The Orange County baseball rankings as of Monday, April 20.
ORANGE COUNTY BASEBALL TOP 25
Notable this week: Trabuco Hills climbs into the Top 10 for the first time this season. … Mater Dei moves up a couple of sports after winning two of its three Trinity League games last week against Servite. … Foothill also moves up after splitting two Crestview League games against Villa Park. … El Toro to the Top 25 after beating San Juan Hills twice in their three-game Sea View League series.
Read more Albano’s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week
(Team records through Sunday, April 19)
1. Orange Lutheran 16-3: The Lancers swept JSerra in a three-game Trinity League series and beat Stockton St. Mary’s 7-0 in the Boras Classic championship game.
Previous ranking: 1
2. Huntington Beach 16-4-1: The Oilers outscored Fountain Valley 28-6 in their three game sweep of the Sunset League series to improve to 12-0 in league.
Previous ranking: 2
3. Cypress 17-5: The first-place Centurions swept El Dorado in a three-game Crestview League series. They limited the Golden Hawks to one run in the series. They have won 13 of their past 15 games.
Previous ranking: 3
4. Mater Dei 11-7: The Monarchs are in fourth place in the six-team Trinity League with a 3-3 league record. They raised their playoff prospects by beating Servite twice last week in the Trinity League.
Previous ranking: 6
5. Servite 13-8: The Friars are in third place in the Trinity League after losing two of three games in the Trinity League against Mater Dei.
Read more La Habra softball hits three home runs to beat Pacifica, tighten league race
Previous ranking: 4
6. Santa Margarita 14-8: The Eagles were swept in three Trinity League games by powerful St. John Bosco last week. The Eagles were outscored 21-3.
Previous ranking: 5
7. Newport Harbor 16-6: The Sailors are in second place in the Sunset League. They did not play last week after going 1-2 in the Boras Classic Southern Section tournament.
Previous ranking: 7
8. Villa Park 14-7-1: The Spartans split their two-game Crestview League series against Foothill, winning the first game 2-1 and losing the second game, 4-3, to remain in second place in the league.
Previous ranking: 8
9. Trabuco Hills 12-9: The South Coast League-leading Mustangs beat Dana Hills in two of their three league games.
Previous ranking: 11
10. Fountain Valley 11-10: The Barons, in fourth place in the Sunset League, were swept by league-leading Huntington Beach in a three-game series.
Read more El Modena a hot team going into CIF-SS baseball playoffs
11. Foothill 15-7
Previous ranking: 15
12. Aliso Niguel 14-5-2
Previous ranking: 12
13. Los Alamitos 7-15
Previous ranking: 9
14. JSerra 7-14
Previous ranking: 14
15. San Clemente 14-8
Previous ranking: 25
16. Dana Hills 14-7
Previous ranking: 16
17. El Toro 11-9-1
Previous ranking: Not ranked
18. La Habra 10-11-1
Previous ranking: 19
19. Corona del Mar 10-11
Previous ranking: 21
20. El Dorado 9-14
Previous ranking: 17
21. El Modena 17-5
Previous ranking: 18
22. Yorba Linda 14-6-1
Previous ranking: 22
23. Fullerton 13-7
Previous ranking: 20
24. Marina 11-11
Previous ranking: Not ranked
25. Mission Viejo 12-8
Previous ranking: 24