SOUTHERN SECTION
DIVISION 1
Second round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.
Riverside Poly at Huntington Beach
Loyola at Lakewood
Trabuco Hills at Agoura
Marina at Thousand Oaks
#3 Harvard-Westlake at El Dorado
Fountain Valley at Santa Margarita
Chaminade at Los Alamitos
Moorpark at #2 El Toro
DIVISION 2
CITY
DIVISION IIIFirst round, Friday
Port of Los Angeles 7, Camino Nuevo 0
Harbor Teacher 9, Vaughn 7
Los Angeles CES 13, Northridge 3
Animo Venice 24, Sun Valley 2
Sherman Oaks CES 7, Bright Star 6
Rancho Dominguez 7, Central City 0
Fulton 4, Elizabeth 2 (9)
East Valley 10, Animo Robinson 0
Quarterfinals, Wednesday, 3 p.m.
#9 Harbor Teacher at #1 Port of Los Angeles
#5 Los Angeles CES at #4 Animo Venice
#6 Rancho Dominguez at #3 Sherman Oaks CES
#10 Fulton at #2 East Valley
Notes: Semifinals, May 24 at USC (3 and 6 p.m.). Championship, May 28 at USC, 4 p.m.
BASEBALL
SOUTHERN SECTION
DIVISION 2
First round, Friday
Redlands East Valley 3, Arcadia 1
Vista Murrieta 13, Beckman 8
South Hills 2, Rio Mesa 1
San Clemente 7, Mayfair 0
Oxnard 4, Righetti 3
Yucaipa 1, Crescenta Valley 0
Dos Pueblos 3, Laguna Hills 0
Cypress 6, Irvine 1
Los Osos 8, Burbank Burroughs 2
Northwood 12, San Juan Hills 5
La Mirada 7, Damien 4
Santa Barbara 6, Redlands 3
Aliso Niguel 7, Claremont 1
Placentia Valencia 3, Camarillo 1
Arroyo Grande 6, Burbank 1
Temecula Valley 10, Norwalk 0
DIVISION 4
Sophomore Kyle Molnar hit two home runs and threw six innings to help Aliso Niguel begin the Southern Section Division 2 playoffs with a 7-1 victory over Claremont on Friday.
Top-seeded Redlands East Valley defeated Arcadia, 3-1. Sophomore left-hander David Barela threw 6 1/3 innings, allowing two hits. REV will face Vista Murrieta in the second round. Vista Murrieta got 17 hits in a 13-8 win over Beckman. Tyler Wilson, Ruben Ornelas and Ian Nowak each had three hits.
Yucaipa defeated Crescenta Valley, 1-0, in eight innings. Crescenta Valley's Brian Gadsby threw a complete game. Crescenta Valley loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth, but Kyle Roy got a game-ending double play.
Santa Barbara upset Redlands, 6-3. Jeff Paschke doubled in two runs in the sixth inning and doubled in another run in the seventh. He also threw five innings for the victory to defeat Redlands ace Angel Landazuri. Santa Barbara will play La Mirada, a 7-4 winner over Damien.
Oxnard defeated Righetti, 4-3. Placentia Valencia defeated Camarillo, 3-1, on a walk-off two-run home run by Cesar Serna.
Arroyo Grande defeated Burbank, 7-1. Cypress defeated Irvine, 6-1. David Fletcher went four for four. San Clemente defeated Mayfair, 7-0, behind a complete game by Cody Maples.
Los Osos defeated Burbank Burroughs, 8-2. Dos Pueblos defeated Laguna Hills, 3-0. South Hills defeated Rio Mesa, 2-1.
In Division 6, Sierra Canyon defeated New Community Jewish, 4-2. Brian Tucker threw four scoreless innings. Buckley defeated Rosamond, 13-0. Kevin DeCorso, who's the school valedictorian and will be attending Pennsylvania, had three hits and threw six innings on the mound to improve to 7-1 for Buckley.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Former Chatsworth baseball player James Wharton, a senior at Cal State Los Angeles, was named to the NCAA Division II All-West Region team. He was previously selected CCAA player of the year.
Wharton had 13 home runs and was hitting .322.
Another former Chatsworth player, Ryan Cooperstone, was named the CCAA championship tournament most outstanding player. He's a senior at CSLA.
-- Eric Sondheimer
The team of the future beat the team no one thought was going to lose. With one blink, Mater Dei, the dominant baseball team in Southern California all season, was beaten by Huntington Beach, 2-1, in a Southern Section Division 1 playoff opener.
The Monarchs came in with a 24-2 record and the No. 1 seed. They had been tested all season, but Huntington Beach, with no seniors in its lineup and just 14-13 overall, wasn't intimidated and got a standout performance from sophomore Noah Davis, a converted infielder who has been pitching for just two years.
"They were pumped," Coach Benji Medure said of his players. "They knew what they were up against."
Huntington Beach got 12 hits and Mater Dei just two.
The Oilers will be a top five team in Southern California next season with all their returnees and some top incoming freshmen from the Ocean View Little League team that won a world championship in 2011. But there's still more to accomplish this season. They get to host Riverside Poly in a second-round game on Tuesday.
At Sunset League rival Marina, players started cheering when they heard about the Oilers' victory. There was Sunset League pride. Four league teams are still alive.
Mater Dei had a great season, but in a single-elimination tournament, all it takes is a top pitching performance, and that's what the Oilers got on Thursday.
-- Eric Sondheimer
On the second pitch in the bottom of the first inning on Thursday, Jake Bauers of Huntington Beach Marina sent the ball flying over the right-field fence against Norco. It was one of those moon shots seen at a big-league park.
And Bauers, a senior who has seven home runs and a batting average above .550, could be headed to pro baseball one day. He also scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a walk-off bases loaded single by Tyler Mildenberg to give Marina a 2-1 win over Norco in the opening round of the Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.
Austin Olivas threw a complete game for the Vikings, who will play at Thousand Oaks on Tuesday.
-- Eric Sondheimer
BASEBALL
SOUTHERN SECTION
DIVISION 1
First round, Thursday
Huntington Beach 2, Mater Dei 1
Riverside Poly 4, Capistrano Valley 3 (8)
Loyola 8, Canyon Country Canyon 5
Lakewood 5, El Modena 0
Agoura 12, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 5
Trabuco Hills 9, Millikan 8 (11)
Marina 2, Norco 1
Thousand Oaks 9, Anaheim Canyon 4
Harvard-Westlake 7, Valencia 1
El Dorado 1, Long Beach Poly 0
Santa Margarita 7, Corona Santiago 1
Fountain Valley 8, Alemany 0
Chaminade 4, Orange Lutheran 2
Los Alamitos 6, West Ranch 5
Moorpark 4, Arlington 0
El Toro 2, Long Beach Wilson 1 (8)
DIVISION 3
There were so many breaking news stories on Thursday regarding the opening round of the Southern Section baseball playoffs that one story hardly is enough.
Three No. 1 seeded teams -- Mater Dei in Division 1, Bonita in Division 3 and Paraclete in Division 5 -- went down to defeat. Noah Davis threw a three-hitter in Huntington Beach's 2-1 win over Mater Dei. Marcus Mayorga had three hits. L.A. Cathedral knocked off Bonita, 3-1. Sun Valley Village Christian defeated Paraclete, 4-3, in eight innings.
In Division 1, four Sunset League teams advanced: Fountain Valley, Marina, Huntington Beach and Los Alamitos. Three teams advanced from the Mission League: Harvard-Westlake, Chaminade and Loyola. And three teams advanced from the Marmonte League: Moorpark, Agoura and Thousand Oaks.
Ace pitcher Sean Barry of Moorpark looked like Sandy Koufax, striking out the first 11 batters he faced and finishing with 15 strikes in a 4-0 victory over Arlington.
Marina pulled out a 2-1 win over Norco on a bases loaded walk-off single by Tyler Mildenberg in the bottom of the seventh.
The powerful Trinity League is down to one team in the Division 1 playoffs _ Santa Margarita, which defeated Corona Santiago, 7-1. Josh Meyer had three hits. Orange Lutheran was upset by Chaminade, 4-2, with Kevin Lewallyn, Chad Gubicza and Dylan Suppan combining on a six-hitter.
El Dorado needed a one-hitter for 6 1/3 innings from Scott Serigstad and then closer Christian Rivera to record to two outs to end the prep career of Stanford-bound Chris Castellanos of Long Beach Poly, 1-0.
No. 2-seeded El Toro needed a walk-off single from Sam Clark in the eighth inning to defeat Long Beach Wilson, 2-1, in eight innings.
Fountain Valley got a two-hitter from Monty Plattner in an 8-0 win over Alemany. Jacob Nix threw a complete game in Los Alamitos' 6-5 win over West Ranch. Gianni Castillo had a two-run triple for Los Alamitos. Tyler Woldanski hit a two-run home run for West Ranch.
Thousand Oaks eliminated No. 4-seeded Anaheim Canyon, 9-4. Rick Sheehan had two hits and two RBIs. Tyler Cohen hit two home runs and Kyle London had a home run and double in Agoura's 12-5 win over Sherman Oaks Notre Dame.
Drew Traylor had a walk-off hit in the eighth to give Riverside Poly a 4-3 win over Capistrano Valley. Alex Horowitz hit a three-run home run and Jack Flaherty struck out nine in Harvard-Westlake's 7-1 win over Valencia.
Loyola defeated Canyon Country Canyon, 8-5, behind Angelo Armenta, who went three for three, including a home run.
After 11 seasons as head baseball coach at North Hollywood Campbell Hall, Juan Velazquez said he is stepping down to focus on his duties as athletic director. Assistant Brad Himes will replace him as head coach.
-- Eric Sondheimer
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