Softball: La Habra leads area fantastic five into CIF-SS second round

La Habra continues quest for CIF-SS softball title. Will the Highlanders celebrate like this? (Photo by Keith Durflinger/Whittier Daily News/SCNG)


CIF-SS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
SECOND ROUND

Division 1
La Habra (20-7) at Corona Santiago (23-6) >>
The Highlanders, who were ranked in the state Top 10 by CalHiSports earlier in the season, have recaptured their old swagger recently, routing Sunny Hills to end the regular season and scoring an easy 9-3 win over Yorba Linda in the first round.
They are led first baseman/pitcher Janelle Rodriguez, outfielder Kira Cauley and pitcher Hannah Johnson.
The Sharks won at Yucaipa in the first round.
Division 3
La Mirada (22-8-1) at Patriot (24-4) >>
The Matadores are coming off a 14-1 win over Irvine in the first round.
They feature one of the division’s better hitting teams, led by junior third baseman Madison Bogdanovich, who had a three-run home run in the first round and Djhane Valido, who had three hits against Irvine.
Patriot defeated Summit 4-3 in the first round.
Division 4
Whittier (16-8-1) at Beaumont (19-8) >>
The Cardinals are in the playoffs for just the second time since 2009 when they also advanced to the second round.
Whittier, which won at Mira Costa (10-6) in the first round, is led by junior Amy Bretado (.351, 13 RBIs).
Beaumont advanced with a wild-card win over Palm Springs (10-2) and at No. 3 Aquinas (12-4).
Division 6
St. Anthony (20-7) at Whittier Christian (13-14) >>
The Heralds, who won at Nuview Bridge (12-3) in the first round, are led by sophomore Hailey Gallegos (.562, 22 RBIs) and freshman Jaden Hernandez (.294, 23 RBIs).
St. Anthony is the No. 3 seed.
Garden Grove Santiago (23-2) at Schurr (20-3-1) >> The host Spartans have won six consecutive games, including playoff wins over Crean Lutheran (9-1) and Chadwick (11-0).

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Baseball: First-round scores; second-round matchups

First-round scores

Division 1
No. 4 South Hills 4, Damien 0
Bishop Amat 2, Chaminade 1

Division 2
Glendora 7, Woodcrest Christian 2
Mira Costa 7, San Dimas 3
La Mirada 6, Temescal Canyon 3

Division 3
No. 1 Quartz Hill 12, La Salle 11
Paso Robles 7, Cantwell-Sacred 1
Walnut 5, California 0
Santa Fe 2, Torrance 1
Paraclete 2. Arcadia 1 (10 innings)
Charter Oak 5, Valencia (P) 4

Division 4
Santa Ynez 1, San Dimas 0
Wilson 5, La Quinta 1
Serra 6, Schurr 1
Nogales 4, La Serna 1
Sonora 2, Sierra Vista 1
Alhambra 5, Glenn 3
No. 2 Maranatha 8, Temple City 1

Division 5
No. 2 La Canada 6, Lompoc 3

Division 6
El Monte 11, Rio Hondo Prep 7
Southlands Christian 14, St. Michaels Prep 1
No. 3 Pasadena Poly 7, Yucca Valley 0
Moreno Valley 3, South El Monte 2

Division 7
No. 1 Faith Baptist 6, Bosco Tech 1
Hamilton 8, La Verne Lutheran 1
Gladstone 7, San Jacinto Academy 5

Tuesday’s second round

Division 1
No. 4 South Hills (22-7) at J.W. North (19-12)
No. 2 El Toro (24-7-1) at Bishop Amat (20-9)

Division 2
Rio Mesa (23-3) at Glendora (25-6)
La Mirada (24-5) at Palm Desert (20-7)

Division 3
Walnut (20-8) at Sierra Canyon (23-7)
Don Lugo (25-4-1) at Santa Fe (19-12)
No. 2 Righetti (25-6) at Charter Oak (17-5)

Division 4
Santa Ynez (25-7) at Wilson (16-8)
Nogales (25-2) at Serra (16-10)
Victor Valley (18-11) at Sonora (19-11)
No. 2 Maranatha (21-7) at Alhambra (17-11)

Division 5
Templeton (20-10) at No. 2 La Canada (22-5)

Division 6
No. 1 Rancho Christian (23-3-1) at El Monte (14-5)
Southlands Christian (17-7) at Twentynine Palms (15-7)
No. 3 Pasadena Poly (18-7) at Malibu (12-14)

Division 7
Joshua Springs (10-10-1) at Gladstone (13-10)

Quarterfinals: Friday
Semifinals: May 30
Final: June 2

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Softball: First-round results, second-round games

First round

Division 1
South Hills 4, Huntington Beach 3
No. 4 Mater Dei 5, Bishop Amat 1
La Habra 9, Yorba Linda 3

Division 2
St. Lucy’s 5, Glendora 3
Santa Monica 7, St. Paul 2
Brea Olinda 6, La Serna 3
Charter Oak 1, Simi Valley 0 (9 innings)

Division 3
Mayfair 10, San Dimas 3
Los Altos 6, Glendale 3
La Mirada 14, Irvine 1 (5 innings)
Paraclete 8, California 7

Division 4
Whittier 10, Mira Costa 6
Montclair 12, Arcadia 1
Arroyo 8, La Canada 5
San Marcos 9, Montebello 3
Hemet 13, No. 2 Edgewood 5

Division 5
Sultana 13, Sierra Vista 2
Alverno 4, La Quinta (W) 1
No. 3 Heritage Christian 9, Duarte 1
South El Monte 10, Heritage 0
Templeton 20, Alhambra 2 (5 innings)
No. 2 Alemany 4, Temple City 0

Division 6
Pasadena Poly 10, Estancia 0 (5 innings)
Wilson 4, Desert Christian Academy 3
Whittier Christian 12, Nuview Bridge 3
Schurr 11, Chadwick 0
Azusa 10, Notre Dame Academy 6
Santiago (GG) 7, Northview 6

Division 7
Mayfield 20, Bethel Christian (R) 0 (5 innings)
Mountain View 23, Lucerne Valley 0 (5 innings)
Ramona Convent 10, Providence 0
Archer School of Girls 10, La Verne Lutheran 0
St. Mary’s Academy 11, Southlands Christian 4

Tuesday’s second round
3 p.m. unless noted

Division 1
Pacifica (GG) (21-7) at South Hills (18-12)
La Habra (20-7) at Santiago (C)(23-6)

Division 2
No. 1 Gahr (26-0) at St. Lucy’s (17-6)
Upland (21-6-1) at Charter Oak (19-6)

Division 3
Crescenta Valley (21-7-1) at Los Altos (23-6)
La Mirada (22-8-1) at Patriot (24-4)

Division 4
Whittier (16-8-1) at Beaumont (19-8)
Montclair (17-10) at Arroyo (14-7-1)

Division 5
Alverno (17-8) at West Torrance (21-7)
South El Monte (23-5) at Barstow (15-14)

Division 6
Pasadena Poly (16-7) at No. 1 Sierra Canyon (23-5-2)
Wilson (15-10-2) at No. 4 Santa Paula (20-4)
No. 3 St. Anthony (20-7) at Whittier Christian (12-14)
Santiago (GG) (24-2) at Schurr (20-3-1)
Culver City (14-11) at Azusa (13-9-1)

Division 7
No. 1 Village Christian (16-11) at Ramona Convent (12-9)
Carnegie (R) (20-0) at Mayfield (15-7)
Animo Leadership (18-2) at Mountain View (18-6) 

Quarterfinals: Friday
Semifinals: May 30
Final: June 2

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CIF-SS Playoffs: La Mirada softball routs Irvine in Division 3

La Mirada High’s Madison Bogdanovich (#15) is swarmed at home plate after her fourth inning three-run homer vs Irvine High at the Matadors’ La Mirada, Calif. campus field May 18, 2017. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)


By Stephen Ramirez
LA MIRADA >>
La Mirada High School, after losing its final two regular-season games last week, didn’t come into the CIF Southern Section softball playoffs on a positive note. But success in the postseason usually comes from flushing both the bad and the good and moving forward.
La Mirada definitely showed it could do that Thursday.
Madison Bogdanovich hit a three-run home run and Djhane Valido had three hits to lead a 13-hit barrage as the Matadores opened the Division 3 playoffs with a 14-1 victory over visiting Irvine in a first-round game that was halted in the fifth inning due to the 10-run rule.
La Mirada (21-8-1) will travel to Patriot (24-4), a 4-3 winner over Summit, for the second round on Tuesday.

“I just think as a team we were ready to fight,” Bogdanovich said. “Today, we just played for our seniors. We talked about it before the game and said we didn’t want it to be our last game.
“Last week we didn’t play well. Today, we came together as a team and fought hard until the end.”
Irvine (13-13) took a 1-0 lead in the second on a home run by Michelle Matsuo. But it was all La Mirada after that.
The Matadores scored all 14 runs in the final three innings, including an eight-run fourth.
La Mirada took a 2-1 lead in the second on singles by Valido and Jessica Martinez and consecutive fielder’s choice bunts for the advantage.
The Matadores pushed it to 6-1 in the third on RBIs by Martinez, Alyssa Hana and Kayla Gutierrez.
“Sometimes those weeks (like last week) are good; sometimes you’re scared going into the playoffs,” La Mirada coach Brent Tuttle said. “We had a good couple of practices. We need to hit, and last week we didn’t hit.
“Today, we told them to be aggressive, and if you see something (good), drive it. We had some big hits today.”
Bogdanovich highlighted the eight-run fourth with a three-run home run to center field for a 9-1 lead.
“I was just looking for a good pitch to hit,” Bogdanovich said. “The first pitch was right there and I swung. That’s it.”
Faith Hickman, who gave up five hits and struck out five, retired the Vaqueros in order in the fifth to secure the victory.
OTHER SCORES
SOFTBALL
DIVISION 1

La Habra 9, Yorba Linda 3
DIVISION 2
Santa Monica 7, St. Paul 2
Brea Olinda 6, La Serna 3
DIVISION 3
Paraclete 8, Cal 7
DIVISION 4
Whittier 10, Mira Costa 6
San Marcos 9, Montebello 3
DIVISION 6
Whittier Christian 12, Nuview Bridge 3
Schurr 11, Chadwick 0
TUESDAY’S SECOND ROUND
Division 1
La Habra at Corona Santiago
Division 3
La Mirada at Patriot
Division 4
Whittier at Beaumont
Division 6
No. 3 St. Anthony at Whittier Chr.
Garden Grove Santiago at Schurr
BASEBALL
Division 3

Paso Robles 7, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 1
No. 4 Walnut 5, California 0
Santa Fe 2, Torrance 1
FRIDAY’S FIRST ROUND
Division 2

Temescal Canyon at La Mirada
Division 4
Schurr at Serra
La Serna at Nogales
Sierra Vista at Sonora
TUESDAY’S SECOND ROUND
Division 3

No. 3 Don Lugo at Santa Fe

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Baseball first round games

Tuesday’s wild-card scores

Division 3
La Salle 3, Santa Monica 1
Los Osos 3, Monrovia 0
California 1, Montebello 0
Cajon 4, Northview 0
Arcadia 2, Knight 0

Division 4
Arroyo Grande at Flintridge Prep

Division 6
Oxford Academy at Southlands Christian
Arroyo at Yucca Valley

Division 7
Bosco Tech 6, Rosemead 1

First round

Division 1
Thursday
Damien (11-13) at No. 4 South Hills (21-7)
Chaminade (20-9-1) at Bishop Amat (19-9)

Division 2
Friday
Woodcrest Christian (19-5) at Glendora (24-6)
San Dimas (21-5) at Mira Costa (22-8)
Temescal Canyon (15-9-1) at La Mirada (23-5)

Division 3
Thursday
La Salle (17-13) at No. 1 Quartz Hill (24-5)
Paso Robles (23-7) at Cantwell-Sacred (20-7)
California (19-8) at Walnut (20-8)
Santa Fe (18-12) at Torrance (22-9)
Arcadia (17-9) at Paraclete (16-6-1)
Charter Oak (16-5) at Valencia (P) (18-9)

Division 4
Friday
Arroyo Grande/Flintridge Prep at No. 3 Grace Brethren
West Covina (16-12) at Santa Ynez (24-7)
Wilson (15-8) at La Quinta (20-8)
Schurr (11-17) at Serra (15-10)
La Serna (16-14-1) at Nogales (24-2)
Sierra Vista (16-7) at Sonora (18-11)
Glenn (16-12) at Alhambra (16-11)
Temple City (13-13) vs. No. 2 Maranatha (20-7) at Brookside Park

Division 5
Thursday
Lompoc (16-15) at No. 2 La Canada (21-5)

Division 6
Friday
Rio Hondo Prep (14-9) at El Monte (13-5)
Oxford Academy/Southlands Christian at St. Michaels Prep
Arroyo/Yucca Valley at No. 3 Pasadena Poly (17-7)
South El Monte (15-10) at Moreno Valley (12-13)

Division 7
Thursday
Bosco Tech (3-12) at No. 1 Faith Baptist (18-1)
La Verne Lutheran (9-8) at Hamilton (13-7)
Gladstone (12-10) at San Jacinto Academy (14-3)

Second round: May 23
Quarterfinals: May 25
Semifinals: May 30
Final: June 2

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