Facing a must-win situation to get back into the Foothill League baseball race, Hart High came through with a 2-1 win over first-place West Ranch on Wednesday to pull within one game of the Wildcats (7-1). Ian Edwards came through with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief with four strikeouts. Taj Brar started and struck out eight in 4 2/3 innings. Eddie Gutierrez hit a solo home run and finished with three hits. Nolan Stoll went three for three to lead West Ranch. Hart is trying to give retiring...
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Back from North Carolina on Sunday with a championship trophy after winning the National High School Invitational, Corona High's baseball team had little time to celebrate. On Monday, the Panthers took on rival Corona Centennial in the first game of a three-game series to decide the Big VIII League title. Down two runs early, Corona tied it on a two-run triple from Josh Springer in the fourth inning, then added runs on RBI singles from Billy Carson and Daniel Rivera. Corona (20-2, 10-0) came...
Forty years ago, future Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell threw a no-hitter for Sherman Oaks Notre Dame against rival Crespi. On Wednesday, Erik Puodziunas, the Michigan-bound pitcher for Notre Dame, came close to duplicating that performance from 1984. He had a no-hitter for six innings against the Celts before giving up a leadoff double to Krystan Bell in the bottom of the seventh. He finished with a one-hitter in Notre Dame's 6-0 Mission League victory. Levi Sterling hit a two-run home run...
The MCC baseball team defeated MLA/C to set up a matchup Monday with second-place E/SWC out of the Red Rock Conference. Worthington's boys tennis team competed at home.
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Santa Margarita is hanging tough in the Trinity League baseball race. The Eagles (16-6-1, 7-3) remain tied for first place with Orange Lutheran after scoring two runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull out a 5-2 road victory over Servite on Tuesday. Three straight walks with the bases loaded broke the 2-2 tie. Cade Townsend struck out 10 in 5-2/3 innings. Chris Saucedo got a strikeout in the sixth and Brennan Bauer picked up the save in the seventh. Gavin Spiridonoff finished with two...
Montesano beats Centralia; Aberdeen falls to Rochester; Hoquiam splits with Eatonville
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