Liberty-Madera Ranchos produces instant championship results under its first-year coach

In his first year at Liberty High-Madera Ranchos, baseball coach Mario Cosma already has re-established a championship culture.

After getting bounced out of the playoffs in the second round each of the past two seasons and finishing with losing records the two seasons prior to that, Liberty changed coaches in the offseason.

And Cosma had the Golden Hawks deliver immediately.

No. 4-seeded Liberty (19-10-1), which won more games this season than it had in the past nine years, defeated No. 2 Arvin 4-2 on Friday to capture the Central Section Division V championship at Rawhide Ballpark in Visalia.

It is Liberty's first section title since 2009.

Liberty's Eli Gonzalez drove in the game's first run with a single that scored Jameson Frazier.

Following another RBI single, the Golden Hawks added two more runs thanks to two errors by Arvin during the second inning.

Arvin (24-6) never could recover from the 4-0 hole and had a 12-game winning streak snapped.

Liberty outscored its three opponents a combined 29-5 this postseason.

This story was originally published May 25, 2018 at 8:05 PM with the headline "Liberty-Madera Ranchos produces instant championship results under its first-year coach."