OC high school softball teams open CIF Southern California Regionals this week

Fullerton players are introduced at the CIF Division 4 finals vs. Foothill. (Photo: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone).

Five Orange County high school softball teams have been selected for the CIF Southern California Regional Championships that begin Tuesday, May 30.

Semifinal games are Thursday, June 1 and the finals on Saturday, June 3 at home sites. All the games are scheduled for 4 p.m.

Division 1 champion Pacifica and runner-up Norco opted out of the regionals. Teams in Northern California will also be competing in regionals this week. There is no state final for softball.

Kennedy is seeded No. 6 in Division II and will play at No. 3 El Capitan Tuesday.

In Division II, CIF Division 3 champion Capistrano Valley, the CIF Division 3 champion, is seeded second and will host No. 7 Foothill, the CIF Division 4 champion, Tuesday.

Fullerton, the CIF Division 4 runner-up, is seeded No. 2 and will host No. 7 Orange Cove in Division III.

Irvine, the CIF Division 5 runner-up is seeded No. 6 and will play at No. 3 Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista in Division III, Otay Ranch is seeded No. 1 in Division III.

If Irvine and Fullerton win Tuesday, the teams would meet in the semifinals Thursday at Fullerton.

Tickets for the regionals may be purchased by going to GoFan.com.

To see the brackets for all divisions, click here: