Softball: This week’s SF Valley/North rankings
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Here’s my weekly take on the best teams in the SF Valley/North region:
- Simi Valley (23-0, 10-0) -- Ventura County’s greatest start should keep on truckin’ into the postseason.
- Hart (19-3, 7-0) -- Indians riding 14-game winning streak and could clinch the Foothill League title with another victory over Valencia on Thursday.
- Valencia (20-5, 5-1) -- No one can replicate Jessica Spigner‘s awesome ability to dominate in both the circle and the batters’ box.
- Thousand Oaks (18-4, 8-2) -- I’m still getting over that triple play.
- Agoura (12-9, 5-5) -- Overcame an injury to top starter Kimberly Green to take gutsy victory over Royal.
- Royal (11-11, 6-4) -- Sacred Heart-bound Liz Tsipouras sports a 0.75 ERA heading into a critical four-game stretch that includes TO and Simi Valley.
- Westlake (9-11, 3-7) -- Winning their last four games should give the Warriors an automatic playoff berth.
- Oak Park (16-4, 8-0) -- Can this team conquer Thousand Oaks on Saturday?
- Camarillo (16-7, 5-1) -- The little cracks finally hit the surface against Pacifica and Oak Park.
- Burbank (17-1, 8-1) -- I swear I’ll rank this team higher if it beats Crescenta Valley on Wednesday.
Close, but not quite: Oxnard, Newbury Park, Pacifica, Rio Mesa
Also, check out this comeback story on Santa Paula batting queen Veronica Garcia.
(That’s TO’s Emily Martino in the photo.)
-- Austin Knoblauch
