CIF-SS playoffs: Palm Desert softball, Cathedral City baseball making major moves
It's win-or-go-home time for the spring high school sports of baseball, softball and tennis and after one full week of the postseason, we've had some winners and we've had some go-homers.
Softball
Palm Desert 5, Santa Rosa Academy 1: The Aztecs went on the road to Mount San Jacinto College on Thursday and came home with a first-round win.
Madysyn Lopez was the star of the day for the Aztecs, pitching a complete game and only giving up one unearned run. Lopez also had three hits and three RBIs.
Brooklyn Dowdle also had three hits and knocked in a run. Aubrey Martinez had two hits, two runs and an RBI, while Mary Jane Limon and Sidney Sherrod each had a triple.
The Aztecs are now 17-8 and earned a home game Tuesday where they will face Yorba Linda, the No. 2 seed in Division 4. Game time is still to be determined.
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Baseball
Cathedral City 10, Mesa Grande Academy 5: The Lions followed up their wild-card win on Wednesday by pulling off the upset in their first-round game on the road against No. 6-ranked Mesa Grande Academy in a Division 7 tilt.
The Lions scored five runs in the fifth and were clinging to a 6-5 lead when they added four huge insurance runs in the top of the seventh to make for an easy finish.
The Lions ripped 15 hits in the game and it was the bottom of the order doing the damage as the No. 6, 7 and 8 hitters -- Adrian Rodriguez, Isaiah Reyes and Isaac Rodas -- all had three hits. Rodriguez and Reyes each scored two runs and Rodas knocked in two.
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Isaac Reyes contributed two hits, a run and an RBI as the top eight batters in the lineup had at least one hit and one run scored.
Michael Carlin pitched six innings, striking out 12 and Rodriguez pitched a spotless seventh inning with two strikeouts.
The Lions (14-7) will be at home on Tuesday for their second-round game as they host Cornerstone Christian from Wildomar.
Boys' tennis
San Marino 11, Palm Desert 7: A fantastic year for the Palm Desert boys' tennis team came to an end Friday, as they lost their first head-to-head matchup of the season in the second-round of the Division 1 CIF-SS playoffs.
The Aztecs were 18-0 heading into the road match against San Marino and couldn't come up with the win.
CIF-SS playoff schedule
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Baseball
D3: La Quinta 6, Woodcrest Christian 0
D3: Palm Desert 2, Heritage 1
D5: Serrano 15, Indio 0
D5: Nogales 3, Shadow Hills 0
D6: AB Miller 7, Rancho Mirage 5
D7: Temecula Prep 4, Coachella Valley 3
D7: Cathedral City 10, Mesa Grande Academy 5
D7: Desert Mirage 7, Ganesha 0
Boys' tennis
D1: San Marino 11, Palm Desert 7
D4: ]Long Beach (Poly) 16, Yucca Valley 2
TUESDAY'S GAMES
(All games at 3:15 p.m. unless teams agree to change)
Softball
D3: West Torrance at La Quinta
D4: Yorba Linda at Palm Desert
D6: Indio at Nordhoff
D6: Shadow Hills at San Jacinto Valley
Baseball
D3: Monrovia at La Quinta
D3: Dos Pueblos at Palm Desert
D7: St. Bernard at Desert Mirage
D7: Cornerstone Christian at Cathedral City
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