HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP:

The Ocean View softball team is in the elite eight.

The Seahawks moved on to the quarterfinal round of the CIF Southern Section Division IV playoffs Tuesday by scoring twice in the top of the seventh inning to subdue host Rowland, 3-2.

Ocean View will host Gahr of Cerritos at 3:15 p.m. today. The winner moves on to Tuesday’s semifinal round.

“It was a tough one,” Ocean View Coach Randy Cruz said of the Rowland game. “We hit the ball but just couldn’t get timely hits when we needed them. We left a lot of runners on base.”

Vanessa Cardoza had two hits and two RBIs, Nikole Afusia had two hits and drove in a run and Sarah Craig and Brandice Cutspec each had two hits for Golden West League champion Ocean View which improved to 25-1.

Today’s game against Gahr will be a rematch for the teams; earlier in the regular season, Ocean View earned a 4-2 road win against the Gladiators.

Gahr, champion of the San Gabriel Valley League, is coming off a 12-10 second-round win Tuesday over Savanna.

“They’re a good team and it’s going to be a tough match-up,” Cruz said. “They’ve really come on strong in league and have been doing well in the playoffs.”

Sophomore Holli Floetker, who went the distance Tuesday to improve to 15-1, will start for the Seahawks today.

Ocean View had moved on to the second round after slipping past visiting Bishop Montgomery, 1-0, Friday.

The Seahawks got the win when senior Nikole Afusia delivered an RBI single to right-center field in the bottom of the sixth.

Freshman Sarah Craig, who singled to open up the bottom of the sixth, scored on the play.

Floetker struck out 10 and limited the Knights to three hits as the Seahawks atoned for a 5-1 first-round loss to Bishop Montgomery in last year’s playoffs.

Bishop Montgomery went on to reach last year’s Division IV title game.

Three other local teams, Huntington Beach, Edison and Marina, all dropped first-round Division I games.

Huntington, an at-large entry from the Sea View League, fell 7-2 at Pacific View League champion Camarillo. Senior Summer Cordova had an RBI single and Lauren Sturh and Courtney Dial also singled for the Oilers who ended the year 14-14.

It was Huntington’s first trip to the CIF playoffs in more than 13 years.

“I was very, very happy with the girls, they had a great season,” Huntington Coach Rachelle Vandiver said.

Edison, the No. 3 team from the Sunset League, was stifled by Trabuco Hills pitcher Kayla Massey who struck out 14 and limited the Chargers to one hit in a 3-0 victory by the host Mustangs.

Marina, an at-large entry from the Sunset League, saw its season come to an end in a 2-1 loss to host Rosary. The Vikings (18-10) led 1-0 through 3 1/2 innings.

Track and field

Local athletes again turned in strong performances Saturday at the CIF Southern Section Track and Field Championships at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.

In Division I, Marina senior Leon Roach (14-feet-6) captured third-place in the boys’ pole vault.

In Division II, Huntington Beach junior Allison Koressel was second (11-6) in the girls’ pole vault; Edison senior Ryan Simioni (15 feet) finished third in the boys’ pole vault; Edison junior Preston Spence was third (14.5) in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles; Edison junior Matt McElroy was sixth (9:33.32) in the boys’ 3,200; Huntington Beach’s “A” team was sixth (3:23.50) in the boys’ 4 x 400 relay; Edison junior Hillary Hayes was second (4:56.73) in the girls’ 1,600 and third (10:56.35) in the girls’ 3,200; Edison junior Meghan Foley was second (2:12.36) and Huntington Beach sophomore Jenny Pilecki was eighth (2:21.66) in the 800 meters, and Edison junior Iesha Lumbruno was tied for seventh (16-11) in the girls’ long jump.

In the final girls’ division rankings, Edison was 10th and Huntington 22nd in Division II.

In the final boys’ division rankings, Marina was 28th in Division I and Edison placed 17th and Huntington Beach 36th in Division II.

The top nine performances, regardless of division affiliation, advance to Friday’s Masters Meet at Cerritos College in Norwalk. The top 12 performances in the 800, 1,600, 3,200 and all field events, also advanced to the Masters Meet.

The top five performances in each event at Saturday’s Masters Meet qualify for the CIF State Meet set for May 30-31 also at Cerritos College.

At-large entries also will be accepted to next week’s State Meet.

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Swimming

The Edison foursome of sophomore Cindy Tran, freshman Sarah Moss, senior Yasi Jahanshashi and junior Kiersten Colesen set a new record in the girls’ 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:44.80 at the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet at Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach.

Tran also established a new meet record (54.46) in the girls’ 100-yard backstroke. Jahanshashi won the girls’ 100-yard butterfly in 54.58 and Jahanshashi, Colesen, Gillespie and Tran teamed to lead Edison to the title in the girls’ 400-yard free relay (3:31.10).

Other top 10 finishes by local athletes: Tran was fifth (23.72) in the girls’ 50-yard free; Jahanshashi was seventh (5:02.20) in the girls’ 500-yard free; freshman Alli Gillespie of Edison was ninth (52.93) in the girls’ 100-yard free; Michelle Vale of Edison was eighth in the girls’ one-meter diving and senior Kevin Sellars of Marina was sixth 1:55.06) in the boys’ 200-yard individual medley.

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Baseball

Both Ocean View and Edison lost first-round CIF playoff games.

Ocean View, co-champion of the Golden West League, lost 12-3 to host El Toro, the No. 2 team from the Sea View League, in a Division II game.

Senior Sean Burleson was Ocean View’s top hitter with a two-for-three day.

“We had a lot of ups and downs this year,” said Ocean View Coach Shane Borowski whose Seahawks finished with a 14-14 record. “I really feel we never clicked as a group. That’s too bad, because our talent was good enough to get us deeper into the playoffs than we went.

“As a team you have to trust each other and despite lots of team functions and time together, we never quite achieved the bond needed to propel us deep into the post-season.”

Edison ran into a “buzz-saw” in Long Beach Wilson pitcher Aaron Hicks who led the host Bruins to a 9-3 victory over the Chargers in Division I play at Blair Field.

Wilson is ranked third and is the division’s defending champion.

“He was better than advertised,” Edison Coach Steve Lambright said of Hicks. “We got down early, had our chances to get back into the game but never were able to get things going.

“No one expected us to be where we were this year. For us to finish second in the Sunset League says something about this group of kids. We’re really young and I’m extremely proud of what these kids accomplished this year. We have a bright future ahead of us.”

Kyle Higashioka, one of two senior starters for Edison (14-14), had a two-RBI hit in the top of the seventh to account for both Edison runs.