Bay Area News Group Baseball Top 20

(Mercury News & East Bay Times)

(Records through Monday)

No. 1 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (16-3)

Previous ranking: 1

Update: Beat Bellarmine 5-2, Pioneer 9-1, Santa Teresa 16-0.

Up next: Tuesday at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 4 p.m.

No. 2 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (15-4)

Previous ranking: 3

Update: Beat Carlmont 14-1, St. Ignatius 6-1.

Up next: Tuesday at Archbishop Riordan, 4 p.m.

No. 3 AMADOR VALLEY (13-2)

Previous ranking: 2

Update: Beat Dublin 7-1, lost to Dublin 2-1 (9), beat Freedom 3-1.

Up next: Tuesday at De La Salle, 4 p.m.

No. 4 GRANADA (13-3)

Previous ranking: 7

Update: Beat Foothill 1-0 (8), 5-3.

Up next: Tuesday vs. Dublin, 4 p.m.

No. 5 DE LA SALLE (13-4)

Previous ranking: 4

Update: Lost to Dublin 3-2, beat Monte Vista 11-1, 6-3, Elk Grove 8-6.

Up next: Tuesday vs. Amador Valley, 4 p.m.

No. 6 BELLARMINE (12-5-1)

Previous ranking: 5

Update: Lost to Valley Christian 5-2, beat Los Altos 9-3.

Up next: Tuesday at Serra, 4 p.m.

No. 7 DUBLIN (13-3)

Previous ranking: 6

Update: Beat De La Salle 3-2, lost to Amador Valley 7-1, beat Amador Valley 2-1 (9).

Up next: Tuesday at Granada, 4 p.m.

No. 8 SERRA (11-5)

Previous ranking: 9

Update: Beat Sequoia 9-3.

Up next: Tuesday vs. Bellarmine, 4 p.m.

No. 9 SAN RAMON VALLEY (12-6)

Previous ranking: 10

Update: Beat Livermore 6-1, Rodriguez-Fairfield 6-2.

Up next: Wednesday vs. Dougherty Valley, 4 p.m.

No. 10 LOS GATOS (12-6)

Previous ranking: 13

Update: Beat Hollister 7-4.

Up next: Wednesday at Wilcox, 4 p.m.

No. 11 CLAYTON VALLEY (10-4)

Previous ranking: 14

Update: Beat Northgate 5-4, 6-0, Vacaville 4-2.

Up next: Tuesday vs. Campolindo, 4 p.m.

No. 12 LIBERTY (10-4)

Previous ranking: 11

Update: Beat Freedom 8-7, lost to Freedom 5-1, beat Encinal 11-3.

Up next: Tuesday at Antioch, 4 p.m.

No. 13 FOOTHILL (10-6)

Previous ranking: 12

Update: Lost to Granada 1-0 (8), 5-3, Livermore 8-6.

Up next: Wednesday vs. Dublin, 4 p.m.

No. 14 SACRED HEART PREP (13-5-1)

Previous ranking: Not ranked

Update: Beat Menlo-Atherton 9-5, St. Francis 2-1, lost to Carmel 6-3.

Up next: Tuesday at Mills, 4 p.m.

No. 15 BERKELEY (9-4)

Previous ranking: Not ranked

Update: Beat Castro Valley 5-2, 9-3, Sacred Heart Cathedral 3-0.

Up next: Wednesday at Arroyo, 4 p.m.

No. 16 ST. FRANCIS (11-8)

Previous ranking: 8

Update: Lost to Sacred Heart Prep 2-1, Washington-Fremont 6-2, beat Menlo-Atherton 9-8 (8).

Up next: Tuesday at St. Ignatius, 4 p.m.

No. 17 MENLO-ATHERTON (11-5)

Previous ranking: 15

Update: Lost to Sacred Heart Prep 9-5, beat Sacred Heart Cathedral 3-2, lost to St. Francis 9-8 (8).

Up next: Wednesday at Carlmont, 4 p.m.

No. 18 COLLEGE PARK (8-6)

Previous ranking: Not ranked

Update: Beat Acalanes 1-0, 3-2 (13), Heritage 9-1.

Up next: Tuesday at Northgate, 4 p.m.

No. 19 HERITAGE (11-4)

Previous ranking: Not ranked

Update: Beat Antioch 14-2, 3-0, lost to College Park 9-1.

Up next: Tuesday vs. Deer Valley, 4 p.m.

No. 20 CAPUCHINO (13-5)

Previous ranking: 19

Update: Lost to Half Moon Bay 4-3, beat Half Moon Bay 9-0.

Up next: Wednesday vs. Burlingame, 7 p.m.


Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

Source: www.mercurynews.com