High school softball rankings: Four MaxPreps Top 25 teams set to compete for state championships in Texas this weekend

Texas takes center stage this weekend as four teams in the MaxPreps Top 25 high school softball rankings are set to compete for a state championship.

No. 10 Midway (Waco) also plays Saturday against Pearland in Conference 6A Division 1. The Panthers have signature wins this season over Katy, Aledo and Byron Nelson as they look to defend their state title.

1. Calvary Baptist Academy (Shreveport, La.)
Record: 37-1 | Last week: 1
Season complete. Division III Select state champion.

2. Lake Creek (Montgomery, Texas)
Record: 39-1 | Last week: 2
Scores: Def. Liberty Hill 9-4, 8-7
Next: May 29 vs. Brewer

3. Barbers Hill (Mt. Belvieu, Texas)
Record: 40-4 | Last week: 4
Scores: Def. Leander 8-1, 11-1
Next: May 29 vs. Aledo

4. Orange Beach (Ala.)
Record: 46-1 | Last week: 5
Scores: Def. Plainview 6-0
Season complete. Class 4A state champion.

5. Gray Collegiate Academy (West Columbia, S.C.)
Record: 31-0 | Last week: 6
Scores: Def. South Florence 4-2
Season complete. Class 4A state champion.

6. South Warren (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Record: 39-0 | Last week: 7
Scores: Def. Greenwood 17-0, def. Clinton County 15-0
Next: May 27 vs. Franklin-Simpson

7. Kenton Ridge (Springfield, Ohio)
Record: 28-0 | Last week: 11
Scores: Def. Greenon 14-0, def. Roger Bacon 13-0
Next: May 27 vs. Carlisle

8. Katy (Texas)
Record: 38-5 | Last week: 14
Scores: Def. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 2-0, 6-1
Next: May 30 vs. Forney

9. Destiny Christian Academy (Sacramento, Calif.)
Record: 28-0 | Last week: 12
Scores: Def. Dixon 10-0, def. Vanden 4-1
Next: Playoffs (TBD)

10. Midway (Waco, Texas)
Record: 35-5-1 | Last week: 10
Scores: Lost to Flower Mound 4-0, def. Flower Mound 15-2, 8-0
Next: May 30 vs. Pearland

11. Melissa (Texas)
Record: 33-3 | Last week: 3
Season complete.

12. Norco (Calif.)
Record: 28-3 | Last week: 8
Scores: Def. Notre Dame 8-0, lost to JSerra Catholic 2-0
Season complete.

13. Weddington (Matthews, N.C.)
Record: 25-0 | Last week: 15
Scores: Def. South Iredell 8-1, 10-2
Next: May 27 vs. No. 18 D.H. Conley

14. St. James (Murrells Inlet, S.C.)
Record: 31-1 | Last week: 18
Scores: Def. West Florence 3-1, def. Indian Land 5-3
Next: May 27 vs. Indian Land

15. Pace (Fla.)
Record: 27-4 | Last week: 25
Scores: Def. Parrish Community 2-1, def. Bartow 3-1
Season complete. Class 6A state champion.

16. Marist (Chicago, Ill.)
Record: 33-1 | Last week: 19
Scores: Def. Hinsdale Central 15-0
Next: Today vs. St. Laurence

17. Summerville (S.C.)
Record: 29-1 | Last week: 21
Scores: Def. Sumter 8-0, 2-0, def. James F. Byrnes 6-5
Next: May 27 vs. James F. Byrnes

18. D.H. Conley (Greenville, N.C.)
Record: 25-2 | Last week: 17
Scores: Lost to Heritage 11-7, def. Heritage 8-4, 4-1
Next: May 27 vs. No. 13 Weddington

19. Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Record: 46-3-2 | Last week: 9
Scores: Def. Fairhope 15-3, def. Hewitt-Trussville 15-3, def. Vestavia Hills 13-7, lost to Hewitt Trussville 11-0, lost to Hewitt-Trussville 2-1
Season complete.

20. Palo Verde (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Record: 24-1 | Last week: 24
Season complete. Class 5A state champion.

21. Mater Dei Catholic (Chula Vista, Calif.)
Record: 27-3 | Last week: 29
Scores: Def. Del Norte 6-0, def. Rancho Bernardo 3-0
Next: Today vs. Del Norte

22. Taunton (Mass.)
Record: 20-1 | Last week: 30
Scores: Def. Milford 9-4, def. Bishop Feehan 5-1
Next: Today vs. Dighton-Rehoboth Regional

23. Chariho (Wood River Junction, R.I.)
Record: 20-0 | Last week: 32
Scores: Def. Cumberland
Next: Today vs. Pilgrim

24. Ponderosa (Shingle Springs, Calif.)
Record: 27-1 | Last week: 13
Scores: Lost to Vanden 4-3
Season complete.

25. Murrieta Mesa (Murrieta, Calif.)
Record: 26-2 | Last week: 16
Season complete.

Dropped out: No. 20 Doral Academy (Doral, Fla.), No. 22 Guyer (Denton, Texas), No. 23 Etiwanda (Calif.)