Prep roundup: No. 1 seed Birmingham opens City soccer playoffs with 7-0 win over South East

There was no drama for No. 1 seed Birmingham in its opening game of the City Section Division 1 soccer playoffs Wednesday. The Patriots were focused and determined not to give No. 17 South East any hope of an upset. From the opening minutes, when Jerry Ramos put in a goal on a direct kick, Birmingham was taking no prisoners.

The Patriots came away with a 7-0 victory, with Oscar Vargas getting his team-leading 22nd and 23rd goals of the season. The win also gave Birmingham some retribution considering South East had upset the Patriots in last year’s City championship game.

Birmingham will play a Friday quarterfinal game against Hamilton, which defeated Bell on penalty kicks.

Fremont 1, San Fernando 0: Franklin Orellano scored a golden goal for Fremont, which will play host to Taft, a 2-1 upset winner over Canoga Park.

El Camino Real 5, Neuwirth Learning Academy 1: The Royals advanced to the quarterfinals to face West Valley League rival Cleveland.

Montclair 4, Servite 1: Last year’s Division 4 Southern Section champion knocked off last year’s Division 1 champion. Montclair received two goals from Victor Murillo to advance to the Division 1 semifinals.

JSerra 3, Fullerton 1: The top-seeded Lions advanced to the Division 1 semifinals.

Chaminade 0, Fairmont Prep 0 (Chaminade advances 4-3 on penalty kicks): The Eagles advanced to their first semifinal in Division 6.

Baseball

Santa Margarita 5, Edison 2: Stanford commit Luke Lavin hit a three-run home run to pace the Eagles in their season opener.

La Serna 2, South Hills 1: After beating Mater Dei earlier in the week, La Serna knocked off another power to improve to 2-0.

Calabasas 4, San Marcos 1: Peter Lynch struck out eight in four innings. Phoenix Call, Nate Castellon and Matthew Witkow each had two hits.

Arcadia 4, Charter Oak 0: Gabe Lopez struck out four in 5-2/3 shutout innings and Brayden Herrera had three hits and two RBIs.

Santa Monica 5, St. Monica 0: Christian Recendez allowed one hit in six innings and struck out six with no walks.

Mater Dei 8, Don Lugo 0: Freshman Ezekiel Lara had three hits and Landon Gordon threw five shutout innings for the Monarchs.

Softball

Villa Park 9, El Dorado 5: Auddrey Lira struck out seven and hit a home run with four RBIs.

Girls’ basketball

Sierra Canyon 80, Ontario Christian 18: There was no stopping the 28-0 Trailblazers in their Open Division game. They went on a 32-0 run between the second and third quarters. Juju Watkins scored 32 points.

Chloe Briggs of Ontario Christian scored 15 of her team’s 18 points, giving her 3,416 points in her career. The Southern Section record held by Cheryl Miller is 3,446. She has at least two games left to break it. Sierra Canyon will play Sage Hill on Saturday to decide a spot in the Feb. 25 Open Division final at Honda Center.

Etiwanda 74, Windward 52: The Eagles stayed unbeaten in the Open Division and will face Santa Ana Mater Dei on Saturday at home to decide an Open Division final spot.

Brentwood 66, Cypress 57: The Eagles advanced to the 2A semifinals. Amber Furch scored 21 points, Jocelyn Pascual 16 and Lev Feiman 14.

Mater Dei 94, Corona Santiago 38: Addie Deal scored 21 points to help the Monarchs (28-2) move to a showdown with Etiwanda.

Boys’ basketball

Cleveland 64, Rancho Dominguez 60: The Cavaliers eliminated the No. 1 seed in the City Section Division II playoffs. Justin Rosenbaum scored 25 points and Kamari King added 23 points and nine assists.