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Los Angeles Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
High school baseball and softball: Regional playoff results and pairings
SOCAL REGIONAL PLAYOFFS BASEBALL THURSDAY'S RESULTS SEMIFINALS DIVISION I #1 St. John Bosco 7, #5 Villa Park 4 #7 Patrick Henry 5, #3 Crespi 3 DIVISION II #6 Point Loma 6, #7 San Dimas 4 DIVISION III #5 Universal City 9, #1 Dos Pueblos 1 #2 Mt. Carmel 3, #3 Venice 2 (9 innings) DIVISION IV #1 Wilmington Banning 3, #5 Rancho Mirage 2 DIVISION V #3 Pioneer 3, #7 High Tech SD 2 (10 innings) FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE SEMIFINALS DIVISION II #8 Rancho Bernardo at #4 Eastlake, 12:30 p.m. DIVISION IV #3 Estancia vs. #2 Ridgeview at Bakersfield College, 6 p.m. DIVISION V #4 Nuview Bridge at #1 Corcoran, 4 p.m. SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE (Games at 4 p.m. unless noted) FINALS DIVISION I #7 Patrick Henry at #1 St. John Bosco DIVISION II #6 Point Loma vs. #8 Ranco Bernardo / #4 Eastlake DIVISION III #5 University City at #2 Mt. Carmel DIVISION IV #3 Estancia / #2 Ridgeview at #1 Wilmington Banning DIVISION V #3 Pioneer vs. #4 Nuview Bridge / #1 Corcoran SOFTBALL THURSDAY'S RESULTS SEMIFINALS DIVISION I #1 El Modena 8, #5 Poway 6 (9 innings) #2 Chula Vista Mater Dei 5, #3 Bonita Vista 4 DIVISION II #1 El Cajon Christian 1, #4 Monache 0 DIVISION III #1 Point Loma 3, #4 Olympian 0 #2 Legacy 2, #3 St. Bonaventure 1 DIVISION IV #1 Pioneer Valley 10, #4 Rio Hondo Prep 0 #2 Woodlake 13, #3 Irvine University 8 DIVISION V #1 Rancho Mirage 9, #4 Culver City 5 #2 Orcutt Academy 10, #6 Hueneme 0 FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE DIVISION II #6 Eastlake at #2 Westlake, 4 p.m. SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE (Games at 4 p.m. unless noted) FINALS DIVISION I #2 Chula Vista Mater Dei at #1 El Modena DIVISION II #6 Eastlake / #2 Westlake at #1 El Cajon Christian DIVISION III #2 Legacy at #1 Point Loma DIVISION IV #2 Woodlake at #1 Pioneer Valley DIVISION V #2 Orcutt Academy at #1 Rancho Mirage
Los Angeles Times
6 days ago
- General
- Los Angeles Times
High school baseball and softball: Regional scores and updated schedule
SOCAL REGIONAL PLAYOFFS BASEBALL TUESDAY'S RESULTS FIRST ROUND DIVISION 1 #1 St. John Bosco 2, #8 St. Augustine 1 #5 Villa Park 5, #4 Granite Hills 4 (9 innings) #3 Crespi 4, #6 Mater Dei 3 DIVISION II #4 Eastlake 4, #5 Glendora 1 #6 Point Loma 6, #3 El Camino Real 4 DIVISION III #1 Dos Pueblos 10, #8 St. Anthony 2 #5 University City 5, #4 Birmingham 2 #3 Venice 5, #6 Trinity Classical Academy 2 #2 Mt. Carmel 5, #7 Elsinore 0 DIVISION IV #1 Wilmington Banning 3, #8 Lemoore 2 #5 Rancho Mirage 7, #4 Ramona 3 #2 Ridgeview 13, #7 Riverside Notre Dame 3 DIVISION V #1 Corcoran 9, #8 LA University 5 #3 Pioneer 6, #6 Mountain View 3 #7 High Tech SD 3, #2 Fillmore 1 WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE FIRST ROUND DIVISION I #7 Patrick Henry at #2 Santa Margarita, 12 p.m. DIVISION II #8 Rancho Bernardo at #1 Fountain Valley, 3:15 p.m. #7 San Dimas at #2 Santa Maria St. Joseph, 4 p.m. DIVISION IV #6 Mary Stat of the Sea at #3 Estancia, 3:45 p.m. DIVISION V #5 Port of Los Angeles vs. #4 Nuview Bridge at Mystic Field THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE (All games at 4 p.m. unless noted) SEMIFINALS DIVISION I #5 Villa Park at #1 St. John Bosco #3 Crespi vs. #7 Patrick Henry or #2 Santa Margarita DIVISION II #4 Eastlake vs. #1 Fountain Valley or #8 Rancho Bernardo #6 Point Loma vs. #7 San Dimas or #2 St. Joseph DIVISION III #5 Universal City at #1 Dos Pueblos #3 Venice at #2 Mt. Carmel DIVISION IV #5 Rancho Mirage at #1 Wilmington Banning #3 Estancia or #6 Mary Star of the Sea at #2 Ridgeview DIVISION V #5 Port of Los Angeles or #4 Nuview Bridge at #1 Corcoran #7 High Tech SD at #3 Pioneer Note: Finals in all divisions Saturday at higher seeds. SOFTBALL TUESDAY'S RESULTS FIRST ROUND DIVISION II #1 El Cajon Christian, bye #4 Monache 3, #5 Long Beach Poly 2 #6 Eastlake 3, #3 Bakersfield Christian 2 #2 Westlake 5, #7 Rancho Bernardo 3 DIVISION III #1 Point Loma 9, #8 Port of Los Angeles 2 #4 Olympian 7, #5 West Ranch 6 #3 St. Bonaventure 6, #6 Southwest EC 5 #2 Legacy 5, #7 Elsinore 4 DIVISION IV #1 Pioneer Valley, bye #4 Rio Hondo Prep 9, #5 Taft 3 #2 Woodlake, bye DIVISION V #1 Rancho Mirage 9, #8 San Diego Lincoln 8 #4 Culver City 20, #5 Westchester 7 #6 Hueneme 9, #3 North Hollywood 4 #2 Orcutt Academy 17, #7 Cathedral City 0 WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE FIRST ROUND DIVISION I #5 Poway at #4 Ayala, 4 p.m. DIVISION IV #6 Marquez at #3 Irvine University, 2 p.m. THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE (All games at 4 p.m. unless noted) SEMIFINALS DIVISION I #5 Poway or #4 Ayala at #1 El Modena #3 Bonita Vista at #2 Chula Vista Mater Dei DIVISION II #4 Monache at #1 El Cajon Christian #6 Eastlake at #2 Westlake DIVISION III #4 Olympian at #1 Point Loma #3 St. Bonaventure at #2 Legacy DIVISION IV #4 Rio Hondo Prep at #1 Pioneer Valley #6 Marquez or #3 Irvine University at #2 Woodlake DIVISION V #1 Rancho Mirage at #4 Culver City #6 Hueneme at #2 Orcutt Academy Note: Finals in all divisions Saturday at higher seeds.
Los Angeles Times
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Estancia baseball back in CIF final after another one-run victory
Everything has fallen into place at the best moment imaginable for Estancia's baseball team, which heads into this weekend's CIF Southern Section finals on a six-game roll and a second title in four seasons in sight. The Eagles, a most uncertain prospect back in February, have emerged from a roller coaster campaign that hadn't gone as desired before the playoffs began two Fridays ago steeled by missed opportunities, fused as championship teams should be, and filled with expectation. Estancia (19-13) rode Nico Viramontes' outside fastball and a growing knack for two-out heroics in Tuesday afternoon's semifinal victory over Rancho Mirage, pulling out another tense 4-3 triumph to set up Saturday's 1 p.m. Division 6 title-game showdown with Marshall (20-6-1) at Cal State Fullerton's Goodwin Field. Viramontes (9-0) surrendered two hits and one unearned run while working out of several jams over six innings and the Eagles twice responded quickly to the visitors' forays to go ahead. 'Our stats are not pretty,' head coach Nate Goellrich said. 'Our batting average is the second-worst batting average in my [14-year] history here. Our team ERA is the second-worst. But we've come together as a group. The chemistry works. We respond when we're down, and all that is is heart. And the ability to understand that they can do it and have faith in themselves, have faith in each other. That's the big thing. 'They've come together at the right time. And that's what you need in the playoffs is that. And can't ask for anything else out of the guys.' Estancia turned a two-run deficit into a 3-2 advantage behind back-to-back run-scoring doubles from Sawyer Atkinson and Viramontes, then Vaughn McCrea's two-out RBI single in the the third. The Eagles answered the Rattlers' audacious tying run in the fifth with a two-out rally in the bottom half of the inning, bringing home Sean Sweeney on Carlos Hauser's single to right field. McCrea got the save with the tying run at third on Jacob Ramirez's racing, diving catch on a dipping fly to shallow left field. 'I'm at a loss of words right now,' said Viramontes, who fell behind after an error gifted Rancho Mirage (18-13) two runs in the top of the third but twice escaped innings unscathed with runners in scoring position. 'We've always dreamed for this, and we worked really hard for it, so it's a great feeling.' This run, one marked by a first-round stand as Alhambra rallied and last week's down-to-the-last-out, extra-inning quarterfinal thriller with Pacifica Christian, followed back-to-back, one-run, late-inning losses a month ago to Coast League champion Century, the first with a piece of the league title within reach. That was, Atkinson noted, 'not the outcome we wanted.' 'It made us want to win this even more,' Viramontes said. 'That's what we're doing right now, showing that we deserve to win this.' Said Atkinson: 'I don't think any of us thought it would go this far. But here we are.' It came down to a series of battles with Rattlers talisman Kobee Finnikin, their only All-CIF honoree after reaching the semifinals last year. He went two for three, was on base four times, scored twice and stole three bases: second, third and home in succession, the last 90 feet for a sixth-inning tie with a two-out dart as Atkinson, Estancia's catcher, tossed the ball back to Viramontes. The Eagles twice duped Finnikin into taking off early, both times from second base, with Viramontes in the first inning and McCrea in the seventh delaying their motions and catching the Cal Baptist-bound shortstop on the basepath. Rancho Mirage had two on with one out the second time. 'We knew coming in their leadoff guy was a little bit undisciplined on the bases,' Goellrich said. 'We knew we could take advantage of that. And that was huge for us. Two spaghetti moves, picking him off, taking that away. That's a lot of their offense.' Rattlers head coach David Shaw had no regrets. 'We live with his energy and his reads,' he said. 'It's something we will definitely learn from, but I don't ever second-guess that kid. He's our fire.' Estancia's two-out acumen was pivotal. The Eagles put seven runners on base after the second out, five into scoring position, and, with McCrea's and Hauser's singles, brought two of them home. 'It's something coaches pounded in on us, working with two outs, finding a way on,' Atkinson said. 'That's been a thing all year. We just keep finding our way on with two outs, and that's what makes our team. That's what gets us the wins, you know?' Goellrich said he's 'pretty sure about 80% our runs in the playoffs are with two outs.' 'That just shows the heart, the character of these guys,' he said. 'We have that next-guy mentality, and they really bought into that philosophy. So an inning's never over.' The Eagles will take that approach into Saturday's final. 'Baseball is the toughest championship to win, right?' Goellrich said. 'We told our guys, even coming into the playoffs, you're here, go out and win. See what happens. And so for us to be there the second time in four years is huge. But we're not satisfied. We'll go out and give us our best shot. And, you know, the goal will be [to go] 1-0. 'Just go 1-0 that day. Doesn't matter how. Doesn't need to be pretty. A win's a win.'
Travel Daily News
09-05-2025
- Business
- Travel Daily News
Three new team members to the Rancho Mirage
Sensei appoints new leadership at Porcupine Creek retreat, enhancing luxury hospitality operations and supporting its mission as a leading wellbeing brand. RANCHO MIRAGE, CA – Leading wellbeing brand, Sensei, has announced several new appointments at Sensei Porcupine Creek, its luxury retreat in Rancho Mirage, California. The brand has appointed Ryan Drushel as Director of Food & Beverage, Joan Marte as Director of Operations, and Nicolas Galli as Director of Finance. Each of these three leaders brings extensive experience in the world of luxury hospitality to the premier wellbeing brand, founded by tech pioneer Larry Ellison and world-leading physician and scientist Dr. David Agus. 'As Sensei continues its mission of being the leading wellbeing brand in the industry, it is crucial to us to find talent who can help take our brand to the next level and whose expertise will continue to provide our guests with an unmatched luxury stay that excels across the board from culinary programming to remarkable accommodations,' said Alexandra Walterspiel, President and CEO of Sensei. 'Each with an incredibly strong background in the luxury hospitality sector, Ryan, Joan, and Nicolas will bring their years of expertise to their respective roles to aid in the continued growth and success of the brand.' Ryan Drushel Drushel joins the Sensei Porcupine Creek team as Director of Food & Beverage, working closely with the property's talented team of chefs, Sensei Guides, and Wellness Science team to oversee Sensei's culinary outlets, programs, and more. With over 20 years of experience in the food and beverage industry, he began his career in the heart-of-house as an Executive Steward and went on to manage beverage programs, banquets, lounges, and fine dining restaurants at iconic properties such as the Waldorf Astoria New York and The Pierre. Drushel has held leadership roles at Loews Coronado Bay Resort, Agua Caliente Casino, and most recently as Area Food & Beverage Director for Avalon Hotel & Bungalows and Ingleside Estate & Bungalows, which includes the historic Melvyn's Restaurant in Palm Springs. In his free time, Drushel enjoys hosting friends at home, experimenting with recipes and cocktails from his extensive cookbook collection, and hiking or exploring new places with his partner Phil and their dog, Duke. Joan Marte Marte is joining the Sensei team as Director of Operations, where she will be managing the day-to-day operations of the property, from accommodations to safety and security, golf and tennis, and more. With a BS in Hospitality Management, she brings almost 15 years of luxury hotel and resort leadership experience, with a background that includes Walt Disney World, Four Seasons, and Montage International. Most recently, Marte served as the Director of Rooms at Montage Big Sky, where she was responsible for the ultra-luxury operation of 100 rooms, 39 residences, 15 mountain homes, and 35 inn units. Leading the pre-opening team at the resort, Marte played a key role in training and helping the property achieve a Forbes Five-Star rating within its first year of evaluation. In her free time, Marte enjoys traveling the world to immerse herself in other cultures, volunteering in her community, partaking in outdoor activities, and recharging through the spa. Nicolas Galli With 10 years of experience in finance and a degree in Hospitality Management, Galli joins the Sensei team as Director of Finance. He began his career as a Management Trainee and went on to supervise accounts receivable at the St. Regis Aspen. He has held leadership roles as the Director of Finance at Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs, the Heathman Hotel, and the Woodlark Hotel. Most recently, he served as the Regional Director of Finance for Kimpton Hotels, part of the IHG portfolio. Galli enjoys cycling, rock climbing, and going on outdoor adventures with his dog.
