Records through Sunday; previous ranking in parentheses.
1. Mount Carmel 21-0 (1)
Austin Dodson shines in first career start.
2. St. Laurence 21-1-1 (2)
One more with Providence and two with Mount Carmel this week.
3. Plainfield North 18-1 (3)
Sweeps Plainfield South to take command in Southwest Prairie.
4. Oak Park 14-2 (4)
York needed 11 innings to hand Oak Park its first loss in three weeks.
5. Providence 15-5 (5)
Looking for split with St. Laurence on Monday.
6. Nazareth 18-1 (7)
Pitching carries slumbering bats.
7. Mundelein 18-3 (6)
Injury to Ryan Borucki will test rest of staff
8. Niles West 19-2 (NR)
Allows six runs in 5-0 week.
9. Maine South 15-3 (NR)
11-game winning streak includes victory over Nazareth.
10. Oak Forest 14-4 (NR)
Kyle Funkhouser shuts down Lincoln-Way North.
On the verge:
Joliet Catholic 14-5-1, Lincoln-Way North 15-5, Marist 15-5, St. Rita 14-5, Sandburg 14-3-1.
