Kennedy No. 1 in OSAA baseball coaches poll for week of April 25

The Oregon School Activities Association has released its fourth edition of baseball and softball coaches polls for the 2022 season.

The Kennedy baseball team ranks No. 1 at the Class 2A/1A level for the fourth straight week while St. Paul ranks No. 4, Regis ranks No. 5 and Western Christian ranks No. 10 in the same class level.

Silverton ranks No. 8 at the Class 5A level. Meanwhile, Stayton climbed to its highest rank yet at No. 6 in Class 4A level. Blanchet Catholic (former No. 5) dropped out in the Class 3A level.

Below is the top 10 teams in each of the six classes.

Class 6A

1. Jesuit

2. McMinnville

3. Clackamas

4. West Linn

5. Tualatin

6. Lakeridge

7. Mountainside

8. Sherwood

9. Summit

10. South Medford

Class 5A

1. Thurston

2. Wilsonville

3. Willamette

4. Ashland

5. Corvallis

6. Hood River Valley

7. Lebanon

8. Silverton

9. Rex Putnam

10. Crescent Valley

Class 4A

1. Hidden Valley

2. La Grande

3. Banks

4. North Marion

5. Henley

6. Stayton

7. Marist Catholic

8. Gladstone

9. Newport

10. Mazama

Class 3A

1. Cascade Christian

2. Yamhill-Carlton

3. Brookings-Harbor

4. South Umpqua

5. Pleasant Hill

6. Santiam Christian

7. La Pine

8. Warrenton

9. St Mary's, Medford

10. Rainier

Class 2A/1A

1. Kennedy

2. Dufur / South Wasco County

3. Umpqua Valley Christian

4. St. Paul

5. Regis

6. Knappa

7. Weston-McEwen

8. Heppner / Ione

9. Neah-Kah-Kie

10. Western Christian

SOFTBALL

The No. 2-ranked Cascade softball team in the Class 4A level received the highest rank among all Salem-area schools for the second straight week, while Stayton ranks No. 3 for the second straight week in the same class level.

At the Class 6A level, McNary ranks No. 6. Silverton ranks No. 9.

Dallas / Falls City ranks No. 5 and Central (former No. 9) dropped out at the Class 5A level.

Scio ranks No. 3, Dayton ranks No. 8 and Blanchet Catholic (former No. 8) dropped out in the Class 3A level. Kennedy ranks No. 6 in the Class 2A/1A level.

Below is the top 10 teams in each of the six classes.

Class 6A

1. Bend

2. Tigard

3. Canby

4. Newberg

5. McMinnville

6. McNary

7. Tualatin

8. Oregon City

9. Sheldon

10. Westview

Class 5A

1. Pendleton/ Griswold

2. Wilsonville

3. Crater

4. Lebanon

5. Dallas / Falls City

6. Crook County

7. Eagle Point

8. Scappoose

9. Silverton

10. The Dalles / Dufur / South Wasco County

Class 4A

1. Marist Catholic

2. Cascade

3. Stayton

4. La Grande

5. Astoria

6. Sweet Home

7. Estacada

8. Mazama

9. Ontario

10. Junction City

Class 3A

1. Yamhill-Carlton

2. South Umpqua

3. Scio

4. Taft

5. Burns / Crane

6. Pleasant Hill

7. Harrisburg / Mohawk

8. Dayton

9. Santiam Christian

10. Enterprise / Wallowa / Joseph

Class 2A/1A

1. Grant Union / Prairie City

2. North Douglas

3. Glide

4. Union / Cove

5. Lakeview

6. Kennedy

7. Nestucca

8. Pilot Rock / Nixyaawii

9. Weston-McEwen

10. Monroe

Edith Noriega is a sports reporter. You may reach her at ENoriega@salem.gannett.com and follow her on Twitter at @Noriega_Edith.

This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: The latest Salem-area high school baseball and softball OSAA rankings