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High school baseball rankings: California, Kentucky and Texas schools zeroing in on No. 1 spot in MaxPreps Top 25
MaxPreps Baseball Player of the Year Watch List | 2026 Season 2,850,128 views 1:31 State champions have been crowned in 14 states but who emerges as No. 1 in final MaxPreps Top 25 high school baseball rankings won't be decided for another two weeks when the seasons come to a close in California and
The Recruit Rumor·Aug 10, 2026·4 min read
State champions have been
crowned in 14 states but who emerges as No. 1 in final MaxPreps Top 25 high school baseball rankings won't be decided for another two weeks when the seasons come to a close in California and
Texas.
Head coach Rich Arnold and No. 3 Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) will be keeping a close eye on both of those states.
Texas has the top two teams in the rankings with No. 1 Tomball and No. 2 Calallen (Corpus Christi). The two powerhouse programs will not meet in the postseason.
Tomball must get past Marcus (Flower Mound) and then either Dripping Springs or Memorial (Houston) in the Conference 6A Division 2 final to claim its second state title in three
seasons.
Calallen takes on Bullard in the Conference 4A Division 1 semifinals and then must beat either Pleasant Grove (Texarkana) or West Plains (Amarillo) in the championship game. Calallen defeated Pleasant Grove in the final last year.
In the Southern Section of California, No. 4 St. John Bosco (Bellflower) and No. 5 Harvard-Westlake (Studio City) meet in the Division 1 semifinals. The winner plays either Norco or Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) in the final.
That may not the end of the season for those teams. While California does not hold a state tournament, it does have Southern and Northern California regional tournaments. The irony is that the section champions aren't required to advance. Additionally, teams like Orange Lutheran (Orange), which lost in the quarterfinals, could be eligible for the postseason if other teams decide not to participate.
Both the Texas and California tournaments are scheduled to end June 6.
Caught in the middle is Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), which will compete in the Region 7 tournament championship game against St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) on Wednesday. A win puts the Shamrocks in the state tournament, which it won last year.
The St. John Bosco vs. Harvard-Westlake game will be of particular interest to Trinity, which is 30-1 since playing in the National High School Invitational where it defeated Bosco 5-0 but lost to Harvard-Westlake 17-3. That could be a factor in the final national rankings.
Game of the Week
No. 13 Keller (Texas) 8, Trinity (Euless, Texas) 7: Keller had to rally twice to defeat Trinity in a Conference 6A regional final. First Keller scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a double by Maximus Segura. After Trinity scored a run in the top of the eighth for a 7-6 lead, Keller got an RBI double by Cole Koeninger and a walkoff single by Brock Burkett to end the game.
Game to Watch
Head coach Rich Arnold and No. 3 Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) will be keeping a close eye on both of those states.
Texas has the top two teams in the rankings with No. 1 Tomball and No. 2 Calallen (Corpus Christi). The two powerhouse programs will not meet in the postseason.
No. 16 Jesuit celebrates after closing out its season with a dominant 9-0 win over No. 25 Bishop Moore in Florida's Class 4A state championship game. (PHOTO: Randy Starkey)
Calallen takes on Bullard in the Conference 4A Division 1 semifinals and then must beat either Pleasant Grove (Texarkana) or West Plains (Amarillo) in the championship game. Calallen defeated Pleasant Grove in the final last year.
In the Southern Section of California, No. 4 St. John Bosco (Bellflower) and No. 5 Harvard-Westlake (Studio City) meet in the Division 1 semifinals. The winner plays either Norco or Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) in the final.
That may not the end of the season for those teams. While California does not hold a state tournament, it does have Southern and Northern California regional tournaments. The irony is that the section champions aren't required to advance. Additionally, teams like Orange Lutheran (Orange), which lost in the quarterfinals, could be eligible for the postseason if other teams decide not to participate.
Both the Texas and California tournaments are scheduled to end June 6.
Caught in the middle is Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), which will compete in the Region 7 tournament championship game against St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) on Wednesday. A win puts the Shamrocks in the state tournament, which it won last year.
The St. John Bosco vs. Harvard-Westlake game will be of particular interest to Trinity, which is 30-1 since playing in the National High School Invitational where it defeated Bosco 5-0 but lost to Harvard-Westlake 17-3. That could be a factor in the final national rankings.
Game of the Week
No. 13 Keller (Texas) 8, Trinity (Euless, Texas) 7: Keller had to rally twice to defeat Trinity in a Conference 6A regional final. First Keller scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a double by Maximus Segura. After Trinity scored a run in the top of the eighth for a 7-6 lead, Keller got an RBI double by Cole Koeninger and a walkoff single by Brock Burkett to end the game.
Game to Watch
Originally published by maxpreps.com. Reporting by https://www.maxpreps.com/news/writer/kevin-askeland/?id=842e75da-aaa8-404d-9619-5abec6b51167. Read the full story at maxpreps.com.
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