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BASEBALL: Milpitas Bounced by Mitty

Powerful WCAL opponent too much for Trojans in CCS playoff opener

The Milpitas High baseball team fell 8-1 to Archbishop Mitty Prep in a 2011 Central Coast Section first round playoff game Wednesday afternoon in San Jose.

Mitty (25-5-1), a perennial West Catholic Athletic League power and No. 2 seed in the loaded Division I bracket, proved to be too much for the Trojans on this day, earning a convincing win to advance to Saturday's quarterfinal round.

Milpitas (17-8-1), finished in a tie for second place in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League with Monta Vista High-Cupertino.

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Freshman Ronnie Reed got the start on the mound for the Trojans on Wednesday.

Mitty will play league-mate Valley Christian on Saturday in one of four quarterfinals in the Division I tournament.

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Seniors Alex Herrera, Skyler Langorst, Armany Thompson, Matt Menezes, Anthony Paz, Zack Ebright and Kevin Tu all played in their final games for the Trojans.

Paz scored one of the two Milpitas runs off an electric head first slide into home plate.

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