Baseball: 18 local teams advance to North Coast Section playoffs
Eighteen local high school baseball teams made the cut for the North Coast Section playoffs as brackets were unveiled Sunday afternoon.
First-round games are set for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Montgomery and Grace Christian Academy earned No. 1 seeds in Division 5 and Division 6, respectively, and will have first-round byes. Six local teams earned top-five seeds in their respective divisions. Divisions 1, 3 and 5 will play their openers Tuesday, while Divisions 2, 4 and 6 will open Wednesday.
Petaluma earned the No. 13 seed in Division 1, the highest bracket, and will play at 4 seed Berkeley in the first round.
Casa Grande is the 3 seed in Division 2 and will host 14 seed Miramonte in its opener. Also in Division 2 are 6 seed Windsor at 11 seed San Leandro and No. 10 Cardinal Newman at No. 7 Washington.
Ukiah is the 4 seed in Division 3 and will host 13 seed American in the first round. Analy is the 10 seed in the division and will host 7 seed San Marin. Vintage is the 11 seed and will play at 6 seed University and Rancho Cotate is the 12 seed and will play at 5 seed James Logan.
In Division 4, Justin-Siena was named the 3 seed and will host 14 seed Hayward, while No. 13 Santa Rosa will play at 4 seed John Swett.
Along with top-seeded Montgomery, Division 5 features four other local teams. Healdsburg is the 2 seed and will face 15 seed Kennedy-Fremont in its opener at Mendocino College. Sonoma Academy is the 5 seed and will host 12 seed St. Helena at Doyle Park in Santa Rosa, while Sonoma Valley is the 7 seed and will play at 10 seed Brave Christian.
In Division 6, Rio Lindo Adventist is the 4 seed and play 13 seed San Francisco Waldorf and St. Vincent is the 7 seed and will host 10 seed Ygnacio Valley.
Complete brackets can be found on the NCS website.
NCS baseball playoffs
Division 1
No. 13 Petaluma at No. 4 Berkeley, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
Division 2
No. 3 Casa Grande vs. No. 14 Miramonte, Wednesday, 5 p.m.
No. 6 Windsor at No. 11 San Leandro, Wednesday, 5 p.m.
No. 10 Cardinal Newman at No. 7 Washington, Wednesday, 5 p.m.
Division 3
No. 4 Ukiah vs. No. 13 American, Tuesday, 7 p.m.
No. 10 Analy vs. No. 7 San Marin, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
No. 11 Vintage at No. 6 University, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
No. 12 Rancho Cotate at No. 5 James Logan, Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Division 4
No. 3 Justin-Siena vs. No. 14 Hayward, Wednesday, 5 p.m.
No. 13 Santa Rosa at No. 4 John Swett, Wednesday, 5 p.m.
Division 5
No. 1 Montgomery – (Bye)
No. 2 Healdsburg vs. No. 15 Kennedy-Fremont, Mendocino College, Tuesday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Sonoma Academy vs. No. 12 St. Helena, Doyle Park, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
No. 7 Sonoma Valley at No. 10 Brave Christian, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
Division 6
No. 1 Grace Christian Academy – (Bye)
No. 4 Rio Lindo Adventist vs. No. 13 San Francisco Waldorf, TBD
No. 7 St. Vincent vs. No. 10 Ygnacio Valley, Wednesday, 5 p.m.
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