Rivals.com FAB 50 Baseball | Rivals High | last sorted on 6/17/2008

Compiled by Doug Huff & Mark Tennis of Student Sports

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There were some great storylines among teams that won state baseball championships last weekend, but none of those teams were able to land a spot in the final Rivals.com FAB 50 national rankings of the 2008 season.

Pleasure Ridge Park of Louisville, Ky., which already was in the FAB 50 at No. 15, capped a dominating postseason by winning its fourth state title last week and finished No. 15 in the final rankings.

The Panthers (38-4) defeated Lawrence County, 4-1, in the title game to end the season on a 12-game win streak while outscoring 10 post-season opponents by a combined score of 125-7.

The Kentucky tournament MVP was Zack Cox, who combined with Trey Harper to pitch a four-hitter. Cox (10-0) won the semifinal game vs. Owensboro Apollo and, in the finals, retired all six batters he faced on just 10 pitches for the save. Harper (7-0) hurled the first five innings for the win.

Two Panthers, Zach Osborne and Alex Hornback, also were members of the Louisville team which won the 2002 Little League World Series.

PRP won three straight titles under 29-year coach Bill Miller from 1994-96 and lost in the semifinals the last two seasons.

In Michigan, Brother Rice (33-6) of Birmingham won the Division 1 title with only one senior, shortstop Andy Lentz, on its 15-player roster. The Georgetown recruit went 2-for-2 with two runs batted in during an 8-0 title game win over Saline. It was Brother Rice's third title after crowns in 1994 and 1992.

In Indiana, Decatur Central (29-7) won its first state team title in any sport with the Class 4A crown. The Hawks defeated Homestead, 7-3, in the title game.

In Pennsylvania, Canon-McMillan (22-5) of Canonsburg captured the Class AAAA title with a 10-2 title game win over Spring-Ford of Royersford. It was the first Big Macs' baseball title in school history.

Finally, In Minnesota, Coon Rapids (22-11) played the Cinderella tournament role after a 9-11 regular season record and captured its third state Class 3A title with a 6-1 finals' win over Bloomington Jefferson.

The No. 1 FAB 50 spot, and the mythical national title, is awarded to unbeaten Don Bosco Prep (33-0) of Ramsey, N.J. The Ironmen, who clinched their state title and the final No. 1 ranking two weekends ago, are the only spotless team in the final FAB 50 this year.
 

	Team	City	State	Record	Pvs.
1	Don Bosco Prep	Ramsey	NJ	33-0	1
2	Calallen	Corpus Christi	TX	42-1	2
3	American Heritage	Plantation	FL	31-2	3
4	Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas	NV	41-3	4
5	Plano West	Plano	TX	39-3	5
6	Owasso	Owasso	OK	35-3	6
7	Brookwood	Snellville	GA	34-3	7
8	Farragut	Knoxville	TN	43-3	8
9	Lake Brantley	Altamonte Springs	FL	30-4	9
10	Park Vista	Lake Worth	FL	31-2	10
11	George Washington	New York	NY	46-2	11
12	St Albans	Washington	DC	32-2	12
13	Bishop Kenny	Jacksonville	FL	28-4	14
14	Notre Dame	Sherman Oaks	CA	27-4	14
15	Pleasure Ridge Park	Louisville	KY	35-4	15
16	Poway	Poway	CA	31-6	16
17	Rose	Greenville	NC	28-3	17
18	Dunedin	Dunedin	FL	27-6	18
19	South Fork	Stuart	FL	27-6	19
20	Stockdale	Bakersfield	CA	31-3	20
21	Highland	Highland	IL	36-4	21
22	Bartlett	Bartlett	TN	35-5	22
23	St. Edward	Lakewood	OH	24-6	23
24	Barbe	Lake Charles	LA	35-7	24
25	Horizon	Scottsdale	AZ	24-9	25
26	Carroll	Southlake	TX	33-9	23
27	Sunrise Mountain	Peoria	AZ	29-4-1	27
28	Green Valley	Henderson	NV	33-7	28
29	Cartersville	Cartersville	GA	29-7	29
30	Pensacola	Pensacola	FL	28-3	30
31	Hokes Bluff	Hokes Bluff	AL	28-3	31
32	Snohomish	Snohomish	WA	23-5	32
33	Valley Christian	San Jose	CA	27-6	33
34	Hamilton	Chandler	AZ	24-8	34
35	La Cueva	Albuquerque	NM	27-3	35
36	Fayetteville	Fayetteville	AR	30-3	36
37	Rocky Mountain	Fort Collins	CO	23-4	37
38	Walsh Jesuit	Cuyahoga Falls	OH	27-3	38
39	Bellaire	Bellaire	TX	39-9	39
40	Simi Valley	Simi Valley	CA	25-8	40
41	Chaparral	Scottsdale	AZ	26-6	41
42	Woodrow Wilson	Long Beach	CA	28-6-1	42
43	Mater Dei	Santa Ana	CA	24-7	43
44	Ozark	Ozark	MO	25-5	44
45	Boiling Springs	Boiling Springs	SC	24-6	45
46	Parkview Baptist	Baton Rouge	LA	34-4	46
47	Los Alamitos	Los Alamitos	CA	26-4	47
48	Nitro	Nitro	WV	32-4	48
49	Francis Howell Central	Saint Charles	MO	24-3	49
50	Ocean Springs	Ocean Springs	MS	28-9	50

Dropped Out: None

The Rivals.com Fab 50 is compiled by the staff of StudentSportsSoftball.com and is co-edited by Student Sports Executive Editor Mark Tennis and Rankings Editor Doug Huff. Student Sports has tracked and ranked the nation's top high school teams for more than a decade.