BASEBALL TOP 25 RANKINGS

Rankings by Ben Bolch:

Rk.

Team (Section, Rec.)

Last week’s results (last week’s ranking)

1

MATER DEI

(SS-Div. I) 16-2

def. Aptos, 4-3; Scottsdale (Ariz.) Notre Dame Prep, 7-0; Esperanza, 6-5; El Toro, 2-1. (2)

2

CHATSWORTH

(City-Div. I) 18-2

lost to Cleveland, 3-2; def. Cleveland, 8-3. (1)

3

EL TORO

(SS-Div. II) 15-3

def. Concord De La Salle, 8-6; El Dorado, 17-3; Wellington (Fla.) Palm Beach Central, 10-1; lost to Mater Dei, 2-1. (3)

4

EDISON

(SS-Div. I) 14-2

def. Esperanza, 6-0. (4)

5

MARINA

(SS-Div. I) 16-2

def. Fountain Valley, 16-4; Fountain Valley, 2-1. (5)

6

YUCAIPA

(SS-Div. II) 16-2

def. Redlands, 10-7; Fontana, 20-1; lost to Redlands East Valley, 12-2. (6)

7

ROYAL

(SS-Div. I) 14-4

def. Pioneer Valley, 7-1; lost to Antioch, 2-0; def. Santa Barbara, 1-0; lost to Walnut Creek Northgate, 3-2. (11)

8

TESORO

(SS-Div. I) 14-4

lost to Cypress, 7-4; def. Riverside North, 12-6; Millikan, 10-2. (13)

9

BISHOP AMAT

(SS-Div. IV) 15-4

def. Santa Margarita, 11-1; Cypress, 8-5; lost to Reno (Nev.), 3-2; def. Garfield, 8-0. (14)

10

CAPISTRANO VALLEY (SS-Div. I) 14-6

def. Oxnard, 5-2; lost to Mission Viejo, 4-3; def. Long Beach Poly, 10-0; lost to Mission Viejo, 3-1. (7)

11

S.O. NOTRE DAME (SS-Div. II) 13-4

def. Carmichael Jesuit, 8-6; lost to Wellington (Fla.) Palm Beach Central, 7-6; def. El Dorado, 13-10; lost to Scottsdale (Ariz.) Notre Dame Prep, 11-6. (8)

12

CLEVELAND

(City-Div. I) 15-4

def. Chatsworth, 3-2; lost to Chatsworth, 8-3; def. Sun Valley Poly, 14-2. (20)

13

SIMI VALLEY

(SS-Div. I) 13-6

def. Irvine University, 7-1; La Mirada, 7-4; lost to St. John Bosco, 10-2. (12)

14

BONITA

(SS-Div. III) 12-4

lost to Los Altos, 3-2. (9)

15

ORANGE LUTHERAN (SS-Div. I) 13-6

def. Chaminade, 3-2; Arroyo Grande, 7-0; lost to Lakewood, 3-1; def. Riverside Poly, 8-2. (15)

16

NEWBURY PARK

(SS-Div. I) 15-5

def. Reno (Nev.) Bishop Manogue, 5-1; Reno (Nev.) Galena, 7-4; Dublin, 10-0; Vauxhall (Alberta) Academy, 10-3; lost to Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, 4-0. (16)

17

LOARA

(SS-Div. II) 13-5-1

def. Paso Robles, 14-5; Santa Margarita, 8-2; Magnolia, 18-2. (17)

18

WEST RANCH

(SS-Div. I) 14-3

def. Saugus, 9-2; Saugus, 16-11. (19)

19

NORCO

(SS-Div. I) 13-4

lost to Scottsdale (Ariz.) Notre Dame Prep, 9-8; def. Aptos, 10-0; Northview, 7-4; Concord De La Salle, 10-7. (23)

20

NORTHVIEW

(SS-Div. IV) 11-4

lost to San Jose Archbishop Mitty, 8-7; def. Mamaroneck (N.Y.), 7-3; lost to Norco, 7-3; def. Carmichael Jesuit, 7-5. (18)

21

OXNARD

(SS-Div. I) 14-5

def. La Palma Kennedy, 3-0; lost to Capistrano Valley, 5-2; def. Granada Hills Kennedy, 3-0; Anaheim, 5-4; lost to Servite, 5-1. (21)

22

JSERRA

(SS-Div. I) 14-5

def. Thousand Oaks, 4-3; Santa Ana Calvary Chapel, 11-0; Cypress, 5-2. (22)

23

CRESPI

(SS-Div. II) 12-6

def. Agoura, 11-1; lost to Atwater Buhach Colony, 4-1; Danville San Ramon Valley, 4-3; St. Bonaveture, 3-0. (10)

24

LAKEWOOD

(SS-Div. I) 14-6-1

def. Ramona, 5-1; Lutheran, 3-1; Merced, 15-4. (NR)

25

MISSION VIEJO

(SS-Div. I) 13-7

def. Loyola, 5-2; Capistrano Valley, 4-3; Thousand Oaks, 6-3; Capistrano Valley, 3-1. (NR)