High school baseball: Bellarmine team celebrates 2-0 win against Leigh during the Central Coast Section Division II championship at Excite Ballpark in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Josie Lepe for Bay Area News Group)
Bay Area News Group Baseball Top 20
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
(Records through Monday)
No. 1 DE LA SALLE (2-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Since last ranking: Beat Clovis 6-1, Kingsburg 5-0
Up next: Thursday at St. Mary’s-Stockton, 3:30 p.m.
No. 2 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (4-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Since last ranking: Beat Cardinal Newman 8-2, Elk Grove 1-0, Dublin 5-1, Palo Alto 6-0
Up next: Wednesday vs. Santa Teresa, 3:30 p.m.
No. 3 ST. IGNATIUS (3-0)
Previous ranking: 6
Since last ranking: Beat California 4-0, Del Oro 1-0, Dougherty Valley 5-1
Up next: Tuesday at Sequoia, 3:30 p.m.
No. 4 GRANADA (3-0)
Previous ranking: 8
Since last ranking: Beat James Logan 10-1, Irvington 17-3, Pittsburg 10-7
Up next: Tuesday at Liberty, 3:30 p.m.
No. 5 CLAYTON VALLEY CHARTER (1-1)
Previous ranking: 5
Since last ranking: Lost to Cardinal Newman 8-3, Mission San Jose 3-0
Up next: Tuesday vs. Dougherty Valley, 3:30 p.m.
No. 6 LEIGH (3-0)
Previous ranking: 19
Since last ranking: Beat St. Francis 7-3, Santa Cruz 2-1, Santa Clara 12-2
Up next: Tuesday at Archbishop Mitty, 3:30 p.m.
No. 7 ACALANES (4-0)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Alhambra 4-2, Heritage 10-5, San Ramon Valley 7-2, Petaluma 2-1
Up next: Thursday vs. Vintage, 3:30 p.m.
No. 8 BELLARMINE (2-0)
Previous ranking: 11
Since last ranking: Beat Bear Creek 9-0, Oak Ridge 11-1
Up next: Tuesday vs. Pioneer, 3:30 p.m.
No. 9 SAN RAMON VALLEY (3-1)
Previous ranking: 3
Since last ranking: Beat Benicia 13-1, lost to Acalanes 7-2, beat Liberty 11-1, Irvington 16-0
Up next: Wednesday vs. College Park, 3:30 p.m.
No. 10 ST. FRANCIS (2-1)
Previous ranking: 9
Since last ranking: Lost to Leigh 7-3, beat Los Gatos 8-3, Menlo-Atherton 11-0
Up next: Tuesday vs. Mountain View, 3:30 p.m.
No. 11 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (3-1)
Previous ranking: 4
Since last ranking: Beat Prospect 10-1, Hollister 9-2, lost to Carlmont 8-5, beat Hollister 7-0
Up next: Tuesday vs. Leigh, 3:30 p.m.
No. 12 LOS GATOS (3-1)
Previous ranking: 7
Since last ranking: Lost to St. Francis 8-3, beat Saratoga 10-0, Pioneer 4-3, Carmel 4-3
Up next: Friday vs. Santa Teresa, 3 p.m.
No. 13 BERKELEY (1-0)
Previous ranking: 13
Since last ranking: Beat Dougherty Valley 10-0
Up next: Wednesday at LIberty, 3:30 p.m.
No. 14 PITTSBURG (3-1)
Previous ranking: 14
Since last ranking: Beat Miramonte 9-1, Kennedy-Fremont 8-1, San Leandro 4-2, lost to Granada 10-7
Up next: Wednesday vs. Mission San Jose, 3:30 p.m.
No. 15 SERRA (3-1)
Previous ranking: 18
Since last ranking: Beat Sacred Heart Prep 14-1, Foothill 4-0, Carlmont 10-1, lost to Capuchino 5-4
Up next: Wednesday vs. Sequoia, 3:30 p.m.
No. 16 CASTRO VALLEY (5-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Liberty 4-2, Redwood Christian 13-0, Salinas 3-2, Amador Valley 5-4, American 6-0, lost to Archbishop Riordan 2-1
Up next: Tuesday vs. San Leandro, 3:30 p.m.
No. 17 PALO ALTO (2-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Hollster 5-3, Carlmont 10-2, lost to Valley Christian 6-0
Up next: Friday at De La Salle, 3:30 p.m.
No. 18 JAMES LOGAN (1-1)
Previous ranking: 12
Since last ranking: Lost to Granada 10-1, beat Amador Valley 1-0
Up next: Wednesday at Foothill, 3:30 p.m.
No. 19 CAPUCHINO (5-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Kennedy-Fremont 20-0, lost to Aragon 6-5, beat Mills 3-0, Terra Nova 1-0, Serra 5-4, Santa Teresa 9-3
Up next: Wednesday vs. Archbishop Riordan, 3:30 p.m.
No. 20 AMADOR VALLEY (2-2)
Previous ranking: 10
Since last ranking: Beat Miramonte 14-1, lost to Castro Valley 5-4, James Logan 1-0, beat Liberty 5-0
Up next: Wednesday vs. Bishop O’Dowd, 5:30 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.
Originally published at Darren Sabedra