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DIV. I

No. 4 Hart (27-4) at No. 1 Norco (30-2)

DIV. V

No. 4 Village Christian (26-5) at San Dimas (24-4)

Eagle Rock, led by senior pitcher Theresa Kelley (16-9, 237 strikeouts, 0.96 ERA), will attempt to prevent the Marine League from sweeping both City Section titles today when it faces Narbonne of Harbor City in the Invitational final at 2 p.m. at UCLA's Easton Stadium.

Top-seeded San Pedro (27-4) will look to record its fourth victory this season over Marine rival Banning of Wilmington (21-11), the No. 6 seed, in the City championship game at 4:15 p.m.

San Pedro is seeking its fourth consecutive City title and record 16th overall.

Eagle Rock (17-9), the No. 19 seed, rebounded from a 2-1 opening-round loss to Sylmar to defeat Crenshaw 9-1, Huntington Park 15-3 and Northern League rival Wilson of El Sereno 4-1 to advance to the Invitational final.

Narbonne (16-7-1), the No. 12 seed, bounced back from a 10-7 first-round loss to No. 21 Venice to shut out Eastern League opponents Roosevelt (10-0), Bell (7-0) and Garfield (3-0) en route to today's contest.

In addition to Theresa Kelley (.376, 23 RBIs) -- daughter of coach Martin Kelley -- Vicky Delgado (.407, 19 runs, 15 RBIs), Veronica Solis (.406, 12 runs, 18 RBIs) and Arelly Alvarez (.316, 22 runs, 15 RBIs) will look to carry the Eagle Rock offense.

The Gauchos are led by Elia Lizarraga (.545, 27 runs, 22 RBIs) and Kristina Torrez (.438, 14 runs, 19 RBIs). Lizarraga (16-6, 1.87 ERA, 174 Ks), a sophomore, is also expected to start for Narbonne.

DIV. I

No. 1 Norco (29-2) at Thousand Oaks (25-5)
Esperanza (19-13-1) vs. No. 4 Hart (26-4) at Newhall Park

DIV. III

Chino Hills (22-10-1) at No. 3 Crescenta Valley (26-1)
Glendora (20-4) at No. 2 Oaks Christian (26-4-1)

DIV. V

No. 4 Village Christian (25-5) at San Jacinto (18-5)

DIV. VI

Grace Brethren (13-6) at No. 3 Marymount (22-4)

CITY
Championships, Wednesday at UCLA
Invitational: #12 Narbonne (16-7-1) vs. #19 Eagle Rock (17-9), 2 p.m. (Local Game)
City Championship: #1 San Pedro (27-4) vs. #6 Wilmington Banning (21-11), 4:15 p.m.

Small Schools
Championship, Tuesday at Birmingham, 3 p.m.
#1 Elizabeth (17-3) vs. #3 Los Angeles CES (8-15)

SOUTHERN SECTION

DIVISION I
Second round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. unless noted
#1 Norco (28-2) at El Toro (16-15)
Thousand Oaks (24-5) at Oxnard Pacifica (19-9) (Local Game)
El Modena (22-9) at Esperanza (18-13-1)
#4 Hart (25-4) at Moorpark (16-10) (Local Game)
Garden Grove Pacifica (20-10) at #3 Anaheim Canyon (24-7)
Corona Santiago (24-4) at Los Alamitos (23-8)
Foothill (19-7-1) at Edison (21-5)
#2 Valencia (25-6) at Riverside Poly (22-8) (Local Game)

DIVISION II
Second round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. unless noted
#1 Vista Murrieta (24-4) at Valley View (20-7)
Yucaipa (22-8) at Upland (21-6)
La Mirada (25-5) at Los Osos (18-9)
#4 Laguna Hills (21-6-2) at Canyon Springs (22-7)
Murrieta Valley (13-14) at #3 Beckman (21-7)
Redlands (21-7) at Don Lugo (21-7)
Lakewood (24-7) at Mayfair (19-5)
#2 Etiwanda (25-2) at Irvine (15-8)

DIVISION III
Second round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. unless noted
Chaminade (15-9) at Chino (18-13) (Local Game)
Warren (19-9) at Tesoro (23-4)
Los Altos (21-6) at Oak Park (17-10) (Local Game)
#4 Ayala (22-9) at Aliso Niguel (19-10-1)
#3 Crescenta Valley (25-1) at St. Bonaventure (15-8) (Local Game)
Alemany (21-7) at Chino Hills (21-10-1) (Local Game)
Knight (21-5-1) at Glendora (19-4) (Local Game)
#2 Oaks Christian (25-4-1) at Colton (19-9) (Local Game)

DIVISION IV
Second round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. unless noted
La Quinta (19-4) at #1 Ocean View (23-5)
Aquinas (23-3) at Torrance (21-11)
Santa Maria St. Joseph (18-10) at North Torrance (18-13)
Hesperia (16-6) at Arrowhead Christian (14-10)
#3 Santa Monica (23-6) at Bishop Montgomery (14-16)
Paloma Valley (20-7) at Garden Grove (12-10)
Lakeside (14-8) at Bishop Amat (17-12)
#2 El Segundo (26-3) at Indio (20-6)

DIVISION V
Second round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. unless noted
Barstow (14-9) at Western (19-6)
San Dimas (22-4) at La Canada (19-7) (Local Game)
San Jacinto (17-5) at Azusa (16-8)
South Hills (16-9-1) at #4 Village Christian (24-5) (Local Game)
Northview (16-8) at #3 Woodcrest Christian (17-9)
Whittier Christian (20-6) at Rowland (14-13)
Santa Ana Calvary Chapel (19-6-1) at West Covina (15-10)
#2 Riverside Christian (19-7) at Heritage (17-10)

DIVISION VI
Second round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. unless noted
Campbell Hall (12-5) at #1 La Salle (22-5) (Local Game)
Big Bear (14-11) at Arroyo (14-9)
Nordhoff (11-14) at Ramona Convent (14-2)
#4 South El Monte (19-6) at Desert Mirage (13-10)
#3 Marymount (21-4) at Mary Star (14-9)
Grace Brethren (12-6) at San Gabriel Mission (16-8) (Local Game)
Viewpoint (18-3) at Oxford Academy (18-6) (Local Game)
#2 Maranatha (20-6) at Yucca Valley (16-7)

DIVISION VII
Second round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. unless noted
St. Genevieve (11-4) at #1 Hesperia Christian (21-1) (Local Game)
Rolling Hills Prep (14-3) vs. Bishop (12-9) at Bishop City Park, 2:15 p.m.
Downey Calvary Chapel (11-8-2) at Connelly (15-7)
#4 Kern Valley (20-6-1) at Joshua Springs (12-11), 4 p.m.
#3 Victor Valley Christian (23-3) at Montclair Prep (11-5) (Local Game)
St. Matthias (11-11) at Eastside Christian (14-6)
Saddleback Valley Christian (11-6) at Brentwood (8-11)
#2 Rosamond (18-7) at Camarillo Cornerstone Christian (7-7) (Local Game)

Notes: Quarterfinals, Thursday; semifinals, June 2. Championships, June 5-6 at Barber Park (Irvine).

DIV. I
Wild card, today
Kennedy at Westlake
Orange Lutheran at Canyon
Camarillo at Agoura
First round, Thursday
Kennedy/Westlake at Norco
Saugus at Thousand Oaks
Moorpark at Rio Mesa
Trabuco Hills at No. 4 Hart
Canyon/Orange Lutheran at No. 3 Canyon/A
Los Alamitos at Simi Valley
Agoura/Camarillo at Valencia
DIV. III
Wild card, today
Burbank at Chino
Lancaster at Pioneer Valley
La Reina at Quartz Hill
Arroyo Grande at Flintridge Sacred Heart
First round, Thursday
Fillmore/Atascadero at Chaminade
Highland at Warren
Burroughs at Oak Park
Lancaster/Pioneer Valley at Aliso Niguel
Summit at No. 3 Crescenta Valley
La Reina/Quartz Hill at Alemany
Arcadia/Charter Oak at Knight
Arroyo Grande/Flintridge Sacred Heart at No. 2 Oaks Christian
DIV. V
Wild card, today
Paraclete at Mayfield
Flintridge Prep at Woodcrest Christian
First round, Thursday
Paraclete/Mayfield at La Canada
Pasadena Poly/Estancia at No. 4 Village Christian
Flintridge Prep/Woodcrest Christian at No. 3 Montebello
DIV. VI
Wild card, today
Faith Baptist at Malibu
First round, Thursday
Faith Baptist/Malibu at No. 1 La Salle
Alverno at Campbell Hall
Providence at Nordhoff
Santa Clarita Christian at Grace Brethren
Boron at Viewpoint
DIV. VII
First round, Thursday
Summit View at St. Genevieve
Bell-Jeff at Connelly
Montclair Prep at North County Christian
Valley Christian/SM at Cornerstone Christian/C

2009 City Section softball quarterfinals for Monday May 18

No. 8 Marshall of Los Angeles at No. 1 San Pedro
No. 5 Carson at No. 4 Granada Hills
No. 6 Banning of Wilmington at No. 3 Kennedy of Granada Hills
No. 7 Chatsworth at No. 2 El Camino Real of Woodland Hills

All games Monday at 2:30 p.m.

No. 16 Grant of Van Nuys at No. 1 San Pedro
No. 9 Westchester of Los Angeles at No. 8 Marshall of Los Angeles
No. 12 Venice at No. 5 Carson
No. 13 San Fernando at No. 4 Granada Hills

No. 14 Sylmar at No. 3 Kennedy of Granada Hills
No. 11 Poly at No. 6 Banning of Wilmington
No. 10 Lincoln of Los Angeles at No. 7 Chatsworth
No. 15 Birmingham of Lake Balboa at No. 2 El Camino Real of Woodland Hills

All games scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Thursday at higher seed

The Mission College softball team pushed Southern California's top-seed Cypress College to a deciding game Sunday in their best-of-three Super Regional, but the visiting Eagles couldn't protect an early one-run lead and fell 9-3 to see their season end one victory shy of the state tournament.

Mission (32-12), the lowest remaining seed (No. 11) in the Super Regionals, rallied with three runs in the bottom of the seventh in the second game to prevail 4-3, creating a do-or-die contest to advance to the eight-team state tournament in Salinas.

But despite Mission taking a 3-2 lead in the second inning of the final game, Cypress (45-9) scored four runs in the third and three more in the sixth to secure a return trip to the state tournament.

L.A. Baptist of North Hills graduate Allyson Salas (22-11) pitched both games for Mission, scattering eight hits and allowing two earned runs in the second game. But the fatigue of pitching three games in two days caught up with the sophomore, who gave up 11 hits and eight earned runs in the deciding game.

Kennedy of Granada Hills graduate Amanda Gutierrez went 3 for 3 with two runs scored in the opening game and Diane Ravago (Alemany of Mission Hills) had two hits and three RBIs, including the game-winning, two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.

Stephanie Boshae (Sylmar) and Evie Lugo (Kennedy) scored for Mission in the victory.

Gutierrez and Julienne Jimenez (San Fernando) both had two hits in the third game for Mission, which scored a first-inning run thanks in part to a pair of Cypress errors. After surrendering two runs in the bottom of the first, the Eagles regained the lead in the second as Samantha Durazo (Kennedy) and Adriana Todeo (San Fernando) scored.

Durazo and Boshae both doubled and Ravago and Rosheema Wise (Kennedy) drove in runs in the third game for Western State Conference co-champion Mission, which reached the Super Regionals two years removed from a 7-31 season and one year after a loss to Long Beach City College in the opening round of regional competition.

We ran out of room in the newspaper for the full box scores of the Thousand Oaks games, so here are the results from their two games tonight.

The Lancers played twice in the Best of the West Tournament and won both. In the first round game, they beat Lompoc 8-4 with Josie Tressel starting, leaving, then returning and winning the game as the pitcher. Alysha Payne hitting two doubles and Taylor Yamek one to lead the offense.

In game two, the Lancers beat Whitney High School of Rocklin (a suburb of Sacramento) 7-3 in a darkness-shortened, five-inning game. Yamek won the game as the pitcher and had another double, while Sophie Airington and Kaelee Nelson had triples.

Thousand Oaks play two more games in the Tournament Tuesday and once more Wednesday.

2009 Thousand Oaks softball tournament

All first round games April 25

Riverside Poly vs. Oxnard, 8 a.m.
Westlake vs. Granada Hills, 8 a.m.
Thousand Oaks vs. Long Beach Millikan, 9 a.m.
El Camino Real vs. La Quinta, 11 a.m.

Hart vs. St. Joseph, 12 p.m.
Camarillo vs. Burbank, 12 p.m.
Agoura vs. Beckman, 2 p.m.
Oak Park vs. Rio Mesa, 2 p.m.

Games at Thousand Oaks High and Thousand Oaks Community Center

Each team plays twice on April 25

Tournamrnt continues Sat. May 2