Wilson High Baseball Ready For CIF Playoffs

Belmont Shore athletic families take note: The Woodrow Wilson High School baseball team will host Riverside King High Friday in a CIF Division 1 first round game of the 2011 CIF Southern Section Baseball Championships. 

Pairings for all divisions in baseball and softball were announced Monday afternoon at the CIF-Southern Section offices in Los Alamitos.  Wild card games begin Tuesday, with first-round games starting Friday.  Teams playing in wild card games are competing for a spot in first-round action.

The 289 teams in total qualified for the seven divisional single-elimination baseball tournaments.  For softball, 284 teams spanning seven divisions made it to the playoffs. 

The Bruins (23-6) are the second-place team in the Moore League, while King (18-9) finished second in the Big VIII League.  Edison High of Huntington Beach is the top seeded team in Division 1 baseball.

The Division 1 baseball semifinals will be played Tuesday, May 31 at Blair Field.  The finals are scheduled for Friday, June 3 at Dodger Stadium. 

Here is the link to the CIF website’s baseball and softball pairings:

www.cifss.org