SANTIAGO HIGH’s softball team won the Garden Grove League softball championship (GGUSD photo).

The regular season for area high school baseball and softball teams is over; titles decided and the CIF-SS playoffs are starting next week.

In baseball, the Cypress Centurions defeated the Pacifica Mariners twice this week and won the Empire League with a 5-3 victory on Thursday. The Cents needed to win both games to claim their 12th  league title in a row.

Cypress finished 9-1 in league and 18-9-1. Pacifica is 8-2 and 18-8 overall.

In the Garden Grove League, Los Amigos is the champion with a 13-2 league record (17-10 overall). Also getting playoff spots are Rancho Alamitos (10-5,14-9) and Bolsa Grande (8-7, 13-10).

Ocean View (10-0, 20-7) is the unbeaten Golden West League pennant winner. Garden Grove (5-5, 14-13) made a strong closing run, winning its last three league games by a combined score of 38-0. That’s good enough for fourth place, so the Argonauts will have to hope for an at-large berth.

A tight race for the Sunset-Surf crown ended with Huntington Beach (7-2, 20-8) finishing first, followed by Fountain Valley (6-3, 18-9) and Los Alamitos (5-4, 21-7).

Corona del Mar (9-3, 18-9) won the Sunset-Wave championship; Marina (4-8, 10-18) took third.

In the Orange Coast League, Orange (3-9, 6-19) finished sixth. In the Orange League, Magnolia (4-6, 6-10) and Western (3-7) closed out fourth and fifth.

Softball finishes

Pacifica’s nationally-ranked team – 11th in the U.S. and third in California – concluded another unbeaten Empire League season (10-0, 23-2). The M’s  thumped Capistrano Valley High 5-1 on Friday in a non-league – you might call it a post-league – contest.

Rival Cypress (8-2, 19-9) took second in the EL.

In the Garden Grove League, La Quinta had a powerful stretch run, winning its last three games – including a 5-0 victory win Thursday over Loara  – to finish in third place (6-5, 10-11) and a playoff spot.

Santiago (10-0, 13-6) is first and Los Amigos (8-2, 14-6) second.

Garden Grove High (10-0, 15-9) finished an unbeaten Golden West League season with a 5-0 win over Segerstrom. Ocean View (5-4, 12-10-1) is third, while Westminster (0-10, 5-22) finished sixth.

Sunset League play saw Los Alamitos (10-0, 2-5) finish ahead of Huntington Beach (10-2, 16-7). Marina (6-6, 17-9-1) was fourth and Edison (5-7, 10-14) took fifth.

Orange (4-6, 9-9) concluded Orange Coast League play in fourth. In the Orange League, Anaheim and Savanna (each 9-1) tied for first. Western (6-4, 10-11) is third and Magnolia (1-9, 2-15) is fifth.