Pat Sangimino

Serra to face College Park in NorCal Division I opener, while Saint Francis will face visiting Central Catholic. Valley Christian and Menlo School will play on the road

Padres make seventh-inning defensive stand at the plate to preserve a 3-2 victory and win their first CCS-Division I championship in the Mat Keplinger era.

Ironically, wearing the tools of ignorance requires intelligence, leadership and overall toughness. The catcher is the most important everyday player on the diamond and our group on the Peninsula stacks up to backstops anywhere.

Beginning Saturday, the CCS tournament will ultimately decide where everyone is ranked.

Serra records third straight shutout over Crusaders in WCAL tourney opener. Padres next face Bellarmine.

Games Wednesday WCAL tourney semifinal: Bellarmine 1, Serra 0 WCAL tourney semifinal: Valley Christian 3, Saint Ignatius 1 Capuchino 3, Burlingame 0 Carlmont 6, Sequoia 5 The King’s Academy 7, Sacred Heart Prep. 2 Menlo-Atherton 4, Hillsdale 1

Riordan at Carlmont, 11 a.m. Bellarmine at The King's Academy, noon Los Altos at Sequoia, noon Burlingame at Palo Alto, noon More at Woodside, 2 p.m.

“Dogs Chase Cars” is now available on Amazon.com. It tells the story of the downturn in the newspaper industry through the eyes of a longtime Kansas City sports columnist, who is driving into work one day expecting to be the latest casualty in a mass layoff.