{"id":6019,"date":"2010-03-14T20:52:44","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T03:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=6019"},"modified":"2010-03-15T18:48:33","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T01:48:33","slug":"high-school-area-top-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=6019","title":{"rendered":"High School Softball Area Top 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

After spending the last week at Duarte watching some talented teams, it was time to put out the first of many Top 20 rankings for this season.<\/p>\n

One thing is clear, La Canada appears to be firing on all cylinders with the double-headed pitching machine of Lauren Cox and Lauren O\u2019Leary.<\/p>\n

South Hills has a special player in Brittney Rodriguez who is mature beyond her years and handles a very young pitching staff.<\/p>\n

Arroyo and La Salle could meet up in their Division finals this season with each team bolstering a tough pitching staff.\u00a0 Glendora would also like to finish up the season at UCI as well.<\/p>\n

Whittier Christian and San Dimas would like a rematch of last year\u2019s thrilling Championship finale.<\/p>\n

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  1. La Canada (4-0) \u2013 Anna Edwards is the leader of a very young Spartans team that will go as far as it\u2019s pitching will take them.<\/li>\n
  2. Los Altos (2-0) \u2013 Conquerors have Courtney Gano and Alyssa Villalpando in the mix for a title run in 2010.<\/li>\n
  3. Glendora (5-1) \u2013 Tartans lost rematch of last year\u2019s San Dimas Tournament Championship to Etiwanda on Saturday.<\/li>\n
  4. South Hills (4-1) \u2013 Huskies were the second best team in Duarte Tournament, even though they played for third place.<\/li>\n
  5. Arroyo (3-0) \u2013 Averaging nearly nine runs a game scoring and will be La Salle\u2019s biggest rival in their division.<\/li>\n
  6. Village Christian (3-0) \u2013 Crusaders are unbeaten early in the season and haven\u2019t allowed a run.<\/li>\n
  7. Bonita (6-0) \u2013 Bearcats begin the season on a roll with Palm Springs Tournament Championship.<\/li>\n
  8. Crescenta Valley (0-0) \u2013 Falcons lose three Division I players to graduation.<\/li>\n
  9. La Salle (2-2) \u2013 Lancers faced their toughest tests early in South Hills and LA Marshall.<\/li>\n
  10. West Covina (5-1) \u2013 Bulldogs were unable to continue five-game winning streak over Bonita.<\/li>\n
  11. Charter Oak (4-1) \u2013 Pitcher Cassie Andrews has yet to allow a run and is 3-0.<\/li>\n
  12. Whittier (4-1) \u2013 Cardinals made too many errors in loss to South Hills and are early favorites to win Del Rio League.<\/li>\n
  13. Burbank (3-1)\u00a0 – Early loss to Charter Oak in San Dimas Tournament is their only blemish.<\/li>\n
  14. San Marino (1-1) \u2013 Titans wouldn\u2019t shock experts if they win Rio Hondo this season.<\/li>\n
  15. Arcadia (3-2) \u2013 Apaches nearly pulled off the upset of La Canada in Duarte Tournament.<\/li>\n
  16. Schurr (3-2) \u2013 Spartans slow start against La Canada cost them opportunity to win Duarte Tournament.<\/li>\n
  17. Temple City (3-2) \u2013 Rams will be tough to beat if their pitching can come through.<\/li>\n
  18. Alhambra (2-1) \u2013 Early season loss to Gabrielino raises doubts for Moors to make a serious run against Keppel.<\/li>\n
  19. San Dimas (0-2) \u2013 Don\u2019t count Saints out, especially with Kortnie Clarke in the circle.<\/li>\n
  20. Whittier Christian (0-2) \u2013 2010 CIF-SS Champs have losses to Mater Dei and Clovis.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    After spending the last week at Duarte watching some talented teams, it was time to put out the first of many Top 20 rankings for this season. One thing is clear, La Canada appears to be firing on all cylinders with the double-headed pitching machine of Lauren Cox and Lauren O\u2019Leary. South Hills has a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[114,2356,23,48,54,2364,2363],"class_list":["post-6019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fanview","category-high-school-sports","tag-arroyo","tag-brittney-rodriguez","tag-glendora","tag-la-canada","tag-la-salle","tag-lauren-cox","tag-lauren-oleary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6019"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6022,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019\/revisions\/6022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}