Runner-up John Carroll also returns to the rankings
With a sweep of the IAAM A Conference softball playoffs, Archbishop Spalding claimed its 10th league crown and soared from No. 12 to No. 3 in this week’s VSN Softball Top 20.
The Cavaliers sit behind No. 1 Bo Manor and No. 2 Chesapeake-AA, which climbed one spot after topping previous No. 2 Severna Park in the Anne Arundel County championship game.
Towson, which defeated previous No. 4 Catonsville in the Baltimore County title game to move up one spot to No. 4 and Severna Park rounds out this week’s top, sliding back to No. 5.
Only one new teams entered this week’s poll and it is John Carroll, which fell out early in the season, but returns at No. 14 after playing its way to the IAAM A title game.
Here is the complete Week 8 VSN Softball Top 20:
VSN SOFTBALL TOP 20 – 2019 WEEK 8
1. BOHEMIA MANOR
Previous rank: #1
Current record: 17-1
Last week: def. North East, 2-0
This week: vs. Perryville, 1A East Region Section I Semifinal, 5/13
2. CHESAPEAKE-ANNE ARUNDEL
Previous rank: #3
Current record: 16-2
Last week: def. then No. 2 Severna Park, 6-1, Anne Arundel County Championship
This week: vs. James M. Bennett, 3A East Region Section II Semifinals, 5/13
3. ARCHBISHOP SPALDING
Previous rank: #12
Current record: 10-4
Last week: def. then No. 5 McDonogh, 2-1, IAAM A Semifinals; def. John Carroll, 7-1, IAAM A Championship
This week: Season Complete: IAAM A Conference Champion
4. TOWSON
Previous rank: #5
Current record: 13-2
Last week: def. then No. 4 Catonsville, 4-0, Baltimore County Championship
This week: vs. Woodlawn, 3A North Region Section I Semifinals, 5/13
5. SEVERNA PARK
Previous rank: #5
Current record: 14-4
Last week: lost to Northern-Calvert, 7-2; to to then No. 3 Chesapeake-AA, Anne Arundel County Championship, 6-1
This week: vs. No. 18 North County, 4A East Region Section 1 Semifinal, 5/13
6. CATONSVILLE
Previous rank: #4
Current record: 15-4
7. MCDONOGH SCHOOL
Previous rank: #6
Current record: 14-4
Last week: def. then No. 15 Manchester Valley, 11-1; lost to then No. 12 Archbishop Spalding, 2-1, IAAM A Semifinals
This week: Season Complete: IAAM A Conference Semifinalist
8. PATTERSON MILL
Previous rank: #7
Current record: 14-3
Last week: def. Havre de Grace, 9-0, 1A East Region Section I Quarterfinals
This week: at Colonel Richardson, 1A East Region Section I Semifinal
9. DULANEY
Previous rank: #8
Current record: 14-3
Last week: def. Perry Hall, 9-0, 4A North Region Section I Quarterfinals
This week: at Western, 4A North Region Section I Semifinals, 5/13
10. EASTERN TECH
Previous rank: #9
Current record: 13-2
Last week: Did not play
Next week: vs. Hereford, 2A North Region Section I Semifinals, 5/13
11. GLEN BURNIE
Previous rank: #11
Current record: 15-2
Last week: Did not play
This Week: vs. Arundel, 4A East Region Section I Semifinal, 5/13
12. HOWARD
Previous rank: #13
Current record: 13-4
Last week: def. Mervo, 19-0, 4A North Region Section I Quarterfinals
This week: at No. 6 Catonsville, 4A North Region Section I Semifinals, 5/13
13. RIVER HILL
Previous rank: #14
Current record: 13-4
Last week: Did not play
This week: vs. No. 20t Marriotts Ridge, 2A Softball South Region Section I Semifinals, 5/13
14. JOHN CARROLL
Previous rank: Not ranked
Current record: 8-8
Last week: def. then No. 10 Mount de Sales, 8-5; lost to then No. 12 Archbishop Spalding, 7-1, IAAM A Championship
This week: Season Complete: IAAM A Conference Runner-up
15. MOUNT DE SALES ACADEMY
Previous rank: #10
Current record: 13-5
Last week: lost to John Carroll, 8-5, IAAM A Semifinals
This week: Season Complete: IAAM A Conference Semifinalist
16. MANCHESTER VALLEY
Previous rank: #15
Current record: 13-5
Last week: lost to then No. 6 McDonogh, 11-1
This week: vs. Rockville, 3A West Region I Section I Semifinals, 5/13
17. HAMMOND
Previous rank: #16
Current record: 14-4
Last week: Did not play
This week: vs.Glenelg, 2A South Region Section I Semifinals, 5/13
18. NORTH COUNTY
Previous rank: #17
Current record: 13-4
Last week: def. Meade, 10-5, 4A East Region Section I Quarterfinal
This week: at No. 5 Severna Park, 4A East Region Section I Semifinal
19. ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL
Previous rank: #18
Current record: 11-0
Last week: def. Annapolis Area Christian, 10-1, IAAM B Quarterfinals; def. Notre Dame Prep, 5-4, IAAM B Semifinals; def. St. Vincent Pallotti, 4-1, IAAM B Championship
This week: Season Complete: IAAM B Champions
20t. MARRIOTTS RIDGE
Previous rank: #19
Current record: 13-5
Last week: def. Oakland Mills, 17-0, 2A South Region Section I Quarterfinals
This week: at No. 13 River Hill, 2A South Region Section I Semifinals, 5/13
20t. LOCH RAVEN
Previous rank: #20
Current record: 14-3
Last week: Did not play
This week: vs. Sparrows Point, 1A North Section I Semifinals, 5/13
