Press-Telegram CIF-SS baseball playoff preview; wild card and first round schedule

The CIF Southern Section baseball playoff brackets were released Monday, showing the path 16 area teams must take to possibly play for a section title on May 17 or May 18. La Mirada, the area’s No. 1 ranked team, is the sixth seed in the Division 1 playoffs. The Gateway League champions will host Oaks Christian at Glenn High on Friday. “I think we got a tough game in the first round,” La Mirada coach Jimmy Zurn said. “Oaks Christian is a very good team from a tough (Marmonte) league. In order for us to make a run we are...