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High School  | Rankings | 4/6/2021

HS Rankings Update: April 6

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Another week down in the high school season, as we’re into April which means that some teams will be wrapping up their regular seasons at the end of this month, while others are just now getting going. Either way, we continue to get more clarity on the most talented teams across the country and look forward to the caliber of ball that the upcoming weeks will bring. Be sure to continue to tag @TRussoPG and @ColtPG on Twitter and hashtag all of your highlights with ‘#PGHS’ so that we can talk about some of the country’s top performances each week on the newly released Perfect Game High School Notebook (View Mar 31 recording).

Starting with the top-10, only two teams make a move as Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (Mich.) trades places with Lake Travis (Texas) into the No. 8 spot after kicking off their season with four dominant wins while outscoring their opponents 53-0 in the process. Just outside the top-10, and moving up a few spots, is No. 11 Madison Central (Miss.), who continues to rack up wins and shows no signs of slowing down their hot play. There’s not much movement outside of a couple teams sliding up a spot in the 11-20 range, but Rockwall-Heath (Texas), Carrollton (Ga.) and Calvary Christian (Fla.) all move up a few spots in the early-20s range while Hewitt-Trussville (Ala.) moves all the way up to No. 24 after handing former No. 23 Auburn (Ala.) their first loss of the season.



There’s a good chunk of teams moving up in the back half of the top-50 as clubs like Prosper (Texas), Malvern Prep (Penn.), and Gregory Portland (Texas) continue to establish themselves as some of the most talented in their respective states. Four new teams join the rankings this week, starting with Farragut (Tenn.) coming in at No. 44 after a hot start in their early season, while a couple of Southwest region teams in American Fork (Utah) and Red Mountain (Ariz.) come in at No. 46 and 50, respectively, with the latter taking a game early on against a top-10 Hamilton team. Blue Valley Southwest (Kan.) also joins the top-50 as they showed well for our staff in their early games.

 RankPrevHSCitySt
11BufordBufordGA
22IMG AcademyBradentonFL
33Calvary Christian AcademyFort LauderdaleFL
44Tampa JesuitTampaFL
55Thousand OaksThousand OaksCA
66HamiltonChandlerAZ
77Alfred M. BarbeLake CharlesLA
89Orchard Lake St. Marys PrepOrchard LakeMI
98Lake TravisAustinTX
1010Marjory Stoneman DouglasParklandFL
1115Madison CentralMadisonMS
1211BaylorChattanoogaTN
1312J SerraSan Juan CapistranoCA
1413Bishop GormanLas VegasNV
1514Jackson PreparatoryJacksonMS
1616Orange LutheranOrangeCA
1718ReaganSan AntonioTX
1817Don Bosco PrepRamseyNJ
1920Winder-BarrowWinderGA
2019Lakeland ChristianLakelandFL
2124Rockwall-HeathHeathTX
2225CarrolltonCarrolltonGA
2326Calvary ChristianClearwaterFL
2435Hewitt-TrussvilleTrussvilleAL
2521Doral Academy CharterDoralFL
2623AuburnAuburnAL
2728Spruce CreekPort OrangeFL
2827Phillips AcademyAndoverMA
2933ProsperProsperTX
3034Malvern PreparatoryMalvernPA
3131Sam HoustonLake CharlesLA
3222Santa Margarita CatholicRancho Santa MargaritaCA
3336Combine AcademyLincolntonNC
3432Heritage HallOklahoma CityOK
3529EastlakeChula VistaCA
3630Obra D. TompkinsKatyTX
3739OxfordOxfordAL
3840Bergen CatholicOradellNJ
3947Gregory-PortlandPortlandTX
4041FriendswoodFriendswoodTX
4142Charlotte ChristianCharlotteNC
4243OwassoOwassoOK
4344The BollesJacksonvilleFL
new 44 FarragutKnoxvilleTN
4545St. Thomas AquinasFort LauderdaleFL
new 46 American ForkAmerican ForkUT
4738Notre DameSherman OaksCA
4849Palm Beach GardensPalm Beach GardensFL
new 49 Blue Valley SouthwestOverland ParkKS
new 50 Red MountainMesaAZ

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Jheremy Brown
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Tyler Henninger
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Perfect Game Staff
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Cam McElwaney
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Troy Sutherland
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DII/DIII/NAIA Rankings Update: April 8

Nick Herfordt
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