High school softball: Bay Area News Group Top 15
There is still no doubt which softball team is the best in the Bay Area News Group Top 15.
Foothill entered the prestigious Livermore Stampede ranked No. 1 and did nothing to affect its standing, winning five games to win the tournament.
But there was quite a shake up beneath Foothill.
Heritage (13-2) made the biggest leap, going from No. 10 to No. 2 after outscoring Granada, Northgate, East Nicolaus, Antioch and Freedom by a combined 41-1 in a perfect week.
Last week’s second-ranked team, Archbishop Mitty, dropped three spots after going 3-2 at the Stampede.
Last week’s third-ranked team, St. Francis, also slid three places after a 2-2-1 showing in Livermore.
Newcomers this week were Antioch and Santa Teresa.
On to the rankings …
Bay Area News Group Top 15
(Records through Tuesday)
No. 1 Foothill (15-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Beat Alhambra 3-0, Dougherty Valley 14-1, Whitney 6-2, Livermore 4-0, Sheldon 1-0, Carondelet 2-0
No. 2 Heritage (13-2)
Previous ranking: 10
Beat Granada 3-1, Northgate 17-0, East Nicolaus 1-0, Antioch 10-0, Freedom 10-0
No. 3 College Park (8-0)
Previous ranking: 4
Beat Northgate 7-2
No. 4 Amador Valley (10-4)
Previous ranking: 8
Beat San Ramon Valley 4-1
No. 5 Archbishop Mitty (12-3)
Previous ranking: 2
Beat Davis 10-0, Freedom 10-0, lost to Livermore 3-2, Whitney 5-2, beat California 3-0
No. 6 St. Francis (10-3-1)
Previous ranking: 3
Beat Carondelet 7-2, lost to Castro Valley 4-1, tied Dublin 2-2, beat California 8-2, lost to Whitney 7-6
No. 7 Aragon (8-3)
Previous ranking: 6
Beat Hillsdale 3-2 (9)
No. 8 Granada (12-4)
Previous ranking: 5
Beat Northgate 5-3, lost to Heritage 3-1, beat American 9-8, lost to Mountain View 3-2 (9), beat Monte Vista 11-8
No. 9 Presentation (9-3)
Previous ranking: 7
Lost to Silver Creek 2-1 (8)
No. 10 Berkeley (6-1)
Previous ranking: 11
Did not play
No. 11 Antioch (10-4)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Beat Mountain View 2-1, Juneau-Douglas 13-0, Bishop O’Dowd 5-0, lost to Heritage 10-0, beat Deer Valley 11-2
No. 12 Mountain View (11-3)
Previous ranking: 14
Beat Juneau-Douglas 21-2, lost to Antioch 2-1, beat Pittsburg 6-0, beat Granada 3-2 (9), beat Santa Clara 7-0
No. 13 Clayton Valley Charter (10-3)
Previous ranking: 12
Lost to East Nicolaus 5-1, American 4-3, beat Deer Valley 10-0, Juneau-Douglas 16-1
No. 14 Valley Christian (9-4)
Previous ranking: 15
Did not play
No. 15 Santa Teresa (12-5)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Beat Silver Creek 5-3, Santa Clara 13-2, Los Altos 2-0, Oak Grove 14-2
Also considered: Benicia (5-3), Silver Creek (9-4), Newark Memorial (10-4-1), Los Gatos (11-2), Mt Eden (10-0), Castro Valley (9-4-1).
Who is eligible
Teams eligible for these rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.
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