The Patriots came away with a 7-0 victory, with Oscar Vargas getting his team-leading 22nd and 23rd goals of the season. The win also gave Birmingham some retribution considering South East had upset the Patriots in last year’s City championship game.

Birmingham will play a Friday quarterfinal game against Hamilton, which defeated Bell on penalty kicks.

Fremont 1, San Fernando 0: Franklin Orellano scored a golden goal for Fremont, which will play host to Taft, a 2-1 upset winner over Canoga Park.

El Camino Real 5, Neuwirth Learning Academy 1: The Royals advanced to the quarterfinals to face West Valley League rival Cleveland.

Montclair 4, Servite 1: Last year’s Division 4 Southern Section champion knocked off last year’s Division 1 champion. Montclair received two goals from Victor Murillo to advance to the Division 1 semifinals.

JSerra 3, Fullerton 1: The top-seeded Lions advanced to the Division 1 semifinals.

Baseball

Santa Margarita 5, Edison 2: Stanford commit Luke Lavin hit a three-run home run to pace the Eagles in their season opener.

La Serna 2, South Hills 1: After beating Mater Dei earlier in the week, La Serna knocked off another baseball power to improve to 2-0.

Calabasas 4, San Marcos 1: Peter Lynch struck out eight in four innings. Phoenix Call, Nate Castellon and Matthew Witkow each had two hits.

Arcadia 4, Charter Oak 0: Gabe Lopez struck out four in 5 2/3 shutout innings and Brayden Herrera had three hits and two RBIs.

Santa Monica 5, St. Monica 0: Christian Recendez allowed one hit in six innings and struck out six with no walks.

Softball

Villa Park 9, El Dorado 5: Auddrey Lira struck out seven and also hit a home run with four RBIs.