Baseball top 25 rankings

BEN BOLCH’S RANKINGS AND COMMENTS:

Rk.;

Team (Rec.);

Comment

1

CAPISTRANO VALLEY

(SS-Div. I, 26-6)

Angels might have wanted to move up in draft to take Tyler Matzek after display he put on in title game.

2

EDISON

(SS-Div. I, 23-6)

Chargers don’t support bid to rename Ben E. King classic “This Matzek Moment” after homer beats them.

3

MATER DEI

(SS-Div. I, 24-6)

Having been fooled in basketball and baseball, there’s a moratorium on making Monarchs preseason No. 1.

4

CRESPI

(SS-Div. II, 21-11)

Celts go from subpar to sublime after John Kearns’ late-season move into starting rotation.

5

CHATSWORTH

(City-Div. I, 30-4)

Chancellors have done so much winning at Dodger Stadium they’ve moved into second place in NL West.

6

RIVERSIDE POLY

(SS-Div. I,20-11-1)

Bears feel Edison’s pain: their 1-0 playoff loss to Capistrano Valley was almost identical.

7

MARINA

(SS-Div. I, 22-7)

Only solace for Vikings is that they didn’t suffer a close playoff defeat to Capistrano Valley; they lost, 11-0.

8

NORCO

(SS-Div. I, 25-5)

Coach Gary Parcell tired of hearing, “Wait, you had Matt Hobgood and didn’t win a CIF title?”

9

JSERRA

(SS-Div. I, 22-7)

Playoff hopes crashed when ace “Jumbo” Joe Kurrasch was sidelined by biceps tendinitis.

10

HUNTINGTON BEACH

(SS-Div. II,19-13)

Boys from Surf City USA hang 10 on Yucaipa during 10-2 quarterfinal upset.

11

YUCAIPA

(SS-Div. II, 27-3)

Thunderbirds stopped tweeting about offensive proficiency when their bats fell silent in playoffs.

12

SOUTH HILLS

(SS-Div. III, 24-8)

Huskies liked Angel Stadium so much they hope to become West Covina South Hills Huskies of Anaheim.

13

REDLANDS EAST VALLEY

(SS-Div. II, 23-7)

Wildcats were feel-good story of playoffs until Crespi’s six-run third inning left them not feeling so good.

14

TESORO

(SS-Div. I, 20-8)

Mater Dei’s three-run playoff win over Titans payback for Tesoro’s three-point victory over Monarchs in football.

15

EL TORO

(SS-Div. II, 22-6)

Chargers stalled by Redlands East Valley one year after beating Wildcats in Division II title game.

16

BECKMAN

(SS-Div. III,26-5)

Story of co-closers Ryan Harris’ and Edgar Zamora’s season could be dubbed, “Saving Beckman.”

17

SAN DIMAS

(SS-Div. IV, 24-5)

Saints took fifth (inning) in title game against Torrance, scoring four runs against a previously unbeaten pitcher.

18

BISHOP AMAT

(SS-Div. IV, 26-6)

Lancers’ aura of invincibility pierced by South Hills during semifinal loss.

19

CLEVELAND

(City-Div. I, 26-8)

Go ahead and pencil in Cavaliers and Chatsworth to play in 2010 City Section title game.

20

CHINO HILLS

(SS-Div. II, 19-11)

Playoff win over Sherman Oaks Notre Dame was upset special; loss to Huntington Beach was merely upsetting.

21

S.O. NOTRE DAME

(SS-Div. II, 23-6)

After early playoff exit, Knights lament: “It’s not how you start but . . . “

22

TORRANCE

(SS-Div. IV, 25-8)

Rankings committee learns there’s more to South Bay baseball than John Stevenson.

23

WEST RANCH

(SS-Div. I, 21-8)

We like Wildcats as much as the next rankings guru but wonder how they once could have been No. 1 in poll.

24

BONITA

(SS-Div. III, 21-6)

Eight innings was enough for South Hills to edge Bearcats in quarterfinal heartbreaker.

25

MILLIKAN

(SS-Div. I, 22-11)

Rams shut out six consecutive Moore League foes and blanked another in the first round of the playoffs.