THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

MARTIN HENDERSON’S SOFTBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS:

*--* Rk School (Rec.-Div.) Comment (Last week’s rank) 1 G.G. PACIFICA (6-0, SS-Div. III) Brittany Weil may be the most dominant player of first two weeks. (2) 2 MATER DEI (6-1, SS-Div. II) Shared Tournament of Champions title with Pacifica. (10) 3 EL MODENA (3-2, SS-Div. III) Early losses to Mater Dei, Clovis drop Vanguards from the top. (1) 4 CORONA (5-0, SS-Div. II) Beat Etiwanda, Poly behind Brittany Barger to win Corona tournament. (24) 5 THOUSAND OAKS (2-0, SS-Div. II) Courtney Rudloff has six RBIs in only two games. (7) 6 VALENCIA (2-0, SS-Div. I) Tori Rocco fired perfect game against Sylmar. (8) 7 ROYAL (2-0, SS-Div. II) Major league showdown today at Thousand Oaks. (9) 8 CALIFORNIA (5-1, SS-Div. II) Two eighth-inning errors dropped them into losers’ bracket at TOC. (6) 9 RIVERSIDE POLY (4-1, SS-Div. II) Mindy Cowles’ three-hitter not enough to beat Corona. (11) 10 CORONA SANTIAGO (4-1, SS-Div. I) Taryne Mowatt has 76 strikeouts in 39 innings. (5) 11 ETIWANDA (3-2, SS-Div. I) Corona, Santiago unimpressed with defending Division I champion. (3) 12 H.H. WILSON (4-0, SS-Div. III) Jamee Juarez tearing it up in pitching circle and at the plate. (12) 13 HART (3-0, SS-Div. I) Indians qualified for rain-delayed final of their own tournament. (13) 14 FOUNTAIN VALLEY (4-1, SS-Div. I) Opened eyes with win over nation’s “No. 1” team, Clovis, at TOC. (NR) 15 ANAHEIM CANYON (6-1, SS-Div. II) Laura Kimborowicz was 12 for 15 with three homers in five TOC games. (14) 16 ROSARY (4-0, SS-Div. I) Four games, four different stars for the Royals. (19) 17 EL TORO (4-1, SS-Div. I) No-hit by Pacifica’s Weil, Chargers lose in 8 innings. (25) 18 FOOTHILL (4-4, SS-Div. II) Knights already have as many losses as last season. (4) 19 LAKEWOOD (1-2, SS-Div. I) Opened season by losing doubleheader to Pacifica. (16) 20 SAN PEDRO (5-0, City) Outscored opponents, 35-1, but needed eight innings to beat L.B. Wilson. (17) 21 DOS PUEBLOS (3-0, SS-Div. IV) Upset Camarillo in first round of Simi Valley tournament. (NR) 22 CAMARILLO (3-2, SS-Div. I) Split doubleheader with Valencia, early victim of Dos Pueblos. (18) 23 CANYON SPRINGS (5-0, SS-Div. I) Quick start includes victory over Riverside King. (NR) 24 LAGUNA HILLS (3-1, SS-Div. I) Season-opening loss to Bishop Amat in 10 innings. (22) 25 AGOURA (3-1, SS-Div. I) Defeated Westlake before being outscored, 7-5, by Hart. (NR)

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