All rights reserved. 2020 Big Ten Player Power Rankings ... Softball America's rankings, including the college softball rankings and high school softball rankings. And it’s disrespectful of playoffs that never happened and upsets that may have happened. I especially feel for the senior class that has most likely been robbed of their final spring season of high school athletics. The Lions took a 12-game win streak to state last year before losing back to back games and nabbing a 7th place finish with a victory over Mohall-L-S/G in their final game. Overall, Ryan Bodell has a good mix of talent on this 2020 squad. It’s evident that they’re always going to be in the mix and that’s a credit to the youth programs in West Fargo. Although the season may never happen, I'm still spotlighting my top five teams for the 2020 ND high school baseball and softball seasons! Standout catcher Isabelle Linnard somehow has another year of eligibility. The Mustangs have qualified for state three times in their past four seasons. In fact, they return three in senior Maddie Grad and juniors Malee Whittenberg and Maddy Zander. Cooper Zimmer and Brennan Kitchin are a few of the other talents on this team loaded with athleticism. Players like Denver Sheets and Charlie Whitlock also came up clutch on several occasions last spring. They may have graduated a strong senior class highlighted by Payton Richter and Lexi Buhr, but the talent keeps on coming up the ranks for Scott Kost’s program. MaxPreps Georgia High School Softball Rankings. View Georgia Softball ranking list. Gronberg punished pitching as a freshman with a .651 BA, 18 HR and 72 RBI. Kessel helped the Cougars achieve a 21-1 record before heading to Fargo for the state tournament. Mitzel also hit over .500 at the plate with around 30 runs batted in. The Midgets have been the highest-scoring team in the state each of the last two seasons. (1) Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton, Fla.) 8-0, 2. The Cardinals team is no stranger to winning. Note: Lower-level filters will be removed when a year or state is changed. There already had been scheduled for a ranking to be done during the week when most schools in the nation had their softball seasons suspended as the virus began to spread. Also, keep an eye out for some more coverage from the high school diamond on social media throughout May. After missing out on the state title for the first time in program history in 2018, the Packers swept the EDC regular season, EDC tournament and state tournament titles in 2019. © 2005-2020 CBS Interactive. Success breeds success and that’s why I believe the Aggies could overcome such a drastic roster turnover. This is baseball though. @NorstedtMidcoSN. Urlaub hit .385 BA with nine doubles and 22 RBI last season, plus he’s also one of the best defensive shortstops in the state. Kentucky Softball Coaches Association (High School) KSCA Board 11-24 2020/2021 Members 7-31 Ky Prep Softball/Hall of Fame. 1 in the nation in a suspended season like this one? We should be hearing the crack of the bat, the fastball slapping the catcher’s mitt, and the cheers from both the fans and inside the dugout. (5) Park Vista (Lake Worth, Fla.) 11-0, 7. She also delivers multiple pitches from the circle and averages about 60 mph to the catcher’s mitt. The Lions were a high-scoring team all season, averaging just over nine runs per game, but it was their pitching depth that took a hit once they reached the state tournament. 1 ranking based on a limited number of games played. But they go from having seven seniors last year to just one senior with extensive varsity experience in Jayse Fontaine. Seniors Dustin Mertz and Anthony Villanueva were also returning as top contributors for the Packer lineup that erupted for double-digit runs twice in the postseason last year. Join for 2021 – Click here. That’s where things turned sour for the Cougars who were unable to find their groove in losses to Kindred-Richland and Thompson at NDSU’s Tharaldson Park. Aaron Finders’ team averaged a state-leading 8.6 runs per game last season and I feel like this year’s group has the same potential to put up runs. Emma Barta, a Butler Community College-commit, returns for her senior season after hitting .506 and scoring 45 runs as a junior. Some teams for the final rankings also were adjusted based on the following reasons: With all of that said, below are this year’s final rankings. Langdon-Edmore-Munich has lost three straight region titles to Park River-F-L, but the feeling for Thompson is probably more heartbreaking considering they’ve lost three consecutive state championship games to the Aggies including last year’s 9-8 contest that took an extra inning to finish. Brooklyn also does a great job in the pitching circle for Peggy Person’s team. Those teams certainly deserve to be recognized. Seven seniors were slated to return for the Eagles, and I think that experience mixed with the talent would’ve boded well for this squad in 2020. Mariah Peters hit .412 last season and has committed to play college softball at the University of North Dakota. Did someone say state championship contender? Should Lakewood Ranch therefore claim it is the “national champion” for ending No. Zander has been pitching gems for a few years now against varsity competition and Grad has a gun behind the plate. Click HERE to read the article Lakewood Ranch Loses Chance for State Championship… But Still Ends Up #1 in the Nation. Pat Johnson has now won 21 state titles in 22 seasons and this year’s squad has the potential to raise another trophy. They may have gone 0-3 in Fargo, but they competed hard in every game and certainly belong on the contender radar in 2020. The Patriots are the only team in Class A to return more than one all-state player. They simply have been the best program in the state for a long time. (After all games played 2020 season) Could the Aggies? The most significant departure for the Vikings came in the form of graduated senior Amanda Roesler. If you ask Class B coaches in North Dakota to give you their top pitchers in the state, I don’t think any of them will forget to name Heart River's senior Abby Kessel. The spring sports season was suspended before practices could even begin. They had the talent but stumbled in the postseason falling to Devils Lake and Grand Forks Central in the EDC tournament. Also, Velva added a summer fastpitch team in 2019. The Packers graduated a couple of standouts in pitcher/outfielder Courtney Boll and infielder Lauren Diemert, but still return quite a bit of talent. They scored double digits in their trio of postseason victories but were limited to just two runs in both the WDA championship game and the nail-biting 3-2 state semifinal loss to West Fargo. Ky High School Athletic Association. Catcher Drew Clouse is the lone senior, but Lance Oster, Alex Urlaub and Abe Hestdalen are also familiar names for Mustang fans. The Skyhawks are another team that has had plenty of success in recent years with two state appearances in the last three seasons. Teams that were ranked in USA TODAY Sports' Super 25 preseason poll who are not playing football … In the crazy season that was 2020, the Mustangs of Lakewood Ranch, Florida finish #1 in the Extra Elite Eighty High School Softball Rankings. All Georgia Softball teams are listed. KHSAA Scoreboard. We could only wish for these teams to square off again for the region title because they’ve played some memorable games. 2020 Pac-12 Player Power Rankings See Full List. Junior shortstop/pitcher Brayden Jacobson is one of the top players in the state already. Schaefer was marvelous in the Hi-Liners opening round 10-3 victory over Dickinson racking up 14 strikeouts in the win. The Cardinals haven’t been to state since 2006 before Edmore and Munich were even part of the co-op. The reigning WDA tournament champs return seven starters from last year’s state tournament runner-up squad that finished with a 28-4 record. On the offensive side, hitting has been contagious for Kevin Ziegler’s team and they’ve proven they can attack you from any spot in the lineup. The Cougars only started one senior last year, so this is a team that’s very familiar with each other and that is a huge benefit for the head coach Kendra Schillo. 2020 SEC Player Power Rankings See Full List. The Mustangs had a lot to be proud of in 2019. First-team all-state pick Kersey Harris and second-team all-state selection Logan Merck were poised to lead a team that had quite a bit of varsity experience returning this spring. Much like their rivals from Bismarck, the Patriots can crush the softball.

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