Santa Clarita Sports Report, May 15, 2017. This is your place for Santa Clarita’s 2016/17 Foothill League spring sports. Find all the latest news and updates on your hometown schools here as they compete in the Foothill League, Heritage League, Western State Conference and GSAC.

The CIF-SS baseball and softball playoffs begin this week.

Santa Clarita High School Baseball

The CIF-SS baseball playoff brackets have been released, with First Round games on Thursday, May 18.

Division I

Dos Pueblos (18-9-1) vs 6 Valencia (23-7)

9 West Ranch (19-8) vs El Dorado (18-8-1)

Hart (20-10) vs 5 Vista Murrieta (21-8)

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Division VI

Santa Clarita Christian (13-4) vs 6 Pomona (16-7)

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Division VII

Coast Union (10-7) vs Trinity Classical Academy (10-9)

Shalhevet (8-7-1) vs 7 Albert Einstein Academy (12-3)

Santa Clarita High School Softball

The CIF-SS softball playoff brackets have been released, with First Round games on Thursday, May 18.

Division I

Great Oak (11-8) vs 6 Valencia (21-7)

Saugus (16-12) vs Pacifica/Garden Grove (20-7)

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Division VII

Santa Clarita Christian (8-6) vs Village Christian (15-10)

TMU Baseball

Michael Sexton continued his late season terror on opposing pitchers with another imposing offensive display. The third baseman blasted his team-leading 17th home run of the season this morning in the NAIA Opening Round Tournament game against LSU Shreveport to guide the Mustangs to an 8-4 victory.

TMU (36-21) plays Georgia Gwinnett College next, at 4 o’clock.

COC Softball

Canyons Softball was eliminated from the CCCAA Super Regionals with a 9-5 defeat to Santiago Canyon over the weekend.

The Cougars end their season 30-13-1.

Los Angeles Dodgers

The Dodgers fell in Colorado, 9-6, to split a four-game series at two apiece. Pitching, as per usual, was the difference in the series for the Dodgers.

In the two losses, LA gave up a combined 19 runs; in the two victories, a mere two runs total.

More NL West work for the Boys in Blue, as they head to San Franncisco from Colorado for a three-game series with the rival Giants.

Brandon McCarthy (3-0) is scheduled to take on Matt Cain (2-1) at 7:15, catch all the action live on KHTS Radio!

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