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No. 1 Orange Lutheran enters challenging stretch of schedule

March 23, 2026

The schedule for the Orange Lutheran baseball team gets very difficult beginning this week.

The Lancers have played only four games going into this week. Those games were sort of like spring training for Orange Lutheran, the No. 1 team in the Orange County Top 25 and No. 3 in the Prep Baseball Report state rankings.

Orange Lutheran departed Monday for North Carolina. The Lancers will play in the National High School Invitational tournament at the USA Baseball complex in Cary, NC.

Three other California teams are among the 16 teams in the NHSI: St. John Bosco, the No. 1 team in the PBR California rankings and in the MaxPreps national rankings; Harvard-Westlake, No. 7 in the PBR state rankings; and Aquinas, No. 9 in the PBR state rankings.

When the NHSI ends Orange Lutheran returns to Southern California to play St. John Bosco in a three-game Trinity League series that begins March 31 at Hart Park in Orange.

Following the Bosco series Orange Lutheran plays in the Boras Classic South tournament, April 7-10 at JSerra and Mater Dei high schools. At the conclusion of the Boras tournament, the Lancers resume Trinity League play with a three-game series against JSerra and three-game sets to follow against Santa Margarita, Servite and Mater Dei.

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Orange County teams have won the NHSI championship in eight of the tournament’s 12 seasons. Orange Lutheran won it three years in a row, 2017-19, Huntington Beach and Mater Dei have won it twice and San Clemente won it once. Dana Hills and JSerra have finished second in the NHSI. …

The National Classic starts March 31 at El Dorado, Villa Park and Yorba Linda high schools. Aquinas and Cypress are in the 16-team field. …

The RLF Spring Tournament begins April 1 and continues through April 4. The 20-team field includes El Modena and Foothill. All games are at Great Park. …

The massive Anaheim Lions Tournament continues this week. Wednesday’s schedule includes 10 games, some of them starting as early as 10 a.m. and others at 6 p.m. at various locations. Many out-of-state teams are involved, as usual. …

The Santa Ana Elks tournament begins April 4 with games at Beckman, Century, Laguna Hills and Valencia high schools. …

Santa Margarita infielder Brody Schumaker is out for the season because of a shoulder injury he suffered in the Bishop Gorman Invitational last week. Among the Eagles replacing Schumaker at shortstop is Warren Wulfemeyer, a sophomore whose grandfather Mark Wulfemeyer was among Orange County’s all-time great basketball players at Troy. Wulfemeyer, who played before the 3-point shot became available, established the county career scoring record that stood for many years. …

The Huntington Beach team ERA is 1.51. …

This week’s schedule includes three Santa Margarita-Servite games in the Trinity League, starting Tuesday at Servite. Villa Park plays at Foothill and Aliso Niguel is at Tesoro on Wednesday. Friday’s schedule has Cypress at Foothill and El Dorado at La Habra in Crestview League games. …

The first computer rankings for the CIF Southern Section will be released March 31. The rankings determine which divisions teams are placed in for the playoffs.

Orange County Register

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