Minnesota Fastpitch High School Rankings

The Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association has released their first rankings following the preseason choices.

In Class A . Faribault Bethlehem Academy dropped out of the top ten without losing a game while fellow Gopher Conference team United South Central jumped into a tie for the top ranking.

Another Gopher Conference member Randolph is still atop Class 2A with an unblemished mark and Blooming Prairie is mentioned among the elite teams of Class A.

 Class A  Softball Rankings

1. Red Lake Falls
1. United South Central 
3. Edgerton/SW MN Christian
4. Badger/GB-MR
5. New Ulm Cathedral
6. Houston 
7. West Lutheran
8. Silver Bay (Wm. Kelley
9. Moose Lake/Willow River
10. Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley

Others receiving votes: Southland , Bethlehem Academy , Sleepy Eye , Wabasso , Blooming Prairie , New York Mills , Braham , Blackduck , Russell-Tyler-Ruthton

Class 2A also has Section 2 Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial and Belle Plaine among the top teams.

Class AA  Softball Rankings

1. Randolph 
2. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 
3. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
3. St. Agnes
5. Proctor 6. Caledonia
6. St. Cloud Cathedral
8. Belle Plaine
9. Rockford
10. Hawley
10. Kimball Area

Others receiving votes: , Glencoe-Silver Lake , Jackson County Central , Chatfield , Maranatha Christian Academy , Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta , Rush City

Class 3A the Big Nine Conference continues to receive a lot of love as it should with a majority of the state titles in the class coming out of the conference over the years including the two-time reigning Champion Mankato East Cougars who are still ranked #1.  Winona and Mankato West are listed in the top nine.  To show the strength of the Faribault area in fastpitch softball Stewartville and Kasson-Mantorville are also among the teams mentioned.

Class AAA  Softball Rankings

1. Mankato East 
2. Cretin-Derham Hall
3. St. Francis
4. Rocori
5. Winona 
6. Academy of Holy Angels
7. Delano
8. Chisago Lakes
9. Mankato West 
9. New Ulm

Others receiving votes: Stewartville , Rock Ridge , Simley , St. Anthony Village , Becker, Kasson-Mantorville  

In Class 4A South Suburban Conference has three teams listed among the state's elite and New Prague is mentioned/

Class AAAA  Softball Rankings

1. Forest Lake
2. Farmington 
3. Rosemount 
4. Rogers
5. Champlin Park
6. Stillwater Area
7. Andover
8. St. Michael-Albertville
9. Centennial
10. Maple Grove

Others receiving votes: Eden Prairie , Park , Shakopee , White Bear Lake Area , North-St. Paul , East Ridge , New Prague , Brainerd, Spring Lake Park, Blaine