Baseball: American Legion playoffs begin

The American Legion Fourth Area playoffs begin on Saturday at Paramount High.  The teams competing will be Los Alamitos, Lakewood, Downey, Long Beach Wilson, Narbonne, Paramount, El Segundo and Long Beach Millikan.

Saturday's schedule: No. 4 Downey vs. No. 5 Narbonne, 10 a.m.; No. 3 Wilson vs. No. 6 Paramount, 1 p.m.; No. 2 Lakewood vs. No. 7 El Segundo, 4 p.m.; No. 1 Los Alamitos vs. No. 8 Millikan, 7 p.m.

-- Eric Sondheimer