{"id":9817,"date":"2026-05-27T18:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9817"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:32:51","slug":"softball-playoffs-roundup-irvine-dominates-granite-hills-in-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9817","title":{"rendered":"Softball playoffs roundup: Irvine dominates Granite Hills in semifinals"},"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=9815\">Huntington Beach commences America 250th festivities, unfurling banners and lighting up its pier<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Irvine\u2019s offense proved itself again Saturday in the CIF-SS Division 6 softball semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Seniors Harper Vandermolen and Katie Liu, and sophomore Jocelyn Knerr, hit home runs as the host Vaqueros defeated Granite Hills 16-2 at Irvine High.<\/p>\n<p>The top-seeded Vaqueros (15-16) entered the semifinal averaging 12.6 runs in the playoffs. Granite Hills (13-9) averaged 20.3 runs but were slowed by junior pitchers Midori De Los Santos and Carlee Lombardo.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9803\">Storied Irvine steakhouse Gulliver\u2019s announces closure after 56 years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Irvine collected 21 hits in advancing to the finals next week against Arroyo, which beat Hesperia 11-4 in the other semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>De Los Santos had a team-high four hits.<\/p>\n<p>Vandermolen homered in her third consecutive game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In another semifinal Saturday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>In Division 8:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arroyo Valley 18, Capistrano Valley Christian 8:<\/strong> The Eagles (8-14) fell to Arroyo Valley (10-14) at San Gorgonio High. The Hawks collected 18 hits to reach the final against San Bernardino next week in Irvine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9801\">CIF-SS baseball championship games schedules set for Friday, Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCVarsity&#8217;s highlights from Orange County games in the semifinals of the CIF-SS softball playoffs Saturday.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Softball playoffs roundup: Irvine dominates Granite Hills in semifinals - 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