SBLive's Washington high school baseball power rankings, May 19: Which teams are surging into regional round?

West Seattle (3A), Cedar Park Christian (1A), Toutle Lake (2B) and DeSales (1B) — all ranked No. 1 — are heavy state favorites in their respective classifications

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports | May 19, 2022

SBLive's Washington high school baseball power rankings, May 19: Which teams are surging into regional round? /

The WIAA state high school playoff baseball fields have been seeded with a full slate of regional round double-headers set for Saturday.

Four regional round play-in games took place in 1B and 3A. 2B though 4A will play first round and quarterfinal double-headers on Saturday and the 1B field will play its quarterfinal and semifinal rounds. All games are win-or-go-home.

(2022 WIAA state baseball playoff brackets: Here are the regional, state matchups)

Before the playoffs take full swing, SBLive updated the statewide power rankings for all six WIAA classifications. Included in the rankings criteria are teams' resumes, head-to-head matchups, district tournament success and conversations with coaches.

Here are the top 10 statewide baseball rankings, as of Thursday, May 19:

CLASS 4A

1. Olympia (21-3)

2. Puyallup (20-3)

3. West Valley (Yakima) (19-1)

4. Richland (17-5)

5. Kamiakin (17-4)

6. Moses Lake (16-4)

7. Eastlake (17-6)

8. Camas (15-6)

9. Issaquah (16-5)

10. Mount Si (16-6)

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CLASS 3A

1. West Seattle (22-1)

2. Bainbridge (19-3)

3. Kennewick (22-3)

4. Lake Washington (17-5)

5. Auburn (19-6)

6. Lincoln (Seattle) (17-6)

7. Mt. Spokane (20-5)

8. Bonney Lake (19-4)

9. Mercer Island (15-6)

10. Bishop Blanchet (18-8)

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CLASS 2A

1. North Kitsap (17-2)

2. Columbia River (15-4)

3. Tumwater (15-5)

4. Ephrata (17-5)

5. Lynden (18-4)

6. W.F. West (14-6)

7. Ellensburg (14-9)

8. West Valley of Spokane (16-4)

9. Anacortes (17-7)

10. Fife (14-7)

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CLASS 1A

1. Cedar Park Christian (21-1)

2. Chelan (19-3)

3. Bellevue Christian (21-0)

4. Deer Park (17-5)

5. Colville (17-6)

6. College Place (16-4)

7. Klahowya (16-5)

8. King’s Way (17-4)

9. Naches Valley (18-6)

10. Royal (11-7)

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CLASS 2B

1. Toutle Lake (20-2)

2. Brewster (22-2)

3. Jenkins (Chewelah) (19-2)

4. Northwest Christian (18-3)

5. Napavine (14-5)

6. Tri-Cities Prep (18-4)

7. Kalama (18-6)

8. Forks (16-1)

9. Liberty Bell (13-4)

10. Friday Harbor (14-2)

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CLASS 1B

1. DeSales (18-0)

2. Crosspoint (19-1)

3. ACH (16-4)

4. Naselle (11-2)

5. Wilbur-Creston-Keller (17-5)

6. Liberty Christian (9-5)

7. Odessa (12-7)

8. Riverside Christian (8-5)

9. Mount Vernon Christian (10-7)

10. Sunnyside Christian (6-10)

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Published May 19, 2022

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.