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Bay Area News Group softball Top 20
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
No. 1 ST. FRANCIS (5-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Last week: Beat Hollister 10-0
Up next: Thursday vs. Carlmont, 4 p.m.
No. 2 WILLOW GLEN (4-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Last week: Beat Branham 5-0, Westmont 15-5
Up next: Thursday at Santa Teresa, 4 p.m.
No. 3 BISHOP O’DOWD (9-3)
Previous ranking: 3
Last week: Lost 6-4 to Coronado-Henderson (Nev.), 6-5 to Arbor View-Las Vegas, 6-0 to Shadow Ridge-Las Vegas, beat Chaminade-West Hills 4-3, Galena-Reno 12-1
Up next: Tuesday vs. Encinal, 4 p.m.
No. 4 ST. IGNATIUS (8-0)
Previous ranking: 4
Last week: Beat Notre Dame-Belmont 7-5, South San Francisco 10-0
Up next: Tuesday at Homestead, 4 p.m.
No. 5 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (5-1)
Previous ranking: 5
Last week: Idle
Up next: Friday at Branham, 4 p.m.
No. 6 MILLS (8-1-1)
Previous ranking: 7
Last week: Beat Mountain View 9-1
Up next: Wednesday at Notre Dame-Belmont, 4 p.m.
No. 7 NOTRE DAME-BELMONT (5-1)
Previous ranking: 8
Last week: Lost 7-5 to St. Ignatius
Up next: Wednesday vs. Mills, 4 p.m.
No. 8 SAN RAMON VALLEY (6-1-1)
Previous ranking: 9
Last week: Beat California 3-1
Up next: Tuesday at Granada, 4 p.m.
No. 9 ACALANES (6-1)
Previous ranking: 13
Last week: Beat Campolindo 14-3
Up next: Tuesday at Campolindo, 4:30 p.m.
No. 10 LIVE OAK (7-1)
Previous ranking: 14
Last week: Beat Oak Grove 12-1, Del Mar 14-0
Up next: Wednesday vs. Silver Creek, 4 p.m.
No. 11 ALAMEDA (5-2)
Previous ranking: 10
Last week: Lost 4-2 to Livermore
Up next: Tuesday vs. Castro Valley, 4:30 p.m.
No. 12 HILLSDALE (3-3-1)
Previous ranking: 11
Last week: Lost 3-2 (8 innings) to Woodside
Up next: Tuesday at Carlmont, 4 p.m.
No. 13 CALIFORNIA (3-2)
Previous ranking: 12
Last week: Beat Monte Vista 11-0, lost 3-1 to San Ramon Valley
Up next: Tuesday at Dougherty Valley, 4 p.m.
No. 14 FOOTHILL (5-3-1)
Previous ranking: 15
Last week: Beat Granada 8-7, lost 5-3 to Livermore
Up next: Tuesday vs. Dublin, 4 p.m.
No. 15 SAN LEANDRO (10-1)
Previous ranking: 16
Last week: Beat Mission San Jose 15-0, Hayward 16-1, American 13-0
Up next: Wednesday at Berkeley, 4 p.m.
No. 16 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (9-2)
Previous ranking: 17
Last week: Beat Aragon 10-0, Branham 8-0
Up next: Tuesday vs. Capuchino, 4 p.m.
No. 17 LIVERMORE (5-2)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Newark Memorial 4-0, Alameda 4-2, Foothill 5-3
Up next: Tuesday vs. Amador Valley, 4 p.m.
No. 18 SAN MATEO (6-2)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Notre Dame-Belmont 8-4, Wilcox 15-4, Everett Alvarez 6-5
Up next: Tuesday at Woodside, 4 p.m.
No. 19 EL CERRITO (9-0)
Previous ranking: 6
Last week: Beat Swett 15-2, Oakland Tech 14-0
Up next: Tuesday vs. Kennedy-Richmond, 4 p.m.
No. 20 AMADOR VALLEY (4-2)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Dublin 14-4
Up next: Tuesday at Livermore, 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.