National HS Rankings: May 5

High School : : Rankings
Todd Gold         Jheremy Brown        
Published: Monday, May 05, 2014


It was a relatively tranquil week in the National Top 50, with most of the top ranked teams taking care of business and maintaining a relative status quo. The biggest exception was a surprising loss in district tournament play by previous No. 4 Sarasota (Fla.) whose season comes to a disappointing end to their season. Other victims of surprise upsets in Florida district playoffs include former Nos. 26 and 34 West Orange and American Heritage. On the other side of the coin Hagerty pulled an impressive upset of their own by knocking off Sandalwood in 10 innings in a game where the opposing starting pitcher was first round MLB Draft candidate Sean Reid-Foley. Hagerty (Fla.) re-enters the rankings this week following the impressive feat at No. 32.

The most interesting non-movement in this week's update comes from the two-game series split between No. 27 Clovis (Calif.) and No. 36 Buchanan (Calif.) where each team won at home to keep both teams in the same spot this week. But the biggest story in Northern California comes from No. 19 Elk Grove, who capped off a 3-0 week by winning the second annual Boras Classic in decisive fashion, knocking off the south section champion Temecula Valley 6-1. To get to the title game Elk Grove gave new No. 3 St. Francis their only loss in the past month, a stretch which has seen the Lancers go 11-1.

Postseason play is underway in the state of Texas and so far the nationally ranked representatives have taken care of business. The team that came closest to an early exit was No. 35 Arlington Martin, who had to battle back to win the best of three series after dropping the opener. History tells us that there will be plenty of upsets as the postseason progresses and the subsequent updates should see heavy turnover in Texas over the coming weeks.

Puyallup (Wash.) finished off the regular season with a perfect 20-0 and moves up to No. 23 this week as they get set to begin postseason play. 

Other new additions this week include: No. 48 Fountain Valley (Calif.), No. 49 Orangewood Christian (Fla.) and No. 50 Mosley (Fla.).


Ranking Previous Team City State
1 1 Barbe Lake Charles Louisiana
2 2 Archbishop McCarthy Southwest Ranches Florida
3 4 Mountain View St. Francis Mountain View California
4 5 Rancho Bernardo San Diego California
5 6 Coral Springs Christian Academy Coral Springs Florida
6 7 Cypress Ranch Houston Texas
7 8 Olympia HS Orlando Florida
8 10 Pearland Pearland Texas
9 11 The First Academy Orlando Florida
10 12 Flanagan Pembroke Pines Florida
11 13 Gainesville Gainesville Georgia
12 9 Harvard-Westlake North Hollywood California
13 14 Lake Travis Austin Texas
14 15 CC Moody Corpus Christi Texas
15 16 Venice Venice Florida
16 17 Cathedral Catholic San Diego California
17 18 Lambert Suwanee Georgia
18 19 Huntington Beach Huntington Beach California
19 20 Elk Grove Elk Grove California
20 21 Hamilton Chandler Arizona
21 22 Salisbury School Salisbury Connecticut
22 23 Loyola Los Angeles California
23 24 Puyallup Puyallup Washington
24 25 Junipero Serra San Mateo California
25 3 Sarasota Sarasota Florida
26 28 Greenway Phoenix Arizona
27 27 Clovis Fresno California
28 30 Langham Creek Houston Texas
29 29 Parkview Lilburn Georgia
30 31 Regis Jesuit Aurora Colorado
31 32 Horizon Scottsdale Arizona
32   Hagerty Oviedo Florida
33 35 Chino Hills Chino Hills California
34 37 Marist Atlanta Georgia
35 33 Arlington Martin Arlington Texas
36 36 Buchanan Clovis California
37 39 Fayetteville Fayetteville Arkansas
38 40 San Antonio O'Connor San Antonio Texas
39 41 Flora Columbia South Carolina
40 42 Milton Milton Georgia
41 43 St. Rita Chicago Illinois
42 44 Owasso Owasso Oklahoma
43 46 Western Branch Chesapeake Virginia
44 47 Klein Collins Spring Texas
45 38 DeSoto Central Southaven Mississippi
46 48 Brother Martin Brother Martin Louisiana
47 49 North Florida Christian Tallahassee Florida
48   Fountain Valley Huntington Beach California
49   Orangewood Christian Maitland Florida
50   Mosley Lynn Haven Florida
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