Mahoning Valley high school baseball and softball rankings. Here's what to know

Mahoning Matters released its weekly Super 7 rankings for high school baseball and softball this week, spotlighting the area’s top teams as postseason play intensifies.

Seven softball teams from the region have advanced to regional play with a combined 141-31 record, while baseball squads battle through district tournaments.

Here are key takeaways:

• Youngstown Cardinal Mooney holds the No. 1 spot in the baseball poll with a 20-3 record, averaging nine runs per game while its pitching staff yields less than a run per contest.
• Austintown Fitch remains the top-ranked softball team at an unbeaten 24-0, capturing a Division I district championship with a 4-1 win over Perrysburg.
• Canfield’s baseball team has rolled to 13 straight wins and sits at No. 2 with a 20-7 record after a 19-0 sectional rout of Ashtabula Lakeside.
• Cardinal Mooney’s softball squad vaulted to No. 2 with a 17-6 record, posting a 10-1 Division V district championship win over Warren Champion.
• The Maplewood Rockets entered the baseball poll at No. 7 with a 14-9-1 record after winning a Division VII sectional title with an 11-1 win over Middlefield Cardinal.
• Maplewood’s softball team sits at No. 5 with a 25-2 record, with its pitching staff posting 14 shutout wins and holding 22 opponents to a run or less this spring.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.