Katia Nesper had to be on top of her pitching game Saturday as The King’s Academy aimed for its first Central Coast Section softball championship.

As expected, there was no margin for error in the Division I final at West Valley College, not against a Gilroy team that had allowed just one run in two previous playoff games.

Nesper met the challenge.

The junior pitched a two-hitter with 12 strikeouts and no walks to lead fourth-seeded TKA to a 1-0 victory over second-seeded Gilroy, capping a playoff run for the Knights that included a nine-inning win over Hollister in the opening round and a shutout win over top-seeded Live Oak in the semifinals.

“From the beginning of the year, we had one goal — one goal only — and that was to go to playoffs,” TKA coach Mark Street said. “Last year we g

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