High school softball: Bay Area News Group Top 15
Foothill needs just one more win to take an undefeated record into the North Coast Section softball playoffs next week.
To do so, the Bay Area News Group’s top-ranked team will have to defeat crosstown rival Amador Valley for the second time in a week and the third time this season.
Foothill will play host to the Dons in the East Bay Athletic League championship game Thursday.
Fifth-ranked Amador Valley bounced back from an 8-1 loss to Foothill last week with a 4-1 win over California on Tuesday in the league tournament.
Heritage, which has won 12 in a row, remained No. 2 in the rankings, followed by St. Francis — the West Catholic Athletic League’s regular-season champ — and Presentation.
Santa Teresa slid three spots to No. 6 after losing Tuesday to Silver Creek 6-0.
On to the rankings …
Bay Area News Group Top 15
(Records through Tuesday)
No. 1 Foothill (23-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Beat Amador Valley 8-1, Carondelet 6-0
No. 2 Heritage (20-2)
Previous ranking: 2
Beat Antioch 12-4
No. 3 St. Francis (20-5-1)
Previous ranking: 5
Beat Sacred Heart Cathedral 18-1, St. Francis-Watsonville 7-1
No. 4 Presentation (19-4)
Previous ranking: 4
Beat Archbishop Mitty 5-3, Pioneer 3-2
No. 5 Amador Valley (16-7)
Previous ranking: 6
Lost to Foothill 8-1, beat California 4-1
No. 6 Santa Teresa (20-6)
Previous ranking: 3
Beat Leland 11-1, lost to Silver Creek 6-0
No. 7 Archbishop Mitty (15-6)
Previous ranking: 7
Lost to Presentation 5-3, beat St. Ignatius 10-3
No. 8 College Park (15-3)
Previous ranking: 8
Lost to Northgate 6-2, beat Berean Christian 13-4
No. 9 San Mateo (15-4)
Previous ranking: 11
Beat Woodside 4-1, Capuchino 6-1
No. 10 Aragon (18-5)
Previous ranking: 12
Beat Hillsdale 9-3, Los Gatos 9-1, Half Moon Bay 9-3
No. 11 Silver Creek (15-6)
Previous ranking: 13
Beat Branham 7-4 (10), Santa Teresa 6-0
No. 12 California (18-6)
Previous ranking: 10
Beat Carondelet 1-0, lost to Amador Valley 4-1
No. 13 Castro Valley (16-7-1)
Previous ranking: 9
Beat Piedmont 11-3, lost to Bishop O’Dowd 1-0 (10), Berkeley 4-1, beat Berkeley 11-1
No. 14 Mountain View (16-6)
Previous ranking: 14
Lost to Capuchino 6-1, beat Santa Clara 15-4
No. 15 Newark Memorial (16-6-1)
Previous ranking: 15
Beat James Logan 4-3, lost to American 4-2
Also considered: Valley Christian (15-9), Clayton Valley Charter (13-8), Bishop O’Dowd (15-4), Berkeley (13-5), Antioch (15-8), Benicia (15-7), Los Gatos (18-6), Moreau Catholic (14-4-1), Alhambra (16-7), Carlmont (15-9)
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