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California, Texas and Florida are regarded as the hotbeds of talent in high school baseball, but a team from Arizona has been determined to be the top dynasty in the sport over the past 10 years, according to the MaxPreps baseball computer rankings.
Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.) has been ranked outside the top 100 only twice in the past 10 seasons, including a high of No. 2 in the nation in 2014 and No. 9 in 2011. Under coach Mike Woods, Hamilton has been ranked in the top 50 seven times and won three state championships since the 2009 season.
Hamilton has a combined ranking of 635 over the past 10 seasons based on the team's placement in the MaxPreps computer rankings, which ranks every high school team in the nation. It edges out Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) and Barbe (Lake Charles, La.) for the top spot.
Orange Lutheran has not won a section title during the 10 seasons under review (California does not have state championships), but has consistently finished among the top 100. In fact, the Lancers' lowest ranking was No. 167 in 2017. Their highest finish was this year at No. 13.
Barbe, meanwhile, has won four state titles over the past 10 seasons and has been ranked in the top 100 each of the past seven seasons.
California has 11 of the teams in the top 25 while Texas has four and Florida has two. Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia, Indiana, Arizona and Nevada each have one team.
Teams are listed with their placement during each of the past 10 seasons along with their state (or section) championships during that span.
Top 25 high school baseball dynasties since 2009
1. Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.) — 635
State championships: 2017, 2016, 2014
2018: 266
2017: 36
2016: 42
2015: 44
2014: 2
2013: 118
2012: 61
2011: 9
2010: 36
2009: 21
2. Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) — 811
Section championships: 0
2018: 13
2017: 167
2016: 29
2015: 90
2014: 111
2013: 66
2012: 32
2011: 148
2010: 28
2009: 127
3. Barbe (Lake Charles, La.) — 828
State championships: 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
2018: 52
2017: 97
2016: 8
2015: 18
2014: 24
2013: 68
2012: 42
2011: 177
2010: 202
2009: 140
4. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) — 881
State championships: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
2018: 437
2017: 123
2016: 72
2015: 2
2014: 178
2013: 35
2012: 5
2011: 3
2010: 13
2009: 13
5. Saint Francis (Mountain View, Calif.) — 920
Section championships: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018
2018: 30
2017: 285
2016: 27
2015: 9
2014: 45
2013: 7
2012: 126
2011: 144
2010: 89
2009: 158
6. Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) — 933
Section championships: 2010, 2011, 2015
2018: 224
2017: 77
2016: 235
2015: 81
2014: 78
2013: 12
2012: 143
2011: 12
2010: 8
2009: 63
7. Owasso (Okla.) — 1,023
State championships: 2009, 2013, 2015
2018: 127
2017: 64
2016: 344
2015: 124
2014: 155
2013: 20
2012: 55
2011: 11
2010: 112
2009: 11
8. Farragut (Knoxville, Tenn.) — 1,478
State championships: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
2018: 140
2017: 320
2016: 174
2015: 91
2014: 171
2013: 115
2012: 299
2011: 102
2010: 48
2009: 18
9. Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.) — 1,544
Section championships: 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016
2018: 445
2017: 30
2016: 1
2015: 28
2014: 62
2013: 127
2012: 702
2011: 8
2010: 32
2009: 109
10. Carroll (Southlake, Texas) — 1,669
State championships: 2018
2018: 5
2017: 55
2016: 197
2015: 158
2014: 15
2013: 112
2012: 78
2011: 113
2010: 779
2009: 157
11. La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, Calif.) — 1,672
Section championships: 2012
2018: 196
2017: 289
2016: 250
2015: 111
2014: 101
2013: 164
2012: 74
2011: 166
2010: 129
2009: 192
12. Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) — 1,928
State championships: 2016, 2012, 2011, 2009
2018: 503
2017: 122
2016: 113
2015: 414
2014: 44
2013: 495
2012: 46
2011: 23
2010: 149
2009: 19
13. JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) — 1,951
Section championships: 0
2018: 214
2017: 220
2016: 6
2015: 5
2014: 34
2013: 566
2012: 710
2011: 30
2010: 85
2009: 81
14. Flower Mound (Texas) — 1,986
State championships: 2014
2018: 1,368
2017: 83
2016: 96
2015: 69
2014: 1
2013: 47
2012: 22
2011: 121
2010: 152
2009: 27
15. Elk Grove (Calif.) — 2,145
Section championships: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
2018: 331
2017: 113
2016: 43
2015: 109
2014: 55
2013: 41
2012: 529
2011: 416
2010: 77
2009: 431
Elk Grove checks in at No. 15 in the top 25 baseball dynasties since 2009.
Photo by Darren Yamashita
Section championships: 2017
2018: 44
2017: 11
2016: 23
2015: 304
2014: 1,426
2013: 43
2012: 83
2011: 78
2010: 103
2009: 32
17. Flanagan (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) — 2,168
State championships: 2010
2018: 80
2017: 714
2016: 148
2015: 195
2014: 94
2013: 383
2012: 220
2011: 48
2010: 26
2009: 260
18. Hoover (Ala.) — 2,304
State championships: 0
2018: 95
2017: 17
2016: 641
2015: 335
2014: 221
2013: 177
2012: 77
2011: 486
2010: 188
2009: 67
19. Pleasant Grove (Texarkana, Texas) — 2,346
State championships: 2010, 2012
2018: 416
2017: 35
2016: 95
2015: 117
2014: 457
2013: 610
2012: 63
2011: 379
2010: 10
2009: 164
20. Klein Collins (Spring, Texas) — 2,362
State championships: 0
2018: 270
2017: 348
2016: 200
2015: 819
2014: 126
2013: 170
2012: 103
2011: 86
2010: 123
2009: 117
21. De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) — 2,544
Section championships: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
2018: 2
2017: 66
2016: 2
2015: 102
2014: 18
2013: 53
2012: 169
2011: 369
2010: 1,698
2009: 65
22. Cathedral (Indianapolis) — 2,563
State championships: 2017
2018: 370
2017: 7
2016: 282
2015: 166
2014: 208
2013: 76
2012: 1,248
2011: 28
2010: 65
2009: 113
23. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) — 2,607
Section championships: 2010
2018: 1619
2017: 87
2016: 178
2015: 176
2014: 482
2013: 5
2012: 26
2011: 17
2010: 3
2009: 14
24. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) — 2,663
State championships: 2012
2018: 32
2017: 273
2016: 173
2015: 812
2014: 982
2013: 81
2012: 35
2011: 124
2010: 54
2009: 97
25. Tattnall Square Academy (Macon, Ga.) — 2,666
State championships: 2016, 2018
2018: 40
2017: 293
2016: 297
2015: 595
2014: 90
2013: 264
2012: 117
2011: 299
2010: 626
2009: 45
