Cypress, Foothill, Servite and Villa Park won their first round games Monday in the first round of the National Classic.
Their victories set up these two quarterfinals games Tuesday: Cypress vs. Foothill at El Dorado High at 10 a.m.; Servite vs. Villa Park at Fullerton College at 1 p.m.
The Orange County top 25 has Villa Park (13-3) at No. 5, Cypress (13-4) at No. 7, Foothill (9-8) at No. 8 and Servite (10-8) at No. 9.
Villa Park on Monday beat Utah’s Jordan 12-1. Spartans senior shortstop Gavin Grahovac homered and drove in four runs and senior first baseman Zack Brown homered and had two RBIs.
Servite beat South Hills, the No. 2 team in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 top 10, 4-3. Kyle Buchanan had two RBIs and Roman Martin homered for the Friars.
Abbrie Covarrubias and Matthew Thomas drove in two runs each for Cypress in a 6-2 win over Liberty of Arizona.
The tournament semifinals are Wednesday at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. at El Dorado. The championship game is at Amerige Park in Fullerton on Thursday at 7 p.m.
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