2023 Baltimore Banner/VSN Week 3 Baseball Top 15

1. ARCHBISHOP SPALDING (10-2)

Previous rank: No. 1

Last week: Defeated Faith Lutheran (Nev.) 4-2, Monsignor Bonner (Pa.), 2-0; lost to Basic (N.Y.), 2-1, at All Faiths Classic at Bishop Gorman (Nev.)

2. JOHN CARROLL (6-2)

Previous rank: No. 2

Last week: Lost to Monsignor Bonner (Pa.), 11-0, amd defeated Bishop O’Dowd (Calif.) 7-6, at All Faiths Classic; defeated Long Reach (7-0), LaPlata (9-2)

3. SEVERNA PARK (8-0)

Previous rank: No. 3

Last week: Defeated Calvert (16-1), Huntingtown (6-5), and Old Mill (16-0)

4. LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD (5-1)

Previous rank: No. 4

Last week: Defeated Calvert Hall, 4-0, and lost to Gilman, 9-8

5. BROADNECK (4-1)

Previous rank: No. 5

Last week: Defeated Arundel, 10-4

6. GLENELG (3-2)

Previous rank: No. 6

Last week: Lost to then-No. 12 Marriotts Ridge, 5-4

7. ARCHBISHOP CURLEY (7-3)

Previous rank: No. 9

Last week: Defeated Bel Air, 9-2

8. CALVERT HALL (7-6)

Previous rank: No. 8

Last week: defeated Virginia’s Miller School (3-2) and St. Anne’s Belfield (10-7); lost to Mount St. Joseph (7-4) and No. 4 Loyola (4-0)

9. RESERVOIR (4-2)

Previous rank: No. 10

Last week: lost to Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 13-10, and defeated St. Vincent Pallotti, 14-1

10. RIVER HILL (6-2)

Previous rank: No. 7

Last week: Defeated Fallston (11-0), Pikesville (2-1), and Long Reach (9-7)

11. MARRIOTTS RIDGE (6-1)

Previous rank: No. 12

Last week: Defeated Paint Branch, 9-0, and Annapolis, 14-3

12. CHESAPEAKE-ANNE ARUNDEL (3-3)

Previous rank: No. 11

Last week: Defeated Annapolis Area Christian School, 16-7, and Hereford, 5-4

13. PATTERSON MILL (5-1)

Previous rank: No. 13

Last week: Defeated Elkton, 13-9

14. CENTENNIAL (6-1)

Previous rank: Not ranked

Last week: Defeated then-No. 14 Fallston, 10-5, and Pikesville, 5-2

15. (tie) DULANEY (6-1)

Previous rank: Not ranked

Last week: Defeated Key, 10-0, and Boys’ Latin, 3-2

15. (tie) NORTH EAST (6-0)

Previous rank: Not ranked

Last week: Defeated then-No. 15 North Harford, 16-4, and Rising Sun, 21-6

2023 Baltimore Banner/VSN Week 3 Softball Top 15

1. ARCHBISHOP SPALDING (4-0)

Previous rank: No. 1

Last week: Defeated Mercy, 7-3, and Mount de Sales, 11-6

2. RESERVOIR (5-0)

Previous rank: No. 2

Last week: Did not play official game (participated in tournament that does not count toward overall record per state rules)

3. NORTHEAST (5-0)

Previous rank: 3

Last week: Did not play official game

4. CROFTON (5-1)

Previous rank: 4

Last week: Defeated Kent Island, 7-6

5. RISING SUN (5-1)

Previous rank: 6

Last week: Defeated Caravel Academy (DE), 2-1, and Elkton, 9-0

6. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (6-1)

Previous rank: 10

Last week: Defeated Manchester Valley, 5-1, and Westminster, 5-0

7. GLENELG (5-1)

Previous rank: 5

Last week: Lost to Manchester Valley, 12-6

8. CHESAPEAKE-ANNE ARUNDEL (3-2)

Previous rank: 7

Last week: Did not play official game

9. WILDE LAKE (4-1)

Previous rank: 8

Last week: Did not play official game

10. EASTERN TECH (5-0)

Previous rank: 9

Last week: Did not play

11. PATTERSON MILL (4-0)

Previous rank: 11

Last week: Did not play

12. JOHN CARROLL (5-1)

Previous rank: 12

Last week: Defeated McDonogh, 7-2

13. FALLSTON (4-2)

Previous rank: 13

Last week: Defeated C. Milton Wright, 6-1, and Havre de Grace, 8-2

14. ARUNDEL (5-0)

Previous rank: 14

Last week: Did not play official game

15. LIBERTY (5-2)

Previous rank: Not ranked

Last week: Defeated South Carroll, 8-5, and Mercy, 17-1

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