The Northern Section baseball playoffs are in full swing after a busy and exciting slate of first round games on Friday, May 15.
The losers from Divisions II and III will have another chance to fight their way into the section championship game. The losers will have to win two consecutive games while No. 1 Pleasant Valley and No. 3 Chico, the winners from Friday afternoon’s contests, will only need one win to advance.
Those in Divisions IV-VI competed in single elimination games, with the higher seed winning each first-round matchup. Find out which teams won their first-round playoff games, plus see the top performers from each matchup.
Division II
Chico 8, Foothill 7
Pleasant Valley 18, Las Plumas 1
Division III
West Valley 7, Gridley 2
Orland 7, Yreka 2
Division IV
Durham 15, Pierce 2
U-Prep 4, Central Valley 1
Winters 4, Willows 1
East Nicolaus 10, Paradise 5
Division V
Los Molinos 25, Portola 2
Etna 6, Mt. Shasta 3
Biggs 8, Modoc 2
Hamilton 11, Quincy 7
Division VI
Maxwell 18, Fall River 6
Weed 16, Plumas Charter 6
Redding Christian 13, Hayfork 0
Loyalton 9, Chester 3
Brett Abrams is a sports reporter for the Record Searchlight/USA Today Network. He covers high school and local sports in the Redding area. Reach out to Brett with any sports tips or news on X (formerly Twitter) @brabrams_ or by email at Brett.Abrams@Redding.com. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today. Thank you.
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