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    Orange County baseball Top 25: Orange Lutheran still No. 1 after tough series
    • April 7, 2026

    The Orange County baseball rankings as of Tuesday, April 7:

    ORANGE COUNTY BASEBALL TOP 25

    Notable this week: Orange Lutheran lost two of three games last week to St. John Bosco, but stays on top of the rankings. … Newport Harbor moves up to No. 6 after a three-game sweep of Los Alamitos in the Sunset League. … Edison and Mission Viejo return to the Top 25. Edison won two of three games against Fountain Valley. Mission Viejo beat Tesoro in two of three games. … Five of the teams in the Top 10 — Orange Lutheran, Huntington Beach, Mater Dei, Newport Harbor and Fountain Valley — are playing in the Boras Classic this week.

    (Team records through Sunday, April 5)

    1. Orange Lutheran 8-3: The Lancers lost two of their three Trinity League games against St. John Bosco. They lost 7-4 and 4-1 and won 5-4.

    Previous ranking: 1

    2. Huntington Beach 11-2-1: The Oilers are 9-0 in the Sunset League after a three-game sweep of Corona del Mar in the Sunset League.

    Previous ranking: 2

    Marina's Aiden Hesse (13) steals second base as Huntington Beach's Jason Dunham (56) fails to tag him during their Sunset League baseball at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, CA, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. The Vikings lost to the Oilers, 5 to 3. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    Marina’s Aiden Hesse (13) steals second base as Huntington Beach’s Jason Dunham (56) fails to tag him during their Sunset League baseball at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, CA, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. The Vikings lost to the Oilers, 5 to 3. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    3. Cypress 12-4: The Centurions went 3-1 in the National Classic tournament including a 5-2 win over Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks.

    Previous ranking: 3

    4. Servite 11-4: The Friars won two of three against JSerra in the Trinity League. They are in second place with a 4-2 league record, one game behind St. John Bosco.

    Previous ranking: 4

    5. Santa Margarita 14-5: The Eagles won two of their three games against Mater Dei in a Trinity League series.

    Previous ranking: 5

    6. Newport Harbor 15-2: The Sailors scored 20 runs over three games in a sweep of Los Alamitos in the Sunset League.

    Previous ranking: 7

    7. Mater Dei 6-5: The Monarchs went 1-2 in a Trinity League series against Santa Margarita.

    Previous ranking: 6

    8. Aliso Niguel 11-5-2: The Wolverines took two of three league games against Trabuco Hills in the South Coast League.

    Previous ranking: 10

    9. Los Alamitos 5-13: It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the Griffins, who last week had to forfeit six Sunset League games and were swept by Newport Harbor in a three-game Sunset League series.

    Previous ranking: 8

    10. Fountain Valley 10-4: The Barons lost two of their three games against Edison in a Sunset League series.

    Previous ranking: 9

    11. Villa Park 11-6-1

    Previous ranking: 11

    12. San Juan Hills 13-8

    Previous ranking: 12

    13. Foothill 14-6

    Previous ranking: 13

    Foothill shortstop Jason Gugino fires the ball to first to get the Cypress runner in a Crestview League baseball game in Santa Ana on Friday, March 27, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
    Foothill shortstop Jason Gugino fires the ball to first to get the Cypress runner in a Crestview League baseball game in Santa Ana on Friday, March 27, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

    14. El Dorado 9-9

    Previous ranking 14

    15. JSerra 6-9

    Previous ranking: 15

    16. Dana Hills 13-5

    Previous ranking: 16

    17. El Modena 14-4

    Previous ranking: 17

    18. Fullerton 13-4

    Previous ranking: 18

    19. Trabuco Hills 7-8

    Previous ranking: 22

    20. Corona del Mar 6-10

    Previous ranking: 19

    21. La Habra 8-8-1

    Previous ranking: 20

    22. Yorba Linda 11-5-1

    Previous ranking: 25

    23. Tesoro 7-6-1

    Previous ranking: 23

    24. Edison 9-11

    Previous ranking: Not ranked

    25. Mission Viejo 9-7

    Previous ranking: Not ranked

     

     Orange County Register 

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