A Beer League game seems to break out whenever No. 10 Foothill and No. 9 El Toro hook up on a softball field, and the two teams didn't disappoint with the Sea View League title on the line on Thursday at Hillview School.

Foothill rallied from a three-run deficit to win a 9-6 slugfest and capture the league championship.

El Toro (15-15, 7-3), which had its seven-game winning streak snapped, finished tied for second place with No. 17 Trabuco Hills (19-8-1, 7-3).

The Knights and Chargers combined for 22 hits, including five for extra bases. El Toro won the first meeting, 10-9, in a game that featured a combined 20 hits and five homers by the Chargers.

"I don't know what goes on?" Foothill coach Vince Brown said. "Our 10-9 loss last time and then this one. It's just two teams that can swing the bat. I think there is a lot of history that's been developed between the two teams. Boy, I tell you I never felt comfortable the entire game no matter what the score was."

Lauren Chamberlain had an RBI single and Shannon Tinsley added a two-run single during a three-run rally to give El Toro a 3-0 lead in the top of the third.

The Knights responded with a three-run rally in the bottom of the third to tie it, 3-3. Kristine Erickson led off with a solo homer to left-center field, Jaquilyn Edwards had an RBI triple and Emilee Koerner added an RBI single.

Foothill batted aroound in the bottom of the fourth, scoring six runs to build a 9-3 lead. Hallie Wilson and Taylor Cantillo each had two-run doubles to deliver the big blows.

Tinsley belted a three-run homer in the top of the seventh to cut Foothill's lead to 9-6, but Foothill pitcher Anna Avalos retired the next three hitters to secure the victory.

Tinsley went 2 for 4 with five RBIs and Chamberlain went 3 for 4 with a run and an RBI to highlight El Toro's offense.

In another Sea View League game:

No. 17 Trabuco Hills 3, No. 24 Northwood 0: Kayla Massey pitched a three-hitter with no walks and 11 strikeouts and Taylor Thurman went 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI as the Mustangs finished tied for second place with El Toro.

Northwood (13-15, 5-5) finished in fourth place, but is ineligible to petition for an at-large berth because it has a record below .500.

In the Sunset League:

No. 4 Edison 2, No. 7 Los Alamitos 1: Allyson Hecht outdueled Amanda Sugita to lead the visiting Chargers (19-5, 8-2) past the Griffins (22-8, 7-3) for a share of the league title.

Edison and Marina finished as co-champions, but the Chargers won a coin flip and will go into the playoffs as the league's No. 1 representative. Los Alamitos finished in third place.

No. 5 Marina 9, No. 15 Esperanza 0: Taysia Kaufman recorded a four-hit shutout with two walks and three strikeouts, Erin Cuevas with 2 for 4 with two doubles and three RBIs and Jamie Sullivan went 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs as the Vikings (22-5, 8-2) clinched a shared of the league title.

Esperanza (16-13-1, 5-5) finished in fourth place, but the Aztecs are eligible to petition for an at-large berth in Division I.

In the Freeway League:

No. 22 La Habra 8, Buena Park 0: Kayla Klein pitched a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts to help the Highlanders (18-8, 8-2) beat the visiting Coyotes (1-18, 0-10) and clinch the league title.

No. 25 Sonora 5, No. 21 Sunny Hills 2: The Raiders scored three runs in the top of the 10th inning to avenge one of their league losses and pull out the victory over the host Lancers. Sonora (16-12, 7-3) and Sunny Hills (15-6, 7-3) finished tied for second place.

In the Empire League:

No. 16 Pacifica 10, Cypress 0: Ashley Carlson and Katrina Oviedo each went 3 for 5, Jessica Alexander and Cheyenne Mascarenas drove in two runs apiece and Krystian DeWitt and Karen Peterson combined on a five-inning no-hitter as the visiting Mariners (19-10, 9-1) beat the Centurions via the mercy rule to clinch the league title.

Cypress took second place, Valencia (19-9, 6-4) took third place and fourth-place Kennedy (14-10, 4-6) is eligible to petition for an at-large berth.

In the Century League:

No. 1 Canyon 3, Villa Park 2: Heather Koch stole home for the first run in the bottom of the first, Tayler Van Acker added an RBI double and Katelyn Price had an RBI single in the fourth as the Comanches (23-7, 9-1) defeated the visiting Spartans (11-13, 4-6) to clinch the league title.

Villa Park and Brea Olinda finished tied for third place, but the Wildcats have the tiebreaker of the Spartans and will go as the league's No. 3 representative. Villa Park doesn't have a .500 record, so it is not eligible to petition for an at-larger berth.

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