#1 vs. #2!!! (In high-school baseball). But still!

Hey, any time #1 meets #2 in anything, it's pretty exciting stuff.

So if you are under-employed, (or if you edit a sports magazine), you ought to head out to Lower Woodland today where, at 3:30pm, weather-permitting, the #1-ranked Blanchet Braves will host the #2-ranked Eastside Catholic Crusaders.

It's also a battle between the area's two largest Catholic schools (hence the unapologetically un-P.C. mascots).

Here are the state rankings.

And here's where various players from each team rank on BaseballNorthwest's top player lists.

Class of 2008 Top 185:
32. Spencer Payne 3B Eastside Catholic
34. T.J. Parthemer LHP Eastside Catholic
39. Cal Towey INF Eastside Catholic
178. Vincent Papsedero INF Blanchet

Class of 2009 Top 160:
8. Matt Boyd LHP/1B Eastside Catholic
21. Michael Bush INF Eastside Catholic
23. Michael Englund INF Eastside Catholic
59. Jacob Lamb INF Bishop Blanchet

Class of 2010 Top 101:
22. Sam Lindquist RHP Eastside Catholic
54. Steven Leighton LHP/1B Eastside Catholic
73. Rick Teegarden INF Eastside Catholic
89. Robby Ryan LHP/1B Eastside Catholic
94. Eric Cascio INF Blanchet

So as you can see, according to the ranking meisters, E.C. has the talent. But they also have the least P.C. name, so who knows how this one will play out. If Lower Woodland has wireless, I'll have a live report. Otherwise, look for the score here.