High School Top 25: June 5

Staff Report
June 5, 2012


It's been a trend for the No. 1 team to falter this season, but this time around that extended through the top four teams in the Baseball America/National High School Baseball Coaches Association Top 25. With Calallen (Corpus Christi, Texas), Orange (Calif.) Lutheran, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) seeing their seasons end without a state or section title, Parkview High (Lilburn, Ga.) moved up from No. 5 to the top spot. The Panthers had an extremely difficult schedule and showed well at the National High School Invitational before going on to win the 5-A state title in Georgia.

Carroll High (Corpus Christi, Texas) moved up to No. 3 and jumped Bishop Gorman High (Las Vegas) after advancing to the 5-A state tournament in Texas. The Tigers could face No. 10 Martin High (Arlington) in the finals. Loganville (Ga.) High started the season in the Top 25, but a slow start dropped the Red Devils from the poll, but they're back in after winning the 4-A state title and will return most of the team in 2013. Newbury Park High of Thousand Oaks, Calif., joins the rankings at No. 17 after winning the Southern Section Division I title—one of the most difficult feats in the country.

The staffs of Baseball America and the NHSBCA compile the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are as of June 3  and do not include ties. The next poll will be released on June 12 and expand to 50 teams. If needed, a final poll will be released again on June 19.

Rank	School	Record	Previous
1	Parkview HS, Lilburn, Ga.*	31-6	5
2	Columbus (Ga.) HS*	33-4	6
3	Carroll HS, Corpus Christi, Texas	33-4	8
4	Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas*	40-3	7
5	American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.*	28-4	9
6	Archbishop McCarthy HS, Southwest Ranches, Fla.*	27-4	10
7	Campolindo HS, Moraga, Calif.*	23-4	12
8	Chaparral HS, Scottsdale, Ariz.*	28-7	13
9	Spruce Creek HS, Port Orange, Fla.*	28-4	15
10	Martin HS, Arlington	36-5	18
11	Columbus HS, Miami*	27-5	16
12	Vista (Calif.) HS	30-4	24
13	Jesuit HS, Tampa*	28-2	17
14	Olympia HS, Orlando*	32-2	19
15	Oak Grove HS, Hattiesburg, Miss.*	34-3	20
16	Barbe HS, Lake Charles, La.*	35-6	22
17	Newbury Park HS, Thousand Oaks, Calif.*	21-7	NR
18	Orange (Calif.) Lutheran HS*	23-5	2
19	Mater Dei HS, Santa Ana, Calif.*	24-6	4
20	Calallen HS, Corpus Christi, Texas*	33-2	1
21	Loganville (Ga.) HS*	31-5	NR
22	Pacifica HS, Garden Grove, Calif.*	28-5	NR
23	Venice (Fla.) HS*	24-8	23
24	Harvard-Westlake HS, Studio City, Calif.*	24-5	3
25	Cherry Creek HS, Greenwood Village, Colo.	24-3	NR
Dropped out: No. 11 Gainesville (Ga.) HS; No. 14 North HS, Riverside, Calif.; No. 21 Moody HS, Corpus Christi, Texas; No. 25 Defiance (Ohio) HS.
*Season Complete