Loyola High School tops the Division 2 baseball poll in the latest weekly rankings issued by the CIF-Southern Section.
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The Cubs (7-0 as of March 4) compete in the powerful Mission League along with Harvard-Westlake (7-1), ranked in the top 10 nationally by Maxpreps, and Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks (6-1), ranked fifth in the CIF-SS D-1 poll.
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Loyola plays Notre Dame in a three-game series March 20-22, and has a three-game set against Harvard-Westlake in mid-April, with Notre Dame and Harvard-Westlake tangling the following week to end the regular season.
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Also mentioned in the top 10 of the March 4 polls are Mater Dei, ninth in D-1; Mary Star of the Sea, second in D-4; Salesian, fifth in D-5; and Villanova, ninth in D-7.
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Catholic school rankings in other sports include the following:
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Softball: Mary Star is second and St. Anthony eighth in D-4; Marymount is eighth and Santa Clara ninth in D-6.
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Boys’ volleyball: J. Serra is No. 1 in D-3. The combined Divisions 1 & 2 poll (with teams separated at playoff time in late April) includes Loyola (fourth), Servite (13th), Mater Dei (14th) and Santa Margarita (17th), while St. Anthony is sixth in D-4.
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Boys’ tennis: Crespi is seventh in D-3; Bishop Montgomery, second in D-4; and Bishop Amat, fifth in D-5.
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No polls are issued for track and field, swimming and diving, and boys’ golf. Regular season play continues through late April, followed by playoff action which concludes by early June.
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Mike Nelson is the former editor of The Tidings (predecessor of Angelus News).
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