High School Top 50: June 19

Parkview finishes at No. 1

Staff Report
June 19, 2012


The Baseball America/National High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings are are final as Lake Central (Ind.) High won the 4-A title this past weekend and held fast at No. 50. This also officially makes Parkview High (Lilburn, Ga.) the No. 1 team for the 2012 season. The Panthers battled through an extremely difficult schedule to finish with a 31-6 record and a second consecutive Georgia 5-A state title. The Panthers are the first team in Georgia to finish at No. 1 since Marietta's Lassiter High in 1999. It's also the fourth team from the Southeast to be named Baseball America's Team of the Year in the last five years.

The staffs of Baseball America and the NHSBCA compile the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are as of June 17 and do not include ties.

Rank	School	Record	Previous
1	Parkview HS, Lilburn, Ga.	31-6	1
2	Columbus (Ga.) HS	33-4	2
3	Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas	40-3	3
4	American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.	28-4	4
5	Archbishop McCarthy HS, Southwest Ranches, Fla.	27-4	5
6	Campolindo HS, Moraga, Calif.	23-4	6
7	Chaparral HS, Scottsdale, Ariz.	28-7	7
8	Spruce Creek HS, Port Orange, Fla.	28-4	8
9	Columbus HS, Miami	27-5	9
10	Vista (Calif.) HS	31-4	10
11	Jesuit HS, Tampa	28-2	11
12	Olympia HS, Orlando	32-2	12
13	Oak Grove HS, Hattiesburg, Miss.	34-3	13
14	Barbe HS, Lake Charles, La.	35-6	14
15	Newbury Park HS, Thousand Oaks, Calif.	21-7	15
16	Orange (Calif.) Lutheran HS	23-5	16
17	Mater Dei HS, Santa Ana, Calif.	24-6	17
18	Cy-Ranch HS, Houston	32-8	18
19	Rockwall-Heath HS, Heath, Texas	36-9	19
20	Carroll HS, Corpus Christi, Texas	33-5	20
21	Martin HS, Arlington	36-6	21
22	Calallen HS, Corpus Christi, Texas	33-2	22
23	Loganville (Ga.) HS	31-5	23
24	Pacifica HS, Garden Grove, Calif.	28-5	24
25	Venice (Fla.) HS	24-8	25
26	Harvard-Westlake HS, Studio City, Calif.	24-5	26
27	Cherry Creek HS, Greenwood Village, Colo.	24-3	27
28	Bonita HS, La Verne, Calif.*	32-2	28
29	Oxford (Ala.) HS	39-13	29
30	Pensacola (Fla.) Catholic HS	27-3	30
31	Lake Braddock HS, Burke, Va.	26-3	31
32	A&M Consolidated HS, College Station, Texas	29-12	32
33	Providence School, Jacksonville	28-4	33
34	Appling County HS, Baxley, Ga.	35-4	34
35	Edmond (Okla.) North HS	21-14	35
36	Arlington (Tenn.) HS	34-11	36
37	Glocester Catholic HS, Gloucester City, N.J.	23-4	37
38	Kentwood HS, Convington, Wash.	25-2	38
39	Creighton Prep, Omaha	34-4	39
40	Middle Creek HS, Apex, N.C.	25-6	40
41	North HS, Riverside, Calif.	25-6	41
42	Broken Arrow (Okla.) HS	35-5	42
43	Woodford County HS, Versailles, Ky.	34-6	43
44	Archbishop Moeller HS, Cincinnati	26-5	44
45	Malvern (Pa.) Prep	31-5	45
46	Pace (Fla.) HS	25-7	46
47	Grand Street Campus HS, New York	20-1	47
48	Owasso (Okla.) HS	30-5	48
49	Gainesville (Ga.) HS	32-2	49
50	Lake Central HS, Saint John, Ind.	32-1	50