HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL RANKINGS

http://blogs.mcall.com/varsity/2012/04/district-11-baseball-ratings-update.html FROM THE MORNING CALL With three weeks left in the high school baseball regular season, eight teams have already locked up District 11 playoff berths. A bunch of others could join them with good weeks this week, provided the rain moves out of the area. Below is the full rundown in each classification. Liberty (4A), Lehighton (3A), Salisbury (2A) and Tri-Valley (A) currently lead their brackets, though league champions are given preferential seeding for the District 11 playoffs. Teams must be .500 within their league or overall to qualify for districts. District 11 Baseball Rankings (Through Saturday, April 21 games) CLASS AAAA Overall League Points Rating *Bethlehem Liberty 10-1 6-0 48 4.36 *Nazareth 10-2 5-2 48 4.00 Bethlehem Freedom 8-3 4-2 37 3.36 Stroudsburg 8-4 4-2 40 3.33 Parkland 7-4 4-2 35 3.18 Whitehall 7-4 2-4 35 3.18 Pocono Mountain East 5-5 3-3 28 2.80 Northampton 7-5 5-2 33 2.75 Easton 6-5 2-4 30 2.73 Emmaus 6-5 4-3 28 2.55 Pleasant Valley 6-6 4-2 29 2.42 East Stroudsburg South 5-7 3-3 24 2.00 Pocono Mountain West 4-6 2-4 15 1.50 Bangor 5-8 5-4 17 1.31 William Allen 2-8 2-5 9 0.90 Dieruff 2-10 0-7 10 0.83 East Stroudsburg North 3-9 1-5 8 0.67 CLASS AAA *Lehighton 10-3 4-2 40 3.08 *Pottsville 9-3 6-0 35 2.92 Allentown Central Catholic 8-4 3-4 34 2.83 Northwestern Lehigh 9-4 5-4 34 2.62 Blue Mountain 6-6 4-2 22 1.83 Southern Lehigh 6-7 6-3 23 1.77 North Schuylkill 6-5 3-3 19 1.73 Bethlehem Catholic 5-6 2-3 19 1.73 Saucon Valley 4-8 3-6 18 1.50 Palisades 4-9 4-5 15 1.15 Palmerton 4-8 4-5 12 1.00 Wilson 2-10 2-7 7 0.58 Jim Thorpe 1-11 0-6 2 0.17 CLASS AA *Salisbury 12-1 8-1 46 3.54 *Pen Argyl 11-1 8-1 39 3.25 *Pine Grove 10-3 5-1 33 2.54 Notre Dame-Green Pond 8-5 5-4 26 2.00 Minersville 8-5 4-1 21 1.62 Schuylkill Haven 7-5 2-3 19 1.58 Williams Valley 7-4 3-2 16 1.45 Northern Lehigh 5-7 3-6 17 1.42 Shenandoah Valley 5-6 3-3 13 1.18 Panther Valley 3-9 1-5 10 0.83 Tamaqua 3-9 2-4 9 0.75 Catasauqua 2-10 1-8 8 0.67 CLASS A *Tri-Valley 10-1 4-1 29 2.64 Marian 9-3 4-1 23 1.92 Nativity 7-4 3-2 19 1.73 Pius X 6-5 — 15 1.36 Weatherly 3-7 1-5 6 0.60 Mahanoy Area 3-8 0-6 6 0.55 Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg 3-8 — 6 0.55 * Clinched District 11 playoff berth Records unavailable for Lehigh Valley Christian, Lincoln Leadership Academy, Salem Christian and Moravian Academy. Teams get 5-4-3-2 points for wins over AAAA-AAA-AA-A teams. … Teams must have a .500 overall or .500 league record to qualify. … District 11 baseball playoffs are tentatively set for Monday, May 21; Tuesday, May 22; Thursday, May 24 (semis), with the finals set for the week of May 28-June 2. (Rankings compiled by Pottsville Republican-Herald sports editor Leroy Boyer)