Citrus Hill baseball seeded No. 4 in Division 5 —
LOS ALAMITOS — The CIF Southern Section released its baseball playoff pairings this past weekend and more than a handful of local teams will be competing to be the last team standing before the school year ends.
A total of 243 baseball teams qualified for the seven divisional single-elimination tournaments. Competition opened this week with wild-card round games where necessary, followed by first-round games Thursday, May 5, in Division’s 2, 4, 6 and Division’s 1, 3, 5, 7 on Friday, May 6. The championship finals are slated for Friday and Saturday, May 20-21 at Goodwin Field at Cal State Fullerton.
Dates/Divisions/Times at that site are still TBA. All games with the exception of championship games are scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. unless otherwise noted. All championship games from Goodwin Field will be streamed live by The NFHS Network and Bally Sports.
As for top-seeded teams, Citrus Hill (15-5), the Mountain Pass league runner-up, is the only local team that received such a high bid. They are the No. 4 seed in Division 5. Temescal Canyon, Hemet, Tahquitz, Temecula Prep, Vista Murrieta all won league titles and should be home for first round action.
Here are the pairings for the CIF Southern Section baseball playoffs:
CIF-SS BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
DIVISION 1
– First round, Friday, May 6, 3:15 p.m.
No local teams
DIVISION 2
– First round, Thursday, May 5, 3:15 p.m.
Paloma Valley at Northview
Rancho Cucamonga at Vista Murrieta
Great Oak at Maranatha
Pacifica/GG at Temescal Canyon
Temecula Valley at Etiwanda
DIVISION 3
– First round, Friday, May 6, 3:15 p.m.
Heritage at Palm Desert
DIVISION 4
– Wild-card games, Tuesday, May 3, 3:15 p.m.
C: Alhambra at Elsinore
G: La Salle at Glendora
– First round, Thursday, May 5, 3:15 p.m.
Winner WC-C at Tahquitz
Winner WC-G at Hemet
DIVISION 5
– Wild-card games, Wednesday, May 4, 3:15 p.m.
No local teams
– First round, Friday, 3:15 p.m.
Pomona at Citrus Hill (No. 4 seed)
DIVISION 6
– First round, Thursday, May 5, 3:15 p.m.
Santa Rosa Academy at Arrowhead Christian
Lakeside at Rim of the World
San Jacinto at Hesperia Christian
DIVISION 7
– Wild-card games, Wednesday, May 4, 3:15 p.m.
C: Coachella Valley at Redlands Adventist
G: Mountain View at Anza Hamilton
I: California Lutheran at Nuview Bridge
– First round, Friday, May 6, 3:15 p.m.
Winner WC-C at Temecula Prep (Game to be played at Linfield Christian School)
Winner WC-G at Riverside Prep
Winner WC-I at Cornerstone Christian
* Playoff brackets can also be seen on the CIF-SS website on the sport’s page at www.cifss.org.
** If we missed any local high school teams, or posted scores are wrong, please report them to the Valley News Sports Department by email at sports@reedermedia.com.
