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De La Salle baseball dominates College Park, advances to NCS final
De La Salle-Concord’s baseball team, coming off one of its most dominating seasons in program history, struggled at times this season but is back in the North Coast Section Division 1 title game following a 9-1 semifinal home win Wednesday over College Park-Pleasant Hill.
Gio Mijares hit a solo home run and Nick Santiago added a two-run triple, highlighting a five-run third inning as fifth-seed De La Salle (20-8) advanced to Saturday’s championship game against Monte Vista-Danville at St. Mary’s College.
Winning pitcher Cullen Kafka (11-1) struck out six over four innings for the Spartans, who graduated 15 off last year’s 25-3 team that outscored opponents 187-44, including 17-1 over College Park in the semifinals.
In a D3 semifinal, Nick Roth fired a four-hitter with 10 strikeouts and Case Deist scored the winning run as Drake-San Anselmo (24-5) won 1-0 at second-seeded Analy-Sebastopol.
Lloyd shot a 6-under-par round of 65, which was three shots better than five other players, including teammate Daniel Kim, for medalist honors.
MaxPreps senior writer Mitch Stephens covers high school sports for The San Francisco Chronicle.
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De La Salle-Concord’s baseball team, coming off one of its most dominating seasons in program history, struggled at times this season but is back in the North Coast Section Division 1 title game following a 9-1 semifinal home win Wednesday over College Park-Pleasant Hill.
Gio Mijares hit a solo home run and Nick Santiago added a two-run triple, highlighting a five-run third inning as fifth-seed De La Salle (20-8) advanced to Saturday’s championship game against Monte Vista-Danville at St. Mary’s College.
Winning pitcher Cullen Kafka (11-1) struck out six over four innings for the Spartans, who graduated 15 off last year’s 25-3 team that outscored opponents 187-44, including 17-1 over College Park in the semifinals.
In a D3 semifinal, Nick Roth fired a four-hitter with 10 strikeouts and Case Deist scored the winning run as Drake-San Anselmo (24-5) won 1-0 at second-seeded Analy-Sebastopol.
Lloyd shot a 6-under-par round of 65, which was three shots better than five other players, including teammate Daniel Kim, for medalist honors.
MaxPreps senior writer Mitch Stephens covers high school sports for The San Francisco Chronicle.
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