Baseball and Softball Playoffs
Ranked 2nd in the nation by MaxPreps, the Corona Panthers baseball team leads a large contingent of Southwest Riverside County high school baseball and softball teams into the CIF-SS playoffs.
As the top seed in Division 1, Corona hosts El Dorado in the first round today, Friday, May 3.
The perennial powerhouse Norco softball team, seeded third in Division 1, opens play next Tuesday at home against the victor of the Great Oak and Torrance wildcard game that was played Thursday after press time.
Other high seeds locally are Menifee Paloma Valley, the #2 seed in Division 2, and Corona Centennial, the top seed in Division 3, both in baseball.
The schedule includes:
SOFTBALL
Thursday, May 2
Eastvale Roosevelt @ Huntington Beach D1
Temescal Canyon @ Temple City D2
La Serna @ Ramona D2
Riverside Arlington @ Northview D3
Riverside King @ Arcadia D3 (King defeated Dos Pueblos in a wildcard game)
Riverside North @ Oxnard D4 Hillcrest @ Downey D4
Hillcrest @ Downey
Elsinore @ Mira Costa D4
Winchester Liberty @ Palm Desert D5
Menifee Paloma Valley @ San Jacinto, D5
Oxford Academy @ Riverside Notre Dame (#1) D7
Riverside Prep @ Bishop Conaty – Our Lady of Loretto
Tuesday, May 7
Great Oak or Torrance @ Norco (#3) D1
Eastvale Roosevelt or Huntington Beach @ Riverside poly
BASEBALL
Thursday, May 2
Crean Lutheran @ Menifee Paloma Valley (#2) D2
Murrieta Valley @ Elsinore D4
Eastvale Roosevelt @ Don Lugo D4
Menifee Heritage @ La Quinta D4
Friday, May 3
El Dorado @ Corona (#1) D1
Corona Santiago @ Huntington Beach D1
Norco @ Harvard-Westlake (#2) D1
Lakewood @ Corona Centennial (#1) D3
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