Web site for updates is at:

http://www.westranchbaseball.com/easton/results.htm

For all of the baseball played in Southern California it is SHOCKING the lack of chatter in this thread.

Any predictions?

Thanks. I had been looking for the brackets. I'll take the championship bracket:
Stealth Championship Bracket

Harvard Westlake (1-0-1) @ West Ranch (2-0)

I pick West Ranch

Hart (1-0-1) @ Cleveland (2-0)

Cleveland defense is stronger

Chatsworth (2-0) @ Alemany (2-0)

Chatsworth

Simi (2-0) @ Crespi (2-0)

This one is difficult to call. I have to flip a coin here....any one have a coin I can borrow?...Found one...heads=Simi, Crespi=tails...The flip...It's heads...Simi wins on an error.

MTS:

I don't get it why they make it so difficult to find the brackets....took me awhile to find them. Put them on the Easton site for crimeny sake!

I can't argue with your predictions. Even agree on the coin flip.

Play ball!

ALEMANY BEAT CHATSWORTH!!!! 3-9
Alemany will be facing the winner of Harvard-Westlake-West Ranch on Thursday.

Crespi the Div 2 school wins over last years Div 1 Southern Section CIF Champ Simi Valley 5-4. I said it would be close. Simi didn't capitalize on 8 walks.

Cleveland over Hart 6-3

West Ranch over Harvard-Westlake 8-7 (8 innings). This was tighter than I thought it would be.

Alemany over Chatsworth 9-3 Surprise!

I'm predicting Crespi over Cleveland. The guys on these two squads have been pounding with and on each other since they were 10 year olds.

West Ranch vs Alemany could go either way. I'm taking Alemany who is a little deeper in pitching.

Wow nice job for Crespi. 8 walks yikes....dodged a bullet with that win.

Both these games probably depend on who is taking the mound and I don't really know the teams that well. We lost to Cleveland and they are solid and can hit.

Will be interesting to see the rest of the brackets later today.

Crespi beat Cleveland 14-8

West Ranch of Valencia over Alemany 8-6

So it will be Crespi vs West Ranch for the Easton SCS 2009 title at UCLA. I pick Crespi

and

Alemany vs Cleveland for the consolation game at UCLA. I think Cleveland has a better defense.

This is from their web site this morning:

Championship
West Ranch @ Crespi (Birmingham @ 7:00pm)

· Alemany @ Cleveland (10:00am both levels)
· Palmdale @ Quartz Hill (Friday)
· Kennedy @ Moorpark
· Hart @ El Camino
· Thousand Oaks @ Chatsworth
· Calabasas @ Chaminade
· Hueneme @ Harvard-Westlake (V @ 3:00, JV @ 11:00)
· Camarillo @ Buena
· Burroughs @ Rio Mesa (both @ RM)
· Agoura @ Dos Pueblos
· Ventura @ Simi Valley
· St Bonaventure @ Canyon
· Lancaster @ Oaks Christian

Some of the scores look like football games....yikes, early season baseball I guess.

I will take the home teams in top two games. Crespi and Cleveland.

Alemany wins over Cleveland to take 3rd in the Easton Southern California Showdown. Not a bad outing. Might bode for interesting happenings in the Mission League.

Crespi faces West Ranch tonight at Birmingham (moved from UCLA). I still pick Crespi over West Ranch.

Crespi took the Easton Southern CAL Showdown over West Ranch 7-1.