Flower Mound is safe at the No. 7 spot after winning a Texas 5A state title.
Photo by Robbie Rakestraw
Playing in a state tournament filled with upsets, Flower Mound made sure there were no close games in the Texas Class 5A finals as it handily won its final two games to move up to No. 7 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 50 National Baseball Rankings.
Flower Mound dropped Pearland 9-1 in the semfinals and then blanked Reagan (San Antonio) 10-0 in the championship game. Although Flower Mound has 11 losses on the season, it's hard not to move the Texas 5A state champion into the top 10.
Marcus (Flower Mound) also benefited from Flower Mound's championship. Marcus had a pair of wins over Flower Mound during the season, but dropped a regional playoff game to its hometown rival. Flower Mound's state championship, however, moves Marcus up into the Top 25.
The Virginia state playoffs also figure to weigh heavily on the final Xcellent 50, which will run once all state playoffs are complete. Two teams from the Virginia 6A state playoffs, Western Branch and Cosby, are close to the Top 25 at Nos. 26 and 27, respectively, while 5A combatants Stone Bridge and Freeman are ranked 15th and 22th.
MaxPreps Xcellent 50 National Baseball Rankings
1. (Last week 1) Barbe (Lake Charles, La.), 39-2
Louisiana Class 5A state champion. Season over.
2. (2) Lambert (Suwanee, Ga.), 36-2
Georgia 6A state champion. Season over.
3. (3) Puyallup (Wash.), 28-0
Chandler Reynard, Hamilton
Photo by Mark Jones
Washington 4A state champion. Season over.
4. (4) Clovis (Calif.), 32-5
California Central Section Division I champion. Season over.
5. (5) Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.), 30-3
Arizona Division I state champion. Season over.
6. (6) Sumter (S.C.), 28-2-1
South Carolina Class 4A state champion. Season over.
7. (17) Flower Mound (Texas), 34-11-2
Flower Mound captured the Class 5A state championship with a convincing 10-0 win over Reagan (San Antonio) in the championship game. Flower Mound also defeated Pearland 8-1 in the semifinals.
8. (8) Bryant (Ark.), 33-2
Arkansas Class 7A state champion. Season over.
9. (11) Fayetteville (Ark.), 30-4
Season over.
10. (12) Stillwater (Okla.), 32-4
Oklahoma Class 6A state champion. Season over.
11. (13) Spanish Fort (Ala.), 40-6
Alabama Class 5A state champion. Season over.
12. (14) American (Hialeah, Fla.), 27-6
Florida Class 7A state champion. Season over.
13. (15) South Dade (Homestead, Fla.), 22-7
Florida Class 8A state champion. Season over.
14. (21) St. Rita (Chicago), 35-4
St. Rita defeated Mount Carmel 4-3 to win its sectional championship game. It will play Downers Grove South in a Super Section playoff game Monday. St. Rita also defeated Lyons Township in the sectional semifinals.
Tyler Halas had a pair of RBIs in the section final.
15. (22) Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Va.), 23-1
Stone Bridge captured the 5A Region North championship with a 2-1 win over Freedom-South Riding. Stone Bridge also topped North Stafford 9-5 and Marshall 12-5 during the tournament. Stone Bridge faces Hickory in the first round of the Group 5A state playoffs.
16. (23) Sterling Heights Stevenson (Mich.), 37-2
Stevenson won four games last week, beating University Liggett 4-1 and Bloomfield Hills 12-2 before winning its first two games of the state tournament, 3-0 over L'Anse Creuse (Harrison Township) and 7-2 over De La Salle Collegiate (Warren).
17. (16) Flanagan (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), 23-2
Season over.
18. (18) Flora (Columbia, S.C.), 27-4
Josh Saavedra, Milton
Photo by Steve Hampton
South Carolina Class 3A state champion. Season over.
19. (19) North Florida Christian (Tallahassee, Fla.), 26-4
Florida Class 3A state champion. Season over.
20. (20) Milton (Ga.), 28-8
Season over.
21. (24) Jesuit (Tampa, Fla.), 25-6
Florida Class 5A state champion. Season over.
22. (25) Freeman (Richmond, Va.), 25-1
Freeman won the 5A South region with a 6-4 win over Hickory. Freeman also defeated Prince George 12-4 and Godwin (Richmond) 9-1 last week. Freeman plays Freedom South Riding in the Group 5A state playoffs this week.
23. (49) Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas), 32-10
Season over.
24. (9) Pearland (Texas), 37-6
Pearland had its season come to an end with an 8-1 loss to Flower Mound in the Class 5A state semifinals.
25. (27) Reagan (San Antonio), 33-7
Reagan defeated Atascocita 5-4 in the Class 5A state semifinals, but then lost to Flower Mound 10-0 in the championship game.
The Next 25
26. (NR) Western Branch (Chesapeake, Va.), 26-2
Western Branch advanced to the 6A state playoffs with an 8-1 win over previously undefeated Cosby. It also avenged its previous two losses with a 17-8 victory over Woodside.
27. (7) Cosby (Midlothian, Va.), 22-1
Cosby suffered its first loss of the season, to Western Branch in the Region 6A South championship game, by a score of 8-1. Cosby still advances to the 6A state tournament however. Cosby advanced to the regional final with a 7-2 win over Riverbend in the first round and Hylton in the semifinals.
28. (28) Olympia (Orlando, Fla.), 25-3
Alejo Lopez, Greenway
Photo by Heston Quan
Season over.
29. (29) Carl Albert (Midwest City, Okla.), 38-4
Oklahoma Class 5A state champion. Season over.
30. (30) Greenway (Phoenix), 28-4
Arizona Division II state champion. Season over.
31. (31) New Hope (Columbus, Miss.), 32-4
Mississippi Class 5A state champion. Season over.
32. (36) Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield, Ill.), 36-3
Sacred Heart-Griffin won its sectional with a 6-3 win over University (Normal). Sacred-Heart Griffin also defeated Central (Champaign) 2-0 in the sectional semifinals.
33. (41) Granite Hills (El Cajon, Calif.), 26-7
Granite Hills captured the San Diego Section Open Division championship with a 3-0 win over La Costa Canyon. It also defeated Cathedral Catholic 7-6 in the semifinals.
34. (33) St. Thomas More (Lafayette, La.), 31-5
Louisiana 4A state champion. Season over.
35. (34) Oak Grove (Hattiesburg, Miss.), 27-6
Mississippi 6A state champion. Season over.
36. (50) Aledo (Texas), 34-6
Aledo defeated Victoria East 4-0 in the Class 4A state championship game after beating Hallsville 9-1 in the semifinals.
37. (NR) Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), 20-10-1
The Eagles defeated Foothill 3-1 to capture the Southern Section Division I championship.
38. (26) Atascocita (Humble, Texas), 31-8
Atascocita had its season come to an end with a 5-4 loss to Reagan (San Antonio) in the Class 5A state semifinals.
39. (35) La Cueva (Albuquerque, N.M.), 26-3
New Mexico Class 5A state champion. Season over.
40. (38) St. Francis (Mountain View, Calif.), 25-5
Brandon Koch, Temecula Valley
Photo by Louis Lopez
Season over.
41. (46) West Forsyth (Clemmons, N.C.), 29-6
West Forsyth took two of three games from Richmond, 6-3, 7-8, 6-4, to claim the Class 4A state championship.
42. (NR) Temecula Valley (Temecula, Calif.), 24-8
The Golden Bears won the Southern Section Division II championship.
43. (NR) Westminster Christian (St. Louis), 30-5
Westminster Christian won the Missouri Division 4 state championship.
44. (NR) St. John-Vianney (Holmdel, N.J.), 20-7
St. John-Vianney defeated St. Joseph's Regional (Montvale, N.J.) to win the New Jersey Non-Public A championship.
45. (NR) Jackson (Massillon, Ohio), 26-5
Jackson won the Ohio Division I state championship.
46. (47) Providence (Charlotte, N.C.), 26-6
Season over.
47. (48) Ardrey Kell (Charlotte, N.C.), 28-3
Season over.
48. (NR) Terre Haute North Vigo (Terre Haute, Ind.), 24-7
THNV defeated Indianapolis Cathedral 8-7 to reach the Class 4A state semifinals.
49. (NR) Bloom-Carroll (Carroll, Ohio), 29-2
Bloom-Carroll won the Ohio Division II state championship.
50. (NR) College Station (Texas), 36-8-1
College Station won the Texas Class 3A state championship.
Dropped Out: No. 10 Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), No. 32 Indianapolis Cathedral, No. 37 JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), No. 39 Hallsville (Texas), No. 40 Lincoln-Way North (Frankfort, Ill.), No. 42 Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati), No. 43 George Ranch (Richmond, Texas), No. 44 Rockford (Mich.), No. 45 Pennsville Memorial (N.J.).
