Six County Teams Advance to CCS Baseball Playoffs

Top 10 baseball rankings

Top 10 baseball rankings 1. Palma: Champions of the Gabilan Division for the first time in nine years, the Chieftains Alan Gonzalez has 10 home runs and 48 runs batted in, as well as a 9-1 record on the mound. 2. Soquel: The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions will go into the postseason riding a 15 game winning streak, sporting a 25-1 overall record. 3. Hollister: During a five-game winning streak that vaulted them into a tie for second …

Six county teams advance to CCS baseball playoffs

Six of Santa Cruz County’s 10 high schools with varsity baseball programs qualified for the Central Coast Section playoffs. Soquel will compete in Division I, Santa Cruz in D-III, Scotts Valley and St. Francis in D-IV, Harbor in D-V, and Monte Vista Christian in D-VI. The quarterfinals for all six division begin Saturday. Soquel (25-1 overall) was rewarded for its sensation regular season — one of the best in local history — with a tough match u…

CCS baseball playoffs: First-round games in all divisions

Central Coast Section baseball playoffs Saturday’s games Division I No. 6 Bellarmine (17-13) at No. 3 Los Gatos (23-4), 1 p.m. No. 7 Soquel (25-1) at No. 2 Valley Christian (23-6-1), noon No. 5 St. Francis (19-9) vs. No. 4 St. Ignatius (17-9-2) at Fairmont Field in Pacifica, 3 p.m. No. 8 Palma (21-6) at No. 1 Serra (23-6), 1 p.m. Division II No. 6 Sacred Heart Cathedral (12-16) at No. 3 Hollister (18-8), 4 p.m. No. 7 Pioneer (14-10) at No. 2 Men…