PD PREPS BASEBALL & SOFTBALL RANKINGS
LARGE SCHOOLS
BASEBALL
1. CASA GRANDE
Beat highly-regarded Campolindo and Livermore last week
2. RANCHO COTATE
Began NBL title quest with 5-1 victory over Maria Carrillo
3. MARIA CARRILLO
The Pumas have two of Empire's best pitchers in Billy Ambrose, Alec
Rennard
4. SONOMA VALLEY
Dragons have already shut out four opponents
5. MONTGOMERY
Vikings off to good start; host A.L. Rabinovitz Tourney beginning
Wednesday
GAME OF THE WEEK
Maria Carrillo tangles with Casa Grande in Friday's Adam Westcott
Tournament in Petaluma
SOFTBALL
1. SANTA ROSA
Panthers hitting .370 as team; Johanna Peeler hasn't allowed a run
in 18 innings
2. PETALUMA
Trojans won an NCS title in 2011 and finished second last year
3. ANALY
Tigers' offense scored in double figures in first three games of
season
4. MARIA CARRILLO
Pumas have won four straight after opening season with a loss
5. SONOMA VALLEY
Dragons put 22 runs on the board against both Justin-Siena and
Hercules
GAME OF THE WEEK
Unbeaten Cardinal Newman hosts Sonoma Valley today
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SMALL SCHOOLS
1. ST. HELENA
Saints lost by two runs at Windsor last week
2. CLEAR LAKE
Pitcher Joey Blair hasn't allowed a run in 12 innings
3. MIDDLETOWN
Mustangs coming off wins over Upper Lake and Lick-Wilmerding
4. ST. VINCENT
Mustangs allowed only one run in two wins last week
5. TOMALES
Braves are unbeaten but have yet to play team with winning record
GAME OF THE WEEK
St. Vincent travels to Middletown today
SOFTBALL
1. LOWER LAKE
Trojans opened season winning eight straight and outscoring
opponents, 102-8
2. CLOVERDALE
Eagles knocked off El Molino and Elsie Allen by a combined score of
38-2
3. CLEAR LAKE
Beat reigning NCS champs St. Vincent, 7-1, last week
4. CALISTOGA
Wildcats have scored in double digits last four games
5. ST. VINCENT
Mustangs haven't had much success against larger schools
GAME OF THE WEEK
Cloverdale is at St. Vincent today
-- Howard Senzell,
for The Press Democrat
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