Stories for 5/25

Check below for a handful of baseball and softball (and one soccer) playoff stories. Stay tuned on the Section home page to see if rain will postpone today's scheduled games. Not looking good at the moment.

BASEBALL
Division 1: St. Mary's d. Beyer 11-1 in a South semifinal. Click here or here. ... Pleasant Grove d., Elk Grove 12-0 and Jesuit d. Franklin-EG 8-5 in the D1 quarterfinals. Click here for the SacBee story.
Division 2: Granite Bay d. Roseville 3-2 on a hidden ball trick. Click here. ...
Division 5: Escalon d. Livingston 7-1 to go to Monday's championship. Click here or here or here.
Division 7: Valley Christian d. Stone Ridge Christian 8-7 in eight innings. Click here. ... Bradsahw Christian d. Elliot Christian 8-2 to go on to the final. Click here or here.

SOFTBALL
Division 1: Johansen d. West 6-0 and beat Sheldon 4-3 to stay alive in the D1 tournament. Click here and notice how the Vikings beat Sheldon (4-run rally in the seventh!). ... Napa d. Enochs 9-2 and beat Vacaville 5-3 to stray alive in the D1 tournament. Click here. ... West lost 6-0 to Johansen in an elimination game. Click here. ... Vacaville was swept out of the D1 tournament. Click here.
Division 2: The Oak Ridge softball team has a long road to go. Click here for the story.
Division 3: River Valley d. Pioneer 3-0 in an elimination game. Click here or here.

SOCCER
We missed this story in the Vallejo Times-Herald on the SJS Division 3 soccer championship. Thanks to loyal reader Dave Shafer for pointing it out. Click here to read about Benicia's 1-0 victory over Rio Americano in the D3 final. It was the third year in a row these teams met in the finals. ... And click here to read about Benicia forward Emily Smith.

Napa High will induct four into its Hall of Fame. Click here for the story.