After sweeping through the two rounds of the Southern California Regional Playoffs, the Cerritos College softball team will now embark on their next adventure – the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships, which will take place at Orange Terrace Park in Riverside from Friday though Sunday. The Falcons (39-5), who are seeded #2 in Southern California, will open the eight-team, double elimination tournament on Friday at noon against San Jose City (42-7), the #3-seeded team from Northern California. With a win, the team will play the winner of the College of the Siskiyous-Long Beach City winner at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, while a loss will drop the Falcons against the loser of the same game at noon on Saturday.

    The Jaguars, who advanced to the state championships last year, won the Coast Conference South Division and have posted a 42-7 record on the year. The game against the Falcons will mark their first against a team from Southern California this season.

    As for Cerritos, they are the co-champions of the South Coast Conference and swept both Chaffey College and Fullerton College in regional play. In fact, three of the teams from the South are from the SCC, along with #3-seed Mt. San Antonio College and #4-seed Long Beach City College. Cypress College, who the Falcons eliminated from the state tournament last year, is the #1-seeded team from the South. Cerritos reached the championship game last year, but were beaten by Mt. San Antonio.

    Below are the opening game matchups on Friday:

#2S Cerritos (39-5) vs. #3N San Jose City (42-7) – 12:00 p.m.
#4S Long Beach City (32-13-1) vs. #1N College of the Siskiyous (49-3) – 12:00 p.m.

#1S Cypress (51-2) vs. #4N Shasta (39-13) – 2:00 p.m.
#3S Mt. San Antonio (34-16) vs. #2N Sacramento City (45-4) – 2:00 p.m.