CIF NorCal softball roundup: Willow Glen’s season ends at Del Oro; Northgate rolls

Willow Glen won its first games this season and nearly stretched the streak to but lost to St Francis on Saturday in eight innings with the Central Coast Section Open Division championship on the line Given a chance to return to its winning avenues Tuesday in Loomis Willow Glen instead watched its season end Second-seeded Del Oro scored seven runs in the first inning withstood a four-run Willow Glen rally in the fourth and went on to advance to the semifinals of the CIF Northern California Division I regionals with a - win over the seventh-seeded Rams The Golden Eagles will be back at home on Thursday to face third-seeded St Francis which rallied to beat Rocklin - on Tuesday after defeating Willow Glen - on Saturday Lea Crawford accounted for all four Willow Glen runs with a fourth-inning grand slam that cut the margin to - Del Oro answered with two in the bottom half of the frame Maia Mendoza and Haley Ocumen each had a hit for Willow Glen which finished - Del Oro improved to - No Oak Ridge No Capuchino The Trojans - scored four runs in the first inning and five more in the second The challenge was called after innings due to the -run rule Oak Ridge won for the th time in games Capuchino - managed only two hits against Trojans pitcher Ellison Schroeder one each by Avery Motroni and Lily Thomas Motroni who will continue playing softball at Arizona State next season hit this season with doubles one triple and five homers She drove in runs Schroeder has signed to play at Santa Clara next season She won games this season and averaged over a strikeout per inning Division II No Liberty No Central Catholic The Lions made quick work of Central Catholic at home as they scored runs on hits to advance to the semifinals Kylee McKinney Taylor Jennings and Isabella Rice each had a home run and three RBIs Liberty built a five-run lead after three innings and exploded for seven in the fourth to put the encounter away Liberty - will journey to top-seeded Vanden on Thursday No Vanden No Foothill In a battle where the lead changed hands four times the Vikings - scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to pull out the hard-fought win The Falcons - - had three two-run innings and had leads of - and - but it wasn t enough Foothill took its last lead at - in the sixth Naima Braham doubled to left and took third on a sacrifice A ground ball tied the tally then sophomore Alexa Sponsel homered to center putting the Falcons ahead It didn t last Ayrelyn Chavez and KJ Horton hit RBI doubles in the seventh to win the challenge for Vanden Horton s double was a walk off Sophia Burdick Kaycie Burdick Addison Chandler and Sponsel each had two of the Falcons hits Division II No The King s Academy No Destiny Christian Academy A three-run rally in the seventh inning kept King s Academy s season alive in Sacramento Chaeli Yamakoshi doubled to lead off then Sophie Giles doubled to total Yamakoshi After Mia Bennette reached base on an error Katia Nesper singled to left clearing the bases and giving the Knights a one-run lead Then she returned to the circle where she struck out the side to seal the win Destiny - took a first-inning lead on a two-run homer by Mia Jimenez Bennette responded with a two-run double in the fifth but Sophia Fountaine countered with a two-run shot in the bottom of the frame Nesper pitched a complete match with four runs allowed on six hits and strikeouts TKA - will next trip to face Salinas - in the NorCal D-II semifinals on Thursday at p m Division III No Pleasant Valley No Carondelet Pleasant Valley needed just one run to beat Carondelet as senior Alissa Snipes dominated in the pitcher s circle Snipes threw a one-hitter and struck out eight to lead Pleasant Valley into the semifinals on Thursday at No Cardinal Newman Carondelet finished the season - Division IV No Northgate No Gridley Chloe Alfonso homered Lucky Franco and Stella Hanko each drove in two runs and Ashley Herman struck out to lead Northgate past visiting Gridley in an opening-round NorCal Division IV contest Related Articles You guys are freakin cockroaches Santa Clara continues dream season with five-run comeback walk-off win One pitch from elimination St Francis rallies for thrilling NorCal win De La Salle surges into NorCal D semifinals with win over Del Oro CIF NorCal baseball roundup Serra edges College Park in -inning thriller CIF NorCal baseball softball Tuesday s scores updated schedule The Broncos scored eight runs in the second gave up two in the fourth and then responded with two in the fifth and one in the sixth Northgate - will trip to play top-seeded East Nicolaus in the semifinals on Thursday Gridley finished - No East Nicolaus No Woodside East Nicolaus built a - lead through five innings and coasted The Wildcats cut the lead to - with a run in the sixth but the home crew came right back with two in the bottom of the inning Elizabeth Severin scored the Woodside run on an error She reached base on a walk The Wildcats - managed only three hits including a double by Marisa Calderon East Nicolaus - will host Northgate in the D-IV semifinals on Thursday No San Leandro No University Prep-Redding San Leandro walked off a win in the bottom of the ninth as Jade Orta hit a two-out single to left scoring Marley Santos The Pirates - had to come through in the bottom of the seventh to prolong the contest and save their season Down - they rallied with a single by Santos another by Marina Sacrey and a game-tying double by Julianna Morales Sacrey had run-scoring doubles for San Leandro in the third and fifth innings She also pitched the entire contest going nine innings with just one earned run allowed and seven strikeouts San Leandro advances to face No Aptos which upset No Argonaut - on Tuesday The Pirates will host Aptos in a surprising home semifinal at p m on Thursday Division V No Miramonte No Oakland Miramonte s clutch sixth-inning rally powered the Matadors to a win at home The Mats - trailed Oakland - before Avery Haynes got them started with a hit-by-pitch Then Talia Hagan was also hit by a pitch With one out Gianna Granzella singled to left to tie the event Maddie McKim walked to load the bases then Abby Warren walked to force in a run and give Miramonte a - lead The Matadors padded their advantage with a two-run single by Lucy Daoust Warren closed the contest out in the top of the seventh with a scoreless frame She finished with two earned runs allowed on six hits across the full seven innings with eight strikeouts Miramonte advances to face top seed Biggs in the semifinals on Thursday Teresa Echaniz and Janiya Williams each drove in a pair of runs for Oakland whose season finishes with a record of -