With the post season tournaments starting this will be the last baseball rankings of the season.
No. 1 (Last Week No. 1) Casa Grande (19-5)…In the first rankings they were No. 4. End the regular season as No. 1, NBL champions and a fourteen game winning streak.
No. 2 (2) Cardinal Newman (19-5)…Two one run wins over Maria Carrillo gets them a second place tie in league race. One win away from first twenty win season in three years.
No. 3 (3) Maria Carrillo (18-6)…Three league losses by a combined five runs to the teams in front of them.  They did hand Casa Grande its only league loss.
No. 4 (4) Petaluma (17-7)…Ends season with nine game winning streak.  Early season losses to NBL teams ranked ahead of them cost them a higher spot in rankings.
No. 5 (5) Sonoma Valley (14-9)…Gave up an average of one run a game in SCL play. Unfortunately for the Dragons, over half of the runs they did give up, were in their only league loss to Petaluma.
No. 6 (6) Clear Lake (23-0)… They still might be undervalued in these rankings. Not undervalued in many other rankings. They are No. 1 in a few places.
No. 7 (8) St. Vincent (18-4)… They are tied for first in the most competitive race for the top in the area.  They will have to earn the league championship, with two games against the other contenders.
No. 8 (7) Sonoma Academy (15-3)… Had a ten game winning streak ended in a big way.  Looking like its set up for all the marbles against St. Vincent on Friday.
No. 9 (10) Rincon Valley Christian (17-3)…Been hanging around and then bang, a big win over Sonoma Academy keeps them in NCL II race.
No. 10 (NR) Ukiah (14-10)…Couldn’t beat one of the big three in NBL.  They will get another chance in NBL post season tournament.
POWER RANKINGS
No. 1 (Last week No. 1) Casa Grande
No. 2 (2) Maria Carrillo
No. 3 (3) Cardinal Newman
No. 4 (4) Clear Lake
No. 5 (5) Petaluma
No. 6 (6) Sonoma Valley
No. 7 (7) Ukiah
No. 8 (8) Analy
No. 9 (NR) St. Vincent
No. 10 (10) El Molino
THIS WEEK HEADLINES
NBL BASEBALL POST SEASON TOURNAMENT (ALL GAMES AT 4 PM)
WEDNESDAY
Ukiah at Casa Grande
Maria Carrillo at Cardinal Newman
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
FRIDAY AT SRJC
SCL POST SEASON BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
ALL GAMES AT ARNOLD FIELD IN SONOMA AT 7 PM
TUESDAY
Piner vs. Sonoma Valley
WEDNESDAY
Analy vs. Petaluma
THURSDAY
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
NCL I
Clear Lake goes for a undefeated regular season at Middletown on Tuesday.
NCL II
St. Vincent meets Sonoma Academy on Friday at Doyle Park to wrap up the regular season. That will have something to do with league championship. If St. Vincent beats Rincon Valley Christian on Tuesday, it would be for all the marbles. If Rincon Valley Christian wins that game, the race becomes a mess.
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