Valley Christian’s Michael Castaneda hugs teammates after his pitching and hitting helped the Warriors win the CIF Central Coast Section Open Division title last Saturday at Excite Ballpark. Photo: Mark Tennis.
With one week to go in the season and before State Teams of the Year are named, the top five shuffles a bit with Valley Christian (San Jose) inching up to No. 2 behind JSerra. The opt out of the Lions for this week’s CIF regional playoffs just can’t cause a change at the top. Santa Margarita (No. 3) and Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (No. 4) will play this week and will be looking to make moves. Franklin of Elk Grove stays No. 5 although that doesn’t match NorCal seedings. Newcomers this week are Centennial of Bakersfield, San Dimas and Kingsburg.
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(Previous rank in parentheses)
(Through games played on Saturday, May 20)
(No results counted for Monday, May 22 or later)
*Season complete; **Forfeit wins, losses no included.
Thanks to Orange County correspondent Chuck Nan for support. He’s a WCAL alum.
