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High School | Rankings | 4/3/2018

National HS Top 50: April 3

Vincent Cervino

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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.).

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	Rank	Prev	HS	City	St
	1	4	Blessed Trinity Cath	Roswell	GA
	2	2	Calvary Christian	Clearwater	FL
	3	13	Orange Lutheran	Orange	CA
	4	5	Lake Travis	Austin	TX
	5	1	Calvary Christian Academy	Fort Lauderdale	FL
	6	9	Argyle	Argyle	TX
	7	7	Notre Dame	Sherman Oaks	CA
	8	11	Parkview	Lilburn	GA
	9	14	Northwestern	Rock Hill	SC
	10	3	Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas	NV
	11	19	The Bolles	Jacksonville	FL
	12	17	Riverdale Baptist	Upper Marlboro	MD
	13	16	Reagan	San Antonio	TX
	14	10	Sam Houston	Lake Charles	LA
	15	6	American Heritage	Plantation	FL
	16	21	New Hanover	Wilmington	NC
	17	33	Niceville Senior	Niceville	FL
	18	8	Hattiesburg	Hattiesburg	MS
	19	32	Huntington Beach	Huntington Beach	CA
	20	12	Cypress Ranch	Cypress	TX
	21	30	Puyallup	Puyallup	WA
	22	22	John Curtis Christian	River Ridge	LA
	23	24	Basic	Henderson	NV
	24	25	Valley Christian Schools	San Jose	CA
	25	26	T C Roberson	Asheville	NC
	26	34	Pinnacle	Phoenix	AZ
	27	15	Providence	Jacksonville	FL
	28	43	Faith Academy	Mobile	AL
	29	29	Pleasure Ridge Park	Louisville	KY
	30	23	Gulfport	Gulfport	MS
new	31		Bellarmine College Prep	San Jose	CA
	32	31	Kokomo	Kokomo	IN
	33	18	Alfred M. Barbe	Lake Charles	LA
	34	28	River Ridge	Woodstock	GA
	35	46	St. Thomas Aquinas	Fort Lauderdale	FL
	36	35	Zachary	Zachary	LA
	37	36	Mcgill-Toolen Catholic	Mobile	AL
	38	42	Carroll Senior	Southlake	TX
	39	49	Snow Canyon	Saint George	UT
new	40		La Cueva	Albuquerque	NM
	41	38	Harvard-Westlake	Los Angeles	CA
	42	39	Tampa Jesuit	Tampa	FL
	43	47	Sheridan	Sheridan	AR
new	44		Brighton	Brighton	TN
	45	45	Delbarton	Morristown	NJ
new	46		Green Hope	Cary	NC
new	47		Har-Ber	Springdale	AR
	48	48	Central Catholic	Lawrence	MA
	49	20	Cathedral Catholic	San Diego	CA
	50	50	Saline	Saline	MI

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High School | General | 5/22/2026

Northeast High School Notebook: May 22

Anthony Gambardella

‘26 RHP Hunter Brown (@NHLionsBaseball - NJ) struck out 1️⃣5️⃣ thru 6 IP w/ 0 BB & 2 H allowed. FB lived 90-92, T93 w/ ASR & late life. Froze bats with his 11/5 CB both early/late in counts (2600rpm). Mixed in fading CH & short/tight SL. #WeAre commit. @PG_Draft#PGHS @PG_Scouting pic.twitter.com/NbSSOmCyD0 — Perfect Game Mid-Atlantic (@PGMidAtlantic) April 23, 2026 Hunter Brown - 2026 RHP, North Hunterdon Reg (N.J.) was utterly dominant in his start against Franklin last month, tossing six shutout innings with 15 strikeouts, zero walks and just two hits allowed. The 6-foot-5 215-pound right-hander has pitched to a 0.97 ERA this spring with 78 punchouts over 36 innings of work. Brown has been one of the many northeast arms receiving increasingly more buzz ahead of the MLB Draft this July. Brown’s heater lived in the low-90s throughout the duration of his...

Tournaments | Story | 5/24/2026

East Memorial Day Scout Notes: Days 1-2

Perfect Game Staff

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Tournaments | Story | 5/21/2026

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Perfect Game Staff

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College | Rankings | 5/20/2026

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College | Story | 5/21/2026

Coppy's Corner: May 21 POY Deep Dive

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Tournaments | Story | 5/19/2026

Best of the Best Event Preview

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College | Story | 5/19/2026

College Players of the Week: May 19

Vincent Cervino

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College | Rankings | 5/18/2026

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High School | General | 5/18/2026

High School Notebook: May 18

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National HS Top 50: April 3

Northeast High School Notebook: May 22

East Memorial Day Scout Notes: Days 1-2

Memorial Day Classics Set to Kick Off

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