The Cypress High and Los Alamitos High baseball teams both reached the semifinals of the Loara Tournamment.
The Cypress High and Los Alamitos High baseball teams both reached the semifinals of the Loara Tournamment.
The two teams play on Thursday for a chance to reach the championship game on Saturday. Cypress defeated Long Beach Poly, 8-1 on Tuesday in their quarterfinal game, while the Griffins defeated San Clemente, 8-4 on Tuesday in their quarterfinal.
Cody Marshall drove in three runs with a triple in the second inning as the Griffins put up seven runs in the inning. Dallas Probert was 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI and James Stea had a triple, an RBI and scored a run. Darren McCaughan pitched four innings, with three stikeouts, to get the win.
Los Alamitos will play Canyon of Anaheim in the semifinals at 7 p.m. Cypress will play Fountain Valley in their semifinal at 3 p.m. Both games are at Glover Stadium, 1125 N. La Palma Pkwy. in Anaheim.
Los Alamitos photos by Ted Apodaca
Cypress photos by Marilyn Smith