NCS baseball, softball roundup: De La Salle crushes Pittsburg in first-round matchup

The De La Salle baseball group bounced back on Tuesday after losing to Granada last week in the East Bay Athletic League tournament championship challenge The Spartans the second seed in the North Coast Section Division I playoffs routed No seed Pittsburg - to advance to the quarterfinals on Friday at home against No Petaluma De La Salle - jumped out to an - lead through two innings and didn t look back Oklahoma commit Alec Blair went for and knocked in four runs Senior shortstop Antonio Castro went for drove in two runs and scored three times The Concord school finished with hits Pittsburg ended its season - Division I No Foothill No Liberty Foothill put this one away early jumping out to an eight-run lead through five innings in a dominant performance at Liberty The Lions hosted the meeting because they won a league title and Foothill did not Junior Austin Rost and freshman Aiden Tavares each went for and Jack Fowler drove in three runs Senior Take Sato-Kreis struck out six and allowed one run in six innings Foothill - will host No Benicia on Friday No College Park No Heritage College Park will move on to the second round after an -inning battle with Heritage that ended in dramatic fashion With the amount tied at and the bases loaded TJ Reinhart was hit by a pitch which scored junior Riley Meadows to end the battle Senior James Voorhies was solid on the mound striking out nine while allowing three hits and two runs in eight innings College Park - will host Clayton Valley on Friday in a matchup between Diablo Athletic League teams No Clayton Valley No Windsor The Ugly Eagles made the -mile trek to Windsor and came out with a win in extra innings In the top of the ninth junior Jack Campbell broke a - tie after his RBI single scored Josiah Morris Pitcher Artur Kleyman closed the contest retiring three consecutive batters to seal the win for Clayton Valley Morris went for with three RBIs Clayton Valley improved to - No Benicia No Redwood Carlos Largaespada had three RBIs to lead Benicia past Redwood The Panthers scored five runs in the first inning and led by as a great number of as six as they cruised to a home win Benicia improved to - No Petaluma No Castro Valley Castro Valley s magical season came to an end as the Trojans fell to Petaluma on the road Petaluma pitcher Arlo Pendleton held Castro Valley to two hits across innings Castro Valley ended its season - The Trojans won their first league title in at least years last week No Casa Grande No Dublin Pitcher Brady Laubscher blanked Dublin s high-powered offense striking out eight and allowing three hits in a complete-game shutout Casa Grande - will passage to top-seeded Granada on Friday Division III No California No San Leandro California was dominant in its playoff opener as the Grizzlies defeated San Leandro at home Nolan Jess had two hits and two RBIs while Logan Kellogg Angelo Sherman and Kai Watts each knocked in a run California - will host No Washington-Fremont on Friday No Washington-Fremont No Eureka The Huskies made the long -mile trip to Eureka and kept their season alive with an impressive win Washington s Ezekiel Porter and Ehkam Braich each had three RBIs The Fremont school took complete control of the encounter after scoring eight runs in the fourth inning Washington improved to - Softball Division II No Newark Memorial No Redwood Freshman Ariana Romo pitched a two-hitter and senior Andrea Tall had a double a triple and a home run as Newark Memorial rolled past Redwood Newark Memorial - will advance to top-seeded Cardinal Newman on Friday Division III No Berkeley No Cloverdale Berkeley scored six runs before the fifth inning to upset Cloverdale on the road Freshman Mia Kaufman had a monster encounter totaling six RBIs and three hits Freshman Olive Lightfoot struck out in six innings Berkeley improved to - and will play Alhambra on the road on Friday No San Leandro No Moreau Catholic San Leandro scored runs in the fourth to break a - tie as the Pirates upset Moreau Catholic on the road in a five-inning -run rule conclusion Related Articles Hole in one Heritage junior finds bottom of cup at NCS championships De La Salle wins its fifth consecutive NCS Division I golf title Prep roundup Valley Christian rallies to beat No St Francis share WCAL softball title Prep roundup Livermore wins EBAL softball title NCS crowns champions in lacrosse boys volleyball Prep roundup Bellarmine upsets Serra advances to WCAL baseball final Shortstop Jade Orta led the way with four RBIs Malia Bromstead and Jacella Onate each knocked in two runs San Leandro - will play No Arroyo on Friday Elsewhere El Cerrito s baseball crew won its Division III first-round matchup against San Rafael - The Gauchos will host No Freedom on Friday Freedom defeated James Logan - In Division III Piedmont held on to beat Archie Williams - The Highlanders will have another home contest on Friday when they play Northgate which defeated Bishop O Dowd - In softball No Heritage beat No Dougherty Valley - in the Division III bracket The Brentwood school will journey to Santa Rosa to play second-seeded Maria Carrillo on Friday in the quarterfinals