The University City (UC) High baseball team was still alive in the CIF playoffs heading into action this week. UC (16-13) met Cathedral Catholic Tuesday, June 2 in the CIF Division III semifinal. The Dons won, 4-1, to advance to the final. The Centurions had gone 3-1 in post-season play to date up to that point. Elsewhere, La Jolla High finished its season at 16-14 for head coach Gary Frank after losing in the CIF playoffs last week. La Jolla opened the tourney as the 11th seed, but scored an 8-3 win over Valley Center in the first round. Patrick Christensen turned in a dominating pitching performance, while Stephen Foster went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs. Dustin Ouellette and Robbie Beathard each had two hits, and Julian Velazco drove in three runs. Christensen threw six innings and struck out 10 while not allowing an earned run. With the win, the Vikings earned a berth into the double elimination portion of the playoffs. La Jolla lost to Santana 12-2 in the first game of the double elimination round, as Zac Zlatic was 2-for-2 with a double in the loss. La Jolla bounced back to pull off its second upset of the week, an 11-3 drubbing of Castle Park.  Yoshi Rothman, Zlatic and Velazco each had two of the Vikings’ 11 hits. Kyle Zimmer earned his third win of the year while throwing five strong innings. La Jolla saw its season come to an end against Santana as it lost 6-2 in an elimination game to end the week. Velazco pitched well in his first start of the year and held the Vikings close until late in the game. Santana broke a 2-2 tie with four runs in the fifth inning.  “We finally put it all together this week and showed everyone what we are capable of doing on the field,” Frank commented. “We didn’t reach our ultimate goal of a CIF championship, but we went a lot further in the playoffs than anyone thought we could. We were the only double-digit seed in the county to make it to the quarterfinals. I’m very proud of our team.” In other action, La Jolla Country Day School (6-20) ended its season in the CIFs with a 9-0 loss to Santa Fe Christian. The Bishop’s School ended its campaign at 13-10-1 with a pair of losses in CIF action. After beating Christian Life Academy to open CIF play, Bishop’s fell to Horizon and Madison to end the season.