New Palestine soars to first in IHSBCA's Class 3A Rankings

Three Central Indiana baseball teams gained serious ground in the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association's rankings this week.

In Class 4A, the Zionsville Eagles jumped from tenth to fourth after improving their record to 8-1. In Class 2A, Park Tudor made the leap from fourth to second.

The undefeated New Palestine Dragons surged atop the Class 3A rankings after being ranked third last week. The Dragons are a perfect 7-0 this season. 

IHSBCA Rankings

(released April 18, 2011)

Class 4A

1. Lake Central (10-0)

2. Bloomington South (7-0) 

3. Penn (4-0)

4. Zionsville (8-1) 

5. Cathedral (6-1)

6. Lawrence Central (6-0) 

7. Fort Wayne Carroll (6-1)

8. Hamilton Southeastern (8-1) 

9. Huntington North (8-2) 

10. New Castle (6-0)

 Others Receiving Votes: Columbus North (6-0), DeKalb (7-0), Evansville Harrison (0-0), Jeffersonville (5-0), Northview (6-1), Fishers (7-3), Lawrence North (3-3), Terre Haute South (8-3)

Class 3A

1. New Palestine (7-0)

2. Kankakee Valley (9-0) 

3. Andrean (4-1)

4. Corydon Central (7-0) 

5. Northwestern (4-0) 

6. West Vigo (4-0) 

7. Brebeuf (5-3)

8. Silver Creek (9-2) / New Haven (6-3) 

10. Mount Vernon (Fortville) (6-1) / Vincennes Lincoln (6-1) / Bellmont (5-0) / Yorktown (6-2) 

Others Receiving Votes: Heritage Hills (5-2), Jasper (4-4), Mishawaka Marian (7-3), Norwell (5-2), Franklin County (4-1), Fort Wayne Concordia (0-0)

Class 2A

1. Forest Park (6-1)

2. Park Tudor (7-1)

3. Delphi (7-1)

4. Wapahani (6-1)

5. Eastern (Pekin) (7-1) 

6. South Spencer (6-1)

7. Tell City (7-2)

8. Northfield (5-1)

9. Providence (5-2)

10. Union County (5-1)

Others Receiving Votes: Taylor (5-1), Adams Central (0-0), Fort Wayne Luers (1-5), Wheeler (5-3)

Class A

1. Cowan (6-0)

2. Frontier (8-2)

3. Lafayette Central Catholic (4-1)

4. North Central (Farmersburg) (6-1)

5. Shakamak (4-1)

6. North Daviess (5-1)

7. Washington Township (5-1)

8. South Central (Union Mills) (5-2)

9. Vincennes Rivet (5-2)

10. Oldenburg (3-1)

Others Receiving Votes: Fort Wayne Canterbury (1-1), Covington (5-3), Henryville (5-3), Loogootee (4-3), South Central (Elizabeth) (5-3)