Chico repeats as section baseball champion

Crunch time hits make all the difference for Century in section tournament win over Mayo

ROCHESTER — Down two at the top of the seventh inning with one out, it was do or die time for Century. The No. 7-seeded Panthers chose the former. In front of a packed crowd at Dale Massey Field, split between the bleachers and folding chairs along the fence, Century put up six runs in the seventh to beat No. 2 seed Mayo 8-4 in the first round of the Section 1, Class 4A tournament. The fans who came out on the holiday to catch some crosstown riv…

Chico repeats as section baseball champion

BUTTE VALLEY – The Chico High baseball team spilled out of the dugout for a celebratory dogpile in the middle of the Butte College field. With mostly the same core group of players and many still sporting the bleach blond hair that became a team staple last season, it felt like deja vu. The Panthers continued their magical season by winning back-to-back Northern Section Division II titles after defeating crosstown rival Pleasant Valley 5-1 on Sa…