The team that upset second-seeded Archbishop Mitty in the NorCal Division I softball playoffs this week will have to forfeit its semifinal game.
Seventh-seeded Whitney-Rocklin, which defeated the Monarchs 2-0 on Tuesday in San Jose, played an ineligible player during the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs.
Sixth-seeded Oak Ridge, which was scheduled to play host to Whitney on Thursday, will have a bye into the title game on Saturday.
Oak Ridge will face Thursday’s winner between eighth-seeded Amador Valley and fourth-seeded Clovis North.
CIF spokesperson Rebecca Brutlag told the Bay Area News Group on Thursday that MItty “understands that it’s an unfortunate situation” and that the San Jose school has not petitioned to take Whitney’s place in the semifinal.
“The brackets have already been seeded,” Brutlag added. “So you can’t go back in time and what would happen or what wouldn’t happen, so the bracket stands as it is.”
According to Brutlag, Whitney self-reported the infraction.
A text to Mitty coach Megan Yocke and an email to athletic director Brian Eagleson were not immediately returned.
The news was first reported by the MaxPreps Sac-Joaquin social media account on X/Twitter.
Joseph Dycus
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