There is one final high school sports competition for the 2025-26 season and it starts Tuesday at baseball and softball diamonds throughout the Bay Area. The CIF Northern California championships open that day with first pitches scheduled for 4 p.m.
Defending Division 1 baseball champion De La Salle-Concord, winners of four of the past five NorCal titles, opens at home against West Catholic Athletic League champion St. Francis. De La Salle is coming off a North Coast Section Division 1 championship earned Saturday with a 6-0 win over Granada-Livermore, which travels to face second-seeded St. Mary’s-Stockton. Central Coast Section Division 1 champion Valley Christian hosts Bullard-Fresno on Tuesday.
Other top baseball seeds are Clayton Valley Charter-Concord (Division 2), Roseville (Division 3), Half Moon Bay (Division 4) and Minarets-O’Neals of Madera County (Division 5).Â
Each of the eight-team, five division tournaments end on Saturday.Â
The same goes for softball which features a fantastic first-round game between NCS Division 1 champion San Ramon Valley-Danville at perennial state power St. Francis, which lost in the CCS semifinals. The top seed in the Division 1 tournament is Destiny Christian-Sacramento.Â
Other top softball seeds, all which received first-round byes, are Alameda (Division 2), Monterey (Division 3), West Valley-Cottonwood of Shasta County (Division 4) and Notre Dame-Belmont (Division 5).
Northern California Baseball and Softball Playoffs
First round (all games Tuesday at 4 p.m.)
No. 8 St. Francis at No. 1 De La Salle
No. 5 Bullard at No. 4 Valley Christian
No. 6 Soquel at No. 3 Elk Grove
No. 7 Granada at No. 2 St. Mary’s-Stockton
No. 8 Mitty at No. 1 Clayton Valley Charter
No. 5 Northgate at No. 4 Rodriguez-Fairfield
No. 6 Rio Americano at No. 3 Los Gatos
No. 7 Chico at No. 2 Franklin
No. 8 Santa Cruz at No. 1 Roseville
No. 5 Wheatland at No. 4 Foothill-Palo Cedro
No. 6 El Capitan vs. No. 3 Alameda at College of Alameda
No. 7 James Logan at No. 2 Menlo School
No. 8 Sonoma Valley at No. 1 Half Moon Bay
No. 5 Amador-Sutter Creek at No. 4 West Valley
No. 6 Lowell vs. No. 3 Immanuel at Immanuel Sports Complex
No. 7 University Prep at No. 2 Livermore
No. 8 Maxwell at No. 1 Minarets
No. 5 Turlock Christian at No. 4 Roosevelt
No. 6 Urban at No. 3 Pacific Grove
No. 7 Los Molinos at No. 2 Skyline
No. 8 College Park at No. 1 Destiny Christian Academy
No. 5 San Ramon Valley at No. 4 St. Francis
No. 6 Whitney at No. 3 Mitty
No. 7 Elk Grove at No. 2 Clovis East
No. 5 Hollister at No. 4 Vanden
No. 6 Central Catholic at No. 3 Willow Glen
No. 7 Northgate at No. 2 Del Oro
No. 5 Chico at No. 4 Chowchilla
No. 6 East Nicolaus at Rodriguez-Fairfield
No. 7 Foothill at No. 2 Las Plumas
No. 5 Escalon at No. 4 Alhambra
No. 6 Amador-Sutter Creek at No. 3 Live Oak
No. 7 Newark Memorial at No. 2 Alisal
No. 1 Notre Dame-Belmont, bye
No. 5 Chester at No. 4 Moreau Catholic
No. 6 Lowell at No. 3 Durham
No. 7 Justin-Siena at No. 2 Le Grand