NCS roundup: College Park reaches first NCS D-I baseball final in a decade

For the first time since College Park will play for a North Coast Section baseball championship The fifth-seeded Falcons playing on their home field in Pleasant Hill blanked ninth-seeded Casa Grande - on Tuesday to advance to the Division I final College Park will play second-seeded De La Salle on Saturday at Saint Mary s College in a rematch of the Division I title match which the Falcons won with a roster that included current big leaguers Trevor Larnach Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Willie MacIver On Tuesday James Voorhies pitched a complete tournament for College Park scattering five hits and walking one against an opponent that upset top-seeded and defending champion Granada in the previous round TJ Reinhart led College Park s offense with two RBIs Connor Berkowitz Desmond Cobb Jack Carpenter Davin Koepp Vincent Vasell Josh Northrup and Dante Nishizawa each knocked in one College Park scored three in the first inning and didn t look back The Falcons stretched the lead to - in the third inning after Koepp and Reinhart scored on a fielding error College Park added one in the fourth then scored four in the sixth to end the meeting because of the -run rule College Park - extended its winning streak to six and has won nine of its past The Falcons will face a De La Salle company that has won of its past NCS playoff games since losing to College Park a decade ago Division III No California No Freedom California built a six-run lead after two innings and held off Freedom in the seventh to advance to the Division III final this weekend against Marin Catholic Jacob Casiano had two hits and two RBIs and Johnny Edwards tripled among his two hits knocked in a run and scored twice to lead the Grizzlies on their home field in San Ramon Ethan Rye also had two hits and an RBI and Brayden Gijbels pitched innings to help end Freedom s Cinderella run Andrew Borrego had two hits and drove in two runs for Freedom - California improved to - Division V No Kennedy-Fremont No Pinole Valley Kennedy held on in the bottom of the seventh to upset top-seeded Pinole Valley keeping its hopes alive for the operation s first NCS baseball championship The Titans led - after five innings but gave up two in the sixth and two in the seventh before the encounter s final out was recorded in stunning fashion Pitcher Abhay Dhaliwal threw to shortstop Michael Pickett picking off a pinch runner at second base to end the challenge Rylan Padilla had two hits and three RBIs Ethan Kennedy doubled and knocked in two runs and Hunter Padilla had two hits and scored a run to lead Kennedy The Titans - will play second-seeded Arcata for the Division V championship this weekend Craig Jensen III had two hits including a double and two RBIs for Pinole Valley - - Softball Division II No Carondelet No James Logan Maia Scholtens struck out and allowed one unearned run in innings and Angela Gates had three hits including a double and scored a run as Carondelet rolled into the Division II final this weekend with a domination at home over James Logan Arielle Henriquez homered and Brooke Hamilton had two hits and an RBI to help put Carondelet in position for its first NCS championship since and third overall The Cougars scored five in the first and added a run in the second Logan rallied for three runs in the fourth and one in the fifth but the momentum was short-lived Carondelet answered with five runs in the bottom of the fifth to put the margin out of reach The Cougars - will play top-seeded Cardinal Newman for the championship Related Articles NorCal golf De La Salle wins squad title College Prep s Chang places first Trump warns California Gov Newsom of a transgender athlete showdown this weekend Vote now Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week Vote now Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week CCS track and field finals Monta Vista jumper takes big leap celebrates wins James Logan dropped to - - No Cardinal Newman No Benicia Kloie Ruiz Alana Robinson and Ava Rojas each had a hit for Benicia but this one was all Cardinal Newman as the Santa Rosa school cruised on its home field to a semifinal win Andrea Mansbery had two hits including a home run and Jordyn Johnsen tripled among her three hits and drove in two runs to lead Cardinal Newman s offense In the circle Callie Howard pitched a three-hitter with strikeouts as Cardinal Newman - advanced to a final for the third consecutive year The Cardinals won the Division III title last season and Division IV crown in Benicia fell to -