Changes at the top of the PBR Missouri Top 25
April 18, 2011
Two losses by each No. 1 Francis Howell and No. 2 Webb City, combined with seventeen straight convincing wins allows Rock Bridge to jump up to the No. 1 spot in PBR MO rankings. Staley moved up a spot to No. 2 after another undefeated week and No. 3 Parkway South jumped three places. SLUH holds at No. 4 and Francis Howell drops to No. 5.
Rank | Last | Team | Record | Comment |
1 | 5 | Rock Bridge | 17-1 | Big three of Phillips, Miles and Bittle lead the red hot Bruins to 17 straight wins |
2 | 3 | Staley | 10-1 | Isaac Geisinger's hitting and Jordan Witcig's pitching keep dominating opponents |
3 | 6 | Parkway South | 13-0-1 | Patriots keep steam rolling over opponents, scoring 17 runs and giving up 5 |
4 | 4 | SLUH | 9-0 | Extremely talented Jr. Billikens have had an easy schedule so far this season, true test this week |
5 | 1 | Francis Howell | 13-2 | Howell stumbled this week, losing their first two games of the season after Brett Graves's injury |
6 | 2 | Webb City | 11-3 | Lots of runs on the board, but the pitching couldn't match this week in faltering twice |
7 | 15 | Lee's Summit West | 12-1 | Junior Matt Fultz is leading the talented group, winning streak at 8 games |
8 | 8 | Helias | 10-1 | Crusaders keep cruising |
9 | 13 | Oakville | 10-2 | Avenged early season loss to Vianney, and split with Marquette |
10 | 7 | Cape Notre Dame | 7-1 | Suffered first loss of season, powered back with big win against Charleston |
11 | 14 | Vianney | 13-3 | 3-1 on the week, a week where pitching overshadowed the explosive offense |
12 | 17 | Savannah | 11-1 | Brett Smith led the Savannah offense to an undefeated week, going 2-0 |
13 | 9 | CBC | 9-3 | Rough week for CBC, going 1-2 |
14 | 18 | Crystal City | 11-2 | Outscored opponents 33-10 last week, going 3-1 |
15 | 12 | Branson | 9-3 | Coach Lael won his 400th game Tuesday, followed by a tough luck loss on Thursday |
16 | 19 | Kennett | 8-1 | Adam Grantham led Kennet going 6 for 9 on the week with two homeruns and nine RBIs |
17 | 16 | Boonville | 9-2 | 3-1 on the week, with lone loss coming against No. 1 Rock Bridge |
18 | 24 | Liberty | 10-3 | Comeback win against Ray-Pec keeps the Blue Jays rolling |
19 | 20 | Borgia | 10-2 | Big win against Living Word Christian and big loss against Windsor highlight Borgia's week |
20 | N/R | Warsaw | 12-0 | The offense of Warsaw, led by LSU bound Johnny Eierman, outscored their opponents 42-3 last week |
21 | 10 | Concordia | 11-2 | Two losses by 12 runs and 10 runs knock the Orioles way down in the rankings |
22 | 25 | St. Pius X | 5-1 | Caleb Baker's hitting and pitching leads St. Pius to two wins and a 5-1 record |
23 | N/R | Willard | 13-3 | A Red and Blue Classic Championship started the week, tough loss in the middle, big win to end |
24 | N/R | John Burroughs School | 8-1-1 | The Bombers stay hot, winning 7 straight led by Alex Jasiek on the mound and at the plate |
25 | N/R | Farmington | 5-0 | Farmington breaks into the Top 25 with a perfect 5-0 record |