Top 25 High School Baseball Teams to Watch This Season

High School Baseball Rankings: The Times Reveals Top 25 in the Southland

As the regular season comes to a close, The Times has released its latest rankings of the top high school baseball teams in the Southland. Below are the standings following the final week of play:

1. NORCO (24-3); vs. Maranatha in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 1
2. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (23-5); vs. La Mirada in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 2
3. ST. JOHN BOSCO (22-5); vs. Cypress in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 3
4. ORANGE LUTHERAN (23-4); vs. Corona Santiago in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 4
5. HUNTINGTON BEACH (21-6-1); at Temecula Valley in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 5
6. CORONA (21-6); vs. Etiwanda in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 6
7. SIERRA CANYON (23-5); vs. Oaks Christian in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 7
8. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (20-8); vs. Ayala in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 8
9. AYALA (23-3); at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 9
10. CYPRESS (21-7); at St. John Bosco in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 10
11. LA MIRADA (22-6); at Harvard-Westlake in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 11
12. OAKS CHRISTIAN (22-6); at Sierra Canyon in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 12
13. GAHR (17-10-1); vs. El Segundo in D2 playoffs, Thursday; last week: 13
14. NEWPORT HARBOR (19-9); vs. Trabuco Hills in D2 playoffs, Thursday; last week: 14
15. CORONA SANTIAGO (18-10); at Orange Lutheran in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 15
16. TEMECULA VALLEY (24-4); vs. Huntington Beach in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 18
17. VILLA PARK (19-8-1); vs. Elsinore in D2 playoffs, Thursday; last week: 22
18. ETIWANDA (20-7); at Corona in Division 1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: 23
19. ROYAL (23-3-1); vs. El Modena in D2 playoffs, Thursday; last week: 16
20. AQUINAS (19-9); vs. Dana Hills in D2 playoffs, Thursday; last week: 17
21. SANTA MARGARITA (15-13); at Rancho Christian in D2 playoffs, Thursday; last week: 19
22. BISHOP ALEMANY (17-11); vs. Mission Viejo in D2 playoffs, Thursday; last week: 20
23. MARANATHA (23-5); at Norco in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; last week: NR
24. WESTLAKE (18-8); vs. Alta Loma in D2 playoffs, Thursday; last week: 24
25. GANESHA (21-3-1); at Linfield Christian in D2 playoffs, Thursday; last week: 25

These rankings set the stage for an exciting playoff season as teams prepare to compete for the championship title. The action kicks off Tuesday, with notable matchups across the Division 1 and Division 2 brackets.