Softball Coaches Polls:
by OSAAtoday Staff
6A
1. Tualatin (8) [1] 6-0 100
2. Barlow (1) [2] 4-1 62
3. Jesuit [6] 5-2 59
4. Grants Pass [7] 5-0 45
5. Mountainside (2) [nr] 7-0 44
6. Reynolds [nr] 7-0 38
7. Roseburg [nr] 4-4 34
7. Sunset [9] 5-2 34
9. Clackamas [3] 3-2 33
10. Sheldon [nr] 4-1 28
First-place votes in parentheses
Last ranking in brackets
Record listed is what’s posted on www.osaa.org as of Monday evening.
Others receiving significant votes: McMinnville (26; 1 first-place vote); Tigard (20); North Medford (18)
Notes: In Monday games, Tigard beat Jesuit 12-2 and North Medford clubbed Barlow 17-5. … Tualatin visits Mountainside on Tuesday morning in a battle of unbeaten teams. … Grants Pass defeated McMinnville 14-7 on Friday.
5A
1. West Albany (5) [1] 6-1 63
2. Hillsboro (1) [10] 7-0 54
3. Putnam [6] 3-1 38
4. Dallas (1) [2] 4-1 37
5. Crater [7] 6-2 32
6. Pendleton [4] 4-2 27
6. Ridgeview (1) [nr] 4-0 27
8. Eagle Point [5] 2-2 25
9. Hood River Valley [8] 3-0 24
10. Central [3] 2-4 22
First-place votes in parentheses
Last ranking in brackets
Record listed is what’s posted on www.osaa.org as of Monday evening.
Others receiving significant votes: Thurston (16)
Notes: West Albany fell to 6A Lakeridge 3-2 on Thursday. The Bulldogs bounced back Monday by beating Etna (Wash.) 19-7 and Eagle Point 17-7. … Dallas edged visiting Putnam 9-7. … Pendleton lost to 4A No. 1 La Grande 7-1. … Central, which dropped from No. 3 to No. 10, has lost four in a row to Hillsboro, North Bend, West Salem and Grants Pass.
4A
1. La Grande (6) [2] 3-0 77
2. Henley (1) [4] 5-0 61
3. Elmira (1) [5] 4-1 54
4. Philomath / Alsea [8] 6-3 44
5. Marist Catholic [1] 4-1 43
6. Junction City [2] 1-2 33
7. Sweet Home [6] 4-2 30
8. Banks [nr] 3-2 18
9. McLoughlin / Griswold [7] 2-1 14
10. Astoria [nr] 4-1 12
First-place votes in parentheses
Last ranking in brackets
Record listed is what’s posted on www.osaa.org as of Monday evening.
Others receiving significant votes: Ontario (10); Gladstone (10); Cascade (9)
Notes: Elmira suffered its first loss Monday, falling to 6A unbeaten Reynolds 15-5 at a tournament in Sandy. …. Henley defeated Marist 3-2 in Medford on Tuesday and took two from visiting Junction City on Saturday, 9-5 and 6-5. … Philomath won at Sweet Home 2-1. … Marist Catholic meets Sweet Home in Redmond on Tuesday morning.
3A
1. Rainier (2) [3] 3-0 70
2. South Umpqua (3) [5] 6-1 61
3. Clatskanie [8] 5-0 53
4. Cascade Christian [9] 4-1 45
5. Scio (2) [2] 4-0 44
6. Harrisburg [3] 5-3 40
6. Taft [6] 4-1 40
8. Dayton [1] 3-2 35
9. Santiam Christian (1) [7] 3-2 20
10. Blanchet Catholic [10] 3-2 12
First-place votes in parentheses
Last ranking in brackets
Record listed is what’s posted on www.osaa.org as of Monday evening.
Others receiving significant votes: None
Notes: Rainier avenged last year’s 4A final loss to Dayton by beating the host Pirates 7-2 on Thursday as Reese Schimmel went 3 for 4 with a double and a home run. The Columbians began a stretch of nine games in six days on Monday with a 9-5 win over Sutherlin. … Scio has scored 65 runs in a 4-0 start. … Cascade Christian won at home over Harrisburg 9-8 on Thursday. … Taft edged Cascade Christian 12-11 in Medford on Monday. … Taft and South Umpqua meet Tuesday morning in Medford. … Cascade Christian faces 2A/1A No. 1 Toledo on Tuesday morning in Medford. … Clatskanie won 5-3 Monday at previously unbeaten Grant Union, which is No. 5 in 2A/1A.
