Prep Baseball Report

Pennsylvania Team Rankings for 1st Week of May



By Jacob Gill
Philadelphia Region Director of Scouting

Notes about this week's rankings:

  • 3A, 2A & 1A rankings grow by five teams each this week.
  • The #1 team in each class remained in that spot, as the five schools went a combined 12-2.
  • Biggest shake-up occurred at the 2A level, as eight of last week's Top 15 incurred multiple losses.

PIAA Class AAAA

  1. Whitehall (14-1)

  2. Bethel Park (13-2)

  3. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (11-2)

  4. Strath Haven (12-0)

  5. Parkland (11-2)

  6. Pine Richland (12-2)

  7. CB East (10-2)

  8. Liberty (12-3)

  9. Coatesville (11-3)

10. Pleasant Valley (11-3)

11. Red Land (12-2)

12. Plum (13-2)

13. Seneca Valley (11-2)

14. Conestoga (9-3)

15. Hempfield Area (11-3)

16. Hempfield (13-3)

17. Emmaus (12-2)

18. Neshaminy (11-2)

19. Warwick (12-4)

20. La Salle (11-3)

21. Stroudsburg (12-3)

22. West Chester Henderson (10-4)

23. North Allegheny (12-4)

24. Peters Township (10-4)

25. Lower Dauphin (11-4)

Others to Watch: Boyertown (9-6), Central Bucks South (8-4), Cumberland Valley (8-4), DuBois (10-2), Ephrata (12-4), Exeter Township (10-4), Franklin Regional (11-3), Governor Mifflin (12-5), Mechanicsburg (11-3), Methacton (11-4), Moon (10-3), Penn Trafford (9-4), Spring-Ford (9-4), Unionville (10-2), Waynesboro (10-3), Wilson West Lawn (8-4)

PIAA Class AAA

  1. Bonner-Prendergast (12-2)

  2. South Park (16-0)

  3. Hopewell (15-1)

  4. West Perry (14-0)

  5. Upper Moreland (12-1)

  6. Donegal (15-1)

  7. Hampton Area (11-2)

  8. Holy Ghost Prep (11-2)

  9. Chartiers Valley (13-3)

10. Lancaster Catholic (12-3)

11. Oley Valley (13-3)

12. Cathedral Prep (9-0)

13. Somerset (11-2)

14. Indiana (11-2)

15. Hamburg (12-4)

16. Archbishop Wood (9-3)

17. West Allegheny (12-4)

18. Keystone Oaks (10-3)

19. Jersey Shore (9-2)

20. Harbor Creek (11-1)

21. Phoenixville (8-5)

22. Southern Lehigh (12-3)

23. Susquehannock (11-3)

24. Littlestown (11-2)

25. Berwick (10-2)

Others to Watch: Archbishop Carroll (11-4), Belle Vernon (9-6), Berwick (9-1), Conrad Weiser (9-5), Elizabeth Forward (11-4), Grove City (10-2), Hollidaysburg (8-3), Lampeter-Strasburg (12-5), Manheim Central (11-4), Pottstown (9-6), Punxsutawney (8-3), Southern Lehigh (12-3), Tamaqua (10-4), West York (9-5)

PIAA Class AA

  1. Salisbury Township (12-0)

  2. Quaker Valley (12-0)

  3. Deer Lakes (12-3)

  4. Hanover Area (12-1)

  5. Delone Catholic (12-2)

  6. Beaver Area (8-2)

  7. Minersville (11-3)

  8. South Williamsport (9-1)

  9. Riverside (11-3)

10. Neumann-Goretti (8-6)

11. Springfield Township (7-5)

12. Loyalsock (10-1)

13. Camp Hill (11-4)

14. Karns City (10-0)

15. Washington (9-3)

16. Saegertown (8-2)

17. Bristol (6-5)

18. Tulpehocken (11-5)

19. Freeport (9-2)

20. Bald Eagle (8-2)

Others to Watch: Bentworth (8-3), Berks Catholic (9-6), Brownsville (9-4), Catasaqua (9-5), East Juniata (7-2), Halifax (9-3), Mercyhurst Prep (7-0), Montoursville (7-1), Neshannock (9-4), New Brighton (9-3), New Hope-Solebury (9-5), North Schuylkill (6-4), Northern Bedford County (10-3), North Schuykill (10-4), Notre Dame Green-Pond (10-5), Sharpsville (10-3), Southern Columbia Area (8-3), Shady Side (9-4), Steel Valley (8-4), Titusville (6-1), Upper Dauphin (9-4)

PIAA Class A

  1. Devon Prep (10-4)

  2. Bishop McCort (11-2)

  3. Serra Catholic (12-1)

  4. Carmichaels (10-2)

  5. Riverview (10-1)

  6. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (10-2)

  7. Western Beaver (9-2)

  8. North Star (11-0)

  9. Clarion Area (9-1)

10. Williams Valley (11-3)

11. Delaware County Christian (9-3)

12. Southern Fulton (10-3)

13. Tri-Valley (9-4)

14. Newport (9-3)

15. Meyersdale (9-2)

Others to Watch: California (11-4), Calvary Christian (7-4), Conemaugh Valley (9-2), High Point Baptist (8-2), Jefferson-Morgan (7-3), Lackawana Trail (6-0), McConnellsburg (8-2), Old Forge (6-2), Plumstead Christian (5-2), Sewickley Academy (7-2), Union (8-4), Vincentian (9-3), York Catholic (9-6)

Independent

1. Malvern Prep (17-6)

2. Mercersburg (16-2)

3. Springside Chestnut Hill (9-3)

4. Hill School (8-6)

5. Haverford School (11-9)