Cedar Ridge is new No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25
May 6, 2019 | News | No Comments
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Texas’ Cedar Ridge took over the No. 1 spot in the USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll this week after Neshoba Central lost for the first time in 65 games.
The (25-0) Raiders jump up from the No. 3 spot, as the only unbeaten team in the top three, while Neshoba went to second after being no-hit by Nia Luckett (18 strikeouts) in Tuesday’s 2-0 home loss to Philadelphia. Despite their first defeat since May 2017, the Rockets stayed ahead of California’s Norco (25-1), who had their own win streak snapped at 33 games, with a 4-3 loss to Santiago in eight innings.
Neshoba had been the top team in the rankings for the past 14 weeks.
Four newcomers joined the poll this week: Florida’s Lakewood Ranch (19-0) at No. 13, Oregon’s Tualatin (12-0) at No. 14, Ohio’s Keystone (12-0) at 16th and Arizona’s Pinnacle (18-3) at 24th.
State rankings submitted by NFCA member coaches are used to compile the USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25. Teams are chosen based on performance, roster quality and strength of schedule.
USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll – April 18, 2019
Rank
Team
2019 Record
Previous
1
Cedar Ridge (Texas)
25-0
3
2
Neshoba Central (Miss.)
25-1
1
3
Norco (Calif.)
25-1
2
4
Shawnee Heights (Kan.)
9-0
5
5
New Palestine (Ind.)
7-0
8
6
Louisville Male (Ky.)
15-0
9
7
Foothill (Pleasanton, Calif.)
17-0
11
8
Winter Springs (Fla.)
21-0
12
9
James Madison (Va.)
9-1
4
10
Angleton (Texas)
27-1
6
11
Estero (Fla.)
20-2
7
12
Barbers Hill (Texas)
29-1
10
13
Lakewood Ranch (Fla.)
19-0
NR
14
Tualatin (Ore.)
12-0
NR
15
Apopka (Fla.)
17-1
15
16
Keystone (Ohio)
12-0
NR
17
Fairhope (Ala.)
29-3
16
18
Marist (Ill.)
12-2
17
19
Forney (Texas)
17-2
18
20
Keller (Texas)
25-3-1
19
21
Immaculate Heart Acad. (N.J.)
7-0
20
22
Donovan Catholic (N.J.)
6-1
22
23
Center Grove (Ind.)
8-2
21
24
Pinnacle (Ariz.)
18-3
NR
25
Los Alamitos (Calif.)
16-7
24
Dropped out: Estero (Fla.), South Granville (N.C.), Spain Park (Ala.) and Wachusett Regional (Mass.).
