Prep football, baseball & softball rankings; milestones for Clovis Unified coaches
Buchanan High is still No. 1 in The Fresno Bee prep football Top 10 rankings this week after rolling past Clovis North 51-3 at Veterans Memorial Stadium last week.
No. 2 Central had a convincing 38-13 win over Clovis West.
San Joaquin Memorial moved up one spot to No. 5 after rolling past No. 7 Bullard 29-2.
Debuting in the rankings is Sanger, checking in at No. 9 after a 34-0 win over Edison.
Central Section Football Top 10
1. Buchanan (4-0) last week d. Clovis North 51-3 (pvs. 1)
2. Central (3-1) last week d. Clovis West 38-13 (pvs. 2)
3. Liberty-Bakersfield (3-0) last week d. Frontier 23-19 (pvs. 3)
4. Clovis (2-2) last week d. Clovis East 39-27 (pvs. 4)
5. San Joaquin Memorial (3–0) last week d. Bullard 29-2 (pvs. 6)
6. Bakersfield (1-0) last week’s game postponed (pvs. 5)
7. Bullard (1-2) last week lost to San Joaquin Memorial 29-2 (pvs. 7)
8. Kingsburg (3-0) last week d. Washington Union 16-7 (pvs. 10)
9. Sanger (2-1) last week d. Edison 34-0 (pvs. NR)
10. Garces (1-2) last week lost to Paraclete 34-6 (pvs. 9)
Coca-Cola Classic in full swing
The annual Coca-Cola Classic baseball tournament has completed four rounds and San Joaquin Memorial is 4-0 with just 10 runs allowed through Tuesday.
Second is Buchanan at 3-1 with eight runs given up, followed by Tulare Western (3-1, 14), Clovis North (3-1, 20), Clovis (3-1, 23), Clovis West (2-1-1, 10), Bullard (2-1-1, 16), Madera (2-2, 17), Edison (2-2, 20), Fresno (2-2, 21), Redwood (2-2, 24) and Mt. Whitney (2-2, 34).
Games continue the rest of the week.
Milestones for the Patricks
Clovis baseball coach Chris Patrick notched his 200th career win Tuesday when the Cougars defeated Fresno 10-2.
On the same day, Kevin Patrick picked up his 350th career win as Clovis West’ beat Madera 12-3.
They have a ways to go to catch their legendary father, James Patrick, who compiled a coaching career record of 756-272-3 in two seasons at San Joaquin Memorial (1983-1984) and 32 at Clovis (1988-2019), according to section historian Bob Barnett.
Baseball rankings
Records through Monday
1. Buchanan (7-1)
2. San Joaquin Memorial (7-1)
3. Bullard (5-1-1)
4. Clovis North (6-1)
5. Clovis West (4-2-1)
6. Clovis (5-2)
7. Stockdale (0-0)
8. Arroyo Grande (8-0)
9. Liberty-Bakersfield (0-0)
10. Tulare Western (5-3)
Softball rankings
Records through Monday
1. Buchanan (7-1)
2. Clovis (6-1)
3. Bullard (5-1)
4. Clovis North (4-0)
5. Clovis East (5-1)
6. Clovis West (6-2)
7. Central (6-3)
8. Arroyo Grande (7-0)
9. Liberty-Bakersfield (0-0)
10. Stockdale (0-0)
Huge basketball rematch
In the first marquee matchup of the boys basketball season, San Joaquin Memorial beat Clovis West 73-59 Saturday behind Joseph Hunter’s 29 points. He scored 16 points in the fourth quarter to help Memorial pull away from the Golden Eagles.
It was a rematch of the Central Section Open Division championship in 2020 at Selland Arena won by Clovis West 51-49.
This story was originally published April 14, 2021 at 1:07 PM.
