Granite Hills Maintains Top Baseball Ranking

SAN DIEGO —  Granite Hills High School, with two more victories last week, improved its record to 18-3 and maintained its top ranking in this week’s Times’ San Diego County baseball Top 10.

Orange Glen moved to No. 2 from No. 3 this week after its 5-4 victory Thursday over the previous No. 2 team, Mt. Carmel. Mt. Carmel lost two games last week and fell to No. 4.

Clairemont, the City Western League leader, is the highest-ranked section 2-A team this week at No. 6. Clairemont (12-8-1) leads the West by one game over defending 2-A champion Mission Bay.

This week’s Times’ Top 10:

Pos. School (League) Record 1. Granite Hills (Grossmont) 18-3

2. Orange Glen (Palomar) 17-5

3. Grossmont (Grossmont) 15-6

4. Mt. Carmel (Palomar) 17-5

5. Santana (Grossmont) 14-7

6. Clairemont (City Western) 12-8-1

7. Madison (City Eastern) 14-7

8. Mission Bay (City Western) 15-6

9. Fallbrook (Palomar) 16-6

10. Christian (City Central) 14-6

Best of the rest: Escondido (10-10), San Diego (14-7-1), Patrick Henry (12-6-1), Mira Mesa (12-9), USDHS (15-6), El Capitan (12-9), Hilltop (10-7), Chula Vista (13-6), Castle Park (16-6).