The Times’ rankings

Dan Arritt’s preseason baseball top 25 rankings:

*--* Rk. School (’07 rec.) Division 1. Crespi (24-6) Division III 2. Cypress (23-6) Division II 3. Mater Dei (21-9) Division I 4. Long Beach Wilson (32-3) Division I 5. Saugus (17-9) Division I 6. Los Alamitos (22-6) Division I 7. Orange Lutheran (19-8) Division I 8. Vista Murrieta (28-4) Division II 9. Los Osos (19-6) Division II 10. Royal (18-8) Division I 11. Westlake (13-15) Division I 12. Hart (16-12) Division I *--*

*--* 13. Thousand Oaks (25-5) Division I 14. Simi Valley (19-10) Division I 15. Capistrano Valley (21-7) Division I 16. Esperanza (22-8) Division I 17. Paramount (22-5) Division III 18. Yucaipa (20-9) Division II 19. West Torrance (23-7) Division II 20. El Toro (25-5) Division II 21. Chatsworth (30-4) City 22. Cleveland (26-9) City 23. Lakewood (28-5) Division I 24. El Dorado (20-8) Division I 25. Redlands East Valley (18-9) Division II *--*