Column: The Times’ high school baseball rankings

A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland:

Rk. SCHOOL (W-L) Comment (last rank)

1. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (9-1) Bye week coming (2)

2. CYPRESS (9-1); at Pacifica Tuesday (3)

3. ORANGE LUTHERAN (4-2) Three-game series vs. Santa Margarita (4)

4. HUNTINGTON BEACH (8-2) vs. Corona del Mar, Wednesday (1)

5. AYALA (10-1) vs. Alta Loma, Wednesday (5)

6. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (9-1) Three-game series vs. St. Francis (6)

7. LA MIRADA (7-3) at Bellflower, Monday (7)

8. SANTA ANA MATER DEI (5-1) Three-game series vs. Servite (9)

9. ARCADIA (8-0) at Burbank, Tuesday (11)

10. BIRMINGHAM (5-3) vs. St. Bonaventure, Wednesday (12)

11. AGOURA (8-3) vs. Simi Valley, Wednesday (18)

12. OAKS CHRISTIAN (10-2) vs. Thousand Oaks, Wednesday (14)

13. BECKMAN (7-2) vs. Woodbridge, Monday (15)

14. JSERRA (5-6) Three-game series vs. St. John Bosco (22)

15. CORONA (8-3) at Roosevelt, Tuesday (8)

16. CHAPARRAL (9-0) vs. Temecula Valley, Wednesday (25)

17. FOOTHILL (7-3) vs. Yorba Linda, Monday (16)

18. SERVITE (8-3) at Mater Dei, Wednesday (17)

19. YUCAIPA (6-2) vs. Citrus Valley on Tuesday (10)

20. CAPISTRANO VALLEY (5-2-1) vs. Mission Viejo, Wednesday (21)

21. ETIWANDA (4-2) vs. Northview, Tuesday (20)

22. BISHOP AMAT (6-3) vs. La Salle, Tuesday (23)

23. RANCHO VERDE (11-0) at Riverside Notre Dame, Tuesday (NR)

24. LOYOLA (8-1) vs. Crespi, Tuesday (NR)

25. ALHAMBRA (9-0-1) at Bell Gardens, Tuesday (24)

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