Preview: Division 3, 5-AA softball titles to be decided Thursday

CIF San Diego Section Softball Championships

When: Thursday

Where: Triton Softball Field, UCSD

Admission: $15 adults, $9 students and seniors. Tickets are available at gofan.com./app/school/cifsd. Tickets will be available at the door with credit or debit only. No cash.

Parking: Parking is available in the lot near the Hopkins Parking Structure.

Division 5-AA: (4) St. Joseph Academy (5-14) vs. (2) Chula Vista Learning Community Charter (14-16), 4 p.m.

Preview: Upstart St. Joseph Academy from San Marcos is the surprise team of the bracket. After beating Ocean View Christian in the opener 12-7, the Crusaders upset top-seeded Bonsal 3-2 and 9-6 to advance to the final. ... Chula Vista Learning Community Charter outscored their opponents so far in the playoffs 49-6 downing Warner once and Julian twice. Freshman Alana Olivas (.475) and junior Bibi Delgadillo (.441 average) lead the Cobra attack... The Cobras beat the Crusaders 19-4 in an early March match-up.

Division 3: (3) Sage Creek (21-9) vs. (5) Oceanside (21-6-1), 7 p.m.

Preview: Oceanside is streaking, winning 11 of the last 12 games since losing to Sage Creek 4-1 on April 24. The Pirates' only stumble was a 1-0 loss to Escondido Charter in their playoff opener. They came back to beat the White Tigers 4-1 two games later. Oceanside forced Wednesday's "if-necessary" game by downing Mission Vista 7-2 on Tuesday. The 12-5 win on Wednesday was the fourth time they beat the Timberwolves this year. Sage Creek won two of three matchups with Oceanside this year.

This story originally appeared in San Diego Union-Tribune .