JSerra baseball along with Garden Grove Pacifica and Norco softball decline invites to Southern California regional playoffs.
Playing in the state playoffs is supposed to be a big deal, but the CIF continues to have problems attracting the best teams in Southern California for their postseason events in baseball and softball.
Southern Section Division 1 baseball champion JSerra has declined its invite to the Southern California Regionals as did Division 1 softball champion Garden Grove Pacifica and runner-up Norco. JSerra coach Brett Kay, whose team participated in the regionals last season after winning Division 1, said the team voted not to participate.Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, which was the No. 1 seed in Division 1 before being upset by Corona in the semifinals, accepted an invitation and will replace JSerra in the regionals. Notre Dame coach Tom Dill had collected uniforms and didn’t practice last week, not knowing his team would have a chance to play again after being eliminated on May 12.
The defection of baseball teams is surprising, although it’s mostly from Orange County schools. Aliso Niguel and Yorba Linda also declined baseball invitations. JSerra lost to Huntington Beach in an exciting regional final last season decided by a home run from Ralphy Velazquez in the eighth inning.
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