Final Fresno-area softball high school softball teams fall in CIF regional semifinals
The last three Fresno-area high school teams standing in the CIF regionals lost in semifinals Thursday.
The Central, Bullard and Fowler softball teams were the only ones out of 10 Fresno-area teams to win quarterfinals Tuesday in the softball and baseball playoffs.
CIF regionals Fresno-area scores
Quarterfinals Tuesday
Softball
NorCal
Division I
No. 3 Central 2, No. 6 California-San Ramon 1
Thursday’s semifinal
No. 2 Saint Francis-Mountain View 1, No. 3 Central 0
Division II
No. 4 Bullard 4, No. 5 Monterey 3
Thursday’s semifinal
No. 1 Willow Glen-San Jose 1, No. 4 Bullard 0
Division III
No. 2 Central Catholic-Modesto 3, No. 7 Madera 0
Division IV
No. 2 Fowler 10, No. 7 Summerville 2
Thursday’s semifinal
No. 3 Capital Christian-Sacramento 12, No. 2 Fowler 5
SoCal
Division III
No. 2 Fullerton 1, No. 7 Orange Cove 0
Baseball
NorCal
Division I
No. 2 De La Salle-Concord 6, No. 7 Buchanan 0
Division II
No. 8 Bellarmine College Prep 11, No. 1 Kingsburg 8
Division III
Oakmont-Roseville 3, Liberty-Madera Ranchos 2
Division V
No. 1 Ripon Christian 15, No. 8 Firebaugh 7
SoCal
Division V
No. 3 Ganesha-Pomona 11, No. 6 Woodlake 0
ORIGINAL STORY:
Softball
Both teams from Saturday’s Central Section Division I championship game will host Tuesday.
Central, which came away with a 4-2 victory over Bullard at Margie Wright Diamond, is seeded third and will host No. 6 California-San Ramon in a Northern California Division I game.
California defeated San Ramon Valley 5-1 for the North Coast Division I championship.
No. 4 Bullard will host No. 5 Monterey in NorCal Division II.
▪ No. 7 Madera is coming off a 4-2 victory over Frontier in the Division II championship. The seventh-seeded Coyotes will visit No. 2 Central Catholic-Modesto in NorCal Division III. The Raiders lost to Ponderosa 1-0 in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III championship.
▪ No. 2 Fowler will host in the NorCal Division IV playoffs. The Redcats will face No. 7 Summerville-Tuolumne. The Bears defeated Riverbank in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division VI championship.
▪ Central Section D-IV champion Orange Cove will hit the road to play No. 2 Fullerton in SoCal Division III.
The Titans beat Mission Prep 4-0 on Saturday at Fresno State.
The Indians are coming off a 5-3 loss to Foothill-Santa Ana in the Southern Section Division IV championship.
Baseball
Fresh off Kingsburg ending its 20-year title drought, the Vikings will play in front of their fans in the NorCal regionals.
The top-seeded Vikings will play No. 8 Bellarmine College Prep-San Jose in Division II.
Kingsburg defeated Dos Palos 7-5 in the Central Section Division III championship in Visalia.
The Prep Bells held off Leigh-San Jose 2-0 for the Central Coast Division II championship.
▪ No. 7 Buchanan will look to recover from its stunning 4-3 loss to Centennial in the Central Section Division I final when the Bears visit No. 2 De La Salle-Concord in NorCal Division I.
The Bears were one out away from winning a section title before a three-run home run ended those hopes.
The Spartans beat Clayton Valley Charter 7-3 in the North Coast Division I championship.
▪ In NorCal Division V, No. 8 Firebaugh plays at No. 1 Ripon Christian.
The Eagles won the Central Section Division V championship with a 4-1 victory over East Bakersfield. The Knights rolled to an 11-3 victory over Turlock Christian in the Sac-Joaquin Division VII championship.
▪ After a long section title drought, No. 6 Woodlake will play in the SoCal Division V and will visit Ganesha-Pomona.
The Tigers defeated Orange Cove 7-0 in Division VI for their first section title since 1982.
The Giants blanked Fillmore 7-0 in the Southern Section Division VII championship.
This story was originally published May 29, 2023 at 7:16 PM.
