Mitty ends S.I.’s season

If you’re going to have the best softball season in school history come to an end, it might as well come at the hands of the queens of the sport in the Central Coast Section.

Mitty, which has won more CCS titles than any other school (15), ended St. Ignatius’ season Thursday with a 7-1 Open Division semifinal victory at Hawes Field in Redwood City.

An RBI double from Mariah Dewey opened the scoring during a three-run outburst in

the third inning, and Mitty (19-7) broke open the game with five hits in the fifth to move into Saturday’s final at San Jose PAL Stadium against West Catholic Athletic League rival St. Francis, a 4-2 winner over Watsonville.

After dropping a 5-0 game to Valley Christian in the WCAL playoff semifinals, Mitty was seeded eighth in the Open Division. But after knocking off top-seeded Carlmont-Belmont

3-1 in a first-round CCS game, the Monarchs ended St. Ignatius’ hopes of a first section crown.

Led by Dartmouth-bound pitcher Madie Augusto, the WCAL co-Pitcher of the Year, St. Ignatius (19-6) finished with a school record for wins.

Two WCAL squads can earn CCS titles with wins Friday at San Jose Municipal Stadium.

Third-seeded Valley Christian (28-3-1) hopes to repeat as Open Division champ when it takes on No. 4 Los Gatos (23-8) at 7 p.m.

In Division 1, top-seeded Bellarmine (25-7) faces Los Altos (17-14) at 4 p.m. The Bells will try to complete the bracket without allowing a run.