Bay League champion Palos Verdes and runner-up Mira Costa survived first-round games in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 boys soccer playoffs on Friday advancing to second-round action on Wednesday.
Palos Verdes (19-5-2) is ranked No. 9 and defeated Simi Valley 6-0 on Friday. Masaki Kishimoto and Greg Natt each scored two goals for the Sea Kings will play at Corona (12-7-7) in the second round.
Mira Costa (14-5-3) eliminated M.L. King 4-3 on penalty kicks after the teams tied 2-2 in regulation. Ricky Angiolini and Connor Vosberg scored goals and Justin Fairchild recorded seven saves for the Mustangs.
Mira Costa will travel to take on top-seeded Servite (23-1) on Wednesday.
Redondo (15-10-2) lost at No. 10 Santa Barbara 1-0 and Peninsula (10-10-1) dropped a 2-1 game at No. 3 El Toro.
In Division 4, Pioneer League champion and second-seeded West Torrance (18-3-2) defeated visiting Saddleback Saddleback 2-1. The Warriors host Ocean League runner-up Lawndale (18-7-3) who shutout Tustin 4-0 in the first round.
After a 1-1 tie in regulation, Ocean League champion El Segundo (17-2-3) beat Valencia 4-3 on penalty kicks and will travel to Brea Olinda (13-9-1) on Wednesday.,
South Torrance (13-8) lost a heartbreaker at Norwalk losing 5-4 on penalty kicks after finishing regulation tied 1-1.
In Division 6, Chadwick (6-4-1) lost at top-seeded South Pasadena 6-3 and Vistamar lost at Oaks Christian 4-3 in overtime.
PV, Costa girls win close contests
Bay League champion Palos Verdes (17-4-2) earned the fourth seed in the CIF-SS Division 2 girls soccer playoffs and edged Corona 1-0 on a Jess Frost goal for a first-round win on Thursday.
The Sea Kings play at Westlake (11-1-6) in the second round on Tuesday.
Bay runner-up Mira Costa (18-5-4) is seeded seventh and defeated visiting La Habra 2-1 on Thursday.
McKenna Doyle scored both goals for the Mustangs who out shot La Habra 15-2. Mira Costa will travel to face No. 10 Chapparal (15-2-7) on Tuesday.
Redondo (14-5-3) was shut out at Newbury Park 1-0 and Peninsula (12-6-3) gave top-seeded Oaks Christian all it could handle in a 1-0 loss. Bishop Montgomery (13-7-1) lost at No. 8 Northwood 1-0.
In Division 3, Pioneer League champion and fourth-seeded West Torrance (16-4-5) defeated Claremont 2-0. The Warriors will play at Lancaster (16-5-1) in the second round on Tuesday.
Torrance (18-3-1) beat Barstow 5-0 in its first-round game and will host Warren (18-3-3) on Tuesday.
South Torrance (17-7-3) lost at South Hills 1-0 and Chadwick (8-6-1) was eliminated by visiting Los Altos 3-0 in first-round competition.
In Division 4, El Segundo (8-5-6) lost at St. Margaret’s 2-0.
Coastal champion Vistamar (12-2-1) routed Ganesha 8-0 in the first round and will host St. Anthony (16-6-3) in the second round on Tuesday.
With the exception of the finals, all soccer games are scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. For brackets, times and results visit cifss.org.
