The Granite Hills High School baseball team —20-0-2 in the regular season — has turned aside all challengers this spring to remain undefeated. Now, the newly crowned Grossmont Hills League champions will have to do it all over again as the San Diego Section playoffs get under way.
The Eagles, with their 0.955 winning percentage, received the No. 1 seed in the Open Division playoffs. It’s a prestigious honor but there’s still unfinished work to be done to call the season an unqualified success.
If there is any consolation, the Open Division has become a double-elimination tournament. If someone else is going to snatch away the championship, they are going to have to beat the Eagles twice.
The question of the day: who is up to that task?
Granite Hills finished 12-0 in league play — well ahead of runner-up Helix (7-5 in league, 15-12 overall) and El Capitan, the third-place team (5-7 league record, 10-14 overall).
Joining the Eagles in the elite fray are No. 2 San Marcos (19-6-1), No. 3 La Costa Canyon (16-10), No. 4 Carlsbad (17-10), No. 5 St. Augustine (18-9-1), No. 6 Patrick Henry (18-8-2), No. 7 Eastlake (17-8-1) and No. 8 Del Norte (17-10).
Playoffs were scheduled to start Wednesday. Semifinals are slated Tuesday, May 27. A fifth round, if necessary, will be played May 28. The division championship game is May 30 at SDSU.
City Western League softball champion Christian (21-6-1) received the No. 4 seed in the section Open Division playoffs.
