Redwood, Tulare Western baseball earn road playoff wins

TL;DR

Redwood baseball team defeated Clovis 7-1 in a Central Section Division I playoff game. The Rangers, ranked 11th, upset the 6th-seed Cougars in their road opener.

Key points

Redwood baseball team won 7-1 against Clovis
The game was part of the Central Section Division I playoffs
Redwood was ranked 11th and Clovis 6th
Redwood's record is 19-10 as of May 15

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The 2025-26 Central Section high school sports season is underway.

Coaches, please submit your results/stats after each game or match to sports reporter Vongni Yang at vyang2@gannett.com to have players highlighted in our local roundup (team records are as of May 15).

May 15

Baseball

Redwood 7, Clovis 1: The 11th-ranked Rangers (19-10) upset the sixth-seed Cougars (18-12) in their Central Section Division I road playoff opener.

Redwood, coming off its fifth straight league championship, will return home to host No. 14 Centennial (15-14-1) on May 19 for a quarterfinal showdown at Aaron Hill Field.

Tulare Western 9, San Luis Obispo 2: The West Yosemite League co-champion Mustangs (19-9-1) opened the Central Section Division II playoffs with a first-round road win, upsetting the No. 7 Tigers (18-11).

No. 10 Tulare Western will host 15th-ranked Hanford (13-15), who beat No. 2 Ridgeview 7-1 in its playoff opener, on May 19 in the quarterfinals at Taylor Field in Tulare.

Other Tulare County playoff scores:

Liberty-Madera Ranchos 10, Golden West 6
Lompoc 6, El Diamante 4
Woodlake 9, Orosi 0
Monache 15, Fowler 4
Torres 10, Lindsay 8
Garces Memorial 7, Exeter 4
Roosevelt 11, Granite Hills 1
Edison 22, Mission Oak 8
Central Valley Christian 5, Mt. Whitney, 3

Redwood’s Ben Flora fires to 1st against El Diamante in East Yosemite League high school baseball Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

Softball

Redwood 10, Paso Robles 0: The No. 3 Rangers (22-7) made quick work of the 14th-ranked Bearcats (17-12), winning via mercy rule in six innings.

Redwood's Emily Webster hit a home run and finished with two hits, four RBIs, and a run. Jackie Ramirez knocked in two runs, and Kenzie Cantu, Kyrie Rodriguez, Aubrie Jenkins and Jaden Lopez all had an RBI.