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High School  | Rankings | 4/17/2018

National HS Top 50: April 17

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National High School Top 50: April 10


The High School Top 50 remains pretty much the same in terms of the top team in the land, as all of the top 9 from last week retain their spots in the rankings. Valley Christian Schools (Calif.) joins the top 10 at No. 10 and Faith Academy (Ala.) jumps five spots to No. 11 in the country. Six new teams join the rankings and they are as follows: No. 39 Flanagan (Fla.), No. 41 Don Bosco Prep (N.J.), No. 42 Pope (Ga.), No. 44 St. Xavier (Ky.), No. 46 Blanchard (Okla.) and No. 48 Mountain View (Ariz.).

The top 20 has been highlighted by very strong years in both the Texahoma and Southeast regions. Nos. 2 and 3 Lake Travis (Texas) and Argyle (Texas) are both in the midst of strong undefeated seasons in large classifications while San Antonio Reagan (Texas) is at No. 7 and Cypress Ranch (Texas) is at No. 17. The Southeast has been led by two Georgia teams in Blessed Trinity and Parkview at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively. Faith Academy (Ala.), Zachary (La.) and John Curtis Christian (La.) round out the top 20 for the Southeast and John Curtis turned heads a couple of weeks ago at the NHSI with an impressive run into the final four. 

Midwest and Northeast baseball is underway but due to unprecedented cold weather and rain outs some teams like Saline (Mich.) still haven't gotten a chance to play. Don Bosco Prep and St. Xavier are two teams joining the rankings after hot starts to their seasons represented in these regions. We are approaching the final week of regular season play for most of the Florida and Southeast teams, and the rankings are sure to reflect that as state playoffs get underway. Stay tuned to Perfect Game as there's no better time than high school baseball state playoffs.



 RankPrevHSCitySt
11Calvary ChristianClearwaterFL
22Lake TravisAustinTX
33ArgyleArgyleTX
44Calvary Christian AcademyFort LauderdaleFL
55Blessed Trinity CathRoswellGA
67ParkviewLilburnGA
78ReaganSan AntonioTX
86Riverdale BaptistUpper MarlboroMD
99PuyallupPuyallupWA
1012Valley Christian SchoolsSan JoseCA
1116Faith AcademyMobileAL
1213New HanoverWilmingtonNC
1328ZacharyZacharyLA
1414American HeritagePlantationFL
1511NorthwesternRock HillSC
1610Niceville SeniorNicevilleFL
1719Cypress RanchCypressTX
1825Bellarmine College PrepSan JoseCA
1920John Curtis ChristianRiver RidgeLA
2015Orange LutheranOrangeCA
2117The BollesJacksonvilleFL
2230Huntington BeachHuntington BeachCA
2331Snow CanyonSaint GeorgeUT
2423HattiesburgHattiesburgMS
2522BasicHendersonNV
2637St. John VianneyKirkwoodMO
2718Bishop GormanLas VegasNV
2829Pleasure Ridge ParkLouisvilleKY
2940St. Thomas AquinasFort LauderdaleFL
3027ProvidenceJacksonvilleFL
3142Har-BerSpringdaleAR
3226River RidgeWoodstockGA
3334La CuevaAlbuquerqueNM
3435La MiradaLa MiradaCA
3532Notre DameSherman OaksCA
3621Sam HoustonLake CharlesLA
3738Harvard-WestlakeLos AngelesCA
3836SheridanSheridanAR
new 39 Charles W FlanaganPembroke PinesFL
4043O'FallonO FallonIL
new 41 Don Bosco PrepRamseyNJ
new 42 PopeMariettaGA
4339GulfportGulfportMS
new 44 St. XavierLouisvilleKY
4545DelbartonMorristownNJ
new 46 BlanchardBlanchardOK
4747J SerraSan Juan CapistranoCA
new 48 Mountain ViewMesaAZ
4949Desert OasisLas VegasNV
5050SalineSalineMI

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Vincent Cervino
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Jheremy Brown
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Tyler Henninger
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