Orange Lutheran remains No. 1 in The Times’ high school baseball rankings

Orange Lutheran stays No. 1 on this week’s Southland prime 25 highschool baseball rankings after taking two of three video games from San Juan Capistrano JSerra in a sequence to open Trinity League play. The Lancers play No. 2 Servite in a three-game sequence this week.

This week’s prime 25 highschool baseball rankings by The Instances:

Rk. SCHOOL (W-L); Remark (final week’s rank)

1. ORANGE LUTHERAN (7-1); Oliver Santos is making huge contributions on mound (1)

2. SERVITE (5-0); Three-game sequence with Orange Lutheran this week (2)

3. YUCAIPA (7-2); Scored 33 runs in 4 league video games (3)

4. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (8-2-1); Outscored St. Francis 40-1 in three video games (4)

5. SIERRA CANYON (11-0); Kassius Thomas is dominant on the mound (5)

6. NEWBURY PARK (5-1); Panthers handed Arcadia its first defeat (7)

7. SANTA MARGARITA (9-0); Three-game sequence with JSerra this week (10)

8. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (7-3-1); 13 RBIs for Max Aude, Jack Gurevitch (13)

9. JSERRA (6-5); JJ Hollis beat No. 1 Orange Lutheran (8)

10. VILLA PARK (9-1); 11-strikeout efficiency by Zach Brown (11)

11. TESORO (8-0); Subsequent up is Esperanza on Tuesday (14)

12. CORONA (5-2); Loss to red-hot Etiwanda (6)

13. RIVERSIDE KING (7-2); Adrian Diaz has 12 hits (12)

14. MATER DEI (7-1); Ethan Hedges is pitching properly (22)

15. ARCADIA (10-1); Lance Wong has 12 hits, .444 common (15)

16. GARDEN GROVE PACIFICA (8-3); Shut losses final week (9)

17. ST. JOHN BOSCO (7-1); Showdown with Mater Dei this week (16)

18. ETIWANDA (6-2); Eagles gaining momentum after win over Corona (NR)

19. NORCO (8-2); Junior Cameron Kim is 20 for 33 on the plate (17)

20. SAN DIMAS (6-1); vs. Constitution Oak on Wednesday (19)

21. TORRANCE (9-1); 12 hits, 10 RBIs for Corey Nunez (21)

22. BONITA (7-2); Luke Mistone has 21 strikeouts in 19 innings (NR)

23. TRABUCO HILLS (8-2); 5 dwelling runs for junior Bobby Grey (24)

24. HART (5-5); Robust schedule will put together Indians for DII playoffs (NR)

25. GRANADA HILLS (6-1-1); Pitching is Highlanders’ power (NR)