There will likely be a brand new North Coast Part and NorCal Division I baseball champion this season.
Defending champ Granada bowed out of the part playoffs on its residence area in Livermore on Friday, falling to ninth-seeded Casa Grande 3-2 in a quarterfinal recreation.
Casa Granda (20-7) strikes on to play at fifth-seeded Faculty Park on Tuesday. The season is over for top-seeded Granada (22-6).
It seemed like enterprise as normal for the Matadors within the first inning as they opened a 2-0 lead. However Casa Grande, the NCS’s Division II champion in 2023, reduce the margin in half with a run within the second.
Then Granada’s protection went sideways.
The Matadors had 4 errors within the third inning, main to 2 Casa Grande runs, and sophomore left-hander Adam Mercado made the slim margin arise.
He pitched an entire recreation, hanging out eight whereas scattering seven hits and two walks.
After giving up the 2 first-inning runs, Mercado was lights out because the 6-foot-1, 175-pound pitcher retired the ultimate seven Granada batters.
Within the backside of the seventh, he struck out the primary batter, retired the following batter on a floor out after which ended the sport with one other strikeout.
Granada wasn’t as dominant this season because it was final spring when the Livermore college captured NCS and NorCal Division I championships.
However the Matadors had been ok to win the East Bay Athletic League title final week, beating De La Salle within the closing, and earn the highest seed within the NCS Division I bracket.
They opened the playoffs on Tuesday with a 5-2 victory over San Ramon Valley and shortly took cost Friday.
A wild pitch introduced in Granada’s first run and Estevan Duarte’s single drove in Peyton Richards to make it 2-0.
However that was all of the offense Granada generated.
No. 2 De La Salle 15, No. 7 Petaluma 0 (5 innings)
The host Spartans wanted solely 4 ½ innings to advance to the semifinals as Alec Blair and Jacob Grey every went 3 for 3 with three RBIs and Roman Bartosh allowed one hit and struck out eight whereas pitching an entire recreation to paved the way.
De La Salle scored two within the first, 5 within the third and eight within the fourth to bury the guests from the North Bay.
The Spartans, who’ve received 29 of their previous 30 NCS playoff video games relationship to 2016, will play host to Foothill on Tuesday within the semifinals.
No. 5 Faculty Park 4, No. 13 Clayton Valley Constitution 1
Sebastian Alvarez allowed one run in six innings and Connor Berkowitz, Trent “TJ” Lanza Dante Nishizawa every knocked in a run as Faculty Park prevailed over Clayton Valley in a matchup between Diablo Athletic League groups.
Faculty Park scored three within the second and added a run within the third to open a 4-0 cushion. Clayton Valley scored its run within the sixth.
The Falcons (16-10) advance to play at residence Tuesday in opposition to Casa Grande. Clayton Valley completed the season 18-8.
Division III
No. 1 California 4, No. 9 Washington-Fremont 0
Ryan Giffins and Ryken Redondo mixed on a three-hitter and Logan Kellogg had two hits, together with a house run, and three RBIs as California beat Washington to advance to the semifinals.
The Grizzlies led 1-0 by way of 4 innings, then broke open the sport with three within the fifth, which included a two-run homer by Kellogg.
California (14-11) will likely be at residence on Tuesday to face Twelfth-seeded Freedom.
Washington completed 15-11.
No. 12 Freedom 2, No. 4 El Cerrito 0
Caleb Emmons pitched a four-hitter and Colton Vick and Devan Carmignani every drove in a run to guide the Falcons to an upset victory on the street over El Cerrito.
Freedom scored within the second and third innings, then let Emmons handle the remaining together with his effectiveness on the mound.
The Falcons improved to 14-12. El Cerrito completed 20-8.
No. 10 Northgate 5, No. 2 Piedmont 0
Nate Luehs struck out 10 in 6 1/3 innings and likewise doubled and knocked in a run to guide Northgate to its second consecutive upset victory this week.
Christopher Flores doubled and drove in a run as nicely for the Broncos (18-7), who will journey to sixth-seeded Marin Catholic for a semifinal matchup on Tuesday.
Northgate beat seventh-seeded Bishop O’Dowd within the first spherical.
Piedmont completed 16-10.
Softball
Division I
No. 1 Liberty 11, No. 9 San Marin 4
Liberty really trailed San Marin 2-1 going into the underside of the second inning, however the Lions (21-4) equalized within the backside of the body and by no means seemed again.
Liberty took a 3-2 lead within the fourth inning, then pulled away with 5 within the fifth and three extra within the sixth.
Junior Isabella Rice drove in three runs for the Lions. Senior Isabel Mercado, sophomore Jewel Cooper and sophomore Taylor Jennings every batted in two runs for Liberty.
Jennings hit a pair of solo residence runs. Mercado and Rice every homered as soon as as nicely for the Lions.
Junior Kate Skinner pitched an entire recreation for Liberty, permitting 4 earned runs on as many hits with 4 walks and 9 strikeouts.
No. 13 Foothill 3, No. 5 California 2
Foothill received the large hit within the prime of the seventh inning to win this quarterfinal thriller in San Ramon.
The Falcons (15-8-1) could have waited till the ultimate inning to swoop in and strike, however they didn’t waste any time as soon as the seventh received began. Leadoff hitter Naima Braham roped a homer to left, giving Foothill a lead it will not relinquish.
Myra Galzie swiftly slammed the door on a possible California comeback within the backside of the seventh, retiring the Grizzlies so as.
The freshman completed off an entire recreation with one earned run allowed on 5 hits, notching 5 strikeouts and not using a stroll.
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Brea Olsen drove within the different two runs for Foothill. California finishes the season with a document of 19-9.
No. 3 Casa Grande 3, No. 6 San Ramon Valley 2
San Ramon Valley and Casa Grande had been deadlocked after the fifth inning and remained so till the ninth, when the host Gauchos despatched everybody residence.
Veronica Nunez-Miller reached on an error with one out and superior to second on the play. She moved to 3rd on Lauren Ketchu’s groundout.
Then with two outs, Kansas commit Lila Mae Partridge performed the hero for Casa, sending the house followers into euphoria with a game-winning single to proper.
Lila McLeod pitched the complete recreation for SRV, going 8 2/3 innings with no earned runs allowed. Kaysen West and Isla Higgins drove in runs for the Wolves.
SRV completed 16-8-2. Casa Grande is 21-5-1.
