Softball Preview: Important dates, top tournaments

Important dates

March 4:  El Toro at Mission Viejo, Mater Dei vs. Garden Grove at Mark Twain School
March 5:  Esperanza at Canyon
March 11: Esperanza at El Modena (DH)
March 13: El Dorado at Beckman, La Mirada vs. Foothill (DH) at Hillview School, Esperanza vs. Mater Dei at Thornton Park
March 18: Valencia of Valencia at El Modena, Marina at Kennedy
March 19: Foothill at Esperanza, Valencia at Canyon (DH), El Toro at Marina
March 20: El Toro at Aliso Niguel, Fullerton vs. Kennedy at Cypress Arnold Park, Mission Viejo at Edison
March 25: Dana Hills at Pacifica, Aliso Niguel at Canyon
March 26: Pacifica at Fullerton (DH)
March 27: Millikan of Long Beach at Canyon
March 29: Redlands vs. Foothill (DH) at Hillview School

April 1: Mission Viejo at Aliso Niguel
April 8: Santa Margarita vs. Mater Dei at Thornton Park
April 10: El Modena at Brea Olinda, El Dorado at Canyon
April 15: Rosary at Beckman, Esperanza at Marina, Mater Dei at Orange Lutheran
April 17: Laguna Hills at Beckman, Kennedy at Pacifica, El Toro vs. Foothill at Hillview School
April 18: Rosary vs. Mater Dei at Thornton Park
April 22: Canyon at El Modena
April 24: Aliso Niguel at Mission Viejo
April 25: Mater Dei at Santa Margarita
April 29: Canyon at El Dorado, Brea Olinda at El Modena

May 1: Marina at Esperanza
May 2: Orange Lutheran vs. Mater Dei at Thornton Park
May 6: Pacifica vs. Kennedy at Cypress Arnold Park, Beckman at Laguna Hills, Mater Dei vs. Rosary at Clark Park, Foothill at El Toro
May 8: El Modena at Canyon.

Top tournaments

Brea Olinda Tournament at Brea Olinda High, through March 8.

Cypress Tournament at Cypress Arnold Park, March 8.

Foothill Roundtable Invitational at Hillview School, March 15

Tournament of Champions at Mohave High of Bullhead City, Ariz., March 6-8

Saddleback Valley Tournament at Alicia Park, March 10-13

Nike Fastest to First Classic at Huntington Beach Softball Complex, March 13-15

Timberwolf Classic at Barber Park, March 15 and 22

Savanna Tournament at Yorba Regional Park, March 22 and April 5

Michelle Carew Classic at Peralta Park, April 2-5

Loara Tournament at Loara High, April 12 and 19

Woodbridge Classic at Barber Park, April 5, 7 and 12

Santiago Spring Fling Softball Classic at Santiago High of Corona, April 12 and 19

Thousand Oaks Tournament at Thousand Oaks Community Center, April 26 and May 3

Contact the writer: carias@ocregister.com