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Bay Area News Group softball Top 20
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
No. 1 ST. FRANCIS (4-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Last week: Beat Capuchino 13-0, Hillsdale 10-0, Presentation 17-0
Up next: Saturday vs. Hollister, 11 a.m.
No. 2 WILLOW GLEN (4-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Last week: Beat Clovis West 1-0, Encinal 6-2,
Up next: Thursday at Branham, 4 p.m.
No. 3 BISHOP O’DOWD (7-0)
Previous ranking: 12
Last week: Beat Foothill 3-2, Las Lomas 11-1, Antioch 21-1
Up next: Thursday at Coronado-Henderson (Nev.), 8 p.m.
No. 4 ST. IGNATIUS (6-0)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Capuchino 7-4 (10 innings), Lowell 3-0
Up next: Thursday vs. Notre Dame-Belmont, 4 p.m.
No. 5 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (5-1)
Previous ranking: 4
Last week: Beat Carlmont 13-8
Up next: March 28 at Branham, 4 p.m.
No. 6 EL CERRITO (7-0)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Hercules 11-0
Up next: Friday at Swett, 4 p.m.
No. 7 MILLS (7-1-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Lost 6-2 to Monterey, beat San Mateo 9-6, Aragon 10-8
Up next: Friday vs. Mountain View, 6:30 p.m.
No. 8 NOTRE DAME-BELMONT (5-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Gunn 30-1, lost 8-4 to San Mateo
Up next: Thursday at St. Ignatius, 4 p.m.
No. 9 SAN RAMON VALLEY (5-1-1)
Previous ranking: 20
Last week: Beat Hillsdale 9-2, lost 3-0 to Carondelet, beat Dougherty Valley 7-0
Up next: Thursday vs. California, 4 p.m.
No. 10 ALAMEDA (5-1)
Previous ranking: 9
Last week: Beat San Rafael 21-0, Carondelet 4-2
Up next: Thursday at Livermore, 4 p.m.
No. 11 HILLSDALE (3-2-1)
Previous ranking: 10
Last week: Lost 9-2 to San Ramon Valley, St. Francis 10-0, beat Menlo-Atherton 5-2
Up next: Thursday vs. Woodside, 4 p.m.
No. 12 CALIFORNIA (2-1)
Previous ranking: 11
Last week: Beat College Park 15-3
Up next: Thursday at San Ramon Valley, 4 p.m.
No. 13 ACALANES (5-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Kennedy-Fremont 6-1
Up next: Thursday vs. Campolindo, 4:30 p.m.
No. 14 LIVE OAK (5-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Lost 3-1 to Westmont
Up next: Wednesday vs. Oak Grove, 4 p.m.
No. 15 FOOTHILL (4-2-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Lost 3-2 to Bishop O’Dowd
Up next: Wednesday vs. Granada, 4 p.m.
No. 16 SAN LEANDRO (7-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Apollo-Glendale (Ariz.) 15-3, Glendale (Ariz.) 12-0, Fairfax-Laveen (Ariz.) 8-1
Up next: Wednesday vs. Hayward, 5 p.m.
No. 17 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (7-2)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Los Gatos 6-0, Leigh 10-0, Mountain View 4-3
Up next: Thursday vs. Aragon, 4 p.m.
No. 18 THE KING’S ACADEMY (4-1)
Previous ranking: 19
Last week: Beat Del Mar 10-0, Capuchino 1-0
Up next: Thursday at Carlmont, 4 p.m.
No. 19 DOUGHERTY VALLEY (4-2)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Lost 7-0 to San Ramon Valley
Up next: Thursday vs. Carondelet, 4 p.m.
No. 20 HILLSDALE (3-2-1)
Previous ranking: 10
Last week: Lost 9-2 to San Ramon Valley, 10-0 to St. Francis, beat Menlo-Atherton 5-2
Up next: Thursday vs. Woodside, 4 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.