-9 |
Last week: 19
Season complete. Class 7A state champion.
20. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Record: 29-3 |
Last week: 15
Scores: Def. Butler, 4-1; lost to Mason, 3-0
Next: Season complete.
21. Central (Phenix City, Ala.)
Record: 40-5 |
Last week: 20
Season complete.
22. Jesuit (Tampa, Fla.)
Record: 26-6 |
Last week: 21
Season complete. Class 5A state champion.
23. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Record: 19-6 |
Last week: 23
Season complete.
24. North Cobb Christian (Kennesaw, Ga.)
Record: 36-5 |
Last week: 24
Season complete. Class AA state champion.
25. Barbe (Lake Charles, La.)
Record: 34-7 |
Last week: 25
Season complete.
