Both the Matilda Torres Toros and the Liberty Hawks softball team entered Thursday and Friday’s semifinal games as the underdogs.
However, both teams pulled out upset victories to earn a berth in the Central Section championship games at Margie Wright Stadium at Fresno State.
Torres had an easy time with 11 runs in the third and fourth innings to record a dominant victory over top-seeded Kern Valley on Thursday. The fifth-seeded Toros host 10th seed Roosevelt, who was an 8-3 upset victory over No. 3 Strathmore in the semifinals, at 4:30 p.m. Friday.