Record-Tying Winners Possible

When the Southern Section softball finals begin Friday at Mayfair Park in Lakewood, teams from Temecula Linfield, Santa Maria Righetti and Irvine Woodbridge will be trying to tie a section record for titles with five. Huntington Beach Marina and Santa Maria St. Joseph share the record.

Two games are scheduled for Friday and four Saturday. A look at the matchups:

Division I, Santa Ana Foothill (29-2) vs. Upland (28-5): Top-seeded Foothill has won 14 games in a row, including a 1-0 victory over defending champion Santa Ana Mater Dei on Tuesday. The Knights, who last won a title in 1992, swept a doubleheader from Upland earlier this season.

Division II, Irvine Woodbridge (33-2) vs. Santa Maria Righetti (33-2): The winner ties a section record with five titles. Top-seeded Woodbridge, which lost to Saugus in the final last year, has won 28 games in a row since an early season loss to Foothill.

Division III, Garden Grove Pacifica (29-1) vs. Glendora St. Lucy’s (25-7): Pacifica, which has never won a section title, is ranked No. 1 in the state and in the nation by the National Fastpitch Coaches’ Assn. St. Lucy’s lineup includes four seniors who have secured Division I scholarships.

Division IV, Santa Fe Springs St. Paul (26-7) vs. West Covina South Hills (21-9): Unseeded South Hills defeated St. Paul, 1-0, in a tournament game in March.

Division V, Lancaster Paraclete (27-3) vs. Santa Ana Calvary Chapel (26-5): Fourth-seeded Paraclete is 0-5 in title games.

Division VI, Temecula Linfield (26-3) vs. Boron (24-2): Top-seeded Linfield is making its fifth consecutive championship game appearance, having won it all in 1994 and ’95. Second-seeded Boron was eliminated in the semifinals the last four years.