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Beaumont Plays For CIF Title Friday
Second seeded Cougars to play top seeded La Canada in a 5:15 p.m. final in Irvine.
It will be No. 1 versus No. 2 when top-seeded La Canada faces second seeded Beaumont in Friday’s CIF-Southern Section Div. 5 softball championship at Deanna Manning Field in Irvine.
The Cougars (25-4) will face the Spartans (25-3) in a 5:15 p.m. game. The day will open with the Div. 7 final at 3 p.m. and conclude on Friday with the Div. 3 final at 7:30 p.m.
It will be Beaumont’s first CIF championship game appearance in softball and the school’s first CIF title game appearance since 2007 when the Cougars lost to San Jacinto in a baseball final. The Cougars bring a 12 game win streak to the final and have won 17 of their last 18 games. They advanced into the championship game with a 4-0 semifinal win over El Monte Arroyo Tuesday.
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La Canada has a win streak of its own. The Spartans have won 22 straight games, having not lost since dropping a non-league double header to West Ranch in early March.
The Rio Hondo League champion, a Div. 5 semifinalist last season, has won 50 games dating back to last season.
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Game schedule for Friday, June 3
Div. 7 – Pomona Catholic vs. Bell-Jeff, 3 p.m.
Div. 5 – La Canada vs. Beaumont, 5:15 p.m.
Div. 3 – Oaks Christian vs. South Hills, 7: 30 p.m.
Game schedule for Saturday, June 4
Div. 6 – Downey Calvary Chapel vs. Citrus Valley, 10 a.m.
Div. 4 – Dos Pueblos vs. Kaiser, 12:30 p.m.
Div. 2 – Adolfo Camarillo vs. La Mirada, 3:30 p.m.
Div. 1 – Anaheim Canyon vs. Corona Santiago, 6 p.m.
