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High School Top 50

And Down The Stretch They Come

May 22, 2006

DURHAM, N.C.—The top two teams in the Baseball America/National High School Baseball Coaches Association poll held on to their lofty rankings, as No. 1 The Woodlands (Texas) High and No. 2 Jackson High (Mill Creek, Wash.), continued their respective state playoffs.
          At least seven states had completed their postseasons, and No. 3 Flanagan High (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), which clinched the Florida Class 6-A title, was one of three state champions to secure top-10 rankings in the latest poll. No. 7 Chaparral High (Scottsdale, Ariz.) earned Arizona's Class 4-A crown and No. 8 Monsignor Pace (Opa Locka, Fla.) capped its season with Florida's Class 4-A title.
          The staff of Baseball America and the National High School Baseball Coaches Association compile the Top 50 rankings. In-season polls are conducted every other week, with the final poll released June 19. Records indicated as of May 21 and do not include ties.

*Indicates season incomplete.

Rank	School	Record	Previous
1.	*The Woodlands (Texas) HS	32-1	1
2.	*Jackson HS, Mill Creek, Wash.	24-0	2
3.	Flanagan HS, Pembroke Pines, Fla.	29-3	4
4.	*Brenham (Texas) HS	32-2	5
5.	*Cypress (Calif.) HS	23-3	6
6.	*Chatsworth (Calif.) HS	29-2	7
7.	Chaparral HS, Scottsdale, Ariz.	31-3	10
8.	Monsignor Pace HS, Opa Locka, Fla.	28-4	13
9.	*Christian Brothers HS, Memphis	37-1	15
10.	Starr's Mill HS, Fayetteville, Ga.	28-2	3
11.	Palm Beach Central HS, Wellington, Fla.	29-2	8
12.	Riverside HS, Greer, S.C.	31-2	23
13.	*Bellarmine Prep, San Jose, Calif.	33-4	12
14.	Bishop Kelley HS, Tulsa	38-2	30
15.	*North Forsyth HS, Winston-Salem, N.C.	28-0	33
16.	Owasso (Okla.) HS	35-2	9
17.	Nova HS, Davie, Fla.	26-2	11
18.	*Poly HS, Riverside, Calif.	19-4	18
19.	*Fallbrook (Calif.) HS	19-4	19
20.	Osbourn HS, Manassas, Va.	19-1	20
21.	*Lassiter HS, Marietta, Ga.	26-4	22
22.	*Torrey Pines HS, Encinitas, Calif.	26-4	21
23.	*El Camino Real HS, Woodland Hills, Calif.	23-4	17
24.	*Goddard (Kan.) HS	20-1	NR
25.	Captain Shreve HS, Shreveport, La.	37-3	42
26.	Brophy Prep, Phoenix	30-5	50
27.	Barbe HS, Lake Charles, La.	37-7	NR
28.	Archbishop Rummel HS, Metairie, La.	33-5	14
29.	*Massapequa (N.Y.) HS	23-0	37
30.	*Bishop Carroll HS, Wichita, Kan.	20-2	28
31.	James Madison HS, Vienna, Va.	20-1	NR
32.	*Elder HS, Cincinnati	25-3	32
33.	*Bishop Hendricken HS, Warwick, R.I.	13-2	40
34.	Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas	35-7	NR
35.	Bishop Moore HS, Orlando	29-2	24
36.	*Olentangy HS, Lewis Center, Ohio	25-2	NR
37.	Barron Collier HS, Naples, Fla.	28-4	26
38.	Esperanza HS, Anaheim	24-3	NR
39.	Silverado HS, Las Vegas	33-5	16
40.	*Seton Hall Prep, West Orange, N.J.	19-2	47
41.	*James Monroe HS, Bronx, N.Y.	42-2	48
42.	Pace (Fla.) HS	29-3	NR
43.	Sarasota (Fla.) HS	27-5	NR
44.	Cherry Creek HS, Englewood, Colo.	20-2	25
45.	Greenbrier Christian Academy, Chesapeake, Va.	30-3	29
46.	De La Salle HS, Concord, Calif.	16-4	38
47.	*Jasper (Ind.) HS	25-1	39
48.	*Maize (Kan.) HS	19-2	44
49.	La Cueva HS, Albuquerque	26-4	NR
50.	Centennial HS, Ellicott City, Md.	22-1	46

DROPPED OUT:No. 27 Jesuit HS, New Orleans (30-6); No. 31 Goleman HS, Hialeah, Fla., (23-3); No. 34 Capistrano Valley HS, Mission Viejo, Calif., (24-5);  No. 35 Northwest Rankin HS, Brandon, Miss., (30-6); No. 36 Tomball (Texas) HS (27-6); No. 41 McQueen HS, Reno, Nev. (34-6); No. 43 Scioto HS, Dublin, Ohio (27-3); No. 45 Saint Rita HS, Chicago (27-6); No. 49 Spanish Fork (Utah) HS (20-3).