LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Lake Creek stored profitable and No. 1 within the 2023 USA TODAY Sports activities/NFCA Excessive College Tremendous 25 for a twenty second straight week.
The defending Texas state 5A champion (32-0) Lions blanked Magnolia, 9-0, final Friday and shut out A&M Consolidated, 7-0, on Tuesday to enhance to 111-2 during the last three seasons, and lengthen their win streak to 73. Lake Creek hosts Rudder subsequent on Friday.
Second-ranked Roncalli (7-1-1) defeated each Tri-West Hendricks and Southport to place its solely loss farther within the rear-view mirror. The Royals play at Covenant Christian later as we speak.
Some faculties elsewhere within the high 10 shifted up or out. New-No. 3 Jackson (13-0) gained three locations, whereas No. 4 Willow Canyon (24-0-1) and fifth-ranked Bentonville (20-1) every surged 4 spots, and No. 9 Watkins Memorial moved up one. However losses dropped Los Alamitos (19-3) and Neshoba Central (20-3) three locations apiece, and Neshoba’s 2-1 loss to Northwest Rankin final Friday might simply have been their second loss to the Cougars this season, after the Rockets rallied for 5 unanswered runs late in a 5-4 victory of their first assembly on March 28.
No. 8 Moorpark (16-1) dropped one spot after its 3-0 loss to Camarillo on Monday, whereas St. Amant (31-2) cracked the highest 10 after registering a playoff victory over Ponchatoula during which Boston Faculty-bound senior Addison Jackson, highschool’s nationwide dwelling run chief, hit a grand slam and tossed a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts.
Defending Kentucky state champion Ballard (15-0) lastly compelled its means into the rankings this week, debuting within the No. 11 spot after operating its win streak to 54. Senior Brooke Grey fanned 22 batters in an 11-inning no-hitter in opposition to Greenwood within the Bruins’ second-to-last recreation, and fanned double-digit batters in all three of her group’s video games final week. Ballard, who went 39-0 final season, hasn’t misplaced since falling 2-1 to Daviess County within the state playoffs on June 11, 2021.
State rankings submitted by the 2023 NFCA Excessive College Steering Committee are used to compile the USA TODAY Sports activities/NFCA Excessive College Tremendous 25. Groups are chosen primarily based on efficiency, roster high quality, power of schedule, and lively NFCA membership.
USA TODAY Sports activities/NFCA Excessive College Tremendous 25 Ballot – April 20, 2023
1. Lake Creek (Texas)
Document: 32-0 | PR: 1
2. Roncalli (Ind.)
Document: 7-1-1 | PR: 2
3. Jackson (Wash.)
Document: 13-0 | PR: 6
4. Willow Canyon (Ariz.)
Document: 24-0-1 | PR: 8
5. Bentonville (Ark.)
Document: 20-1 | PR: 9
6. Los Alamitos (Calif.)
Document: 19-3 | PR: 3
7. Neshoba Central (Miss.)
Document: 20-3 | PR: 4
8. Moorpark (Calif.)
Document: 16-1 | PR: 7
9. Watkins Memorial (Ohio)
Document: 15-0 | PR: 10
10. St. Amant (La.)
Document: 31-2 | PR: 11
11. Ballard (Ky.)
Document: 15-0 | PR: NR
12. Rockridge (Sick.)
Document: 16-1 | PR: 13
13. Saint Francis (Calif.)
Document: 16-2 | PR: 5
14. Coral Springs Constitution (Fla.)
Document: 16-0-2 | PR: 17
15. Norco (Calif.)
Document: 22-2 | PR: 14
16. Mount Vernon (Mo.)
Document: 22-1 | PR: 15
17. Anthony Wayne (Ohio)
Document: 8-1 | PR: 16
18. Benton (Ark.)
Document: 16-4 | PR: 12
19. Salpointe Catholic (Ariz.)
Document: 28-1 | PR: 18
20. West Stanly (N.C.)
Document: 17-1 | PR: 19
21. Spanish Fork (Utah)
Document: 12-1 | PR: 20
22. Donovan Catholic (N.J.)
Document: 10-0 | PR: 21
23. Queen Creek (Ariz.)
Document: 24-1-1 | PR: 23
24. Bend (Ore.)
Document: 13-2 | PR: 24
25. Bingham (Utah)
Document: 8-2 | PR: 25
Dropped out: None.
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