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High School | Rankings | 5/23/2017

National HS Top 50: May 23

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National High School Top 50: May 9

There is a new No. 1 in the Perfect Game/Rawlings High School Top 50 as Shawnee (Okla.) finished off an undefeated, 40-0 season by winning its third straight Oklahoma Class 4A state championship. Shawnee jumps from No. 2 to No. 1 and the rest of the top-5 rounds out with Huntington Beach (Calif.) at No. 2, Archbishop McCarthy (Fla.) at No. 3, Calvary Christian (Fla.) at No. 4, and Rancho Bernardo (Calif.) at No. 5.

There has been a lot of shifting in terms of races in state playoffs with a ton of upsets in championship games as well. One state that has arguably been the most unpredictable is Georgia. The only two teams to advance in the playoffs from last edition's rankings are No. 9 Blessed Trinity (Ga.) and No. 11 Pope (Ga.). Despite each team having 15-plus losses, crosstown rivals Woodstock (Ga.) and Etowah (Ga.) meet in the championship of the Georgia Class AAAAAAA state playoffs. Located only 10 minutes down the road from each other, both teams have been scorching since the playoffs started.

The top three newcomers to the rankings are Nos. 21 Moorpark (Calif.), 24 Basic (Nev.), and 26 Hamilton (Ariz.). Moorpark is enjoying a three-loss season up to this point while Basic and Hamilton were both ranked in the Preseason HS Top 50 and captured their respective state titles over the weekend.

The two other teams to capture state titles are Helena (Ala.) at No. 7, La Cueva (N.M.) at No. 15, and newcomer West Lauderdale (Miss.) at No. 39. In total, 15 new teams entered Top 50 and the others that haven't been mentioned to this point are, in order of ranking: Marjory Stoneman Douglas (Fla.), No. 29; T.C. Roberson (N.C.), No. 30; Cathedral (Ind.), No. 32; Tate (Fla.), No. 33; Wylie (Tex.), No. 35; Westminster Christian (Mo.), No. 37; Rockwall (Tex.), No. 40; Monsignor Pace (Fla.), No. 49, and Webster Schroeder (N.Y.), No. 50.

This will be the penultimate edition of the Top 50 before the end of the season. There will be a final ranking in mid-June once all of the state tournaments have been finished. To all who are still in the playoffs, best of luck and we will be back in a few weeks!

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	Rank	Prev	HS	City	St
	1	2	Shawnee	Shawnee	OK
	2	1	Huntington Beach	Huntington Beach	CA
	3	3	Archbishop McCarthy	Southwest Ranches	FL
	4	5	Calvary Christian	Clearwater	FL
	5	7	Rancho Bernardo	San Diego	CA
	6	9	Buchanan	Clovis	CA
	7	21	Helena	Helena	AL
	8	16	Wakeland	Frisco	TX
	9	22	Blessed Trinity Cath	Roswell	GA
	10	20	A. Crawford Mosley	Lynn Haven	FL
	11	33	Pope	Marietta	GA
	12	18	Riverdale Baptist	Upper Marlboro	MD
	13	31	William Penn Charter	Philadelphia	PA
	14	25	Eastlake	Chula Vista	CA
	15	28	La Cueva	Albuquerque	NM
	16	50	Moody	Corpus Christi	TX
	17	24	Canterbury	Fort Myers	FL
	18	23	Colleyville Heritage	Colleyville	TX
	19	39	West Orange	Winter Garden	FL
	20	34	Saline	Saline	MI
new	21		Moorpark	Moorpark	CA
	22	41	Jackson	Massillon	OH
	23	42	Jefferson City	Jefferson City	MO
new	24		Basic	Henderson	NV
	25	47	Etiwanda	Etiwanda	CA
new	26		Hamilton	Chandler	AZ
	27	29	St. John Bosco	Bellflower	CA
	28	43	Spring Hill	Columbia	TN
new	29		Marjory Stoneman Douglas	Parkland	FL
new	30		T C Roberson	Asheville	NC
	31	4	West Monroe	West Monroe	LA
new	32		Cathedral	Indianapolis	IN
new	33		Tate	Pensacola	FL
	34	15	Cullman	Cullman	AL
new	35		Wylie	Abilene	TX
	36	48	O'Fallon	O Fallon	IL
new	37		Westminster Christian Academy	Saint Louis	MO
	38	45	St. Joseph Regional	Montvale	NJ
new	39		West Lauderdale	Collinsville	MS
new	40		Rockwall	Rockwall	TX
	41	10	Greenbrier	Greenbrier	AR
new	42		Woodstock	Woodstock	GA
	43	12	Oak Grove	Hattiesburg	MS
new	44		Etowah	Woodstock	GA
	45	36	New Hanover	Wilmington	NC
	46	37	IMG Academy	Bradenton	FL
	47	6	Christopher Columbus	Miami	FL
	48	8	North Gwinnett	Suwanee	GA
new	49		Monsignor Edward Pace	Miami	FL
new	50		Webster-Schroeder	Webster	NY

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High School | General | 2/19/2026

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