Simi, Royal baseball squads advance to Division I playoffs
Pioneers win coin flip with Thousand Oaks, earn Marmonte's top seed

With a 9-1 victory at Agoura High Wednesday afternoon, Simi Valley's baseball team earned a co-Marmonte League championship.

The title, which the Pioneers will share with Thousand Oaks, is the program's first since 1993.

Simi Valley ended the regular season by winning 11 of its final 14 games to finish with a 20-8 overall record and 11-3 mark in league.

Following a coin flip, Simi Valley will be the No. 1 seed out of the Marmonte League in the CIF-Southern Section Division I postseason. Playoff brackets will be announced Monday.

Last season, Simi Valley finished third in league and lost in the second round of the playoffs to Long Beach Wilson.

Simi's crosstown rival, Royal High, will enter the playoffs as the league's No. 3 seed after finishing the season 19-8 overall and 9-5 in league.

Royal has won six of its last eight games.

A year ago, RHS lost to Poly of Riverside in the first round of the postseason.

Calabasas, Moorpark and Westlake finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in league.

On Thursday, SVHS hosted a tiebreaker game between Calabasas and Moorpark, but results weren't final as of press time.

The winner of Thursday's game will play Westlake High today at Conejo Creek Park South in Thousand Oaks to determine which team makes the postseason.