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Bay Area News Group softball Top 20
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
Previous ranking: 1
Last week: Beat Sacred Heart Cathedral 17-0, Carondelet 4-1, Granada 1-0, Benicia 8-1, Casa Grande 8-0, Whitney 6-0
Up next: Wednesday at Mitty, 4 p.m.
No. 2 WILLOW GLEN (12-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Last week: Idle
Up next: Tuesday vs. Valley Christian, 4 p.m.
No. 3 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (15-3)
Previous ranking: 9
Last week: Beat Presentation 14-0, St. Ignatius 5-0, Burlingame 10-1
Up next: Tuesday at Willow Glen, 4 p.m.
No. 4 NOTRE DAME-BELMONT (12-3-1)
Previous ranking: 4
Last week: Beat Half Moon Bay 10-0, Notre Dame-San Jose 3-1
Up next: Tuesday vs. Menlo-Atherton, 4 p.m.
No. 5 LIVE OAK (13-1)
Previous ranking: 7
Last week: Beat Milpitas 11-1, Sobrato 4-3
Up next: Wednesday at Pioneer, 4 p.m.
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat California 13-6, Sheldon 7-3, Mitty 9-0, lost 6-1 to Whitney, 1-0 to Casa Grande
No. 7 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (10-4)
Previous ranking: 3
Last week: Beat St. Ignatius 4-0, tied Sheldon 3-3, beat California 1-0, lost 9-0 to Liberty, 6-4 to Alameda, beat College Park 7-2
Up next: Wednesday vs. St. Francis, 4 p.m.
No. 8 CAPUCHINO (7-4)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Lost 2-1 to Hillsdale, beat Burlingame 5-0, Mills 11-7
Up next: Tuesday vs. Aragon, 4 p.m.
No. 9 MILLS (10-3-1)
Previous ranking: 5
Last week: Beat Half Moon Bay 10-0, lost 11-7 to Capuchino
Up next: Tuesday vs. Gunn, 4 p.m.
No. 10 CASTRO VALLEY (10-3)
Previous ranking: 10
Last week: Beat James Logan 8-1, Arroyo 16-3
Up next: Wednesday at Berkeley, 4 p.m.
No. 11 ACALANES (8-2)
Previous ranking: 6
Last week: Lost 12-0 to Benicia
Up next: Tuesday at College Park, 4:30 p.m.
No. 12 LIVERMORE (12-4)
Previous ranking: 15
Last week: Beat Alameda 8-4, Freedom 10-0, lost 5-2 to Whitney, beat Sheldon 8-3, Benicia 9-5
Up next: Tuesday at San Ramon Valley, 4 p.m.
No. 13 ST. IGNATIUS (9-5)
Previous ranking: 8
Last week: Lost 4-0 to Mitty, 5-0 to Valley Christian
Up next: April 25 at Mills, 4 p.m.
No. 14 ALAMEDA (8-6-1)
Previous ranking: 11
Last week: Lost 8-4 to Livermore, 1-0 to Whitney, tied Freedom 1-1, beat Mitty 6-4, lost 5-4 to Granada
Up next: Wednesday vs. James Logan, 1 p.m.
No. 15 SAN RAMON VALLEY (8-6-2)
Previous ranking: 12
Last week: Lost 4-2 to Amador Valley, beat Casa Grande 3-1, tied College Park 1-1, lost 3-1 to Benicia, 5-4 to Sheldon
Up next: Tuesday vs. Livermore, 4 p.m.
No. 16 JAMES LOGAN (9-2-1)
Previous ranking: 13
Last week: Lost 8-1 to Castro Valley
Up next: Tuesday at American, 4 p.m.
No. 17 CALIFORNIA (9-5)
Previous ranking: 14
Last week: Lost 13-6 to Liberty, 6-2 to Sheldon, 1-0 to Mitty, beat Freedom 9-1, Amador Valley 4-3
Up next: Tuesday at Amador Valley, 4 p.m.
No. 18 FOOTHILL (8-4-1)
Previous ranking: 16
Last week: Idle
Up next: Tuesday vs. Monte Vista, 4 p.m.
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No. 19 BISHOP O’DOWD (14-5)
Previous ranking: 17
Last week: Beat Mt. Eden 20-9, San Leandro 9-4
Up next: April 30 at Berkeley, 4 p.m.
No. 20 SAN LEANDRO (13-2)
Previous ranking: 18
Last week: Beat San Lorenzo 13-1, lost 9-4 to Bishop O’Dowd
Up next: Tuesday vs. Arroyo, 5 p.m.
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Editor’s note: Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
