High School Sports

Bill Harrison’s softball rankings

By Bill Harrison

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Top 10 softball teams

With record and last week’s ranking in parenthesis

1. Manteno 35-1 (1)

2. Downers North 28-2 (3)

3. New Trier 29-4 (4)

4. Mother McAuley 23-4 (5)

5. Downers South 32-2 (7)

6. Marist 28-8 (8)

7. Naperville Central 24-6 (9)

8. Lockport 27-8 (10)

9. St. Charles East 30-6 (11)

10. Conant 25-5 (12)

Others: Joliet West, Beecher, Glenbard North, Peotone, St. Charles North, Tinley Park, Wauconda, Glenbard South, Lincoln-Way West, Benet

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