SBLive Indiana high school baseball Power 25 rankings (May 1): Castle, Andrean, Floyd Central jump into Top 10

Check out this week's SBLive Indiana Power 25 baseball rankings

Power 25 Baseball

Unbeaten Fort Wayne Carroll remains No. 1 and Westfield enters the rankings.

SBLIVE INDIANA POWER 25 BASEBALL RANKINGS

• PREVIOUS RANKINGS: APRIL 7 | APRIL 16 | APRIL 24

Here's a look at the SBLive Indiana Power 25 (with records through April 29):

1. Fort Wayne Carroll (15-0)

Last week: 1

Chargers kept rolling, beating Warsaw 9-2 and sweeping Fort Wayne Snider 6-3 and 15-1.

2. Evansville North (14-3)

Last week: 2

Huskies had a nine-game winning streak snapped with a 5-4 loss to Floyd Central on Sunday. Earlier, they beat Tecumseh 25-6, Evansville Bosse 16-0, Evansville Mater Dei 6-2 and New Albany 11-0.

3. Penn (13-5)

Last week: 3

Kingsmen had wins over South Bend Adams (2-1) and South Bend Clay.

4. Center Grove (15-2)

Last week: 4

Trojans lost 7-6 to Westfield before beating New Albany 3-2, Louisville (Ky.) St. Xavier 6-4 and Cincinnati Elder 13-0.

5. Fishers (13-7)

Last week: 8

Tigers swept a three-game Hoosier Crossroads series with Hamilton Southeastern, winning 4-3 in eight innings, 4-0 and 13-2.

6. Cathedral (10-3)

Last week: 7

Fighting Irish fell 3-2 to Indianapolis Roncalli before beating Columbus North 8-0 and Franklin 4-3.

7. Lake Central (14-3)

Last week: 10

Indians swept Michigan City 12-1 and 13-1 to move to 13-0 in Duneland Athletic play. Also beat Griffith 13-0 and Munster 12-1 before falling to New Lenox (Ill.) Lincoln-Way Central 9-6.

8. Castle (15-3)

Last week: 11

Southern Indiana-leading Knights are 13-1 after a 2-2 start. Last week they beat Boonville 93, Vincennes Lincoln 12-0, Evansville Reitz 4-0 and Evansville Memorial 4-2.

9. Andrean (12-3-1)

Last week: 12

Northwest Crossroads leader swept conference series from Lowell 15-0 and 12-2 before falling to Chicago De La Salle 9-4.

10. Floyd Central (13-4)

Last week: 13

Highlanders beat Louisville (Ky.) Ballard 7-6 and North Harrison 11-1, fell 2-1 to Louisville (Ky.) St. Xavier, defeated Brownstown Central 7-3 and edged Evansville North 5-4.


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11. Carmel (8-5)

Last week: 5

Greyhounds' losing streak is at four after falling 5-1 to Avon and 5-3 to Guerin Catholic.

12. Hamilton Southeastern (10-10)

Last week: 6

Rough week for the Royals, who went 0-4 with losses to Homestead (9-6), Fishers (4-3 in eight innings, 4-0 and 13-2).

13. Bloomington South (11-5)

Last week: 9

Panthers knocked off Bloomington North 4-2 before falling 10-4 to Jennings County and 8-4 to Columbus East.

14. Zionsville (11-6)

Last week: 14

Eagles split Hoosier Crossroads series with Franklin Central, winning 6-2 and losing 4-3.

15. Mooresville (12-3)

Last week: 15

Pioneers beat Terre Haute South 11-2 before splitting a Mid-State series with Franklin, losing 7-6 in eight innings and winning 7-5.

16. Fort Wayne Snider (10-3)

Last week: 16

Panthers beat Fort Wayne Luers 3-2 and Fort Wayne Canterbury to get to 10-0 before losing three straight: 10-3 to Luers and 6-3 and 15-1 to Fort Wayne Carroll.

17. Evansville Reitz (9-6)

Last week: 17

Panthers went 2-1 with wins over Washington (9-1) and Evansville Central (8-0) and a 4-0 loss to Castle.

18. Mishawaka (12-1)

Last week: 18

Cavemen went 3-0 last week to stretch their winning streak to five games. Victories came against Concord (16-6), NorthWood (6-3) and Northridge (1-0).

19. Western (13-1)

Last week: 19

Panthers' winning streak is at 10 games after a 3-0 week. They beat Oak Hill 12-2 and swept Lewis Cass 2-0 and 9-0.

20. Jasper (15-1)

Last week: 20

Wildcats have won six in a row after victories last week against Evansville Mater Dei (6-1), Jeffersonville (5-1) and Evansville Central (10-3).

21. Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (13-2)

Last week: 21

Marauders pushed their winning streak to seven games by beating Anderson 10-4 and sweeping Pendleton Heights 9-1 and 11-5.

22. Westfield (9-6)

Last week: NR

Edged Center Grove 7-6, beat Lawrence Central 10-1 and split with Noblesville (3-2 win, 4-2 loss in eight innings).

23. Noblesville (13-4)

Last week: 22

Millers beat Hamilton Heights 8-4 before splitting with Westfield (3-2 loss, 4-2 win in eight innings).

24. Boone Grove (13-2)

Last week: 24

Wolves had a 12-game winning streak snapped with an 8-4 loss to Hobart. They also edged Morgan Township 2-1, beat Westville 19-1 and rolled by Washington Township 15-2.

25. Illiana Christian (12-5)

Last week: 25

Vikings went 4-1, sweeping Griffith 10-2 and 7-2, edging Highland 8-7 and splitting with Portage (8-7 loss, 10-0 win).


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MIKE CLARK

Mike Clark has covered Illinois and Indiana high school sports for decades with a focus on football, basketball, wrestling, track and field and baseball. He has covered high school sports for SBLive Sports since 2022.