{"id":327532,"date":"2026-05-22T08:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327532\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:08:27","slug":"central-section-high-school-baseball-quarterfinal-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327532\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Section high school baseball quarterfinal recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_3497.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Bullard High defeated Clovis North 7-1 in a Central Section Division I quarterfinal game on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.\" alt=\"Bullard High defeated Clovis North 7-1 in a Central Section Division I quarterfinal game on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Bullard High defeated Clovis North 7-1 in a Central Section Division I quarterfinal game on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                Anthony Galaviz<\/p>\n<p>            agalaviz@fresnobee.com<\/p>\n<p>Bullard High remained alive in the Central Section baseball playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The second-seeded Knights scored five runs in the bottom of the third inning to roll past No. 7 Clovis North 9-1 in a Central Section Division I quarterfinal game at Mike Noakes Field on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Bullard will host No. 11 Redwood at 4 p.m. Thursday in a semifinal game.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in Division III, No. 9 Central Valley stunned top-seeded Kingsburg 4-3.<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers scored three runs in the top of the first inning and added a run in the second inning..<\/p>\n<p>Vikings star Jensen Hirschkorn didn&#8217;t start since he made his last start in the previous game.<\/p>\n<p>Next up for the ace pitcher is going to LSU or going pro. Hirschkorn is expected to be a high draft pick in the MLB draft in July.<\/p>\n<p>CVC, though, has championships aspirations. Waiting for them is No. 4 Edison, which defeated No. 5 Lemoore 5-4.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rest of the scores with Thursday\u2019s schedule<\/p>\n<p>Baseball<\/p>\n<p>Central Section playoffs<\/p>\n<p>Division I<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 St. Joseph 10, No. 9 Righetti 9<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 Liberty-Bakersfield 11, No. 5 Buchanan 9<\/p>\n<p>No. 11 Redwood 12, No. 14 Centennial 0<\/p>\n<p>No. 2 Bullard 9, No. 7 Clovis North 1<\/p>\n<p>Thursday<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 Liberty-Bakersfield at No. 1 St. Joseph<\/p>\n<p>No. 11 Redwood at No. 2 Bullard<\/p>\n<p>Division II<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 Bakersfield Christian 4, No. 8 Fresno 1<\/p>\n<p>No. 12 Clovis East 10, No. 13 Lompoc 0<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 Arroyo Grande 9, No. 11 Paso Robles 3<\/p>\n<p>No. 10 Tulare Western 10. No. 15 Hanford 2<\/p>\n<p>Thursday<\/p>\n<p>No. 12 Clovis East at No. 1 Bakersfield Christian<\/p>\n<p>No. 10 Tulare Western at No. 3 Arroyo Grande<\/p>\n<p>Division III<\/p>\n<p>No. 9 Central Valley Christian 4, No. 1 Kingsburg 3<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 Edison 5, No. 5 Lemoore 4<\/p>\n<p>No. 6 Garces 8, No. 14 Templeton 4<\/p>\n<p>No. 7 Garza 9, No. 15 Pioneer Valley 2<\/p>\n<p>Thursday<\/p>\n<p>No. 9 Central Valley Christian at No. 4 Edison<\/p>\n<p>No. 7 Garza at No. 6 Garces<\/p>\n<p>Division IV<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 Monache 11. No. 9 Highland 6<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 Santa Ynez 5, No. 5 Nipomo 2<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 Immanuel 8, No. 6 Wasco 7<\/p>\n<p>No. 2 Reedley 1, No. x Golden West 0<\/p>\n<p>Thursday<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 Santa Ynez at No. 1 Monache<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 Immanuel at No. 2 Reedley<\/p>\n<p>Division V<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 Shafter 9, No. 8 Dos Palos 1<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 Sierra 6, No. 5 Yosemite 4<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 Chavez 8, No. 6 McLane 2<\/p>\n<p>No. 2 Minarets 7, No. 7 Santa Maria 6<\/p>\n<p>Thursday<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 Sierra at No. 1 Shafter<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 Chavez at No. 2 Minarets<\/p>\n<p>Division VI<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 Corcoran 14, No. 9 Cal City 4<\/p>\n<p>No. 5 Orange Cove 3, No. 4 Woodlake 0<\/p>\n<p>No. 6 Torres 13, No. 3 Rosamond 5<\/p>\n<p>No. 2 Roosevelt 14, No. 10 Boron 7<\/p>\n<p>Thursday<\/p>\n<p>No. 5 Orange Cove at No. 1 Corcoran<\/p>\n<p>No. 6 Torres at No. 2 Roosevelt<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published May 19, 2026 at 9:27 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779437307_204_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bullard High defeated Clovis North 7-1 in a Central Section Division I quarterfinal game on Tuesday, May 19,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-327532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}