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California (CIF) North Coast Section high school baseball updated playoff scores, title-game schedule (5/29/2025)

Only two top seeds — California (D3) and John Swett (D6) — will play for NCS championships either Friday or Saturday; St. Mary's College and DVC two main sites for title games

Mitch Stephens

Stanford bound Tyler Spangler, ranked the top junior in California by Prep Baseball Report, leads the Spartans in the NCS Division I title game Saturday against College Park at St. Mary's College
Stanford bound Tyler Spangler, ranked the top junior in California by Prep Baseball Report, leads the Spartans in the NCS Division I title game Saturday against College Park at St. Mary's College / Photo courtesy of De La Salle Sports

The North Coast Section baseball high school playoffs come down to Friday and Saturday.

Tuesday and Wednesday semifinal games set up the finals in six divisions Friday and Saturday.

The winners of those championships and runner-ups in many cases, advance to the CIF Northern Regional tournament, which runs June 3-7. No state championships have been approved as of yet.

Division 1

Semifinals

No. 5 College Park 10, No. 9 Casa Grande 0

No. 2 De La Salle 10, No. 3 Foothill 1

Championship 

College Park vs. De La Salle at St. Mary’s College, 1 p.m. Saturday

Third-place game

Casa Grande at Foothill, 1 p.m. Saturday

Division 2

Semifinals

No. 5 Acalanes 4, No. 1 Cardinal Newman 2

No. 15 Rancho Cotate 5, No. 6 Tamalpais 1

Championship

Acalanes vs. Rancho Cotate at Diablo Valley College, 1 p.m. Saturday

Division 3

Semifinals

No. 1 California 7, No. 12 Freedom 4

No. 6 Marin Catholic 4, No. 10 Northgate 3

Championship 

California vs. Marin Catholic at DVC, 4 p.m. Friday

Division 4

Semifinals

No. 13 Las Lomas 12, No. 8 Healdsburg 0

No. 6 Clear Lake 11, No. 7 American Canyon 9

Championship

No. 13 Las Lomas at No. 6 Clear Lake, 2 p.m. Saturday

Division 5

Semifinals

No. 5 Kennedy 5, No. 1 Pinole Valley 4

No. 2 Arcata 5, No. 3 St. Bernard’s 2

Championship

Kennedy at Arcata, 5 p.m. Friday

Division 6

Semifinals

No. 1 Swett 4, No. 4 Athenian 1

No. 2 St. Mary’s 11, No. 3 Sonoma Academy 1

Championship

No. 2 St. Mary’s at No. 1 Swett, 1 p.m. Saturday

Top seeds coming into the playoffs were: Granada-Livermore (D1), Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa (D2), California-San Ramon (D3), Arroyo-San Lorenzo (D4), Pinole Valley (D5) and John Swett-Crockett (D6). 

Defending champions are Granada (D1), Cardinal Newman (D2), San Marin-Novato (D3), Justin Siena-Napa (D4), Branson-Ross (D5) and Ferndale (D6).

2025 North Coast Section baseball brackets

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Mitch Stephens
MITCH STEPHENS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.

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