Jackson County Central slipped a spot to ninth in this week's Class 2A softball poll by the Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association. The Huskies are 8-1 with a doubleheader scheduled vs. Pipestone Thursday.
Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, which lost to unranked LeSueur-Henderson after beating JCC 3-2 in a matchup of unbeatens last Saturday, remains second. The Knights (10-1) lost 3-2 to the Giants in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday and then won the second game 7-5.
Randolph (11-0) is again ranked first in Class 2A.
United South Central (11-0) is rated first in Class 1A. Cleveland (9-2) fell out of the 1A ratings after its 6-1 loss at Martin County West on Tuesday.
Mankato East (8-1) is the Class 3A leader. New Ulm (6-0) of the Big South Conference moved up to second.
Forest Lake (10-1) leads Class 4A.
Here are the complete ratings. Listed are rank, team, poll points in parenthesis and last week’s ranking.
Class 1A
1. United South Central (60) 1
2. Moose Lake/Willow River (47) 6
3. Blackduck (38) 10
4. Sleepy Eye (35) 4
5. Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley (31) NR
6. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River (27) 3
7. Swanville (23) 4
(tie) Wabasso (23) NR
9. New Ulm Cathedral (21) NR
10. East Polk North Stars (19) NR
Class 2A
1. Randolph (60) 1
2. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial (54) 2
3. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (49) 3
4. Caledonia (40) 5
(tie) St. Cloud Cathedral (40) 6
6. St. Agnes (37) 4
7. Chatfield (27) 9
8. Rockford (23) 7
9. Jackson County Central (14) 8
10. Visitation (11) NR
Class 3A
1. Mankato East (59) 1
2. New Ulm (52) 3
3. Cretin-Derham Hall (44) 4
4. Delano (41) 2
5. St. Francis (40) 5
6. Chisago Lakes (34) t6
7. Academy of Holy Angels (23) t6
8. Stewartville (20) 8
(tie) Winona (20) t10
10. Cloquet (17) t10
Class 4A
1. Forest Lake (34) 1
2. Farmington (32) 3
3. Stillwater Area (31) 4
4. Rosemount (28) 2
5. Centennial (25) 5
6. Champlin Park (21) 6
7. Maple Grove (18) 7
8. Andover (11) 10
9. Minnetonka (10) NR
(tie) Spring Lake Park (10) NR