The Fresno Bee first rankings: Bullard dominates at No. 1, Buchanan leads softball
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- Bullard swept San Joaquin Memorial in a two-game series last week.
- The Bee ranks Bullard No. 1 in baseball and Fresno No. 10, their next opponent.
- Buchanan opens as The Bee’s No. 1 softball team despite a 6-3 loss to No. 6 Righetti.
In a big County/Metro Athletic Conference baseball game, Bullard swept San Joaquin Memorial in a two-game series last week.
The Knights won Game 1 6-5 and followed with a 5-2 victory.
Bullard was coming off a championship loss to Crater-Oregon at the Fresno Easter Classic.
The Knights are The Bee’s top-ranked team, while the Panthers are No. 2.
Bullard will next face No. 10 Fresno at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
In the Tri-River Athletic Conference, there is a three-way tie as teams opened a three-game series last week.
Clovis West, No. 3 Clovis North and No. 15 Clovis are 2-1.
The Cougars took the series from No. 14 Buchanan.
On the softball side, Buchanan starts off as the top-ranked team by The Bee, despite a rough week.
The Bears lost to No. 6 Righetti 6-3 at a tournament. Even with the loss, Buchanan remains in the top spot.
St. Joseph is No. 2, followed by No. 3 Clovis North, No. 4 Clovis East and No. 5 Bullard.
The TRAC portion of the schedule begins this week with Buchanan taking on Central East.
Here are the rest of the baseball and softball rankings:
Baseball
1. Bullard 12-5
2. San Joaquin Memorial 16-4
3. Clovis North 14-3
4. St. Joseph 14-4-1
5. Sanger 17-3
6. Arroyo Grande 14-5
7. Stockdale 12-4-1
8. Edison 15-3
9. Ridgeview 12-5
10. Fresno 14-3
11. Garces 15-3
12. Selma 16-4-1
13. Kingsburg 14-5
14. Buchanan 8-9
15. Clovis 12-5
16. El Diamante 13-5
17. Lemoore 12-5
18. Sierra Pacific 12-7
19. Morro Bay 10-5
20. Righetti 11-6
21. Tulare Western 11-5-1
22. Immanuel 11-7
23. Monache 13-5
24. Liberty-Bakersfield 10-6
25. Sierra 14-5
Softball
1. Buchanan 15-4
2. St. Joseph 16-3-1
3. Clovis North 11-3-1
4. Clovis East 12-2
5. Bullard 16-4
6. Righetti 12-4
7. Clovis West 15-4
8. Frontier 17-2
9. Redwood 12-6
10. Garces 13-5
11. Stockdale 10-4
12. Clovis 13-6
13. Highland 12-6-1
14. Madera 13-9
15. Dinuba 14-4-1
16. Liberty-Bakersfield 14-4
17. Chowchilla 10-5-1
18. Kerman 11-5-1
19. Golden West 12-6
20. Taft 14-4
21. Selma 15-4
22. Lemoore 13-5-1
23. South 12-4
24. Sanger 12-7
25. Fowler 12-6
