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Local Teams Prepare for CIF Baseball, Softball Action

Baseball and softball post-season pairings released; Gahr, Valley Christian and Whitney find out first-round opponents.

, ranked #9 in the latest CIF-SS Division 3 baseball polls was rewarded with a home game in Friday’s CIF-Southern Section opening playoff round.

The Gladiators (18-8), runners-up in the tough San Gabriel Valley League, will host Loara (16-11). The visting Saxons are the second place team from the Golden West League.
 
The Olympic League runners-up, (16-10), will be home to battle Serra (18-5) in Division 5 action. Serra finished second in the Camino Real League.
 
The Wildcats softball team faces a tough road, literally.   Whitney faces the long trip to Carpinteria for their Division 6 opener on Thursday. Both teams were runners-up in their respective leagues.
 
Both the baseball and softball teams from Cerritos High, along with the baseballers from Whitney and the softball team from Gahr, did not qualify for postseason play.

Here is the link to the CIF baseball and softball pairings in all divisions: www.cifss.org

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