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High School  | Rankings | 4/3/2018

National HS Top 50: April 3

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Lots of shifting occurred near the top of the Perfect Game/Rawlings National High School Top 50 as there is a new No. 1 team in the land for the third time this season. After falling to the eventual champion, and the new No. 3 team in the country, Orange Lutheran (Calif.), Calvary Christian Academy (Fla.) slides to No. 5 overall. Lake Travis (Texas) and Blessed Trinity (Ga.) each jumped up one spot each to Nos. 4 and 2, respectively. 

Calvary Christian (Fla.) is the new No. 1 team as they have still yet to drop a game in over a year and a half. Head coach Greg Olsen's squad is 15-0 to start 2018, but will face tough assignments later on in the season as they look to make it two consecutive perfect seasons with a national championship. 

Orange Lutheran has the most talent on paper to be the top team in the country and showed exactly why that is the case during their championship run at the NHSI event. Starter Cole Winn set the tone early for the Lancers as they exploded on a talented Florence (Ala.) team to win game one. A lot of offensive contributors made a significant impact which included sophomore outfielder Chad Born as well as shortstop and team captain Zach Lew. Max Rajcic was also a significantly intriguing player as he tossed a masterful shutout while sitting 90-93 mph in game two. 

The new rankings for some of the other teams that participated at the NHSI event are as follows: No. 5 Calvary Christian Academy, No. 15 American Heritage (Fla.), No. 18 Hattiesburg (Miss.), No. 22 John Curtis Christian (La.) and new entry in No. 46 Green Hope (N.C.), who made an impressive run all the way to the championship round of the event. 

The Southern California edition of the Boras Classic will be played this week and there are several Top 50 teams participating including No. 3 Orange Lutheran, No. 7 Notre Dame (Calif.), No. 19 Huntington Beach (Calif.) and No. 41 Harvard-Westlake (Calif.). No. 24 Valley Christian Schools (Calif.) will be playing at the National Classic, which is also being held in Southern California this week.

This week features a ton of top-level talent competing against each other so the rankings are sure to look significant different at this time next week. This week the new members of the National High School Top 50 are as follows: No. 31 Bellarmine College Prep (Calif.), No. 40 La Cueva (N.M.), No. 44 Brighton (Tenn.), No. 46 Green Hope (N.C.) and No. 47 Har-Ber (Ark.). 



 RankPrevHSCitySt
14Blessed Trinity CathRoswellGA
22Calvary ChristianClearwaterFL
313Orange LutheranOrangeCA
45Lake TravisAustinTX
51Calvary Christian AcademyFort LauderdaleFL
69ArgyleArgyleTX
77Notre DameSherman OaksCA
811ParkviewLilburnGA
914NorthwesternRock HillSC
103Bishop GormanLas VegasNV
1119The BollesJacksonvilleFL
1217Riverdale BaptistUpper MarlboroMD
1316ReaganSan AntonioTX
1410Sam HoustonLake CharlesLA
156American HeritagePlantationFL
1621New HanoverWilmingtonNC
1733Niceville SeniorNicevilleFL
188HattiesburgHattiesburgMS
1932Huntington BeachHuntington BeachCA
2012Cypress RanchCypressTX
2130PuyallupPuyallupWA
2222John Curtis ChristianRiver RidgeLA
2324BasicHendersonNV
2425Valley Christian SchoolsSan JoseCA
2526T C RobersonAshevilleNC
2634PinnaclePhoenixAZ
2715ProvidenceJacksonvilleFL
2843Faith AcademyMobileAL
2929Pleasure Ridge ParkLouisvilleKY
3023GulfportGulfportMS
new 31 Bellarmine College PrepSan JoseCA
3231KokomoKokomoIN
3318Alfred M. BarbeLake CharlesLA
3428River RidgeWoodstockGA
3546St. Thomas AquinasFort LauderdaleFL
3635ZacharyZacharyLA
3736Mcgill-Toolen CatholicMobileAL
3842Carroll SeniorSouthlakeTX
3949Snow CanyonSaint GeorgeUT
new 40 La CuevaAlbuquerqueNM
4138Harvard-WestlakeLos AngelesCA
4239Tampa JesuitTampaFL
4347SheridanSheridanAR
new 44 BrightonBrightonTN
4545DelbartonMorristownNJ
new 46 Green HopeCaryNC
new 47 Har-BerSpringdaleAR
4848Central CatholicLawrenceMA
4920Cathedral CatholicSan DiegoCA
5050SalineSalineMI

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