High schools: Easter tournaments get underway, plus top 25 baseball, softball rankings
The start of the Fresno Easter Classic begins Monday and will continue until Wednesday when the championship game will be played at Clovis West.
Seven sites will host the games. Games will be played at John Euless Ballpark at Fresno City College, Buchanan, Clovis East, Clovis North, Clovis, Clovis West and Madera.
Bullard is the defending Fresno Easter Classic champion after defeating Redwood, 5-3.
Monday’s schedule
John Euless Ballpark: 10 a.m. Hanford West vs. Crater; 1 p.m. Fresno vs. Hanford West; 4 p.m. Placer vs. Crater; 7 p.m. Placer vs. Fresno
Buchanan: 10 a.m. Buchanan vs. Edison; 1 p.m. Edison vs. Oakmont; 4 p.m. Oakmont vs. Central; 7 p.m. Carson vs. Buchanan
Clovis East: 10 a.m. Clovis East vs. Sunnyside; 1 p.m. Sunnyside vs. Dos palos; 4 p.m. Dos Palos vs. Pleasant Grove; 7 p.m. Stockdale vs. Clovis East
Clovis North: 10 a.m. Clovis North vs. Garza; 1 p.m. Garza vs. Bradshaw Christian; 4 p.m. Bradshaw Christian vs. Chowchilla; 7 p.m. Frontier vs. Clovis North
Clovis: 10 a.m. Clovis vs. Hanford; 1 p.m. Highland vs. Bullard; 4 p.m. Highland vs. Red Bluff; 7 p.m. Bullard vs. Clovis
Clovis West: 10 a.m. Clovis West vs. Reedley; 1 p.m. Liberty-Madera Ranchos vs. Redwood; 4 p.m. Reedley vs. Liberty-Madera Ranchos; 7 p.m. Redwood vs. Clovis West
Madera: 10 a.m. Hoover vs. Madera; 1 p.m. Kerman vs. Davis; 4 p.m. Hoover vs. Kerman; 7 p.m. Davis vs. Madera
Other baseball tournaments taking place is the Fowler Easter Classic, Selma Greater Kiwanis Tournament and Tulare/Visalia Pro-PT Baseball Invitational.
Softball tournaments includes Clovis Easter Classic and Fowler Easter Classic.
Top 25 rankings
Baseball
1. Frontier 11-1
2. Liberty-Bakersfield 10-1
3. Clovis North 7-2
4. Kingsburg 10-2
5. Clovis 6-3
6. Bakersfield Christian 9-2
7. Liberty-Madera Ranchos 13-0
8. Cabrillo 9-1
9. Redwood 8-3
10. Pioneer Valley 10-2
11. Clovis West 6-3
12. Clovis East 5-4
13. Sanger 10-3
14. Bullard 7-5
15. Kerman 9-2
16. Lemoore 9-3
17. Hanford 7-4
18. Edison 6-4
19. Fresno 7-4
20. Yosemite 10-1
21. Fowler 9-2
22. Central Valley Christian 9-5
23. Exeter 9-2
24. Stockdale 7-5
25. Independence 8-4
Softball
1. St. Joseph 10-1-1
2. Clovis North 11-1
3. Buchanan 10-1-1
4. Kingsburg 9-2-1
5. Central 10-2
6. Centennial 10-2.
7. Liberty-Bakersfield 11-2
8. Bakersfield Christian 10-1
9. Sanger 10-2
10. Highland 9-2
11. Taft 11-0-1
12. El Diamante 9-2
13. Frontier 8-3
14. Liberty-Madera Ranchos 8-4
15. Woodlake 8-0
16. Bullard 5-4
17. Redwood 6-4-2
18. Clovis West 6-5-1
19. Tulare Union 7-3-1
20. Wasco 11-4
21. Fowler 8-4
22. Shafter 9-3-1
23. Mission Oak 10-5
24. Righetti 6-3
25. Edison 8-3
