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Ventura, Calif. - As the entirety of the of the California High School sections are fully underway with the Southern Section, Los Angeles City Section and San Diego Section all playing games Prep Baseball California will be highlighting a weekly game of the week.

This weeks Southern Section slate features a pair of league matchups between the first place and second place teams. The first series features the final two games of a 3 game set between a pair of 13-3 programs in the Costa Mesa Mustangs and the Estancia Eagles who are battling for the Orange Coast Leagues top spot. Then in the rigorous Mission League a pair of early title contenders match up for a 2 game set with the 11-4 Chaminade Eagles matching up with the Prep Baseball California # 2 ranked Harvard Westlake Wolverines.

Costa Mesa Mustangs vs. Estancia Eagles

+ Date: 3/26/24 -  3/29/24

+ Time: 3:15 PM

+ Location:  Costa Mesa  -  Estancia (Costa Mesa, Ca.)

+ Costa Mesa 2024 Record: 13-3 Overall 

+ Head Coach:  Jim Kiefer

+ Estancia 2024 Record: 13-3 Overall

+ Head Coach:  Nate Goellrich

+ Key Players (Costa Mesa):  

+ '24 C/OF Isaiah Mamian

+ '24 SS/RHP Wylan Rottschafer

+ '26 INF/P Grady Jackson

+ '26 INF/P Will Morales

+ '25 INF Omar Gutierrez

+ '25 OF Owen Dever

+ '24 P/1B Michael Joyce

+ '25 P/1B Will Clark

+ Key Players (Estancia): 

+ '26 OF Bennett Molica

+ '26 UTL Sawyer Atkinson

+ '24 INF/OF John Uchytil

+ '24 3B Cole Lefebvre

+ '24 INF/P Andrew Mits

+ '24 P/OF Miles Moyer

Game Preview:  The pair matched up last week for the first game of this 3 game set with the Mustangs winning the opener. As they are set to face off twice this week the Eagles offense is going to have to crack the Mustangs pitching staff which has allowed on 23 runs in 16 games on the year and has spun 8 shutouts so far on the year. The Eagles pitching staff which has been stellar to start the year itself will look to bounce back from the season high 8 runs they allowed to the Mustangs in the opener. Both offenses have been strong to open the 2024 spring with each team hitting over .300 as a team and sporting team On Base percentages over .400 on the spring. The Mustangs have averaged 7.4 runs per game while the Eagles are plating 6.9 runs per game. The eventual winner of this series will have a strong chance to bring home the Orange Coast League title.

#2 Harvard Westlake Wolverines vs. Chaminade Eagles

+ Date: 3/26/24 - 3/27/24 

+ Time: 3:30 PM

+ Location: Chaminade (West Hills, Ca.) - Harvard Westlake (Studio City, Ca.)

+ Harvard Westlake 2024 Record: 13-1-1 Overall 

+ Head Coach: Jared Halpert

+ Chaminade 2024 Record: 11-4 Overall

+ Head Coach: Kyle Wilkerson

+ Key Players (Harvard Westlake):  

+ '24 SS/RHP Bryce Rainer Texas Commit

+ '24 RHP/DH Duncan Marsten Wake Forest Commit

+ '24 RHP Tommy Bridges TCU Commit

+ '25 MINF Cade Goldstein Washington Commit

+ '26 OF James Tronstein Stanford Commit

+ '25 RHP Jackson Alex

+ '25 3B Jack Laffitte

+ '26 OF Will Suslow

+ '27 C Drew Rico

+ '27 OF Ira Rootman

+ Key Players (Chaminade): 

+ '26 OF Isaiah Hearn

+ '24 OF Vinny Van der Wel Cal Poly SLO Commit

+ '24 OF Ryan Silver

+ '24 UTL Gregory Rangel

+ '24 MINF Carter Bennett Claremont Mudd Scripps Commit

+ '26 UTL Eli Stephens

+ '26 P Jackson Schroeder

+ '25 INF/RHP Adam Batmanian

Game Preview:  Harvard Westlake enters the 1 vs 2 matchup featuring one of if not the best pitching staff in not just the state of California, but the nation with Bridges, Marsten, Alex starting games and Rainer closing them out runs have been at a premium to score against the Wolverines who have allowed just 32 runs in 15 games on the year including 3 shutouts and 4 games where they have allowed just 1 run. While the spotlight may shine bright on the Wolverines staff the Eagles boast a strong pitching staff which has allowed just 51 runs in 15 games while twirling 5 shutouts and 3 games in which they allowed just 1 run. One could be well justified in expecting to see a pair of low scoring pitcher duals come out of this match up of Mission League title hopefuls, but the bats of Wolverines lead by Rainer, Goldstein, Marsten and Tronstein will be looking to do damage with the Eagles trio of outfielders in Hearn, Silver and Van der Wel who are all hitting over .300 to provide impact against the Wolverines. The winner of this 2 game set will have well positioned themselves for a run in April/May at the Mission League title.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Showcase	State	Date	Location
Rising Stars ID: Los Angeles	CA	03/17	O'Malley Field
Rising Stars ID: San Diego	CA	03/24	Eastlake High School
Rising Stars ID: Corona	CA	03/30	Corona High School
Rising Stars ID: VTA County	CA	04/21	Thousand Oaks High School
SoCal Rising Stars Game	CA	05/12	Mater Dei High School
FUTURE GAMES TRYOUT: Orange County	CA	06/01	Fullerton College
FUTURE GAMES TRYOUT: Ventura County	CA	06/09	Westmont College

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