Bridgeport Unanimous No. 1 in MetroNews Baseball Rankings
By Michael Minnich on April 20, 2026
Convincing.
That was the message voters received from another successful week for the Bridgeport Indians, who not only retained the No. 1 slot in the latest MetroNews high school baseball power rankings, but garnered all 10 first-place votes from a panel of 10 radio broadcasters and sportswriters across the state.
The Tribe, 14-3 entering the week, are followed by Winfield (12-3, 82 votes), PikeView (16-3, 75), St. Albans (15-3, 73), Robert C. Byrd (14-4, 50), John Marshall (11-4, 42), Spring Valley (11-5, 41), Ripley (8-7, 22) and Shady Spring (11-5, 11).
Four schools outside the top 10 received votes: Herbert Hoover (8), Grafton (7), Nitro (5) and Nicholas County (3).
Jefferson (15-3, six first-place votes, 96 points) leads Morgantown (15-2, four first-place votes, 92) in Class AAAA.
Washington (12-7), which handed Bridgeport its only loss of the week, is fifth.
Cabell Midland (11-8), which beat Bridgeport early in the season but lost the rematct at BHS on Friday night, is sixth and Buckhannon-Upshur (9-4) is ninth.
Charleston Catholic (11-3, six first-place votes, 94 votes) leads Class AA, with Wheeling Central (9-4, one first-place vote, 84 votes) and Wyoming East (14-2, three first-place votes, 80 votes) in third and Doddridge County (14-3, 77) in fourth.
Lincoln (10 votes) and South Harrison (4 votes) are both just outside the top 10.
Huntington St. Joseph (18-1, nine first-place votes, 98 votes) leads Class A ahead of Gilmer County (17-2, eight first-place votes, 87 votes).
