Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage advance to CIF-SS softball semifinals in respective division

Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage advance to CIF-SS softball semifinals in respective division

The CIF-SS playoffs continued Wednesday with three local softball teams in their respective quarterfinal. Cathedral City and Rancho Mirage won, while Indio lost. D4: El Toro 9, at Indio 3 D7: Edgewood 8, Rancho Mirage 10 D8: Cathedral City 3, Orange 1 The Lions and Rattlers will play their respective semifinal games will take place this weekend. Stay with KESQ News Channel 3 for continuing coverage of local high school sports and the CIF-SS pla…

Orange’s late push falls short, season ends with CIF playoff loss to Cathedral City

Orange leadoff hitter Madyson Valerio gets ready for a pitch Wednesday. (PHOTOS: Adam Kunin,For OC Sports Zone). Despite cutting the deficit to as little as one run, Orange’s comeback effort came up short in a 3-1 loss to Cathedral City in a CIF Division 8 softball quarterfinal round playoff game Wednesday at Orange. The Lions (14-14) move on to the semifinals, where they will meet Lennox Academy Saturday. Although Orange (9-12) couldn’t accompl…