The Baltimore Banner/VSN Week 1 Baseball & Softball Top 15

2023 Baltimore Banner/VSN Week 1 Baseball Top 15

1. ARCHBISHOP SPALDING (5-0)

Previous rank: 1

Last week: defeated St. Mary’s (14-0), Huntingtown (10-7), Gonzaga (5-4), Benedictine (Va.), 8-2 and 7-3

2. JOHN CARROLL (2-0)

Previous rank: 2

Last week: defeated Bishop McNamara (10-0), and then-No. 15 Bel Air (9-1)

3. SEVERNA PARK (2-0)

Previous rank: 3

Last week: defeated Annapolis, 16-0), and South River, 10-4

4. RIVER HILL (1-0)

Previous rank: 6

Last week: defeated Mount Hebron, 8-2

5. CHESAPEAKE-ANNE ARUNDEL (0-1)

Previous rank: 5

Last week: lost to Old Mill, 6-5

6. BROADNECK (1-0)

Previous rank: 7

Last week: defeated Annapolis, 12-1

7 . LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD (3-0)

Previous rank: 9

Last week: defeated Boys’ Latin, 5-1, and Georgetown Prep, 4-1 and 4-2

8. CALVERT HALL (2-4)

Previous rank: 4

Last week: defeated St. Paul’s (11-0) and Mater Lakes Academy (Fla.) 3-2; lost to St. John’s DC (3-1), St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.), 4-1, Belen Jesuit (Fla.), 2-0, and No. 1 Archbishop Spalding, 3-0

9. GLENELG (1-0)

Previous rank: 11

Last week: defeated Oakland Mills, 17-7

10. FALLSTON (0-0)

Previous rank: 10

Last week: Did not play

11. RESERVOIR (1-0)

Previous rank: 13

Last week: defeated Marriotts Ridge, 2-1

12. HEREFORD (0-1)

Previous rank: 8

Last week: lost to Dulaney, 13-3

13. ARCHBISHOP CURLEY (3-2)

Previous rank: 12

Last week: defeated Boys’ Latin (3-1), St. Mary’s-Ryken (10-2) and Riverdale Baptist (5-1); lost to Georgetown Prep (11-6) and Good Counsel (2-1)

14. PATTERSON MILL (2-0)

Previous rank: 15

Last week: defeated Aberdeen, 8-2, and Century, 7-6

15. PERRY HALL (1-0)

Previous rank: Not ranked

Last week: defeated Dulaney, 5-0

2023 Baltimore Banner/VSN Week 1 Softball Top 15

1. ARCHBISHOP SPALDING (0-0)

Previous rank: No. 1

Last week: Did not play

2. RESERVOIR (1-0)

Previous rank: No. 3

Last week: defeated Marriotts Ridge, 7-1

3. NORTHEAST (2-0)

Previous rank: 13

Last week: defeated then-No. 2 Crofton, 5-3, and North County, 26-5

4. CROFTON (1-1)

Previous rank: 2

Last week: lost to then-No. 13 Northeast, 5-3, and defeated Glen Burnie, 1-0

5. CHESAPEAKE-ANNE ARUNDEL (1-0)

Previous rank: 4

Last week: defeated Old Mill, 5-4

6. RISING SUN (0-1)

Previous rank: 5

Last week: lost to Laurel (Del.), 3-0

7. FALLSTON (1-0)

Previous rank: 6

Last week: defeated Elkton, 6-0

8. WILDE LAKE (1-0)

Previous rank: 8

Last week: defeated Centennial, 20-4

9. GLENELG (1-0)

Previous rank: 9

Last week: defeated Oakland Mills, 19-0

10. EASTERN TECH (2-0)

Previous rank: Not ranked

Last week: defeated then-No. 7 Catonsville, 5-2, and Franklin, 10-0

11. CATONSVILLE (1-1)

Previous rank: 7

Last week: lost to Eastern Tech, 5-2, and defeated Sparrows Point, 12-11

12. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (1-1)

Previous rank: 11

Last week: lost to Boonsboro, 3-2, and defeated Catoctin, 2-0

13. PATTERSON MILL (1-0)

Previous rank: 13

Last week: defeated Century, 15-1

14. MANCHESTER VALLEY (1-0)

Previous rank: 14

Last week: defeated C. Milton Wright, 17-7

15. DULANEY (2-0)

Previous rank: Not ranked

Last week: defeated Franklin, 6-5, and then-No. 10 Carver A&T, 3-2

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