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SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

FIRST ROUND

DIVISION 1

La Habra 3, Los Altos 2

Westlake 10, Paraclete 9

La Mirada 4, Los Alamitos 2

Garden Grove Pacifica 15, Glendora 4

JSerra 3, Yucaipa 2

Oaks Christian 8, Chaminade 1

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 6, Anaheim Canyon 3

DIVISION 2

Bonita 9, Sierra Canyon 1

Ganesha 7, Torrance 0

Warren 8, Thousand Oaks 1

Whittier Christian 10, Western Christian 2

Simi Valley 3, Alta Loma 1

St. Paul 20, Eastvale Roosevelt 1

Lakewood St. Joseph 4, Aliso Niguel 0

Moorpark 6, Long Beach Poly 1

Temescal Canyon 3, Aquinas 2

San Clemente 5, Corona 3

Huntington Beach 5, Santa Fe 4

Camarillo 4, South Hills 3

Saugus 2, Brea Olinda 1

Vista Murrieta 9, Schurr 4

Gahr 4, Yorba Linda 2

Mater Dei 11, Santa Ana Foothill 3

DIVISION 3

Great Oak 5, West Torrance 2

Riverside Prep 2, Quartz Hill 1

La Salle 21, Grand Terrace 5

Villa Park 5, Elsinore 3

DIVISION 4

St. Bonaventure 11, Valencia 4

Harvard-Westlake 11, Lakewood 8

Apple Valley 4, Hillcrest 0

Oxnard 14, Pasadena Poly 0

Monrovia 4, Indio 2

Don Lugo 6, La Palma Kennedy 2

La Quinta 5, Hemet 4

Mira Costa 9, Redlands East Valley 7

Rio Mesa 9, Segerstrom 6

Mission Viejo 5, La Canada 1

Oak Hills 15, Linfield Christian 11

Sunny Hills 17, Chino 7

Paramount 5, Newbury Park 4

Ramona 3, Maranatha 2

Burbank Burroughs 6, Hart 1

Rosary Academy 11, Orange Vista 6

DIVISION 5

Santa Clara 6, Jurupa Hills 3

Viewpoint 9, Burbank Providence 4

Irvine University 2, University Prep 1

DIVISION 6

Irvine 6, Vasquez 4

Lakeside 9, Flintridge Prep 4

Heritage 13, Palm Desert 0

Alhambra 9, Silverado 6

Granite Hills 32, Big Bear 12

Eastside 7, Anza Hamilton 4

El Monte 11, Santa Paula 10

St. Genevieve 6, Coastal Christian 4

Sierra Vista 7, Rialto 6

Southlands Christian 14, Rancho Mirage 10

St. Monica Prep 4, Academy of Academic Excellence 3

Hesperia Christian 8, Los Amigos 7

Arroyo 11, Serrano 1

Lancaster 8, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 2

Jurupa Valley 14, Sacred Heart LA 2

San Jacinto 10, Garey 9

DIVISION 7

Ramona Convent 13, Riverside Bethel Christian 3

Victor Valley 7, Tustin 3

DIVISION 8

ACE 26, Public Safety Academy 1

Avalon 11, Santa Clarita Christian 3

Bolsa Grande 16, Loma Linda Academy 1

San Bernardino 17, Channel Islands 9

Glendale 9, Indian Springs 3

Workman 18, Santa Maria Valley Christian 3

Santa Rosa Academy 15, Environmental Charter 5

Cobalt 16, Wildomar Cornerstone Christian 3

Bell Gardens 11, Magnolia 4

Brentwood 10, Lennox Academy 9

Pomona Catholic 19, Gabrielino 6

Capistrano Valley Christian 18, California Military 1

Fontana 14, CSDR 3

Hawthorne MSA 28, Downey Calvary Chapel 27

Arroyo Valley 20, Westminster La Quinta 3

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE

FIRST ROUND

DIVISION 1

Valley View at Murrieta Mesa

Millikan at Orange Lutheran

El Modena at Chino Hils

Agoura at Etiwanda

Palos Verdes at Riverside King, 4:15 p.m.

Cypress at Fullerton

Charter Oak at Ayala

Riverside Poly at California

Marina at Norco

DIVISION 3

Rancho Cucamonga at Paloma Valley

Great Oak at West Torrance

El Segundo at Edison

Colton at El Toro

Redondo Union at Murrieta Valley

Beaumont at North Torrance

Trabuco Hills at West Ranch

Riverside North at San Juan Hills

Oak Park at Cerritos Valley Christian

Highland at Northview

Carter at La Serna

Crescenta Valley at Dos Pueblos

Arcadia at Liberty

DIVISION 5

Flintridge Sacred Heart at Anaheim

Patriot at Arrowhead Christian

Rancho Christian at Temple City

Buena Park at Grace

Alemany at Crean Lutheran

Shadow Hills at Cerritos

Leuzinger at San Marcos

Long Beach Wilson at South El Monte

Garden Grove Santiago at Covina

Rio Hondo Prep at Muir

Katella at Santa Monica

Ontario at Norwalk

Duarte at Northwood, 3:30 p.m.

DIVISION 7

Fillmore at Bloomington

Miller at Savanna

Santa Ana Calvary Chapel at Riverside Springs Magnolia

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy at Faith Baptist

Rancho Alamitos at Twentynine Palms

Costa Mesa at Riverside Notre Dame

Pioneer at Firebaugh

Desert Christian Academy at Chadwick

Cathedral City at Artesia, 3:45 p.m.

Bellflower at Orange

Hawthorne at Santa Ana

Temecula Prep at Culver City

United Christian Academy at Windward

Calvary Baptist at Edgewood

DIVISION 8

Redlands Adventist at Banning, 4 p.m.

Note: Second Round May 16; Quarterfinals May 20; Semifinals May 23; Finals May 28-30 at Bill Barber Memorial Park, Irvine.

At a school with the rich athletic tradition of Santa Ana Mater Dei, it is rare to be the first to achieve anything, but Matteo Huarte made history Saturday by becoming the Monarchs’ only CIF singles champion at the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament.

After losing in straight sets to Rishvanth Krishna from Irvine University in last year’s final, Huarte was not about to squander his second chance. He raced to an early lead in the first-set tiebreaker, then broke to open the second set on his way to a 7-6 (3), 6-1 victory over Woodbridge’s Brayden Tallakson in front of a packed grandstand at Libbey Park.

Huarte had four service breaks — the last being a cross-court passing shot on match point. The final resembled Huarte’s semifinal win versus Irvine University’s JiHyuk Im in which he took the first-set tiebreaker 7-4 then cruised 6-2 in the second set.

“I’m happy I was able to do it for my school,” said Huarte, a junior who has committed to USC. “We’ve played each other a couple times and the key was to manage his serve and get into the rally. Once I got ahead of him in the tiebreak and then won the first game of the second set I was able to run away with it.”

Mater Dei’s only other title in the Ojai tournament’s long and storied history came in doubles in 2008 when Charlie Alvarado and Chris Freeman upset top-seeded Tyler Bowman and Jon Kazarian of Peninsula in three sets.

“It’s kind of hard to believe I’m the first to do it,” said Huarte about his singles title.

Last year, Huarte fell in the Southern Section semifinals to Palos Verdes ninth-grader Andrew Johnson, who went on to beat Tallakson 6-4, 6-3 in the final.

Tallakson was trying to make history of his own Saturday at a venue near and dear to his heart.

Woodbridge’s Brayden Tallakson celebrates after his quarterfinal victory over Beckman’s Rohan Grewal at the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament on Saturday.

(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)

“I started playing tennis down in lower Libbey, my dad Steve grew up here and won the men’s tournament, so this place is like home for my family,” said Tallakson, who quickly downed Palisades freshman Kensho Ford 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals. “Matteo came out real aggressive, I made a couple errors on big points and he was just the better player today.”

Tallakson won the boys’ 14s division at Ojai in 2022 and had he prevailed Saturday, he would have been the first player to capture CIF singles and doubles titles at Ojai since Santa Barbara’s Nathan Jackmon won the doubles in 1993 and the singles in 1994. Tallakson won the doubles crown in 2023 with older brother Avery, with whom he will reunite next year at Boise State.

Peninsula seniors Colin Bringas and Edward Feuer completed one of the most dominant runs through the doubles draw ever seen at Ojai by beating Harvard-Westlake’s Aaron Chung and Chase Klugo 6-4, 6-2 in the finals. The Panthers’ duo did not drop a set in six matches and did not give up more than three games in a set until the first set Saturday when they broke in the ninth game to go up 5-4 and then served it out.

Bringas and Feuer are the first Peninsula pair to reach the CIF final at Ojai since 2011 and the third tandem in history to win it, joining Rylan Rizza and Jeff Kazarian in 2001, and Kazarian and Tiege Sullivan the following year.

Peninsula seniors Colin Bringas, left, and Edward Feuer celebrate after winning the CIF boys’ doubles title at the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament on Saturday.

(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)

“We’ve been playing together since second or third grade and we’ve been best friends since middle school at Ridgecrest Intermediate [in Palos Verdes],” Bringas said. “I always play the ad side, he’s always played the deuce court. I think the key was big serves … they make it easy for the net person to put balls away.”

Bringas and Feuer have partnered at Ojai the last three years, losing in the quarterfinal round as sophomores and juniors but steamrolling this year. They made a measly three unforced errors in a 6-1, 6-1 semifinal wipeout of Marina’s David Tran and Alejandro Hill. Tran was playing in his second straight final, having taken the runner-up prize with Trevor Nguyen in 2025.

“We were confident we’d win, but we felt the pressure and knew there are a lot of good teams here,” said Feuer, who plays No. 1 singles for dual matches while Bringas plays the No. 1 doubles spot with another teammate. “It’ll be really strange playing against each other next year.”

Bringas is bound for Westmont College and Feuer is headed to Point Loma Nazarene — rival NCAA Division II programs in the Pacific West Conference.

Harvard-Westlake, Woodbridge and University shared the Griggs Cup trophy, presented to the school with the most combined wins in singles and doubles. All three notched seven victories to force a three-way tie for only the fifth time since the award debuted in 1955 and the first since Santa Barbara, Palisades and Fresno Bullard were tri-champions in 1997. University has won it 13 times.