June 14, 2004

Summer Top 10 Poll

 

Summer Baseball Top 10

(sponsored by Regal Awards, Omaha, NE)

 

Illinois Iowa Wisconsin

 

Rank School, City, State       Record

6/14

1-      Homestead, Mequon, WI      11-0

2-      Kennedy, Cedar Rapids, IA   11-2

3-      Oak Park-River Forest, Oak Park, IL        0-0

4-      Waubonsie Valley, Aurora, IL         0-0

5-      Marquette, Milwaukee, WI    11-1

6-      Iowa City, IA       11-3

7-      Lockport Township, Lockport, IL    0-0

8-      West, West Bend, WI  8-2

9-      West Des Moines, Dowling, IA       10-2

10-    South, Waukesha, WI 7-0

 

Others mentioned for the Top 10: Illinois: Glenbrook South; Iowa: Ankeny, Cedar Rapids Washington, Council Bluffs Lewis Central, Mason City; Wisconsin: Brookfield Central.

Homestead (WI) No. 1 in Summer Top 10

BELLA VISTA, AR—Homestead High moved into first place in the Regal Awards-sponsored BCA Summer Top 10 ranking.

Homestead’s 11-0 start bumped Kennedy (IA) from the No. 1 spot.

Oak Park-River Forest and Waubonsie Valley, who were scheduled to open their summer play following the Illinois spring championships, hold Nos. 3 and 4, respectively.

Milwaukee Marquette made its first appearance in the Top 10 at the No. 5 position. Marquettes was 11-1.

Iowa City was sixth with Lockport Township (IL) seventh. Undefeated Waukesha South (WI) was 10th with its 7-0 record.

The ranking committee for 2004: Illinois-Jim Fornaciari, Glenbard West (IL); Iowa-Lee Toole, Lewis Central (IA); Wisconsin- Jason Kosanke, Waukesha South (WI); BCA-Jerry Miles.

Final ranking: July 26, 2004.

 

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THE TOP 50--Final 2004 Poll

 

THE TOP 50--Final 2004 Poll

The National High School Baseball Coaches poll is selected in conjunction with BASEBALL AMERICA. Regular in-season polls, conducted every two weeks, include 25 teams. The final poll, through games of June 13, identifies 50 teams.

5/31  6/14  Team Record       Points

1       1       Chatsworth (Calif.) HS 35-0  359

6       2       Moody HS, Corpus Christi, Texas   42-1  339

2       3       Farragut HS, Knoxville, Tenn.         46-2  337

3       4       Riverside HS, Greer, S.C.       30-2  317

5       5       Columbus (Ga.) HS       35-2  308

4       6       La Cueva HS, Albuquerque   28-0  304

8       7       Owasso (Okla.) HS       34-3  289

9       8       Nova HS, Fort Lauderdale     29-3  278

10     9       Monsignor Pace HS, Opa Locka, Fla.       24-2  252

11     10     Tomball (Texas) HS      32-3  244

12     11     Villa Park (Calif.) HS     26-3  231

13     12     Chaparral HS, Scottsdale, Ariz.      31-2  216

14     13     Destrehan (La.) HS      33-2  198

7       14     La Quinta HS, Westminster, Calif.  28-2  193

15     15     Cypress Bay HS, Weston, Fla.        30-2  180

16     16     Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pa.  32-2  176

17     17     St. Francis HS, Mountain View, Calif.       29-3  164

18     18     Gulliver Prep, Miami      27-6  157

NR     19     Moeller HS, Cincinnati  28-3  141

22     20     Reno (Nev.) HS   36-5  132

NR     21     Wilcox HS, Santa Clara, Calif.         30-4  127

NR     22     Flower Mound (Texas) HS     37-8  109

NR     23     James Monroe HS, Bronx, N.Y.       43-2  101

19     24     Westminster Academy, Fort Lauderdale 27-3  99

24     25     *Jenison (Mich.) HS      32-1  93

NR     26     Fallbrook (Calif.) HS     30-5  78

NR     27     Wolfson HS, Jacksonville       27-5  77

23     28     Edwardsville (Ill.) HS    35-4  74

NR     29     The Woodlands (Texas) HS   32-6  67

NR     30     Goddard (Kan.) HS       23-2  61

NR     31     Tampa Jesuit HS 28-3  60

NR     32     Rose HS, Greenville, N.C.      27-5  54

NR     33     Crespi HS, Encino, Calif.        27-5  53

NR     34     Auburn (Wash.) HS      21-1  51

NR     35     Santaluces HS, Lake Worth, Fla.    25-3  45

NR     36     Mission Bay HS, San Diego    27-7  44

NR     37     Lowell HS, San Francisco      29-4  40

NR     38     Rockhurst HS, Kansas City, Mo.     26-3  37

NR     39     La Grange (Texas) HS  33-1  31

NR     40     T.C. Roberson HS, Arden, N.C.       25-1  30

25     41     *Deering HS, Portland, Me.   17-0  29

NR     42     Milton HS, Alpharetta, Ga.     29-7  26

NR     43     Lamar HS, Houston      29-3  21

NR     44     Foothill HS, Santa Ana, Calif. 23-5  19

NR     45     Bryant (Ark.) HS  31-3  16

NR     46     Petal (Miss.) HS   33-5  14

NR     47     St. Mark's HS, Wilmington, Del.      23-1  11

NR     48     Spring (Texas) HS        36-9  9

NR     49     Sikeston (Mo.) HS        27-2  8

NR     50     Bishop Eustace Prep, Pennsauken, N.J.  28-3  7

* Season not completed

 

Chatsworth repeats!

BELLA VISTA, AR—Chatsworth High became the first back-to-back No. 1 team in the 13 years of the BCA-Baseball America rankings when the Chancellors held off Corpus Christi Moody to finish first in the final 2004 poll.

Corpus Christi made a late surge for No. 1 by jumping from the sixth position after winning the Texas 5A state championship to finish with a 42-1 record.

Chatsworth had wrapped up a second consecutive CIF L.A. City Section championship to end the season with a 35-0 record and a California record 50 wins in a row over two years.

The final rankings are expanded from 25 to 50 teams to give additional national recognition.

Coach Tom Meusborn’s Chancellors, who were No. 24 and Moody No. 28 in the pre-season rankings, didn’t claim the top position this season until the next to last poll.

Trailing Chatsworth and Moody in the first 10 in order were Farragut (TN), Riverside (SC), Columbus (GA), La Cueva (NM), Owasso (OK), Nova (FL), Monsignor Pace (FL) and Tomball (TX).

The late season success of teams in state championships resulted in several newcomers in the rankings. Likewise, upsets dropped some early season contenders. Moeller, the Ohio Division I champion, jumped to No. 19, to lead the way.

Other new teams in the first 25 were California Central Coast winner Wilcox at No. 21, Texas 5A runner-up Flower Mound at No. 22 and New York City Public Schools champion James Monroe at No. 23.

Jenison (MI) and Deering (ME), the Nos. 25 and 41 teams, had not completed their seasons and were competing in state championships.

 

OTHERS MENTIONED FOR TOP 50:     ARIZONA-Hamilton; CALIFORNIA-Arlington, El Capitan, La Costa Canyon, Simi Valley; COLORADO-Heritage; CONNECTICUT-Danbury, Norwich Free Academy; FLORIDA-Tate, Venice; IDAHO-Timberline; INDIANA-Brownsburg, New Palestine; KANSAS-Topeka Seaman; KENTUCKY-Louisville Trinity; MAINE-Mt. Ararat; MARYLAND-Bowie, DeMatha Catholic; MINNESOTA-Cretin-Derham Hall; MISSISSIPPI-Oak Grove; NEBRASKA-Creighton Prep; NEVADA-Centennial; NEW YORK-Xaverian; OHIO-Mentor, Walsh Jesuit; OREGON-Lake Oswego; PENNSYLVANIA-Boyertown, Chambersburg, Hempfield; RHODE ISLAND-Bishop Hendricken; TEXAS-Boerne, Denton Ryan; UTAH-Alta; VIRGINIA-Great Bridge, Hermitage, Potomac, Western Branch; WASHINGTON-Selah, Southridge; WEST VIRGINIA-Ripley.