CIF NorCal baseball, softball scores: Elk Grove rallies, DCA dominates
The high school seasons for Sacramento-area programs will continue for four softball teams and four baseball clubs after opening-round CIF Northern California championship action on Tuesday afternoon.
This included state No. 1-ranked Destiny Christian Academy in Division I softball, as well as surging Elk Grove and Roseville in baseball.
CIF NorCal softball
Destiny Christian Academy 13, College Park 2 — Ella Dossey, Aubrey Joiner and Ayla Tuua each bashed home runs, and Purdue-bound Roxy Sardo struck out four as the starting pitcher, as the top-seeded Lions of Sacramento remained unbeaten with a five-inning, mercy-rule shortened game in Division I play.
Tuua hit her 18th home run, a three-run bomb in the fifth inning to end the game, and she had five RBIs, giving her 76 on the season, as the state’s No. 1-ranked team by CalHi Sports improved to 29-0. Ella Dossey had four RBIs and Vanguard-bound KK Fulmer had three hits and two RBI from her leadoff position. DCA is the state’s lone unbeaten team.
Whitney 12, Mitty 4 — Lulu Im had a three-run homer and four RBIs, and Olivia Nelson had two hits, two RBIs and two runs as the Wildcats eliminated the Monarchs of San Jose, which came in as the Bay Area’s No. 1-ranked team and was NorCal ranked second and state-ranked sixth. Whitney is state-ranked 14th.
Taylor Cordell improved to 20-3 on the season as the pitcher pitched a complete-game with seven strikeouts as Whitney extended its winning streak to 10 in improving to 25-8.
Del Oro 10, Northgate 0 — The Division II No. 2-seeded Golden Eagles rolled past No. 7 Northgate of Walnut Creek n Loomis in a game stopped after five innings due to the CIF’s 10-run mercy rule.
Avyn Brower and Grace Johnson homered for Del Oro, and Emma Johnson and Chloe Champas each had three hits to lead the offensive attack. Grace Johnson also had three of her team’s 13 hits, and pitchers Mikayla Finn and Katharine Popovski combined in the pitching circle on a three-hitter with no walks and eight strikeouts for Del Oro (21-8).
East Nicolaus 3, Rodriguez 2 — Leadoff hitter Sky Kim had her team’s only RBIs, and Kylah Glen pitched a complete game, overcoming nine hits and seven walks in outlasting the No. 3-seeded Mustangs of Fairfield in Division III play.
Glen moved to 23-0 on the season as the pitching ace, and the Spartans of Sutter County improved to 26-1 with a 13-game winning streak. East Nicolaus is a win away from reaching its third consecutive NorCal final.
CIF NorCal baseball
Elk Grove 9, Soquel 8 — Seeded second in Division I, The Sacramento Bee’s top-ranked team rallied with five runs in the bottom of the seventh and final inning to stun the Knights of Santa Cruz County in extending the winning streak to 11 and to 28-6 overall.
Brayden Ford’s three-run triple won it for the Thundering Herd. Antonio Cuevas, Landon Johnson and Chase Dyer combined to drive in four runs, and Cooper Gannon earned the pitching win in relief. Hernandez, Hudson Hall, Cuevas and Landon Johnson each scored two runs for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II champions, who moved up to the NorCal D-I bracket in the CIF’s competitive-equity formula.
Franklin 8, Chico 1 — Seeded second in Division II, the Wildcats of Elk Grove received two hits and two RBIs from Kyle Timmons, three hits and two RBI from David Hernandez and two RBI from Mason White to go with superb pitching from Ryan Cody to eliminate the Panthers of the Northern Section.
Cody, a junior, pitched a complete-game three-hitter, walking two and striking out three to improve to 10-1 on the season as Franklin improved to 23-9-1.
Roseville 5, Santa Cruz 0 — In Division III, the top-seeded Tigers received hits from Justin Fischer, Benjamin Jordan, Jacob Welch, Preston Cubbler and Colton Wolfe, and Tyler Ritter was sharp again as the starting pitcher in eliminating the Cardinals of the Central Coast Section.
The UC Davis-bound Ritter pitched six innings, allowing one hit and striking out seven, and Dustin Holcomb struck out two in his inning of relief as Roseville extended its winning streak to 13 in moving to 28-4 overall. Ritter is 11-0 this season.
For brackets and ticket information, visit the CIF website at cifstate.org.
Baseball scores and semifinals
Division I
De La Salle 3, Saint Francis 2
Valley Christian 4, Bullard 0
Elk Grove 9, Soquel 8
Granada 5, St. Mary’s 4
Thursday semifinals
No. 4 Valley Christian at No. 1 De La Salle
No. 7 Granada at No. 2 Elk Grove
Division II
Mitty 7, Clayton Valley Charter 2
Rodriguez 14, Northgate 4
Los Gatos 8, Rio Americano 3
Franklin 8, Chico 1
Thursday semifinals
No. 8 Mitty at No. 4 Rodriguez
No. 3 Los Gatos at No. 2 Franklin
Division III
Roseville 5, Santa Cruz 0
Menlo School 6, James Logan 4
Alameda 5, El Capitan 4
Wheatland 5, Foothill-Palo Cedro 3
Thursday semifinals
No. 5 Wheatland at No. 1 Roseville
No. 3 Alameda at No. 2 Menlo School
Division IV
Half Moon Bay 3, Sonoma Valley 0
West Valley 12, Amador 1
Immanuel 7, Lowell 6
Livermore 15, University Prep 8
Thursday semifinals
No. 4 West Valley at No. 1 Half Moon Bay
No. 3 Immanuel at No. 2 Livermore
Division V
Minarets 13, Maxwell 9
Roosevelt 1, Turlock Christian 0
Pacific Union 10, Urban 3
Skyline 5, Los Molinos 1
Thursday semifinals
No. 4 Roosevelt at No. 1 Minarets
No. 3 Pacific Grove at No. 2 Skyline
Softball scores and semifinals
Division I
Destiny Christian Academy 13, College Park 2
Saint Francis 4, San Ramon Valley 3
Clovis East 4, Elk Grove 1
Whitney 12, Mitty 4
Thursday semifinals
No. 4 Saint Francis at No. 1 Destiny Christian
No. 6 Whitney at No. 2 Clovis East
Division II
Del Oro 10, Northgate 0
Willow Glen 4, Central Catholic 1
Hollister 9, Vanden 3
Thursday semifinals
No. 5 Hollister at No. 1 Alameda
No. 3 Willow Glen at No. 2 Del Oro
Division III
East Nicolaus 3, Rodriguez 2
Las Plumas 9, Foothill 2
Chico 12, Chowchilla 6
Thursday semifinals
No. 5 Chico at No. 1 Monterey
No. 6 East Nicolaus at No. 2 Las Plumas
Division IV
Escalon 6, Alhambra 5
Alisal 12, Newark Memorial 0
Live Oak 9, Amador 8
Thursday semifinals
No. 5 Escalon at No. 1 West Valley
No. 3 Live Oak at No. 2 Alisal
Division V
Le Grand 10, Justin-Siena 0
Moreau Catholic 10, Chester 0
Durham-Lowell, night game
Thursday semifinals
No. 4 Moreau Catholic at No. 1 Notre Dame
Durham-Lowell at No. 2 Le Grand