MARTIN HENDERSON’S SOFTBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS:

*--* Rk School (Record) Comment (last week) 1 COR. SANTIAGO (13-1, SS-Div. II) In four games, Taryne Mowatt gave up three hits, struck out 61. (7) 2 G.G. PACIFICA (14-1, SS-Div. III) Beat Garden Grove Santiago, 15-0, lost to Corona Santiago, 1-0. (1) 3 MATER DEI (14-2, SS-Div. I) Monarchs outscored three opponents, 30-3, behind Lauren Greer. (2) 4 EL MODENA (10-2, SS-Div. II) Lindsey Klein led doubleheader sweep of Orange Lutheran. (3) 5 SIMI VALLEY (10-3, SS-Div. I) Undefeated in Marmonte League after beating Thousand Oaks, 3-0. (NR) 6 THOUSAND OAKS (6-3-1, SS-Div. II) Had nothing left for Simi Valley after going 18 vs. Newbury Park. (5) 7 VALENCIA (11-3, SS-Div. I) Vikings find Chaminade pitching to their liking. (6) 8 ROYAL (10-4, SS-Div. II) Hitting stride offensively, had no problem with Esperanza. (12) 9 CORONA (11-1, SS-Div. II) Brittney Barger faced 21-batter minimum against Norco. (9) 10 CALIFORNIA (9-5, SS-Div. II) Lack of offensive punch hurt against G.G. Pacifica, Foothill. (8) 11 RIVERSIDE POLY (12-4, SS-Div. II) Six taking SAT led to Charter Oak loss, but also lost to Diamond Bar. (10) 12 HART (11-3, SS-Div. I) Split doubleheaders against Agoura, Los Alamitos. (11) 13 ETIWANDA (12-4, SS-Div. I) Sisters Danielle, Amber Spaulding hit consecutive homers vs. Claremont. (13) 14 ESPERANZA (9-5, SS-Div. I) Lost three in a row: to Cypress, Royal and Anaheim Canyon. (4) 15 ROSARY (15-3, SS-Div. I) Must wait another week before Serra League showdown with Mater Dei. (14) 16 H.H. WILSON (12-3, SS-Div. III) Jamee Juarez had no-hitter, grand slam against El Dorado. (15) 17 SAN PEDRO (15-0, City) Ashley Esparza fired perfect game in victory over Gardena. (17) 18 LAKEWOOD (8-4, SS-Div. I) Lost to San Pedro, but scored first earned runs vs. Esparza. (18) 19 GLENDORA (11-3-1, SS-Div. I) Beaten by Diamond Bar in Charter Oak finals (gulp) by 11 runs, 12-1. (16) 20 WESTLAKE (8-4, SS-Div. I) Michelle Rehm’s four-hitter defeated Newbury Park. (NR) 21 NEWBURY PARK (10-5-1, SS-Div. I) Danielle Ellement had 28 strikeouts in 18-inning tie with Thousand Oaks. (20) 22 CAMARILLO (9-4, SS-Div. I) Cambria Miranda’s RBI single toppled Dos Pueblos. (22) 23 DOS PUEBLOS (9-3, SS-Div. IV) Christina Haake’s double beat Rio Mesa in bottom of the ninth. (19) 24 CANYON SPRINGS (11-3-1, SS-Div. I) A week after losing in 15 innings, lost to Riverside Poly in 12, 1-0. (23) 25 PASADENA POLY (11-1, SS-Div. V) Emily Nelson struck out 25 in last two games. (24)

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