CCS boys
For the second game in a row, Branham advanced in the Central Coast Section Open Division boys soccer playoffs when one of its players had a hat trick.
Tuesday, Jesus Garcia scored three times as the top-seeded Bruins, playing at home in San Jose, overcame a one-goal halftime deficit to beat Bellarmine 4-3 in the semifinals.
Branham advanced to play Watsonville in the final Friday night at Del Mar High School.
Jack Werle scored twice and Kavi Krishnan had one goal for Bellarmine, which led 2-1 at halftime.
Garcia scored twice and Eli Derazizyan scored once in the second half for Branham as the Bruins came back to improve to 18-1-3.
Bellarmine fell to 10-3-9.
In the quarterfinals, Ian Hutt had a hat track to lead Branham past Serra 3-1 in overtime.
CCS girls
There will be no rematch of last season’s CCS Open Division girls final as defending champion Archbishop Mitty and runner-up Leigh lost semifinal matches Tuesday.
Second-seeded St. Francis defeated No. 6 seed Mitty 2-1 and top-seeded Mountain View blanked No. 4 seed Leigh 2-0.
Karena Shah and Allie Montoya scored for Mountain View, with Isabella Walker assisting on each goal.
Sophia Sasaki also stood out for the Spartans in goal.
Mountain View will play St. Francis for the title on Friday at Del Mar.
Boys soccer
Open Division
Tuesday’s semifinals
No. 2 Watsonville 1, No. 3 St. Francis 0
No. 1 Branham 4, No. 5 Bellarmine 3
Friday’s final
No. 1 Branham (18-1-3) vs. No. 2 Watsonville (15-4-1), Del Mar High School, 7:30 p.m.
Division I
Wednesday’s semifinals
No. 6 Alisal (15-3-2) at No. 2 North Salinas (13-4-2), 3 p.m.
No. 4 Wilcox (13-4-2) at No. 1 Aragon (10-4-5), 4:30 p.m.
Division II
Wednesday’s semifinals
No. 6 Menlo Atherton (7-6-4) at No. 2 Mountain View (12-4-4), 7 p.m.
No. 4 Sacred Heart Prep (12-5-2) at No. 1 Hillsdale (14-5-1), 4:30 p.m.
Division III
Wednesday’s semifinals
No. 6 Leigh (10-4-5) at No. 2 Archbishop Mitty (7-5-9), 3 p.m.
No. 8 Woodside (10-7-2) at No. 5 Prospect (12-6-1), 7 p.m.
Division IV
Wednesday’s semifinals
No. 3 Seaside (14-2-4) at No. 2 Sequoia (8-5-6), 4:30 p.m
No. 5 Summit Prep (14-3-0) at No. 1 King City (14-4-1), 3 p.m.
Girls soccer
Open Division
Tuesday’s semifinals
No. 2 St. Francis 2, No. 6 Archbishop Mitty 1
No. 1 Mountain View 2, No. 4 Leigh 0
Friday’s final
No. 2 St. Francis (14-0-5) vs. No. 1 Mountain View (20-0-1), Del Mar High School, 5 p.m.
Division I
Wednesday’s semifinals
No. 3 Saratoga (16-2-1) at No. 2 Santa Cruz (14-0-1), 7 p.m.
No. 5 Los Altos (12-4-3) at No. 1 Carlmont (16-2-2), 7 p.m.
Division II
Wednesday’s semifinals
No. 7 Menlo (11-5-4) at No. 3 Christopher (10-5-1), 4:30 p.m.
No. 5 Sacred Heart Prep (12-6-3) at No. 1 Piedmont Hills (18-2-1), 7 p.m.
Division III
Wednesday’s semifinals
No. 7 Lincoln-San Jose (9-7-4) at No. 6 Branham (10-7-4), 7 p.m.
No. 5 Pioneer (11-5-5) at No. 1 San Mateo (15-2-1), 4:30 p.m,
Division IV
Wednesday’s semifinals
No. 7 North Salinas (10-7-2) at No. 3 Alvarez (10-3-3), 7 p.m.
No. 4 Salinas (7-3-7) vs. No. 8 Monte Vista Christian (10-7-3) or No. 1 Soledad (13-3-1), TBA
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