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    Orange County baseball Top 25: Orange Lutheran, Mater Dei, Cypress move up in rankings, March 24
    • March 24, 2025

    This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings.

    Notable this week: No. 1 Huntington Beach improved to 6-0 after winning all four of its games last week, including a three-game sweep of Marina in the Sunset League. … The Oilers, Cypress, JSerra and Mater Dei play this week in the Boras Classic South tournament. … Cypress moves up to No. 5 after beating JSerra twice last week. …  Laguna Beach improved to 10-0 last week and moved up four positions in the rankings. … Crean Lutheran and Trabuco Hills enter the Top 25 this week.

    ORANGE COUNTY BASEBALL TOP 25

    (Records through Sunday, March 23)

    1. Huntington Beach (6-0): The Oilers are off to a 5-0 start in the Sunset League, having defeated Marina three times and Fountain Valley once last week. Trent Grindlinger homered in three straight games, Jayton Greer homered twice. Jake Frohn and Otto Espinoza led the Oilers’ pitching. Huntington Beach plays Aquinas at Mater Dei on Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the first round of the loaded Boras Classic South tournament.

    Previous ranking: 1

    Huntington Beach's Cole Clark is tagged out at home by Marina's Max Conde during a Sunset League baseball game at Marina High School on Tuesday, March 18. (Photo by Scott Smeltzer, Contributing Photographer)
    Huntington Beach’s Cole Clark is tagged out at home by Marina’s Max Conde during a Sunset League baseball game at Marina High School on Tuesday, March 18. (Photo by Scott Smeltzer, Contributing Photographer)

    2. Orange Lutheran (8-1): The Lancers won the championship of the Bishop Gorman tournament in Nevada, outsourcing their four opponents 35-5. Josiah Hartshorn hit .667 in the tournament with four home runs and eight RBIs and Noah Haros hit .583 with four RBIs.

    Previous ranking: 3

    3. Mater Dei (8-0): The Monarchs beat Murrieta Valley 4-0 and Pacifica of Oxnard 7-4. They play Ayala at home Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the first round of the Boras Classic South.

    Previous ranking: 5

    4. Santa Margarita (6-2): The Eagles lost twice last week, to Villa Park and Los Osos, and defeated Damien. They play in the Boras Classic South, opening against Paloma Valley on Tuesday at noon at JSerra.

    Previous ranking: 2

    5. Cypress (7-4): The Centurions swept JSerra in a two-game series by scores of 7-4 and 4-3, and defeated Bishop Amat 2-1. They are in the Boras Classic South, opening against Carlsbad on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Mater Dei.

    Previous ranking: 6

    6. Foothill (8-3): The Knights beat El Modena 2-1 to improve to 3-1 in the Crestview League and beat West Linn of Oregon 9-4 in the Anaheim Lions Tournament.

    Previous ranking: 7

    7. El Dorado (9-2): The Golden Hawks beat Fullerton 2-1 in 11 innings and Palos Verdes 6-0. Julian Rodriguez pitched six innings and Logan Steenburgen went five innings in the win over Fullerton. Jacob Alvarez struck out seven over six innings in the win over Palos Verdes.

    Previous ranking: 8

    8. JSerra (3-3): The Lions were swept by Cypress in a two-game nonleague series. They play at home against Cathedral Catholic at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Boras Classic South.

    Previous ranking: 4

    9. Servite (8-2): The Friars went 1-1 in the Anaheim Lions Tournament last week, with a 4-3 loss to Reno and a 5-0 win over Lakeridge of Oregon. Toby Kwon struck out 11 batters in five innings in the win over Lakeridge and Tomas Cernius was 3 for 7 during the week.

    Previous ranking: 9

    10. Los Alamitos (9-1-2): The Griffins won two of three from Edison in Sunset League play. Wyatt Joyce is batting .406 with 13 hits and 10 RBIs in 12 games.

    Previous ranking: 12

    11. Villa Park (8-3)

    Previous ranking: 11

    12. Fullerton (6-4-1)

    Previous ranking: 10

    13. Aliso Niguel (10-3)

    Previous ranking: 13

    14. Newport Harbor (7-1)

    Previous ranking: 15

    Lucas Perez threw six scoreless innings for Newport Harbor in a 2-0 victory over Corona del Mar in a Sunset League game Friday, March 21. (Photo by Lou Ponsi)
    Lucas Perez threw six scoreless innings for Newport Harbor in a 2-0 victory over Corona del Mar in a Sunset League game Friday, March 21. (Photo by Lou Ponsi)

    15. Edison (7-4)

    Previous ranking: 14

    16. Fountain Valley (6-5)

    Previous ranking: 16

    17. Corona del Mar (6-4)

    Previous ranking: 17

    18. Marina (7-5)

    Previous ranking: 18

    19. Laguna Beach (10-0)

    Previous ranking: 23

    20. Trabuco Hills (8-1-1)

    Previous ranking: Not ranked

    21. Woodbridge (8-5)

    Previous ranking: 20

    22. Mission Viejo (6-5)

    Previous ranking: 19

    23. Crean Lutheran (8-2)

    Previous ranking: Not ranked

    24. Capistrano Valley (6-5)

    Previous ranking: 21

    25. Capistrano Valley Christian (6-4)

    Previous ranking: 22

     Orange County Register 

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