This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings.
Notable this week: No. 1 Huntington Beach advanced to the championship game of the Boras Classic South but lost to state No. 1 Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks. … JSerra stays at No. 2 after losing to Notre Dame 3-0 and beating state No. 4 Corona in the Boras tournament. … Orange Lutheran moves up to No. 5 after going 3-1 in the Boras tournament.
BASEBALL TOP 25
(Records through Sunday, April 16)
1. Huntington Beach 14-6: The Oilers won the National High School Invitational three weeks ago and are in first place in the Sunset League. They lost to Notre Dame 8-5 in the Boras Classic South championship game, which ended their 15-game winning streak.
Previous ranking: 1
2. JSerra 13-8: The Lions stayed hot, going 3-1 in the Boras tournament with wins over Corona, Etiwanda and Norco.
Previous ranking: 2
3. Santa Margarita 16-5: The Eagles were 2-2 in the Boras tournament, with wins over Corona and Etiwanda and losses to Aquinas and Maranatha.
Previous ranking: 3
4. Mater Dei 14-7-1: The Monarchs split their four games in the Boras tournament, defeating Santiago of Corona and Maranatha and losing to Huntington Beach and Etiwanda.
Previous ranking: 4
5. Orange Lutheran 14-8-1: The Lancers were 3-1 in the Boras tournament, with the loss in the semifinals to Notre Dame 1-0.
Previous ranking: 6
6. Cypress 18-6: One week after winning the National Classic the Centurions went 2-2 in the Boras tournament with wins over Santiago and San Dimas and losses to state-ranked Aquinas and Corona.
Previous ranking: 5
7. Servite 13-10: The Friars walloped Dana Hills 11-0 in their only game of the week. They play three Trinity League games against JSerra this week.
Previous ranking: 7
8. Pacifica 18-2: The Mariners swept Tustin in two Empire League games to increase their winning streak to 13 games.
Previous ranking: 9
9. Villa Park 14-9: The Spartans lost six in a row until a 2-1 win over Santiago of Corona in the last of their four games in the Boras tournament.
Previous ranking: 8
10. El Dorado 14-9: The Golden Hawks beat Lakewood and Long Beach Wilson in nonleague games last week.
Previous ranking: 11
11. Foothill 11-12
Previous ranking 10.
12. Tesoro 15-7
Previous ranking: 14
13. Fullerton 13-6
Previous ranking: 12
14. Edison 11-9
Previous ranking: 15
15. Capistrano Valley 12-10
Previous ranking: 17
16. La Habra 13-3-3
Previous ranking: 21
17. El Modena 13-10
Previous ranking: 18
18. San Clemente 14-7
Previous ranking: 13
19. Los Alamitos 13-8
Previous ranking: 16
20. Yorba Linda 11-11-1
Previous ranking: Not ranked
21. Canyon 12-8
Previous ranking: 19
22. Mission Viejo 14-10
Previous ranking: 22
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23. Capistrano Valley Christian 16-9
Previous ranking: 23
24. Woodbridge 19-5
Previous ranking: 24
25. Aliso Niguel 9-12
Previous ranking: Not ranked
