Notre Dame Sherman Oaks' baseball team is pictured after an event April 12 in which they paired up with Vs. Cancer to help support the Stromsborg family while they undergo treatment for their son Jake
Although ranked “only” tenth locally in the April 15 CIF-Southern Section Division 1 baseball poll, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks is ranked 11th nationally in Maxpreps’ weekly computer poll.
The Knights, with a 19-5 record entering play April 17, are also 11-2 in the Mission League, a half-game behind Harvard-Westlake, ranked fifth nationally by Maxpreps. Next week, Notre Dame and Harvard-Westlake play a three-game series to end the regular season and determine not just the Mission League title but favorable seedings in the CIF-SS baseball playoffs that start April 30.
The weekly CIF-SS rankings include the following:
Baseball: Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks is tenth in Division 1; Damien seventh and Santa Margarita ninth in D-2; Paraclete third in D-3; St. Paul fifth and Mary Star eighth in D-4; Bishop Diego fourth in D-5; and St. Monica fifth in D-6.
Softball: Mater Dei is fourth and Santa Margarita ninth in D-1; Mary Star is fourth in D-4; Flintridge Sacred Heart sixth, Louisville eighth and Paraclete tenth in D-5; Marymount seventh and Santa Clara tenth in D-6; and Mayfield fourth in D-7.
Boys’ tennis: Loyola is tied for ninth in D-1; Santa Margarita is fourth in D-2; Mater Dei third in D-3. Bishop Montgomery fifth in D-4, and Bishop Amat seventh in D-5.
Boys’ volleyball: The combined Divisions 1 & 2 poll includes Loyola fifth, Santa Margarita 12th and Servite 13th. J. Serra is fourth in D-3; St. Anthony is second and Paraclete fifth in D-4; and Don Bosco Tech fifth in D-6.
Post-season action in spring sports — including swimming and diving, track and field, and boys’ golf — begins late next week.
Mike Nelson is the former editor of The Tidings (predecessor of Angelus News).
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