A2ZWEBDESIGNSUSA

Norco keeps rolling atop USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll

Click:gold loan near me

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — California’s Norco kept rolling as the top team in the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll.

The (29-0) Cougars picked up two more wins to complete another perfect week. They defeated Santiago for the second time this season, 5-3, last Thursday, then topped Centennial, 5-1, on Tuesday.

Norco has now scored 161 more runs than it has allowed — a 201-40 margin — winning 40 of its last 41 contests. The lone loss during that stretch was an 1-0 loss to Mater Dei in their 2016 finale — the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Next up is Roosevelt (11-14), which played the Cougars tough before falling 1-0 on April 25.

The top 10 teams in the rankings remained the same for the third straight week, while No. 11 South Granville (20-0) and No. 12 Westminster Christian (45-2-1) both won twice to leapfrog new No. 13 Oak Park-River Forest (22-1), which suffered its first loss of the season and dropped two positions.

Elsewhere, Donovan Catholic (20-0) had a 4-0 week to surge four spots to 14th, while No. 15 Hendrickson (27-1) and No. 16 Oakleaf (28-2) gained one spot apiece.

Unbeaten Maryland school Leonardtown (19-0) — which has only allowed six runs all season — joined the rankings this week at No. 21.

State rankings submitted by NFCA member coaches are used to compile the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25.

USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll – May 11, 2017

Rank Team 2017 Record Previous 1 Norco (Calif.) 29-0 1 2 Pinnacle (Ariz.) 33-1 2 3 Cape Fear (N.C.) 23-0 3 4 Bishop O’Connell (Va.) 24-0 4 5 Coral Springs Charter (Fla.) 27-1 5 6 Los Alamitos (Calif.) 24-3 6 7 La Cueva (N.M.) 24-0 7 8 Woodinville (Wash.) 17-0 8 9 Bentonville (Ark.) 26-1 9 10 Gahr (Calif.) 24-0 10 11 South Granville (N.C.) 20-0 12 12 Westminster Christian (Ala.) 45-2-1 13 13 Oak Park-River Forest (Ill.) 22-1 11 14 Donovan Catholic (N.J.) 20-0 18 15 Hendrickson (Texas) 27-1 16 16 Oakleaf (Fla.) 28-2 17 17 Penn (Ind.) 20-1 14 18 Crown Point (Ind.) 21-1 15 19 Moniteau (Pa.) 15-0 20 20 Stockdale (Calif.) 26-1 21 21 Leonardtown (Md.) 19-0 NR 22 Scott County (Ky.) 23-3 24 23 Oshkosh North (Wis.) 19-3 23 24 Male (Ky.) 17-3 T25 25 Londonderry (N.H.) 8-1 19

Dropped out: Hurricane (W. Va.) and North Augusta (S.C.).

Leave a Reply