THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

MARTIN HENDERSON’S SOFTBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS:

*--* Rk School (Record) Comment (last week) 1 G.G. PACIFICA (7-0, SS-Div. III) There’s no denying the Mariners the top spot. (1) 2 MATER DEI (8-1, SS-Div. II) Britni Rodriguez threw a one-hitter to beat Foothill, 1-0. (2) 3 EL MODENA (5-2, SS-Div. III) Norrelle Dickson, Jessica Hejna, Dana Crucil led sweep of Loara. (3) 4 CORONA (6-0, SS-Div. II) Katie Bowling gave up two hits vs. Corona Centennial for 6 1/3 innings. (4) 5 THOUSAND OAKS (4-0, SS-Div. II) Mandy Kilionski had one-hitter vs. Royal in Marmonte opener. (5) 6 VALENCIA (8-1, SS-Div. I) Christina Ross had two perfect games and no-hitter. (6) 7 ROYAL (4-1, SS-Div. II) Gave mercy rule a workout on way to Simi Valley tournament title. (7) 8 CALIFORNIA (5-1, SS-Div. II) Faces El Modena Thursday, Royal on Saturday in Foothill tournament. (8) 9 RIVERSIDE POLY (6-1, SS-Div. II) In same pool as Foothill, Canyon and Santiago on Saturday. (9) 10 COR. SANTIAGO (5-1, SS-Div. I) Tiffany Wright had six RBIs in 11-0 romp over La Sierra. (10) 11 ETIWANDA (9-3, SS-Div. I) Rachel Lopez fills in for Jackie Rogers (pulled hamstring). (11) 12 HART (7-0, SS-Div. I) Has outscored opponents, 46-8. (13) 13 H.H. WILSON (7-1, SS-Div. III) Lost to Pasadena Poly, took third at Arroyo tournament. (12) 14 FOUNTAIN VALLEY (8-3, SS-Div. I) Nicole LaPier’s six-hitter salvaged split with El Toro. (14) 15 ANAHEIM CANYON (6-4, SS-Div. II) Disciplinary issues at work in 5-1 loss to Woodbridge. (15) 16 ROSARY (8-1, SS-Div. I) Kaitlin Cochran tripled and scored in 1-0 win over Los Alamitos. (16) 17 EL TORO (7-4, SS-Div. I) Stephanie Churchwell had three homers after beating Western, 1-0. (17) 18 LAKEWOOD (4-2, SS-Div. I) Pitcher Kelsey Anderson led doubleheader sweep of Mayfair. (19) 19 SAN PEDRO (10-0, City) Ashley Esparza’s 1-0 win over Mayfair was her fifth shutout. (20) 20 FOOTHILL (4-6, SS-Div. II) Trying to fix a free fall that includes 5-3 loss to Sonora. (18) 21 DOS PUEBLOS (7-2, SS-Div. IV) Lost to Royal but beat Simi Valley tournament host for third. (21) 22 CAMARILLO (6-3, SS-Div. I) Needs to play better defense today against Mater Dei. (22) 23 CANYON SPRINGS (9-1, SS-Div. I) Won championship of the Valley View tournament. (23) 24 PASADENA POLY (8-1, SS-Div. V) Emily Nelson limited H.H. Wilson to four hits. (NR) 25 LAGUNA HILLS (8-3, SS-Div. I) Hawks have lost three tiebreakers. (24)

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