Base RANKINGS: Mega-turnover at the top in fifth set of polls

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association has released its fifth set of polls for the 2012 season, and we find that Class A Lafayette Central Catholic is the only top-ranked team to maintain its place at No. 1 in a week full of turnover.

Sort of.

Class 4A Zionsville swaps spots with Lake Central in moving from second to first, 3A Jasper supplants now-No. 4 Silver Creek in rising from second to first, 2A Park Tudor jumps from fourth to first in taking over for now-No. 5 Union County, and Central Catholic now shares the 1A top spot with up-from-second Shakamak.

Elsewhere among the Top 10s …

• 4A: New Albany noses up from seventh to fifth, still-unbeaten Columbus North climbs from eighth to sixth, Elkhart Central ascends from ninth to seventh, Crown Point climbs from 13th to ninth, and Fishers finally enters the Top 10 in going from 12th to 10th.
• 3A: Andrean ascends from fifth to second, North Harrison hops from sixth to third, West Lafayette flies from 15th to sixth, and Corydon rises from the unranked to ninth.
• 2A: Delphi leaps from seventh to second, Wheeler moves up from sixth to fourth, Clinton Central climbs from unranked to eighth, Adams Central does likewise in moving clear to ninth, and Southridge slides up from 12th to 10th.
• 1A: Loogootee leaps from seventh to third, South Central (Elizabeth) swaps spots with Morgan Township in moving from fifth to fourth, Cowan climbs from eighth to seventh, Rising Sun rises from ninth to eighth, and Vincennes Rivet ribbets up from 15th to 10th.

Teams are listed by ranking followed by school, record, number of first-place votes (if applicable), and vote total. Your IHSBCA 63 ranked teams from April 30:

CLASS 4A
1. Zionsville (15-1) (4) 66
2. Lake Central (14-1) (3) 61
3. Huntington North (14-1) 55
4. Homestead (14-1) 47
5. New Albany (15-2) 32
6. Columbus North (12-0) 30
7. Elkhart Central (12-1) 21
8. Indianapolis Cathedral (13-2) 19
9. Crown Point (14-2) 18
10. Fishers (16-3) 16
11. Pendleton Heights (12-2) 7
12. New Palestine (12-2) 5
13. McCutcheon (13-3) 4
14. Seymour (13-3) 3
15. Evansville North (9-3) 1

CLASS 3A
1. Jasper (15-2) (4) 58
2. Andrean (12-2) 53
3. North Harrison (14-1) (1) 48
4. Silver Creek (12-3) (1) 45
5. Greensburg (11-1) (1) 36
6. West Lafayette (13-4) 34
7. Leo (12-2) 32
8. Mishawaka Marian (11-3) 17
9. Corydon (12-3) 16
10. Crawfordsville (12-5) 15
11. Norwell (11-4) 13
12. Bellmont (10-3) 9
13. Franklin County (9-3) 4
14. Heritage Hills (13-7) 2
15. Brownstown (11-5) 1
15. Charlestown (11-5) 1
15. Rushville (0-0) 1

CLASS 2A
1. Park Tudor (11-1) (3) 62
2. Delphi (12-3) (1) 54
3. North Central (Farmersburg) (11-2) (2) 49
4. Wheeler (11-2) 47
5. Union County (10-2) (1) 37
6. Northfield (12-3) 30
7. South Spencer (11-4) 29
8. Clinton Central (11-3) 26
9. Adams Central (11-4) 16
10. Southridge (12-5) 15
11. Fremont (11-7) 5
12. Indianapolis Ritter (0-0) 5
13. Taylor (9-5) 4
14. Forest Park (10-5) 3
15. Seeger (7-4) 2
16. Heritage Christian (7-7) 1

CLASS A
1. Lafayette Central Catholic (12-2) (4) 65
1. Shakamak (13-1) (3) 65
3. Loogootee (12-3) 51
4. South Central (Elizabeth) (13-5) 43
5. Morgan Township (11-3) 39
6. Frontier (12-6) 30
7. Cowan (10-3) 25
8. Rising Sun (10-3) 20
9. Washington Township (12-6) 14
10. Vincennes Rivet (12-6) 11
11. Edinburgh (10-3) 10
12. North White (7-3) 8
13. Blue River Valley (6-3) 2
14. Caston (10-5) 1
14. Seton Catholic (8-4) 1