SB RANKINGS: Center Grove, Edgewood new No. 1s in fourth poll

The Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association has released its fourth set of softball rankings for the 2008 season, and this week it‘s Center Grove and Edgewood that are new to the top of the polls. The Trojans swap spots with now-No. 3 Avon in 4A, while the 3A Mustangs jump from fifth to first in taking over from New Palestine.

Meanwhile, defending state champions Indianapolis Scecina and Indianapolis Lutheran retain their strangleholds on the 2A and 1A polls.

Among other significant movers are …

•   Crawfordsville, which leaps from outside the Top 24 to a tie for ninth with North Harrison in 3A
•   Eastern (Greentown), which bumps from seventh to fourth in 2A
•   1A schools Clay City and Henryville, which move to eighth and ninth from last week’s position at Nos. 14 and 17, respectively

Teams are listed by rank followed by school, first-place votes (if applicable), rating points, and record. Here are your 94 ranked schools from April 28:

CLASS 4A
1. Center Grove (4) 115 15-1
2. McCutcheon (3) 112 18-2
3. Avon 89 11-4
4. Hamilton Southeastern 87 14-2
5. Martinsville 84 13-1
6. Mishawaka (1) 83 15-1
7. Carmel 81 14-3
8. Franklin Central 63 14-3
9. Castle 54 14-3
10. Pendleton Heights 36 14-5
11. Lake Central 34
11. Penn 34
13. Huntington North 32
14. East Central 16
15. Lowell 10
16. Anderson Highland 6
17. New Castle 5
18. Chesterton 4
18. Elkhart Memorial 4
18. Northridge 4
21. Floyd Central 3
22. Fort Wayne Snider 2
22. Portage 2

CLASS 3A
1. Edgewood (3) 137 14-1
2. New Palestine (3) 128 13-3
3. Heritage Hills (1) 122 12-3
4. Mishawaka Marian (2) 117 15-2
5. Boonville 89 13-5
5. Jasper 89 14-4
7. Mississinewa (1) 86 11-2
8. Blackford 80 10-4
9. Crawfordsville 70 13-1
9. North Harrison 70 13-2
11. Corydon 54
12. Griffith 32
13. Shelbyville 22
14. Benton Central 17
14. Greensburg 17
16. Pike Central 11
17. Twin Lakes 9
18. Andrean 8
19. Columbia City 7
19. Evansville Memorial 7
19. Roncalli 7
22. Brebeuf 6
22. Gibson Southern 6
24. Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 5
25. Princeton 4

CLASS 2A
1. Indianapolis Scecina 6) 132 13-3
2. Hanover Central (2) 127 12-2
3. Jimtown 101 13-2
4. Eastern (Greentown) (1) 93 10-2
5. Wheeler 91 10-5
6. Union County 65 14-2
6. Winamac 65 13-2
8. South Adams 60 9-3
9. Forest Park 59 12-6
10. Boone Grove 55 10-3
11. Eastern (Pekin) 50
12. Madison-Grant 49
13. Frankton 46
14. Delphi 26
15. Fairfield 25
16. Fort Wayne Luers 10
17. Alexandria 6
18. Hebron 4
18. Cass 4
20. Bluffton 3
20. Garrett 3
20. Indian Creek 3
23. Woodlan 2
24. Wapahani 1

CLASS A
1. Indianapolis Lutheran 6) 118 11-1
2. Whiting (2) 112 15-0
3. Tecumseh 106 14-3
4. Frontier 93 12-1
5. Lakewood Park Christian 89 13-2
6. North Daviess 72 10-2
7. North Central (Farmersburg) 70 9-3
8. Clay City 45 9-2
9. Henryville 43 11-4
10. South Central (Union Mills) 42 7-6
11. Lafayette Central Catholic 38
12. Lanesville 36
13. Wes-Del 18
14. Jac-Cen-Del 16
15. Loogootee 13
15. Northeast Dubois 13
15. Triton 13
18. Springs Valley 11
19. Westville 10
20. Pioneer 6
21. Southern Wells 2
22. Shakamak 1