Jackson County Central is 15th in Class 2A in the revised preseason high school softball ratings by Breakdown Sports Media.
The Huskies are 3-0 to start the season after sweeping Windom in a doubleheader Tuesday in Jackson. JCC’s other win was over Class 1A No. 4 Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian.
Next for the Huskies is a 5:30 p.m. home game vs. Blue Earth Area (0-3) on Thursday. After that, Jackson County Central has a week off before playing at Class 2A No. 11 Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial (1-0) on April 17.
Two other Big South Conference teams are ranked as Belle Plaine is fourth in Class 2A and New Ulm is 12th in Class 3A. Neither of those schools is on JCC’s regular season schedule.
Top-ranked teams are New Ulm Cathedral (1A), Randolph (2A), Mankato East (3A) and Forest Lake (4A).
Here are the complete ratings. There are only 14 teams in Class 1A because Pipestone appeared in the initial rankings as a Class 1A team.
Class 1A
1. New Ulm Cathedral
2. Moose Lake/Willow River
3. Red Lake Falls
4. Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian
5. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
6. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
7. Silver Bay
8. Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley
9. United South Central
10. New York Mills
11. Bethlehem Academy
12. Hayfield
13. BOLD
14. West Lutheran
Class 2A
1. Randolph
2. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
3. Proctor
4. Belle Plaine
5. Hawley
6. Kimball Area
7. St. Cloud Cathedral
8. Rockford
9. Caledonia
10. Dassel-Cokato
11. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial
12. Wadena-Deer Creek
13. Rush City
14. Jordan
15. Jackson County Central
Class 3A
1. Mankato East
2. Cretin-Derham Hall
3. Academy of Holy Angels
4. St. Francis
5. Delano
6. Winona
7. Northfield
8. Stewartville
9. Winona
10. Mankato West
11. Chisago Lakes
12. New Ulm
13. Rock Ridge
14. Simley
15. Byron
Class 4A
1. Forest Lake
2. Champlin Park
3. Rosemount
4. Farmington
5. Rogers
6. St. Michael-Albertville
7. Maple Grove
8. Stillwater Area
9. Brainerd
10. Andover
11. Blaine
12. Minnetonka
13. Prior Lake
14. Lakeville South
15. Lakeville North