SB RANKINGS: No changes among four leaders

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association has released its fifth set of polls for the 2012 high school softball season, and there is no turnover at the top of the four classes as we enter May.

Class 4A Hamilton Southeastern, 3A Mishawaka Marian, 2A South Putnam, and 1A Tecumseh remain atop their respective rankings. Elsewhere inside the Top 10s …

• 4A: Floyd Central climbs from ninth to eighth, Greenwood goes from 11th to ninth, and Jennings County jumps from 15th to 10th.
• 3A: Woodlan swaps spots with Gibson Southern in going from third to second, North Harrison inches ahead from seventh to sixth, Kankakee Valley climbs from 14th to seventh, Jimtown jumps from 21st to ninth, and Mississinewa moves from 12th to 10th.
• 2A: Madison-Grant goes from ninth to third, Indianapolis Scecina slides up from sixth to fourth, Hebron bumps up from eighth to seventh, Frankton rises from 11th to ninth, and Eastern (Greentown) goes from 12th to 10th.
• 1A: Tecumseh tacks up from seventh to fifth, Indianapolis Lutheran moves from eighth to seventh, and South Central (Union Mills) leaps from 16th to ninth.

Teams are listed by ranking followed by school and vote total. The 92 schools earning ICGSA votes from April 29:

CLASS 4A
1. Hamilton Southeastern 146
2. Carmel 130
3. Center Grove 129
4. South Bend Riley 121
5. Lake Central 99
6. Northridge 97
7. Pendleton Heights 90
8. Floyd Central 78
9. Greenwood 59
10. Jennings County 45
11. Crown Point 37
12. Avon 31
13. Terre Haute North 29
14. Ben Davis 22
15. Greenfield-Central 17
16. New Palestine 13
17. Franklin Central 11
18. Terre Haute South 10
18. Northview 10
20. Evansville Harrison 8
21. Penn 6
22. LaPorte 5
23. Castle 3
24. Huntington North 2
25. Southport 1
25. Homestead 1

CLASS 3A
1. Mishawaka Marian 133
2. Woodlan 122
3. Gibson Southern 121
4. Lebanon 103
5. Greensburg 84
6. North Harrison 80
7. Kankakee Valley 57
8. Fairfield 56
9. Jimtown 51
10. Mississinewa 50
11. Edgewood 47
12. Andrean 42
13. Angola 22
14. Leo 19
15. Boonville 18
16. Yorktown 17
17. Heritage Hills 15
17. Norwell 15
19. Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran 12
20. Charlestown 8
21. Twin Lakes 7
22. Silver Creek 1

CLASS 2A
1. South Putnam 147
2. Rochester 142
3. Madison-Grant 124
4. Indianapolis Scecina 101
5. Evansville Mater Dei 91
6. Wapahani 82
7. Hebron 78
8. North Miami 76
9. Frankton 66
10. Eastern (Greentown) 62
11. Tipton 52
12. Hammond Noll 47
13. South Knox 43
14. Clinton Central 29
15. Cass 12
16. Forest Park 10
16. Union County 10
18. Frankfort 8
19. Bloomfield 7
20. Wheeler 6
21. Cascade 4
22. Winamac 3

CLASS A
1. Lakewood Park Christian 117
2. Cowan 108
3. Rising Sun 92
4. Edinburgh 89
5. Tecumseh 83
6. Daleville 78
7. Indianapolis Lutheran 75
8. Frontier 61
9. South Central (Union Mills) 54
10. Riverton Parke 51
11. Pioneer 40
12. North Daviess 33
13. Lanesville 22
14. Clay City 17
15. Westville 14
16. North White 10
17. New Washington 6
18. Wood Memorial 3
18. Lafayette Central Catholic 3
20. Tri-Central 2
21. Loogootee 1
21. Clinton Prairie 1