11-Seed Livermore Cowboys Win NCS Baseball Championship

The Livermore High baseball team, an 11-seed, won the North Coast Section Division IV championship with an 8-7 victory over Newark Memorial, completing a remarkable postseason run. - The Cowboys finished the regular season with a 6-18 record but were placed in D-IV due to competitive equity.

- In the championship game, Nico Rodriguez hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the seventh, and freshman Jack Wilhite threw out the potential tying run at the plate. - Nine of 11 seniors missed the first NCS game due to a senior trip to Disneyland, yet the team persevered.

- Livermore is now the No. 2 seed in the NorCal tournament and will host University Prep of Redding.

The Cowboys' coach Dave Perotti called it 'one of the most unexpected runs' and noted that the team's slogan was 'June,' meaning they aimed to be playing that late in the season.