BASEBALL
SOUTHERN SECTION
DIVISION 4
Second round, Wednesday
El Segundo 10, Kaiser 2
Quarterfinals, Friday, 3:15 p.m.
#1 Oaks Christian at Northview
Sonora at #4 San Dimas
Baldwin Park at La Sierra
El Segundo at El Rancho
Outfielder Joe Prior of Servite has signed with Fresno State. He led the Friars with six home runs this season.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Studio City Harvard-Westlake is no longer just pursuing a Southern Section Division 1 championship. It's in the running for a "national championship" in baseball.
Baseball America has the Wolverines ranked No. 1 in their top 25 rankings.
Here's the link.
-- Eric Sondheimer
The California Coaching Conference will be held June 24-28 at Concordia University in Irvine.
Sports specific courses will be offered in soccer, basketball, softball, baseball, wrestling, cross country, football, volleyball, water polo, speed, strength and conditioning.
Cost is $149.
Here is the registration link.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Mario Losi from Anaheim Canyon was selected the most valuable player in Century League baseball. Austin McGeorge of Canyon was named outstanding pitcher.
Cameron Bishop of Brea was outstanding offensive player. Sophomore Nick Sprengel of El Dorado was the rookie of the year. Scott Serigstad of El Dorado was the utility player of the year. Joe Hoggatt of Canyon was the coach of the year.
First-team all-league: P_Mitchell Miralaie, Brea, Sr.; Kyle Olson, Brea, Sr.; Nate Green, Canyon, Sr.; Nathan Kuchta, El Modena, Sr.; Casey Hershfield, Villa Park, Sr.; OF_Cameron Baranek, Canyon, Sr.; Chris Prescott, Canyon, Jr.; Nate Alam, El Dorado, Jr.; Brady Shockey, Foothill, Fr.; INFL_Chris Rivera, El Dorado, Sr.; Seve Romo, El Dorado, Sr.; Jack Flansburg, El Modena, Sr.; Tristan Hildebrandt, Esperanza, Jr.; C_Joe Van Marter, Canyon, Sr.
-- Eric Sondheimer
SOUTHERN SECTION
DIVISION 1
Quarterfinals, Friday, 3:15 p.m.
Riverside Poly at Loyola
Agoura at Marina
#3 Harvard-Westlake at Santa Margarita
#2 El Toro at Los Alamitos
DIVISION 2
The journey to reach Dodger Stadium and the City Section Division I championship game on June 1 begins Wednesday for 16 teams, and there's one coach who has decided the best path will be to save his No. 1 pitcher for Friday's quarterfinals.
Cleveland's Greg Venger, who will be stepping down as coach at the conclusion of the season, is expected to start his No. 2 pitcher, Steven Perez, for Wednesday's opener at home against Venice. Jack Hartman (11-1), the No. 1 pitcher in the City Section, would throw on Friday against the winner of Kennedy-San Pedro.
Lots of coaches in the past have had sleepless nights trying to decide if their No. 2 pitcher was good enough to win the opener. Some have gotten burned badly, losing in the opener and never getting the chance to use their best pitcher for the next game. As the saying goes, there's no tomorrow in a single-elimination tournament.
So how No. 2-seeded Cleveland does will be one of the major stories. San Fernando is seeded No. 1 and takes on Verdugo Hills. Three Wesern League teams that won wild-card games last week _ Venice, Hamilton and University _ are among the few teams that won't be affected by the long layoff since teams last played two weeks ago. Coaches have been having their teams play intrasquad games trying to keep their players sharp.
The most competitive game of the day figures to be No. 12 Granada Hills at No. 5 Narbonne. The winner could be the most dangerous team in the upper bracket.
Here's the link to complete schedule for games.
-- Eric Sondheimer
BASEBALL
SOUTHERN SECTION
DIVISION 1
Second round, Tuesday
Riverside Poly 3, Huntington Beach 2
Loyola 6, Lakewood 3
Agoura 9, Trabuco Hills 4
Marina 11, Thousand Oaks 4
Harvard-Westlake 12, El Dorado 1
Santa Margarita 3, Fountain Valley 2 (8)
Los Alamitos 4, Chaminade 3
El Toro 8, Moorpark 0
DIVISION 2
Executing on offense with six successful bunts, including two squeeze bunts, Harvard-Westlake opened a 12-0 lead by the fourth inning and cruised to a 12-1 victory over host El Dorado in a second-round Southern Section Division 1 playoff game on Tuesday.
Conor Cuse allowed four hits in six innings. Joe Corrigan had two singles, a double and three RBIs. Arden Pabst had two RBI singles. The Wolverines (25-4), seeded No. 3, will play Santa Margarita on Friday.
Santa Margarita pulled out the most dramatic victory of the day, getting a walk-off home run from Josh Meyer in the eighth inning to defeat Fountain Valley, 3-2. Griffin Canning threw a complete game to outdue Monty Plattner.
Riverside Poly got three hits from Matthew Ybarra to defeat Huntington Beach, 3-2. Loyola received a complete game from Nathan Hadley to defeat Lakewood, 6-3.
Tyler Cohen had a three-run home run and Albee Weiss had a two-run home run in Agoura’s 9-4 win over Trabuco Hills.
Huntington Beach Marina defeated Thousand Oaks, 11-4. Casey Hayes and Jake Bauers each hit two-run home runs. Los Alamitos rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat Chaminade, 4-3.
Ryan Kayoda struck out six and walked none in El Toro’s 8-0 win over Moorpark.
The matchups for Friday's quarterfinals: Riverside Poly-Loyola, Agoura-Huntington Beach Marina, Harvard-Westlake-Santa Margarita and El Toro-Los Alamitos.
-- Eric Sondheimer
The No. 1 seed in Division 1, Mater Dei, lost last week, and the No. 1 seed in Southern Section Division 2, Redlands East Valley, was eliminated on Tuesday by Vista Murrieta, 8-4.
Tyler Russell won his 31st career game for Vista Murrieta. South Hills defeated San Clemente, 4-3. Travis Hall threw a four-hitter and Stephen Lohr had three hits as Cypress defeated Dos Pueblos, 10-1.
In Division 3, Blake Wilson (7-0) led La Mirada to a 10-0 win over Santa Barbara. He allowed six hits, walked none and struck out one.
Gardena Serra opened an 18-0 lead before defeating Knight, 23-13. Dominic Smith had six RBIs. Trent Hammond had five hits. Khalil Denson had a grand slam.
Bishop Amat defeated Palm Desert, 8-6, in eight innings. Michael Hernandez and Anthony Walters had RBI singles in the eighth for the Knights. Andrew Eppenbach got the save. Kevin Franklin had four RBIs in Gahr's 6-1 win over La Quinta.
In Division 4, No. 1 Oaks Christian defeated Savanna, 5-3. Jack Kruger had single, double and home run. Phil Bickford got the save.
In Division 6, Capistrano Valley Chrsitian defeated Sierra Canyon, 6-4.
-- Eric Sondheimer
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