THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

BASEBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS:

*--* Rank Team (Rec.) Comment 1 CHATSWORTH (22-1, City) New No. 1 for third consecutive week. Will Chancellors stick? (2) 2 WESTMINSTER LA QUINTA (19-2, SS-Div IV) Ian Kennedy makes comeback this week, as do Aztecs. (4) 3 EDISON (18-3, SS-Div. I) Won’t be easy to hang on to No. 3 with two games vs. Marina. (5) 4 MATER DEI (17-4, SS-Div. I) Is there a hotter team around than the Monarchs? (6) 5 ANAHEIM CANYON (16-4, SS-Div. II) Last three games: Beat El Dorado twice and Capistrano Valley. (7) 6 CAPISTRANO VALLEY (18-2, SS-Div. I) Picked a bad week for a 4-3 loss to San Clemente. (1) 7 EL DORADO (15-5, SS-Div. II) Rough times after solid showing in National Classic. (3) 8 CAMARILLO (15-3, SS-Div. I) Delmon who? Donald Brown hitting .509 with eight home runs. (8) 9 MARINA (15-5, SS-Div. I) Vikings had nice week but have too many griping fans. (9) 10 RIVERSIDE ARLINGTON (14-3, SS-Div. I) Riverside Poly’s Jo Jo Reyes lost to former school ... again. (13) 11 ARCADIA (15-3, SS-Div. I) Another Pacific League game, another 10-run-rule victory. (15) 12 VALENCIA (15-5, SS-Div. II) Nothing fixes problems like a sweep of Newhall Hart. (19) 13 LOS ALAMITOS (16-5, SS-Div. I) Griffins might hang around ... if they don’t play Edison again. (23) 14 UPLAND (18-2, SS-Div. I) Where’s the relief? Gave up six runs in seventh inning in Claremont loss. (11) 15 VILLA PARK (14-6, SS-Div. II) Had point to prove after first unranked week. (NR) 16 EL SEGUNDO (17-4, SS-Div. III) Somebody please explain: Culver City 5, El Segundo 4. (10) 17 G.G. PACIFICA (20-0, SS-Div. IV) Showdown with Westminster La Quinta is next week. (18) 18 ROOSEVELT (19-3, City) Bad omen for playoffs: Shut out by South Gate, 1-0. (12) 19 THOUSAND OAKS (16-5, SS-Div. II) A thousand apologies for not ranking Lancers until now. (NR) 20 CRESPI (17-3, SS-Div. III) D-III MVP? Trevor Plouffe 8-0 on the mound and has 36 RBIs. (14) 21 MISSION VIEJO (12-6, SS-Div. I) Remember us? We haven’t been ranked since mid-March. (NR) 22 PALM DESERT (17-2, SS-Div. III) Lost to the other La Quinta, 6-5. (17) 23 LAKEWOOD (16-7, SS-Div. I) Two tough one-run losses last week. (21) 24 GLENDORA (16-4, SS-Div. I) Needs to win more league games ... quickly. (NR) 25 OCEAN VIEW (17-3, SS-Div. III) Next year, might schedule three tournaments in one week. (NR)

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