High school baseball rankings: Bay Area News Group Top 20
Regular-season finale: Live Oak, Heritage, St. Ignatius climb into rankings as playoffs begin.
Bay Area News Group Baseball Top 20
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
(Records through Monday)
No. 1 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (26-3)
Previous ranking: 1
Update: Beat Archbishop Riordan 9-2, Archbishop Mitty 4-3
Up next: Saturday vs. Menlo-Atherton in CCS Division I playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 2 DE LA SALLE (20-5)
Previous ranking: 2
Update: Lost to Granada 6-0
Up next: Tuesday vs. Castro Valley in NCS Division I playoffs, 5 p.m.
No. 3 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (21-7)
Previous ranking: 3
Update: Beat St. Francis 8-3, lost to Valley Christian 4-0
Up next: Saturday vs. Live Oak in CCS Division I playoffs, 11 a.m.
No. 4 SAN RAMON VALLEY (18-9)
Previous ranking: 9
Update: Beat Foothill 3-2, Amador Valley 4-3, Granada 3-2
Up next: Tuesday vs. Antioch in NCS Division I playoffs, 5 p.m.
No. 5 LOS GATOS (20-7)
Previous ranking: 4
Update: Lost to Palo Alto 4-0, beat Palo Alto 5-4
Up next: Saturday vs. St. Ignatius in CCS Division I playoffs, 11 a.m.
No. 6 AMADOR VALLEY (18-5)
Previous ranking: 5
Update: Lost to San Ramon Valley 4-3
Up next: Tuesday vs. Freedom in NCS Division I playoffs, 5 p.m.
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No. 7 GRANADA (20-7)
Previous ranking: 6
Update: Beat California 8-5, De La Salle 6-0. Lost to San Ramon Valley 3-2.
Up next: Tuesday vs. Pittsburg in NCS Division I playoffs, 5 p.m.
No. 8 CLAYTON VALLEY (19-5)
Previous ranking: 7
Update: Beat Benicia 15-2, 4-1, Las Lomas 7-3
Up next: Tuesday vs. College Park in NCS Division I playoffs, 5 p.m.
No. 9 FOOTHILL (15-9)
Previous ranking: 8
Update: Lost to San Ramon Valley 3-2
Up next: Tuesday at James Logan, 7 p.m.
No. 10 MENLO-ATHERTON (19-7)
Previous ranking: 10
Update: Beat Aragon 11-2, 6-1. Lost to The King’s Academy 15-13
Up next: Saturday at Valley Christian in CCS Division I playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 11 DUBLIN (16-8)
Previous ranking: 12
Update: Did not play
Up next: Tuesday vs. Liberty in NCS Division I playoffs at Pittsburg HS, 5 p.m.
No. 12 ST. FRANCIS (15-11)
Previous ranking: 13
Update: Lost to Archbishop Mitty 8-3, beat Archbishop Riordan 7-5
Up next: Saturday vs. Hollister in CCS Division I playoffs, noon
No. 13 LIVE OAK (17-9)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Update: Beat Leigh 8-3, 10-2
Up next: Saturday at Archbishop Mitty in CCS Division I playoffs, 11 a.m.
No. 14 HERITAGE (19-7)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Update: Beat Freedom 6-3, Pittsburg 1-0
Up next: Tuesday vs. Berkeley in NCS Division I playoffs, 5 p.m.
No. 15 JAMES LOGAN (18-6)
Previous ranking: 16
Update: Beat American 13-7, 8-2
Up next: Tuesday vs. Foothill in NCS Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 16 BERKELEY (18-7)
Previous ranking: 20
Update: Beat Alameda 4-3, Castro Valley 20-3
Up next: Tuesday at Heritage in NCS Division I playoffs, 5 p.m.
No. 17 LIBERTY (16-9)
Previous ranking: 19
Update: Lost to Pittsburg 2-1
Up next: Tuesday vs. Dublin in NCS Division I playoffs at Pittsburg HS, 5 p.m.
No. 18 ST. IGNATIUS (16-11)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Update: Beat Bellarmine 5-0, Sacred Heart Cathedral 6-4
Up next: Saturday at Los Gatos in CCS Division I playoffs, 11 a.m.
No. 19 LEIGH (17-10)
Previous ranking: 11
Update: Lost to Live Oak 8-3, 10-2
Up next: Saturday vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral in CCS Division II playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 20 BURLINGAME (16-7)
Previous ranking: 14
Update: Beat The King’s Academy 4-2, lost to TKA 4-3
Up next: Saturday vs. Serra in CCS Division II playoffs at Washington Park in Burlingame, 1 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.