Los Alamitos finishes season No. 1 in USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll

April 04, 2019 / By mobanmarket

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — California state champion Los Alamitos led the way at No. 1 in an unchanged first nine in the final USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll of the 2017 season.

The five teams in spots 10-14 — La Cueva (N.M.), Bentonville (Ark.), Gahr (Calif.), Kaukauna (Wis.) and Oakleaf (Fla.) — all moved up one place apiece, while No. 18 Lakewood (Ohio) and No. 19 Immaculate Heart Academy (N.J.) each gained two positions in the last ranking.

Newcomers to the poll are state titlists No. 15 Dakota (Mich.), No. 16 North Medford (Ore.), No. 17 Shawnee Heights (Kan.), No. 24 Keller (Texas) and No. 25 Hamilton (Ariz.).

Five familiar faces — New Jersey’s Donovan Catholic, Maryland’s Leonardtown, Kentucky’s Male, Arizona’s Pinnacle and California’s Stockdale — dropped out this week.

State rankings submitted by NFCA member coaches are used to compile the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25.

USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll – June 22, 2017

Rank Team 2017 Record Previous 1 Los Alamitos (Calif.) 28-3 1 2 Norco (Calif.) 33-1 2 3 Oak Park-River Forest (Ill.) 38-1 3 4 Woodinville (Wash.) 26-0 4 5 Bishop O’Connell (Va.) 27-0 5 6 Coral Springs Charter (Fla.) 30-1 6 7 Crown Point (Ind.) 30-2 7 8 Egg Harbor (N.J.) 23-0 8 9 Hurricane (W. Va.) 36-1 9 10 La Cueva (N.M.) 28-0 11 11 Bentonville (Ark.) 29-1 12 12 Gahr (Calif.) 26-1 13 13 Kaukauna (Wis.) 28-2 14 14 Oakleaf (Fla.) 31-2 15 15 Dakota (Mich.) 36-2 NR 16 North Medford (Ore.) 30-1 NR 17 Shawnee Heights (Kan.) 24-0 NR 18 Lakewood (Ohio) 32-1 20 19 Immaculate Heart Academy (N.J.) 30-4 17 20 North Davidson (N.C.) 29-5 21 21 Moniteau (Pa.) 21-1 22 22 Penn (Ind.) 27-2 23 23 Madisonville-North Hopkins (Ky.) 38-6 24 24 Keller (Texas) 35-6-1 NR 25 Hamilton (Ariz.) 30-6 NR

Dropped out: Donovan Catholic (N.J.), Leonardtown (Md.), Male (Ky.), Pinnacle (Ariz.), Stockdale (Calif.)