Three OC softball teams seeded in CIF Division 1 playoffs; breakdown and brackets

CIF officials announced the seedings and pairings for the Southern Section softball championships that begin next week.

Officials said that 221 teams are entered in seven divisions.

Three of four of the top seeds in Division 1 are from Orange County: No. 2 Huntington Beach, No. 3 Pacifica and No. 4 Esperanza.

Villa Park, Rosary and Capistrano Valley earned No. 2 seeds in their divisions and Segerstrom earned a No. 4 seeding in Division 4.

Wild card games will be held on Tuesday, June 1 in selected divisions. First round games for all divisions will be on Thursday, June 1.

The finals will be Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19 at Deanna Manning Stadium at Colonel Bill Barber Park. All playoff games, except for the ones in the finals, are scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m.

DIVISION 1 (32-team bracket, 32 teams)

SEEDED TEAMS: 

1. Norco (24-1), Big VIII League champion  

2. Huntington Beach (20-4), Surf League champion 

3. Pacifica/Garden Grove (18-3), Empire League champion  

4. Esperanza (17-3), Crestview League co-champion 

 AT-LARGE: Aliso Niguel (South Coast), 17-10; Marina (Surf), 11-9. 

DIVISION 2 (32-team bracket, 34 teams) 

SEEDED TEAMS: 

1. Camarillo (15-1), Coastal Canyon League champion 

2. Villa Park (20-2), Crestview League co-champion 

3. Westlake (17-2), Marmonte League champions 

4. Upland (19-1), Baseline League co-champion

DIVISION 3 (32-team bracket, 36 teams) 

SEEDED TEAMS: 

1. Whittier Christian (20-2), Olympic League champion 

2. Sierra Canyon (15-1), Gold Coast League champion 

3. Ramona (18-4), River Valley League champion 

4. Louisville (16-3), Mission League champion

DIVISION 4 (32-team bracket, 32 teams) 

SEEDED TEAMS: 

1. Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks (14-3), Mission League runner-up 

2. Rosary (16-11), Trinity League at-large entry 

3. Arlington (15-7), River Valley League runner-up 

4. Segerstrom (19-2), Golden West League champion

AT-LARGE: Rosary.

DIVISION 5 (32-team bracket, 31 teams) 

SEEDED TEAMS: 

1. Western Christian (16-1), Ambassador co-champion 

2. Capistrano Valley (13-4), Sea View League champion 

3. Schurr (17-2), Almont League co-champion 

4. Heritage Christian (10-6), Olympic League runner-up 

AT-LARGE: San Marino (Rio Hondo), 8-7; Fountain Valley (Wave), 12-12; La Quinta/Westminster  (Garden Grove), 9-7.

DIVISION 6 (32-team bracket, 32 teams) 

SEEDED TEAMS: 

1. St. Bonaventure (13-6), Tri-Valley League runner-up 

2. Orange Vista (12-4), Inland Valley League champion 

3. Lompoc (12-5), Channel League No. 3 entry 

4. Arroyo (12-1), Mission Valley League champion 

AT-LARGE: : Bloomington (San Andreas), 8-4.

DIVISION 7 (32-team bracket, 24 teams) 

SEEDED TEAMS: 

1. Southlands Christian (12-2), San Joaquin champion 

2. Providence/Burbank (8-3), Prep League runner-up 

3. Lakeside (10-6), Inland Valley League co-runner-up 

4. Glenn (9-6), 605 League at-large

Source: CIF Southern Section

To see the brackets for every division, please click here