Winning a fourth straight state title, avenging an earlier loss and beating a team that was No. 5 in the previous FAB 50 national rankings often gets a huge bump in the next rankings.

Unfortunately for the Hoover (North Canton, Ohio) softball team, there were just too many other state champs or state finalists that had already ended the season. It was therefore only a more modest jump from No. 26 to No. 19 after a 6-1 win last weekend over Grove City in the Division I state final.

Before beating Grove City, the Vikings took on previous No. 5 Lebanon and handed that team its first loss of the season. Back in April, Lebanon gained stature by beating Hoover at the Wendy’s Classic.

There also could have been bigger changes had there been an upset in the North Carolina Class 4A finals, but unbeaten Alexander Central capped a 35-0 season and extended its win streak to 66 games with a two-game sweep against Cape Fear of Fayetteville.

Coach Monte Sherrill’s team, led by daughters Vada and Bailey, couldn’t move up from No. 3 in the FAB 50 since No. 1 Mission Viejo and No. 2 Amador Valley (both from California) are done playing.

After this week, the only FAB 50 ranking left for the 2014 high school season is the final installment. In addition to the four teams ranked that are still playing, there will be more research completed for all states that may lead to a few flip-flops or a last-second newcomer.

There will be at least one new team for the final rankings because two of the teams still playing could meet each other in the Michigan state playoffs.

 

Here are this week’s rankings:

(Previous ranking listed in parentheses)

(Through reported results of Monday, June 9)

*Indicates season is still continuing.

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1.    (1) Mission Viejo (Mission Viejo, Calif.) 26-1

2.    (2) Amador Valley (Pleasanton, Calif.) 27-0

3.    (3) Alexander Central (Taylorsville, N.C.) 35-0

4.    (4) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 30-2

5.    (6) Pacifica (Garden Grove, Calif.) 29-4-1

6.    (7) Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.) 30-1

7.    (8) Sparkman (Harvest, Ala.) 63-4-2

8.    (9) Deer Park (Deer Park, Texas) 39-6

9.    (10) The Woodlands (Conroe, Texas) 39-4

10.  (11) Harmony (Harmony, Fla.) 27-3

11.  (12) Bloomingdale (Valrico, Fla.) 27-2

12.  (13) Vacaville (Vacaville, Calif.) 29-1-1

13.  (19) Indian Hills (Oakland, N.J.) 34-0

14.  (14) M.L. King (Riverside, Calif.) 27-6

15.  (15) Bishop Carroll (Wichita, Kan.) 25-0

16.  (16) West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.) 28-1

17.  (17) Alhambra (Martinez, Calif.) 25-2

18.  (23) South Salem (Salem, Ore.) 36-1

19.  (26) Hoover (North Canton, Ohio) 29-3

20.  (5) Lebanon (Lebanon, Ohio) 32-1

21.  (19) Red Mountain (Mesa, Ariz.) 30-6

22.  (20) Atascocita (Humble, Texas) 31-3

23.  (21) Chino (Chino, Calif.) 28-5-1

24.  (22) John Curtis Christian (River Ridge, La.) 29-2

25.  (24) Westminster Christian (Miami, Fla.) 24-3

26.  (25) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) 25-6

27.  (28) Sherwood (Sandy Spring, Md.) 21-0

28.  (29) Bellaire (Houston, Texas) 30-6

29.  (30) Ponte Vedra (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) 29-1

30.  (32) Manteno (Manteno, Ill.) 39-1*

31.  (31) Cinco Ranch (Katy, Texas) 29-3

32.  (33) North Davidson (Lexington, N.C.) 30-2

33.  (34) Coronado (Lubbock, Texas) 36-5

34.  (36) Puyallup (Puyallup, Wash.) 25-2

35.  (40) Chino Hills (Chino Hills, Calif.) 29-6

36.  (35) Los Osos (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) 25-4

37.  (37) LaGrange (LaGrange, Texas) 40-2

38.  (38) Mountain Ridge (Glendale, Ariz.) 28-7-1

39.  (41) P.K. Yonge (Gainesville, Fla.) 25-4

40.  (42) Cypress (Cypress, Calif.) 23-9

41.  (NR) Portage Central (Portage, Mich.) 41-3*

42.  (43) Southington (Southington, Conn.) 20-0*

43.  (NR) Canton (Canton, Mich.) 33-7*

44.  (44) Ironwood Ridge (Tucson, Ariz.) 28-7

45.  (45) Washburn Rural (Topeka, Kan.) 23-2

46.  (46) Olathe East (Olathe, Kan.) 22-1

47.  (47) Dickson County (Dickson, Tenn.) 44-7

48.  (48) Gibbs (Corryton, Tenn.) 48-6

49.  (NR) North Medford (Medford, Ore.) 29-3

50.  (50) Aledo (Aledo, Texas) 33-4

Dropped Out: Previous No. 27 Immaculate Heart (Washington Township, N.J.); No. 39 McCracken County (Paducah, Ky.); No. 49 Cape Fear (Fayetteville, N.C.).

 

Teams On The Bubble

• Baker (Mobile, Ala.) 64-6
• Barbers Hill (Mt. Belvieu, Texas) 33-1
• Bloom-Carroll (Carroll, Ohio) 28-4
• Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.) 19-6
• Canyon (Anaheim, Calif.) 20-7
• Cape Fear (Fayetteville, N.C.) 26-3
• Chaparral (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 26-9
• Columbia (Lake City, Fla.) 28-2
• Eastern Tech (Baltimore, Md.) 24-0
• Ennis (Ennis, Texas) 38-6-1
• Glenbard North (Carol Stream, Ill.) 30-5*
• Grove City (Grove City, Ohio) 26-5
• Halls (Knoxville, Tenn.) 38-4
• Hays (Buda, Texas) 31-6
• Hillcrest (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 51-10-1
• Immaculate Heart (Washington Township, N.J.) 31-2
• Mauldin (Mauldin, S.C.) 28-2
• Middle Creek (Apex, N.C.) 21-4
• Moorpark (Moorpark, Calif.) 26-4
• Mt. St. Dominic (Caldwell, N.J.) 29-4
• Murrieta Valley (Murrieta, Calif.) 22-8
• Palo Verde (Las Vegas, Nev.) 33-7
• Pembroke Pines Charter (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) 20-6
• Poly (Riverside, Calif.) 24-7
• Scott County (Georgetown, Ky.) 33-9
• South County (Lorton, Va.) 24-3*
• Tahoma (Kent, Wash.) 21-2