Prep baseball | Arcata drops 9-8 extra-inning thriller in CIF playoff opener

Prep baseball | Arcata drops 9-8 extra-inning thriller in CIF playoff opener

Fresh off their North Coast Section title last week, the Arcata Tigers began and were bounced in the first round of the California Interscholastic Federation state playoffs Tuesday night with an extra-inning loss in Cottonwood. Arcata battled back from an early 4-0 deficit, but the Tigers couldn’t upset the No. 2 seed West Valley and fell 9-8 in the opening round of the Division IV CIF playoffs. The loss ended the Tigers’ season at 17-12, but Ar…