The Miami Herald South Florida baseball and softball rankings (March 27)
The third installment of the Miami Herald’s South Florida Top 10 rankings for baseball and softball. After spring break, the Stoneman Douglas baseball team remains steadfast on a 35-game winning streak dating back to March of last year, but faces two of its toughest challengers this week in North Broward Prep and Archbishop McCarthy.
Meanwhile in softball, Coral Springs Charter tied a couple of games at the Orange Bowl Fast Pitch Invitational, but remains at the top and unbeaten as it chases its first state title since 2019.
Here’s where the rest of the state’s best rank through Saturday’s games:
BASEBALL
1. Stoneman Douglas (13-0)
2. Archbishop McCarthy (12-1)
3. Doral Academy (11-2)
4. North Broward Prep (10-3)
5. American Heritage (9-2)
6. Belen Jesuit (11-1)
7. Westminster Christian (9-4-1)
8. Columbus (8-4)
9. Taravella (9-4)
10. Gulliver (9-5)
On the cusp: Miami Springs (7-5), Miami Christian (9-4), West Broward (8-4), NSU University School (9-2-1), Varela (8-0-1), South Dade (7-2-2), Calvary Christian (7-4).
SOFTBALL
1. Coral Springs Charter (10-0-2)
2. Somerset Silver Palms (9-1)
3. American Heritage (10-1)
4. Western (12-3)
5. Doral Academy (8-2-1)
6. Stoneman Douglas (7-4)
7. Pembroke Pines Charter (8-4)
8. St. Brendan (11-5-1)
9. Westminster Academy (9-4)
10. Westminster Christian (4-3-1)
On the cusp: Florida Christian (6-4), SLAM (7-7), Cooper City (7-6), Palmetto (7-4), St. Thomas Aquinas (7-5), Coral Reef (7-5-1), West Broward (4-1), South Plantation (6-6).