1. Bellaire High (Bellaire, Texas) - (28-1) *1
Bellaire retained the nation's No. 1 spot for the third week in a row with a 14-0 rout of Milby High. Brian Bormaster went 4-for-4 and Enrique Cruz hit his sixth home run of the season to set the pace offensively. Adam Laird provided near-flawless pitching and improved his record to 12-1.

2. Wellington High (West Palm Beach, Fla.) - (29-1) *2

	Pitcher Andy Lambert and his Wellington High teammates are still looking to overtake Bellaire for the No. 1 spot.

The Wolverines earned two mercy-rule victories in the regional playoffs, a 15-1 rout of Deerfield Beach High and an 11-1 win over Taravella High. In order to earn a trip to the state Class 6A Final Four, the Wolverines must now beat Flanagan High (23-6).

3. Bishop Kenny High (Jacksonville, Fla.) - (32-1) *3
This northern Florida powerhouse continues to roll along, picking up two playoff victories last week.

4. Moody High (Corpus Christi, Texas) - (29-1-1) *4
Moody hasn't played since it captured the District 28-5A tourney title last week, earning it a first-round bye in the area playoffs.

5. Lowndes County High (Valdosta, Ga.) - (30-2) *5
The Vikings were thrown a curveball last week when the Georgia High School Association sent Lowndes coach Danny Redshaw a letter stating the playoffs brackets had a 'typo.' The mistake meant that the Vikings, who were fresh off a double-header sweep of Newnan High, would have to travel to northern Georgia to face Walton High (Marietta, Ga.) in the state Final Four, instead of playing at home as anticipated.

6. Barbe High (Lake Charles, La.) - (33-4) *6
Barbe beat defending Class 5A state champion West Monroe, 4-1, in regional play for its 23rd straight win. Chris Denton (12-0) set a school record for wins and now has 108 strikeouts. Barbe plays Friday in a state quarterfinal game against Southwood High and its Tulane-bound ace Mike Aubrey, whose fastball was clocked at more than 90 mph in the seventh inning of a game last week.

7. Gloucester Catholic High (Gloucester City, N.J.) - (16-0) *7
Gloucester Catholic heads into a showdown with No. 9 Steinert High after 16 straight wins, including four last week.

8. Providence Catholic (New Lenox, Ill.) - (20-1) *9
Providence Catholic followed its first loss of the season with its 20th win to remain on top of the Illinois poll.

9. Steinert High (Hamilton Township, N.J.) - (17-1) *10
Steinert followed its first loss of the season with six straight wins heading into its showdown with undefeated Gloucester Catholic, ranked No. 7.

10. West Torrance High (West Torrance, Calif.) - (24-1) *8
West Torrance earned one win, but suffered its first loss of the season.

Best of the rest

11. Oakland High (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) - (33-3) *11
The Patriots beat Cookeville, 9-1, Monday May 8 to avenge an earlier-season loss. Jason Sharber (7-1) pitched a four-hitter and struck out 11. Jeremy Slayden had three hits, including a double, a home run (10th of the season) and six RBI.

12. Rancho Bernardo High (San Diego, Calif.) - (22-3) *12
The Broncos beat Rancho Buena Vista High, 5-1, Polloway High, 9-5, and Vista High, 9-8, to complete a 3-0 week.

13. Gulliver Prep (Miami, Fla.) - (29-4) *13
The Raiders used the one-hit performance of Mike Dolgos to carry them to a 4-2 win over Cardinal Newman High. Next up is Florida Air Academy in the regional semifinals.

14. Zephyrhills High (Zephyrhills, Fla.) - (30-2) *15
Led by the one-hitter of Brett Cimorelli, the Bulldogs blanked North Marion High, 7-0, in the regional playoffs. Brooks Boyette went 2-for-3, Mike Stepp added a two-run single and Danny Wardell hit a solo home run. Cimoreeli showed grit in the regional semifinals by playing with a broken cheekbone and still going 1-for-3 with an RBI in a 7-5 win. Next up is Sebring High, with a trip to the state playoffs at stake.

15. Rio Grande High (Rio Grande, N.M.) - (22-0) *17
The Ravens, who are No. 1 in Class AAAA, mastered the regular season and are determined not to make another early exit from the playoffs. Jerry DeGraaf, who came up from junior varsity, pitcher Juan Lujan, pitcher/catcher Eric Maberry, lead-off man Daniel Baca, University of New Mexico-bound Joe Salas (10-0, 2.14), Andre Roybal and Vicente Ramirez, who has won two games with two-out, seventh-inning home runs, have been the driving forces behind the Rio Grande machine.

16. Villa Park High (Villa Park, Calif.) - (22-2) *14
The Spartans managed just four hits in a 4-1 setback to Canyon High, but paid Canyon back later in the week with an 11-4 rout to clinch their second straight league title. Junior Quintana had four hits in the win.

17. South Kitsap High (Port Orchard, Wash.) - (20-0) *NR
Elton Goodwin has coached South Kitsap for 25 years and has compiled a record of 142-14 over the past seven years. Goodwin and his top-ranked Class 4A squad are at it again this year, having reeled off 20 straight wins. This senior-heavy squad has a team batting average of .481 and an on-base percentage of .609. Nine of Goodwin's players are expected to play on the college level, including senior Matt Einspahr, (.571 with 25 RBI), who has signed with the University of California.

18. Canyon del Oro High (Tucson, Ariz.) - (28-2) *18
Canyon del Oro has won two games since the last poll, including a 4-3 win over Trevor Brown High in the Class 5A playoffs.

19. Stillwater High (Stillwater, Okla.) - (33-4) *19
The Pioneers earned one win since the last poll, and continue to ride the power hitting of Cody Ehlers, who now has 21 home runs. Yukon, Owasso and Jenks are ranked 2, 3 and 4 in Class 6A and should be tough playoff opponents.

20. Westlake High (Westlake Village, Calif.) - (21-3) *21
Westlake has earned two wins since the last poll, including a 5-1 victory over Newbury Park High, and seems to have recovered from a pair of losses two weeks ago.

21. Duncanville High (Duncanville, Texas) - (25-3) *24
Duncanville hasn't played since dropping a 4-2 decision to Lamar High to finish its regular season.

22. La Quinta High (La Quinta, Calif.) - (23-2) *23
It took a bases-loaded walk to La Quinta's Jeff Moscoso for the Aztecs to pull out a 4-3 win over Pacifica and avoid expulsion from our poll.

23. Germantown High (Germantown, Tenn.) - (29-3) *25
Germantown senior catcher Chad Minor lined a late single to give the Red Devils a 2-1 win over Collierville in the winners' bracket of the District 15-AAA tournament. Senior pitcher Paul Maholm, who went 8-0 during the regular season, beat the Dragons (21-12) for the third time this season.

24. Lee County High (Leesburg, Ga.) - (31-1) *NR
The top-ranked team in Class AAA swept three-time defending state champion Greenbriar High in the state quarterfinals for its 15th straight win. The Trojans won the first game, 8-0, behind the pitching of Chad Coffee (9-0), who threw a four-hitter. Josh Fulgham (12-0) pitched for Lee County in the second game, in which the Trojans trailed, 10-8, before rallying in the sixth inning.

25. Ballard High (Louisville, Ky.) - (22-1-1) *NR
Ballard replaces Pleasure Ridge Park High, also of Louisville, as the top team from Kentucky.

Dropping from last week's poll: No. 16 Merritt Island High (Merritt Island, Fla.); No. 20 Pleasure Ridge Park High (Louisville, Ky.); No. 22 Kamiakin High (Kennewick, Wash.)

* Denotes last week's ranking