New Roads School Varsity Baseball Makes Playoffs For First Time in Decade

In Santa Monica’s Westside area, New Roads School, a private independent college preparatory institution, is recognized for instilling meaningful scholarship and ethical principles in its students. Nevertheless, the school’s varsity baseball team’s poor record of 1-41 over the past four years has not been widely known.

This changed on Senior Night at Clover Park, where the team defeated Lennox Academy, the two-time defending Coastal League champion, 4-1, in front of nearly 200 spectators. This victory secured New Roads’ first-ever Coast League championship.

New Roads will play the winner of the Brentwood and Coastal Christian Wild Card game in the CIF Division 7 playoffs on Thursday. Senior captain Jackson Chapman expressed his happiness for the seniors who had experienced a lot of losing before this year, but worked hard under coach Hector Zamora.