Base RANKINGS: 3A Jasper, 2A Delphi assume top positions in third polls

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association has released its third set of polls for the 2012 season, and we have a pair of new leaders as Jasper has taken over from Norwell in Class 3A and Delphi has done the same thing in supplanting South Spencer in Class 2A.

The two other leaders from last week’s polls – 4A Lake Central and 1A Lafayette Central Catholic – stay the same. Elsewhere inside the Top 10s …

• 4A: Homestead bumps up from fifth to fourth, Portage ascends from 10th to fifth, New Albany inches up from eighth to seventh, New Palestine jumps from 14th to eighth, and Elkhart Central rockets up from 18th to ninth.
• 3A: Silver Creek climbs from third to second, Mishawaka Marian moves from fifth to third, Frankfort jumps from seventh to fourth, Leo leaps from the unranked into a tie for seventh with West Lafayette (previously sixth), and North Harrison jumps from unranked to ninth.
• 2A: North Central (Farmersburg) climbs from fourth to second, Union County noses up from fifth to fourth, Park Tudor bounces all the way from 13th to fifth, Alexandria does likewise in going from 19th to sixth, Wheeler pulls off the unranked trifecta in moving into seventh, and Hebron makes it 4 for 4 in going from unranked into a tie for eighth with Northfield (up from 15th).
• 1A: South Central (Elizabeth) climbs from seventh to fourth, Washington Township leaps from 18th to eighth, Rising Sun rises from 14th to ninth, and Cowan and North White both go from unranked into a tie for 10th.

Teams are listed by ranking followed by school, record, number of first-place votes (if applicable), and vote total. Your IHSBCA 71 ranked teams from April 16:

CLASS 4A
1. Lake Central (9-0) (6) 69
2. Zionsville (9-0) 59
3. Huntington North (10-0) (1) 54
4. Homestead (9-0) 48
5. Portage (10-0) 33
6. Indianapolis Cathedral (8-1) 32
7. New Albany (9-1) 26
8. New Palestine (8-0) 24
9. Elkhart Central (7-0) 20
10. Carroll (Fort Wayne) (6-2) 6
11. Columbus North (6-0) 5
11. Crown Point (8-2) 5
13. Hobart (10-2) 3
14. Fishers (9-3) 1

CLASS 3A
1. Jasper (8-1) (3) 62
2. Silver Creek (9-1) (3) 60
3. Mishawaka Marian (8-1) 51
4. Frankfort (7-0) 43
5. Norwell (8-2) 32
6. Andrean (6-2) 25
7. Leo (6-0) 22
7. West Lafayette (5-1) 22
9. North Harrison (7-1) 19
10. Franklin County (4-1) 12
11. Greensburg (6-0) (1) 10
12. Benton Central (6-1) 8
13. Charlestown (7-3) 7
14. Delta (7-3) 4
15. Crawfordsville (6-5) 3
15. Brebeuf Jesuit (4-3) 3
17. Vincennes Lincoln (4-3) 2

CLASS 2A
1. Delphi (7-1) (3) 61
2. North Central (Farmersburg) (7-0) 60
3. South Spencer (7-2) (3) 59
4. Union County (5-1) 32
5. Park Tudor (5-1) 27
6. Alexandria (5-0) (1) 23
7. Wheeler (6-2) 19
8. Hebron (6-1) 15
8. Northfield (6-2) 15
10. Forest Park (5-3) 13
10. Wabash (7-3) 13
12. Hammond Noll (4-3) 9
13. Evansville Mater Dei (0-0) 7
14. Centerville (4-2) 6
15. Heritage Christian (1-4) 5
16. Wapahani (5-5) 4
16. Providence (5-2) 4
18. Speedway (5-1) 3
18. Crawford County (5-1) 3
18. Boone Grove (6-3) 3
21. Triton Central (0-0) 2
22. Southridge (6-3) 1
22. Whiting (2-2) 1

CLASS A
1. Lafayette Central Catholic (6-1) (5) 65
2. Frontier (7-2) (1) 61
3. Loogootee (7-2) 52
4. South Central (Elizabeth) (7-2) (1) 50
5. Shakamak (5-1) 41
6. Daleville (6-2) 34
7. Edinburgh (4-0) 21
8. Washington Township (7-3) 17
9. Rising Sun (6-2) 14
10. Cowan (3-2) 8
10. North White (4-1) 8
12. Northeast Dubois (5-3) 6
13. Rockville (2-8) 2
13. South Decatur (4-0) 2
13. Vincennes Rivet (5-3) 2
16. Fort Wayne Canterbury (1-1) 1
16. Hauser (4-4) 1