Chris Barron coached his last baseball game tonight. An assistant under Tony Mills for two decades. He is the new AD for Liberty.
Took time postgame to hug every player.
Classy
CIF SOCAL REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS
Today, 4pm
Baseball
D-I
No. 5 La Mirada at No. 4 Liberty
D-II
No. 5 St. Francis at No. 4 BCHS
Softball
D-II
No. 6 Garces at No. 3 Oxnard
Three games this week. Who walks away champs on Saturday?
CIF SOCAL REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
BASEBALL
Liberty earns the No. 4 seed in D-I and will host No. 5 La Mirada in the opening round on Tuesday.
BCHS is the No. 4 seed in D-II and will host St. Francis.
SOFTBALL
Garces is the 6-seed in D-II and will travel to No. 3 Oxnard on Tuesday.
Two Kern County teams in action today in the Central Section baseball and softball finals
South plays Mission Prep for the Division IV softball championship at Fresno State
Then at 6pm at Valley Strong Ballpark in Visalia, Liberty takes on Bullard for the D-I baseball title
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And with two more homers yesterday, Liberty now sits at 61 heading into the D-I finals May 30 vs Bullard.
According to @CalHiSports, that is now No. 2 all-time in Central Section history and 8th all-time in state history.
2006 Centennial hit 64 dingers.
State record is 75.
Will be considered for State Soph of Year honors based on current classification but will be a senior next year after reclassing earlier this season. All over a lot of national lists.
CENTRAL SECTION D-I BASEBALL SEMIFINALS
No. 4 Liberty on the coast at No. 1 St. Joseph in Santa Maria vying for a shot at Rawhide next week in Visalia.
Here's a stat line for ya.
@BWitcher23 was 2-2 with a game-winning 3-run homer, hit twice, walked once, scored four runs in five plate appearances, threw a runner out at third behind the plate in the first and pitched a scoreless seventh for the win for Liberty.
Unicorn status.
Central Section ⚾️ round 2 roundup
Liberty wins an insane game over Buchanan, the Cavs get it done after a regular season TCK sweep, 12 innings in Santa Maria and the Knights are semis bound + more!
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Heading into today's Central Section quarterfinals, sophomore Brogan Witcher (@BWitcher23) has the most homers for a sophomore in the US with 13, via @MaxPreps.
No. 4 Liberty hosting No. 5 Buchanan at 4:30.
@PierceBuckey leads the nation for most homers for a freshman with 12.
Liberty baseball coach Tony Mills hears all the talk about shorter outfield fences in Bakersfield compared to the rest of the section.
Here is his response.
The Patriots hit five dingers against Clovis West yesterday, upping the total to 57, 10th all-time in state history.