For the primary time since 2015, Faculty Park will play for a North Coast Part baseball championship.
The fifth-seeded Falcons, enjoying on their dwelling area in Nice Hill, blanked ninth-seeded Casa Grande 10-0 on Tuesday to advance to the Division I closing.
Faculty Park will play second-seeded De La Salle on Saturday at Saint Mary’s Faculty in a rematch of the 2015 Division I title recreation, which the Falcons received with a roster that included present massive leaguers Trevor Larnach, Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Willie MacIver.
On Tuesday, James Voorhies pitched a whole recreation for Faculty Park, scattering 5 hits and strolling one towards an opponent that upset top-seeded and defending champion Granada within the earlier spherical.
TJ Reinhart led Faculty Park’s offense with two RBIs. Connor Berkowitz, Desmond Cobb, Jack Carpenter, Davin Koepp, Vincent Vasell, Josh Northrup and Dante Nishizawa every knocked in a single.
Faculty Park scored three within the first inning and didn’t look again.
The Falcons stretched the result in 5-0 within the third inning after Koepp and Reinhart scored on a fielding error. Faculty Park added one within the fourth, then scored 4 within the sixth to finish the sport due to the 10-run rule.
Faculty Park (17-10) prolonged its successful streak to 6 and has received 9 of its previous 10.
The Falcons will face a De La Salle crew that has received 30 of its previous 31 NCS playoff video games since shedding to Faculty Park a decade in the past.
Division III
No. 1 California 7, No. 12 Freedom 4
California constructed a six-run lead after two innings and held off Freedom within the seventh to advance to the Division III closing this weekend towards Marin Catholic.
Jacob Casiano had two hits and two RBIs and Johnny Edwards tripled amongst his two hits, knocked in a run and scored twice to guide the Grizzlies on their dwelling area in San Ramon.
Ethan Rye additionally had two hits and an RBI and Brayden Gijbels pitched 6 ⅓ innings to assist finish Freedom’s Cinderella run.
Andrew Borrego had two hits and drove in two runs for Freedom (14-13).
California improved to 15-11.
Division V
No. 5 Kennedy-Fremont 5, No. 1 Pinole Valley 4
Kennedy held on within the backside of the seventh to upset top-seeded Pinole Valley, preserving its hopes alive for this system’s first NCS baseball championship.
The Titans led 5-1 after 5 innings however gave up two within the sixth and two within the seventh earlier than the sport’s closing out was recorded in gorgeous trend.
Pitcher Abhay Dhaliwal threw to shortstop Michael Pickett, choosing off a pinch runner at second base to finish the sport.
Rylan Padilla had two hits and three RBIs, Ethan Kennedy doubled and knocked in two runs and Hunter Padilla had two hits and scored a run to guide Kennedy.
The Titans (14-12) will play second-seeded Arcata for the Division V championship this weekend.
Craig Jensen III had two hits, together with a double, and two RBIs for Pinole Valley (12-12-1).
Softball
Division II
No. 2 Carondelet 11, No. 3 James Logan 4
Maia Scholtens struck out 11 and allowed one unearned run in 6 ⅓ innings and Angela Gates had three hits, together with a double, and scored a run as Carondelet rolled into the Division II closing this weekend with a victory at dwelling over James Logan.
Arielle Henriquez homered and Brooke Hamilton had two hits and an RBI to assist put Carondelet in place for its first NCS championship since 2018 and third general.
The Cougars scored 5 within the first and added a run within the second. Logan rallied for 3 runs within the fourth and one within the fifth, however the momentum was short-lived.
Carondelet answered with 5 runs within the backside of the fifth to place the margin out of attain.
The Cougars (15-12) will play top-seeded Cardinal Newman for the championship.
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James Logan dropped to 19-7-1.
No. 1 Cardinal Newman 7, No. 5 Benicia 0
Kloie Ruiz, Alana Robinson and Ava Rojas every had a success for Benicia, however this one was all Cardinal Newman because the Santa Rosa faculty cruised on its dwelling area to a semifinal victory.
Andrea Mansbery had two hits, together with a house run, and Jordyn Johnsen tripled amongst her three hits and drove in two runs to guide Cardinal Newman’s offense.
Within the circle, Callie Howard pitched a three-hitter with 13 strikeouts as Cardinal Newman (21-6) superior to a closing for the third consecutive 12 months. The Cardinals received the Division III title final season and Division IV crown in 2023.
Benicia fell to 16-11.
