Softball: Will the Viewpoint fans make it from Riverside in time?

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The stadium here at Barber Park in Irvine is empty. The emptiest I’ve seen it the last two days (not including last night when Martin Henderson, Carlos Arias of the OC Register and myself were the last ones to leave after the El Modena-Glendora game).

And the Southern Section-Toyota Division IV championship game between Viewpoint and Faith Baptist is just moments from starting. What’s going on you ask?

One of the reason there are very few Viewpoint fans here could be because their baseball team just won the Division VII title in Riverside earlier today.

I’m guessing some Viewpoint fans are making their way down to Irvine, right now. A lot of Bishop Amat fans, including Athletic Director Michael Manzo, were planning on doing the same thing, except the other way around-- Bishop Amat, which lost in the Division IV softball final to Ocean View, 8-3, is playing in the Division IV baseball championship against St. Paul at UC Riverside later tonight.

-- Jaime Cardenas

--Image by Jaime Cardenas