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Baseball: The Bee's Top 10

Central Section baseball team and division rankings.

Published online on Tuesday, Apr. 07, 2009

Compiled by Andy Boogaard / The Fresno Bee
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1. Clovis West (15-2) Next: vs. Pleasant Grove, today

2. Centennial (14-1) Next: vs. Coronado-Nev., today

3. Buchanan (13-3-1) Next: vs. Bullard, today

4. Stockdale (13-2) Next: at Cathedral-San Diego, today

5. Clovis (14-3) Next: vs. Rocklin, today

6. Liberty-Bakersfield (12-6) Next: at Chula Vista, today

7. North (13-4) Next: vs. Lemoore (at Euless), today

8. Central (12-5) Next: vs. Hanford West (at Buchanan), today

9. El Diamante (12-4) Next: at Chula Vista, today

10. Washington (20-1) Next: Fowler Tournament, today

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS

DIVISION I

1. Clovis West; 2. Centennial; 3. Buchanan

DIVISION II

1. North; 2. El Diamante; 3. Redwood (13-6)

DIVISION III

1. Hanford (9-5); 2. Clovis North (12-3); 3. Ridgeview (9-5)

DIVISION IV

1. Washington; 2. Chowchilla (11-4); 3. Kingsburg (12-3)

DIVISION V

1. Liberty-Madera Ranchos (10-4); 2. Bakersfield Christian (11-2); 3. Mission Prep (6-4)

DIVISION VI

1. Orange Cove (6-10); 2. Farmersville (4-8); 3. McFarland (4-7)

BALLS, BATS AND BUZZ

Ask Andrew Rich, the multiposition standout from Washington, who the Central Section's best pitcher is and he doesn't hesitate: "Sean Silva." Yet, interestingly, Rich has what Clovis West's Silva doesn't -- a college scholarship. Rich, who has played years of summer travel ball with Silva, will extend his baseball career at UC Davis. Silva is a recruited walk-on at Fresno State and has also been offered a scholarship at UC Santa Barbara. But the left-hander who has touched 89 mph on the radar gun has seemingly widened the window of college opportunity by going 5-0 with two saves, a 1.20 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 35 innings for the top-ranked Golden Eagles. "He is proving that he is a scholarship player," Eagles coach Kevin Patrick says. "He certainly is pitching like he has a chip on his shoulder."


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