Southern California high school softball championships

Southern Section championship games

at Barber Park, Irvine

Friday

Division 6: Los Angeles Marymount (24-6) vs. Pasadena La Salle (24-6), 3 p.m. — Second-seeded La Salle will get its rematch against top-seeded Marymount in the teams’ second consecutive championship game. Last season, Marymount won, 3-2.

Division 5: La Habra Whittier Christian (25-7) vs. West Covina South Hills (23-7-1), 5:15 p.m. — Top-seeded Whittier Christian has won 10 consecutive games — five by shutout — and is competing for its second straight championship. The Heralds are led by ace pitcher Courtney Mcgee (22-6), who’s also hitting .425. South Hills, ranked sixth in the final coaches’ poll, is playing in its first championship since 1997.

Division 3: Chino Hills Ayala (28-5) vs. Downey Warren (24-6), 7:30 p.m. — Jessica Hall has shown why she’s considered one of the top pitchers in the nation with complete-game shutouts in each of fourth-seeded Ayala’s playoff appearances. Sixth-seeded Warren has won 19 of its last 20 games and is making its first championship appearance since 2006.

Saturday

Division 7: Lake Isabella Kern Valley (23-4) vs. San Pedro Rolling Hills Prep (20-1), 10 a.m. — Second-seeded Rolling Hills Prep has advanced to its first championship appearance after knocking off last season’s champion, Rosamond, in a semifinal behind the pitching of Amber Garland (17-1). Kern Valley, ranked sixth in the final coaches’ poll, has advanced to the title game behind the arm of Kayla Evans (14-4).

Division 4: North Torrance (23-10) vs. Santa Monica (26-5), 12:30 p.m. — Santa Monica is having quite a year, having won its first Southern Section girls’ basketball championship, and now making its first softball title game appearance. The second-seeded Vikings are led by New Mexico State-bound Celisha Walker, who pitched a complete-game shutout in a semifinal. North Torrance is vying for its third consecutive championship after Celina Thornton hit a run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth in the Saxons’ semifinal.

Division 2: Upland (20-9-1) vs. Temecula Valley (18-12), 3:30 p.m. — Behind Shelby Yung’s two-out, run-scoring single in the sixth inning and Washington-bound pitcher Whitney Jones, unseeded Upland won its semifinal. Temecula Valley, also unseeded, is riding the momentum of having knocked off top-seeded Etiwanda in the first round of the playoffs.

Division 1: Santa Margarita (17-13) vs. Corona (22-10-1), 6 p.m. — This game pits two unseeded teams that were also unranked in the final coaches’ poll. Santa Margarita, led by ace pitcher Amy Letourneau, upset top-seeded Valencia in a semifinal to make its first championship appearance. Corona is playing in its first title game since 2004 and is led by pitching sensation Loie Kesterson, who’s thrown three shutouts in the playoffs.