No. 1 Granada upset: California (CIF) North Coast Section baseball high school playoff updated scores (5/23/2025)

Defending D1 NCS, NorCal champion Granada shocked by ninth-seed Casa Grande; Second-seed De La Salle, No. 3 Foothill, No. 5 College Park all win handily in D1

Tamalpais (white) lost this 2-0 league game to Redwood, but the Red Tailed Hawks have advanced to the North Coast Section Division 2 quarterfinals Saturday (May 24) to play at MCAL rival San Marin at 1 p.m. / Photo by Greg Jungerman

The North Coast Section baseball high school playoffs are in full force.

First-round play in all six divisions have been played and quarterfinal play is set for Friday.

The single-elimination tournaments conclude May 30-31.

The winners of those championships and runner-ups in many cases, advance to the CIF Northern Regional tournament, which runs June 3-7. No state championships have been approved as of yet.

See below for quarterfinal scxores and matchups in each division

DIVISION 1 (Friday)

No. 9 Casa Grande 3, No. 1 Granada 2: The visiting Gauchos (20-7) scored two in the third to take a 3-2 lead and their pitching held the defending NCS and NorCal champions scoreless the rest of the way. Estevan Duart went 3-for-3 for Granada, which finished 22-6.

No. 5 College Park 4, No. 13 Clayton Valley Charter 1: Winning pitcher Sebastian Alvarez allowed three hits and struck out five over six innings and Jack Lowery pitched a scoreless seventh to moved the host Falcons (16-10) into the semifinals. The Falcons made the most of five hits including RBI knocks from Connor Berkowitz and Trent Lanza.

No. 2 De La Salle 15, No. 7 Petaluma 0: Oklahoma bound Alex Blair went 3-for-3 with a triple, Antonio Castro was 2-for-4 with 3 runs, freshman Jacob Gray was 3-for-3 with three RBI and winning pitcher Roman Bartosh allowed one hit and struck out eight while going the distance of five innings in the game that ended by the mercy rule. The Spartans (24-4) will host Foothill in Tuesday's semifinals.

No. 3 Foothill 10, No. 6 Benicia 4: The host Falcons (21-6) broke it ope with six runs in the fourth, helped by five Benicia errors on the game. Landon Camerford went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a double, while freshman Aiden Tavares drove in a pair with a double.

DIVSION 2 (Saturday)

No. 8 Amador Valley at No. 1 Cardinal Newman

No. 5 Acalanes at No. 4 Campolindo

No. 15 Rancho Cotate at No. 7 Livermore

No. 6 Tamalpais at No. 3 San Marin

DIVISION 3 (Friday)

No. 1 California 4, No. 9 Washington 0

No. 12 Freedom 2, No. 4 El Cerrito 0

No. 10 Northgate 5, No. 2 Piedmont 0

Marin Catholic 11, No. 14 Kelseyville 4

DIVISION 4 (Saturday)

No. 8 Healdsburg at No. 1 Arroyo

No. 13 Las Lomas at No. 5 Moreau Catholic

No. 7 American Canyon at No. 2 Head-Royce

No. 6 Clear Lake vs. No. 3 Berean Christian at DVC

DIVISION 5 (Friday)

No. 1 Pinole Valley 5, No. 8 Bay School 1

No. 5 Kennedy 2, No. 4 St. Joseph 1

No. 2 Arcata 10, No. 10 De Anza 2

No. 3 St. Bernard's 2, No. 6 Miramonte 1

DIVISION 6 (Saturday)

No. 8 Point Arena at No. 1 Swett

No. 5 Cloverdale at No. 4 Athenian

No. 7 Credo at No. 2 St. Mary's

No. 6 Summerfield Waldorf vs. No. 3 Sonoma Academy at Doyle Park

Top NCS baseball seeds are: Granada-Livermore (D1), Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa (D2), California-San Ramon (D3), Arroyo-San Lorenzo (D4), Pinole Valley (D5) and John Swett-Crockett (D6). 

Defending champions are Granada (D1), Cardinal Newman (D2), San Marin-Novato (D3), Justin Siena-Napa (D4), Branson-Ross (D5) and Ferndale (D6).

2025 North Coast Section baseball brackets

• DIVISION 1

• DIVISION 2

• DIVISION 3

• DIVISION 4

• DIVISION 5

• DIVISION 6

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