{"id":267776,"date":"2026-04-14T19:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/267776\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:30:22","slug":"press-telegram-softball-top-10-rankings-april-14-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/267776\/","title":{"rendered":"Press-Telegram softball Top 10 rankings, April 14 \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Press-Telegram high school softball rankings as of Tuesday, April 14.<\/p>\n<p>SOFTBALL TOP 10<\/p>\n<p>(Team records through Monday, April 13.)<\/p>\n<p>1. La Mirada (18-2): The Matadores are on a nine-game win streak. They play key Gateway League games against Warren and Gahr this week.<\/p>\n<p>Previous: 1<\/p>\n<p>2. Los Alamitos (12-8): The Griffins\u2019 only game this week is a Sunset League contest against Fountain Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Previous: 2<\/p>\n<p>3. Millikan (14-5): The Rams have a showdown against Long Beach Poly for first place in the Moore League on Thursday at El Dorado Park (Field 5) at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Previous: 3<\/p>\n<p>4. St. Joseph (16-2): The Jesters jump back into Del Rey League play this week with road games against Bishop Montgomery and St. Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Previous: 4<\/p>\n<p>5. Downey (16-4): The Vikings have a crosstown rivalry game against Warren on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Previous: 5<\/p>\n<p>6. Long Beach Poly (8-3): The Jackrabbits must beat Millikan this week to claim a share of first place in the Moore League.<\/p>\n<p>Previous: 6<\/p>\n<p>7. Gahr (11-9): The Gladiators get their first shot at the area\u2019s No. 1-ranked team when they play at La Mirada on Thursday. Traditionally, Gahr has been La Mirada\u2019s toughest opponent in the Gateway League.<\/p>\n<p>Previous: 7<\/p>\n<p>8. Valley Christian (7-5): The Defenders beat Kennedy and lost to California last week. They play Olympic League games against Whittier Christian and Maranatha this week. Junior Tallulah Ireland has a team-high 18 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>Previous: 8<\/p>\n<p>9. Warren (13-8): The Bears play Gateway League games against No. 1 La Mirada and No. 4 Downey this week. It is a great opportunity for Warren to test itself against two of the area\u2019s top teams.<\/p>\n<p>Previous: 9<\/p>\n<p>10. Lakewood (9-10): The Lancers\u2019 only game this week is a Moore League contest against Long Beach Poly.<\/p>\n<p>Previous: 10<\/p>\n<p>Also considered: Paramount (9-4-1), Mayfair (6-9), Cerritos (6-5), Wilson (6-13), Norwalk (8-7-1), Firebaugh (14-4), Artesia (6-9).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2026\/04\/07\/press-telegram-softball-top-10-rankings-april-7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Press-Telegram softball Top 10 rankings, April 7<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Press-Telegram high school softball rankings as of Tuesday, April 14. SOFTBALL TOP 10 (Team records through Monday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,5479,85900,2044,131,133,132,137,127],"class_list":["post-267776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-high-school-all-sports","tag-high-school-softball","tag-high-school-sports","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}