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YC shut down Fairfield, 5-0: No. 4 Honkers host Christian Brothers for the first time in a decade Friday night

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Yuba City High’s Brody Miller had not allowed an earned run in over 20 innings on the hill this year. So it was without question that the senior Miller would get the start to kick off the Honkers’ 2026 playoff run Wednesday in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III postseason at home against Fairfield. Despite what Miller called early-game struggles, the veteran hurler managed a complete-game ...

Yuba City High’s Brody Miller had not allowed an earned run in over 20 innings on the hill this year. So it was without question that the senior Miller would get the start to kick off the Honkers’ 2026 playoff run Wednesday in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III postseason at home against Fairfield. Despite what Miller called early-game struggles, the veteran hurler managed a complete-game shutout, littered with just two hits allowed, as No.

4 Yuba City blanked No. 13 Fairfield, 5-0, to advance into the single-game quarterfinals set for 6 p. m.

Friday at Winship Field (YCHS), located off Clark Avenue and B Street. “That’s a good team over there, Fairfield, props to those guys,” YC head coach Maury Castaneda said. “Brody Miller is just a beast; it’s hard to beat him.

He’s one of the best in the section, maybe the state. ” YC (14-13) will host No. 5 Christian Brothers (14-14) for the first time since 2016 when the Honkers were led in part by MLB draftee and Cal grad Cameron Eden.