Bay Area News Group Baseball Top 20
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
(Records through Monday)
No. 1 ACALANES (16-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Since last ranking: Beat Northgate 9-3, 9-2
Up next: Tuesday vs. College Park, 4 p.m.
No. 2 GRANADA (17-1)
Previous ranking: 1
Since last ranking: Lost to Amador Valley 5-2, beat Amador Valley 8-2
Up next: Wednesday vs. Foothill, 5 p.m.
No. 3 SERRA (15-3)
Previous ranking: 4
Since last ranking: Lost to Valley Christian 4-1, beat Valley Christian 9-1, Bellarmine 11-3
Up next: Tuesday vs. Bellarmine, 4 p.m.
No. 4 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (17-3)
Previous ranking: 3
Since last ranking: Beat Serra 4-1, lost to Serra 9-1, beat St. Francis 5-2
Up next: Tuesday at St. Francis, 4 p.m.
No. 5 DE LA SALLE (10-3)
Previous ranking: 5
Since last ranking: Beat Foothill 28-2
Up next: Wednesday at San Ramon Valley, 4 p.m.
No. 6 LOS GATOS (14-3)
Previous ranking: 7
Since last ranking: Beat Gunn 10-3, 18-6, Sacred Heart Prep 10-1
Up next: Wednesday vs. Overton, Nashville, Tenn., 6:30 p.m.
No. 7 SAN RAMON VALLEY (12-5)
Previous ranking: 8
Since last ranking: Beat Dougherty Valley 9-1, California 6-1, Dougherty Valley 3-2
Up next: Wednesday vs. De La Salle, 4 p.m.
No. 8 HERITAGE (13-3-1)
Previous ranking: 9
Since last ranking: Beat Liberty 10-5 (9 innings)
Up next: Tuesday vs. Pittsburg, 4 p.m.
No. 9 JAMES LOGAN (12-3)
Previous ranking: 12
Since last ranking: Beat Washington-Fremont 12-0, 5-3
Up next: Wednesday at Irvington, 4 p.m.
No. 10 ST. IGNATIUS (12-5)
Previous ranking: 6
Since last ranking: Lost to Archbishop Mitty 6-5, 7-5
Up next: Tuesday at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 3:30 p.m.
No. 11 SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL (13-6)
Previous ranking: 13
Since last ranking: Beat Archbishop Riordan 12-0, 2-1 (8 innings)
Up next: Tuesday vs. St. Ignatius, 3:30 p.m.
No. 12 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (12-7-1)
Previous ranking: 17
Since last ranking: Beat St. Ignatius 6-5, 7-5, Archbishop Riordan 7-3
Up next: Tuesday vs. Riordan, 4 p.m.
No. 13 BURLINGAME (10-4)
Previous ranking: 10
Since last ranking: Lost to Hillsdale 3-2, beat Hillsdale 17-9
Up next: Wednesday vs. Menlo-Atherton, 4 p.m.
No. 14 LEIGH (11-5)
Previous ranking: 18
Since last ranking: Beat Santa Teresa 6-3, 16-6
Up next: Tuesday at Pioneer, 4 p.m.
No. 15 COLLEGE PARK (9-5)
Previous ranking: 20
Since last ranking: Beat Campolindo 5-0, 4-0
Up next: Tuesday at Acalanes, 4 p.m.
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No. 16 WOODSIDE (12-2-1)
Previous ranking: 15
Since last ranking: Did not play
Up next: Tuesday at San Mateo, 4 p.m.
No. 17 PIEDMONT (11-2)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Alameda 7-2, Arroyo 8-6
Up next: Wednesday at Castro Valley, 4 p.m.
No. 18 CAPUCHINO (13-6)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Lost to The King’s Academy 2-1, beat The King’s Academy 3-0
Up next: Wednesday vs. Sequoia, 4 p.m.
No. 19 PITTSBURG (14-4)
Previous ranking: 11
Since last ranking: Beat Freedom 2-1, lost to American Canyon 5-1
Up next: Tuesday at Heritage, 4 p.m.
No. 20 MENLO-ATHERTON (11-7)
Previous ranking: 19
Since last ranking: Lost to Homestead 2-1
Up next: Wednesday at Burlingame, 4 p.m.
Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.
