{"id":5754,"date":"2026-05-13T05:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2026-05-13T05:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:01:28","slug":"playoff-bound-softball-teams-la-habra-and-foothill-face-coaching-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5754","title":{"rendered":"Playoff-bound softball teams La Habra and Foothill face coaching changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.\u00a0Subscribe now<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5752\">LAFC hits the road looking to get back on track<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Playoff-bound softball teams La Habra and Foothill have announced coaching changes.<\/p>\n<p>Second-year La Habra coach Vince Peralta on Monday submitted his resignation for medical reasons, he confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Foothill coach Jeff Wright announced that this season will be his last.<\/p>\n<p>La Habra (20-7), ranked No. 4 in Orange County, plays host to Los Altos in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Highlanders athletic director Paul Caffrey said he will serve as interim coach and work with the team\u2019s assistant coaches.<\/p>\n<p>Caffrey said assistant coaches Robert Morales, Maleena Esparza, Savannah Tourville, Rilee Villacana and Steve Padilla will oversee the \u201cday-to-day\u201d coaching responsibilities and support the players in the coaching transition.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5750\">Dodgers plan to give Shohei Ohtani a DH break amid slump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate coach Peralta\u2019s dedication and contributions to our softball program and wish him the very best,\u201d Caffrey said of Peralta, who guided the Highlanders to a share of the Crestview League title this season.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Caffrey\u2019s daughter Makenna is a sophomore hitting .395 for the team.<\/p>\n<p>Wright, who is in his 11th season, said he will coach Foothill throughout the playoffs. He plans to move with his wife to Arkansas to be closer to his sons.<\/p>\n<p>Foothill (18-9), ranked No. 19 in the county, plays No. 2 seed Mater Dei (15-11) in the first round of the Division 2 playoffs on Thursday at Fountain Valley Sports Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been open with (the players) all year about the fact that there would come a time that my wife and I would relocate,\u201d Wright said. \u201cHowever, my move was dependent on getting the right teaching and coaching opportunity in Arkansas, which came about late last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c(I) felt (the players) deserved to hear the truth from me,\u201d the coach added.<\/p>\n<p>Wright led Foothill to the CIF-SS Division 4 title in 2023. The Knights have captured four league titles under Wright.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5748\">Angels waste offensive opportunities in loss to Guardians<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This season, Foothill won the North Hills League crown with a young roster.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please send softball news to Dan Albano at dalbano@scng.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Habra coach Vince Peralta and Foothill&#8217;s Jeff Wright announce their resignations; Wright will coach through the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Playoff-bound softball teams La Habra and Foothill face coaching changes - 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