EBAL boys basketball powers De La Salle, Dougherty Valley set to meet in league title game Friday night. In girls soccer, St. Francis’ defense stands out. Plus, notes on Liberty, Pittsburg basketball, Palo Alto football.
The Crusaders scored 28 points in the first quarter and didn’t look back in a rout of Salinas at home. Despite having four touchdowns called back because of penalties, the San Francisco school had no problem moving the ball against the Cowboys. The lead grew insurmountable in the second half as a running clock initiated in the third quarter. Riordan (10-0) will play Serra (7-4) for the Open Division title next week. – Nathan Canilao
No. 2 Serra 29, No. 7 Archbishop Mitty 13
The Padres rushed for 312 yards and shut down Mitty’s offensive attack to cruise to a 16-point win at home. Speedy receiver Charlie Walsh led Serra with a rushing and a receiving score. Kicker Saul Marks knocked in three field goals and Serra’s defense forced three turnovers.S Serra will get a rematch with Riordan – after falling to the Crusaders in the WCAL regular season finale – in the Open Division finals next week. Nathan Canilao was in San Mateo and has the story here.
CCS Division II
No. 2 Sacred Heart Cathedral 34, No. 7 Wilcox 21
After trailing by two at halftime, the Fightin’ Irish took over the game behind a second-half surge to down visiting Wilcox at City College of San Francisco. Three second half touchdowns from quarterback Michael Sargent charged SHC’s offense, and the San Francisco school’s defense held Wilcox to just one score in the final two periods to seal the win. SHC (5-6) will host another South Bay powerhouse in undefeated Santa Teresa (11-0) next week. – Nathan Canilao
No. 4 Menlo School 17, No. 5 The King’s Academy 7
Menlo earned a hard-fought postseason win, defeating TKA at home. Quarterback Jack Freehill threw a touchdown pass to Chuck Wynn and Trevor van der Pyl’s 82-yard pick-six in the fourth quarter sealed the win for Menlo. Dylan O’ Malley rounded out Menlo’s scoring with a 27-yard first-quarter field goal. Quarterback Jaiden Flores to wide receiver Ricky Gutierrez was the only score TKA had on Saturday. Menlo (9-2) will travel to top-seeded St. Ignatius next week for its semifinal game. TKA ends its season 9-2. – Nathan Canilao
CCS Division V
No. 2 Sobrato 28, No. 7 Santa Cruz 17
Sobrato advanced to the Division V semifinals after defeating Santa Cruz at home. Junior running back Brady Lennon led the way with rushing touchdowns from 35 and 10 yards. Jacob Sorrentino had a 75-yard touchdown grab and senior Jacob Kimerer had a 65-yard touchdown run. Sobrato improved to 7-4 and will host Terra Nova (8-3) next week.
NCS Division V
No. 3 Salesian 38, No. 6 Northgate 33
Quarterback Izeah Buchanan tossed four touchdown passes to lead the Pride to a win over Northgate at home. Basketball star Carlton Perrilliat Jr. caught two touchdown passes while Joseph Tarin had two receiving scores of his own as Salesian will advance to the section semifinals at Ferndale next Saturday. Senior Jahlil Lindsey had a 95-yard scoop-and-score and kicker Roberto Mora knocked in a 27-yard field goal to round out the scoring for Salesian. Northgate (5-6) ends its 2025 season one game under .500. – Nathan Canilao
Leigh defeated Bellarmine 25-20, 21-25, 19-25, 25-16, 15-8 to take home the CCS Division I title.
After going down 2-1, coach Jeff Argabright said Cooper Smith, Liam Popejoy and Xace Leem “got going and put a lot of out of system balls away.”
Leigh middles Jeremy Choi and Connor Chiu then got blocks late in the fourth and fifth sets to help secure the CCS title for the Longhorns. Setter Eric Wu also had a fantastic match.
“I could not be prouder of the guys,” Argabright said in an email to the Bay Area News Group.
Top-seeded Leigh defeated fellow Blossom Valley Athletic League teams Evergreen Valley and Branham in the previous two rounds to reach the final. No. 2 Bellarmine defeated Los Altos and Cupertino to set up the matchup of No. 1 vs. No. 2.
Leigh improved to 26-7, while Bellarmine dropped to 17-18.
Valley Christian 3, Santa Cruz 1
The Warriors took down Santa Cruz 21-25, 25-19, 26-24, 25-19 to capture the CCS Open Division championship.
Tyler Alden led the way with 19 kills, three blocks and two aces, while teammate Elan Taylor had 17 kills for Valley Christian. After getting 10 digs in the semifinal victory over Leigh, Andy Xu had a whopping 47 assists against Santa Cruz.
“We faltered a few times but fought back against the mental challenges that came with the nerves and excitement of the moment,” VC coach Moni Tautu told BANG in an email. “I’m proud of the adjustments that we made that worked in our favor.”
Seeded No. 3 in the top bracket, Valley Christian defeated Carlmont and then upset No. 2 St. Francis to reach the section title match.
The final pitted the Warriors against Santa Cruz for the fourth time this season, Valley Christian only winning one of the first three. Valley Christian’s two victories against Santa Cruz are the Cardinals’ only losses of the season.
Valley Christian improved 31-10, and Santa Cruz slipped to 38-2.
Monta Vista 3, Aragon 0
Monta Vista swept Aragon 25-16, 25-19, 25-19 as the Cupertino school won the CCS Division II title, the program’s second section championship in three years.
Praneel Shah led the team with 36 assists, and Elijah Kang and Henry Hu used those setups to combine for 25 kills.
Varchas Athreya had four solo blocks, and Rahul Pothenini had 10 digs for the Matadors.
“Team played one of our best all-around matches of the year – serving, serve receive and hitting,” coach Paul Chiu told BANG. “Probably one of our best blocking games of the year.”
The top-seeded Matadors went the entire playoffs without dropping a set, sweeping Burlingame and Carmel before dispatching Aragon. No. 2 Aragon easily beat Saratoga in quarterfinals before squeaking by Monterey 3-2 to advance to the championship.
Monta Vista improved to 19-13 and Aragon dropped to 31-4.
Track and field
Two runners broke Taiwan Jones’ 16 year-old meet record in the 100-meter dash at the North Coast Section Tri-Valley meet on Saturday. The former NFL running back ran the event in 10.64 seconds in 2008.
Acalanes’ Princeton-bound Paul Kuhner obliterated the old standard with a 10.36 time to set the new record. Kuhner’s new time was also the fastest in California this year, beating Los Alamitos’ Devin Bragg by 00.01. De La Salle’s Jaden Jefferson ran it in 10.51 to also move past Jones.
Kuhner’s time tied Salesian’s Jahvid Best for the second-best in NCS history. El Cerrito’s Robert Stitts set the record at 10.31 last year.
“I always felt like I could go faster and I was finally able to put it together today after 3 years of hard work,” Kuhner told the Bay Area News Group in a text on Saturday. “It helps to have such good competition in the area to push myself to be the best.”
Pittsburg’s La’Rico Tezeno came in third with a time of 10.62. The host Pirates got wins in both the boys and girls 4X100 relays.
Kuhner also set the meet record in the 200-meter race, running it in 21.56 seconds to move past Chris Costa’s 23-year record of 21.58. Jefferson placed second, and Kuhner’s Acalanes teammate Trevor Rogers was third.
For the second year in a row, the East Bay Athletic League baseball final will not include De La Salle.
Last year, Granada beat the Spartans in the semifinals.
Wednesday, San Ramon Valley toppled the Concord powerhouse, prevailing on the road behind Marco Jones’ two-run homer and two hits and three RBIs from Julian Cambra.
The Wolves scored two in the first, a run in the third and another in the fifth to take a 4-0 lead.
De La Salle responded in the fifth, scoring on an infield error, and made it 4-2 in the sixth on Sean Stafford’s RBI double.
But SRV added four in the visitor’s half of the seventh – two on Jones’ home run – to advance to the championship game Friday at Granada.
It’ll be a rematch of last season’s league final, which SRV won on its home field 3-2 in nine innings.
Charles Reiland pitched 4 ⅔ innings on Wednesday for SRV. Owen Morgan worked the next two and Nate Simonton got the final out as the Wolves improved to 16-9.
De La Salle fell to 17-6.
Palo Alto 3, Wilcox 0
Henry Harding pitched a no-hitter and Stanford commit Charlie Bates knocked in two runs to lead Palo Alto to a victory on the road over Wilcox.
The win pulled the Vikings even with Los Gatos and Los Altos atop the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division standings with one game to play.
On Friday, Palo Alto plays host to Wilcox and Los Gatos visits Los Altos.
If Palo Alto completes the sweep of Wilcox, it will finish tied for first with Friday’s Los Gatos-Los Altos winner.
Palo Alto is 15-11, 10-3. Wilcox slipped to 15-11, 7-6.
No. 1 Granada 9, Monte Vista 0
Granada certainly looked like the Bay Area News Group’s top-ranked team in this one, scoring seven runs in the third to turn the EBAL semifinal into a rout.
Parker Warner and A.J. Hattaway each pitched three innings and Luke Palma worked the seventh to keep visiting Monte Vista off the scoreboard.
Quinn Boyd, Mikey Boyd and Warner had two RBIs apiece to lead the Granada offense.
The Matadors improved to 24-1. Monte Vista is 15-11.
Granada is 2-0 against SRV this season, winning 6-1 in league play on March 13 and 9-4 to capture the Bishop Gorman Invitational championship on April 6 in Las Vegas.
No. 2 Valley Christian 13, No. 9 St. Ignatius 2
After the teams split two games last week, each winning on the other’s field, Valley Christian made sure the comforts of home meant something this time.
St. Ignatius scored in the top half of the first.
From there, it was all Valley Christian as the Warriors belted four home runs – two by Tatum Marsh – to advance to the West Catholic Athletic League tournament final.
The Warriors will play host to Serra on Thursday.
In addition to his home runs, Marsh had a triple and six RBIs in four at-bats. Nathan Choi and Brock Ketelsen also homered for Valley as the Warriors improved 25-4.
Kole Laubach, who pitched a perfect game to beat SI 3-0 on Friday, allowed two runs and five hits in six innings on Wednesday.
SI dropped to 18-9.
No. 3 Serra 13, No. 14 Archbishop Mitty 10
In a wild game in San Mateo, host Serra rallied from an 8-1 deficit to turn back Mitty to win this WCAL semifinal.
Serra scored five in the bottom of the second to cut the deficit to 8-6, added one in the fourth to make it 8-7 and took the lead for good with four in the fifth.
Josiah Rodriguez had a home run among his two hits and knocked in six runs and Joey Damelio had three hits and scored four runs to lead the Padres.
Serra improved to 22-5. Mitty is 16-12-1.
Softball
No. 1 St. Francis 13, St. Ignatius 0 (5 innings)
Brooke Wiegand homered and had two RBIs and Kate Munnerlyn had two hits and four RBIs to lead St. Francis to a victory over St. Ignatius in a WCAL game.
The Lancers also got two hits and three RBIs and Shannon Keighran, who dominated in the pitcher’s circle as well. She allowed one hit and struck out seven.
St. Francis is 23-0, 8-0. SI is 10-10, 4-5.
No. 4 Willow Glen 2, Live Oak 0 (8 innings)
Alanna Clincy and Katelynn Dilbeck each drove in runs in the visitor’s half of the eighth and Clincy pitched a one-hitter with 15 strikeouts as Willow Glen won to remain tied for first with Gilroy in the Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton Division game.
Willow Glen improved to 20-6, 13-2. Live Oak is 5-17, 1-14.
No. 6 Gilroy 10, Christopher 0
Dani Wilson had two hits and three RBIs and Andrea Alvarez, Bella Sousa and Bam Mendoza each drove in two runs as Gilroy breezed past Christopher in non-league play.
Gilroy is 20-6. Christopher fell to 12-9.
On Friday, Gilroy closes out BVAL Mt. Hamilton play at home against Santa Teresa and Willow Glen visits Westmont.
BRENTWOOD – Liberty coach Andrew Lonsdale was mildly annoyed by the commotion Oakland A’s pitcher Paul Blackburn caused at Thursday’s Bay Valley Athletic League game.
Yes, Liberty graciously switched up the home-and-away two-game series with crosstown rival Heritage to allow them to honor their famous alum on his day off. And Lonsdale and the Lions applauded as Blackburn posed for photos with family and friends.
Oakland A’s pitcher Paul Blackburn holds a sign commemorating his jersey number being retired during a pre-game ceremony at Heritage High School in Brentwood, Calif., on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
But through all the pomp and circumstance, the Lions just wanted to play ball.
“We were here to play baseball,” Lonsdale said. “That’s what we were focused on.”
And on the day devoted to the greatest pitcher in Patriots history, it was Liberty lefthander David Roberts who stole the show and spoiled Blackburn homecoming in a 5-2 Lions victory.
The 220-pound Arizona State commit used his 91 MPH fastball and a wicked curve to strike out 11 and allow just four hits in a complete game.
“My curveball felt pretty good today, although there were a few times I tried to do too much,” Roberts said. “I’m feeling pretty good going into the playoffs though.”
Liberty pitcher David Roberts (22) pitches against Heritage in the seventh inning of their game at Heritage High School in Brentwood, Calif., on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Liberty defeated Heritage 5-2. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Liberty scored the last five runs of the game, including three in the top of the seventh to break a tie. Center fielder Cruz Van Slyke was 4 for 5 with two RBIs, and both Stevie Wellens and Jake Farr each had an RBI, one of those driving in Joshua Rhodes.
“We’ve been hitting balls hard, but things just haven’t been going our way,” Roberts said. “So to see some guys come through today in some big spots, it was huge.”
Liberty’s Joshua Rhodes (2) connects for a single in the seventh inning of their game at Heritage High School in Brentwood, Calif., on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Liberty defeated Heritage 5-2. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Heritage got out to a 2-0 lead by the end of the fourth inning, with the highlight being Carter Lowell’s inside-the-park home run. Alonzo Alvarez also had a RBI for Heritage, and pitcher JJ Kinnaird struck out eight in five innings.
Liberty improved to 11-12, 3-5 while Heritage fell to 19-4-1, 7-1.
Liberty’s Rane Miller (1) leaps to dunk a baseball as he celebrates scoring a run in the seventh inning of their game at Heritage High School in Brentwood, Calif., on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Liberty defeated Heritage 5-2. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Milpitas 3, Santa Clara 0
Milpitas pitcher Hugo Garay did it all on Thursday afternoon. He had three RBIs at the plate, and then allowed just three hits in a complete game on the mound.
Adrian Chavez had three hits for the Trojans, which remained a perfect 13-0 in Peninsula Athletic League El Camino play and improved to 15-7 on the year. Santa Clara dropped to 13-10, 9-4.
San Mateo 20, Mills 6
Everyone chipped in for San Mateo in its PAL Ocean Division rout of Mills. All 10 batters got a hit, with Julian Delfin going 5 for 5 with three RBIs. Aaron Wong wasn’t too shabby either, with three hits and five RBIs.
Julian Bleess and Jesus Olivas each had three RBIs for San Mateo, and Tyce Copus split pitching duties with Olivas. San Mateo improved to 14-11, 7-5 and Mills dropped to 6-17, 2-10.
Berean Christian 6, Las Lomas 5
Berean Christian walked off its Walnut Creek rival in an exciting 6-5 victory that saw the home team overcome four errors.
Damon Neu was 2 for 4 with a team-high three RBIs, and Berean Christian teammate Max McTighe was 3 for 3 with two RBIs. Charles Kruger had a team-high two RBIs for Los Lomas.
Berean Christian improved to 16-6, 4-6 while Las Lomas dipped to 10-11, 5-5 after the Diablo Athletic League game.
SOFTBALL
Capuchino 1, No. 7 Hillsdale 0
Freshman Dana Motroni handed Hillsdale a rare loss in PAL Bay Division play when she drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning. The best part is that her sister Avery Motroni was the one scoring that winning run.
Fellow freshman Lily Thomas more than held her own against the Knight’s high-powered offense, giving up just five hits. HIllsdale’s Alexis Kuka went six innings and allowed just six hits too. Capuchino improved to 12-11, 8-4 while Hillsdale fell to 21-4, 9-3.
No. 1 St. Francis 14, Valley Christian 2
Jaime Oakland had done a lot in her 1 ½ years on the Lancers roster. She had won West Catholic Athletic League player of the year as a freshman, and has led off an offense that reached the NorCal Open title game last year and has yet to lose a game this season.
But she had never hit a home run. That was until Thursday, when she hit her first round-tripper as part of a two-hit, three-RBI day.
Hayden Hummel had four hits and two RBIs, and pitcher Kate Munnerlyn had three RBIs and struck out 17 in a complete game. Lana Escarcega had Valley Christian’s only RBI.
St. Francis improved to 22-0, 7-0 and Valley Christian fell to 14-11, 4-4.
The Padres bounced back after dropping the first of a two-game series against the Wildcats on Friday.
St. Ignatius took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Patrick Ruane scored Makai Susor on a sacrifice bunt.
Serra responded in a big way in the fourth inning.
The San Mateo school scored four consecutive runs as St. Ignatius struggled to get outs. After Evan Bradshaw knocked in Ian Josephson to tie the game, the Wildcats walked three straight batters with the bases loaded and Serra took a 4-1 lead heading into the fifth.
Ian Armstrong’s RBI single in the seventh gave Serra a commanding 5-1 lead to seal the win for the Padres.
Serra, which improved to 18-5, 9-3, snapped its two-game losing streak. St. Ignatius dropped to 15-7, 6-6.
No. 4 Valley Christian 11, Bellarmine 0
The Warriors blanked Bellarmine behind a superb pitching performance from Rohan Kasanagottu.
Kasanagottu pitched 6 1/3 innings, striking out seven and allowing four hits.
Stanford commit Quinten Marsh went 3 for 3 with five RBIs and a homerun. Hunter Fujimoto totaled two hits and a home run.
Valley Christian moved to 22-3, 10-2. Bellarmine is now 11-13, 4-8.
Valley Christian baseball players celebrate their 4-1 win over Serra High during a West Catholic Athletic League game at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Mitty overcame a two-run deficit to beat Sacred Heart Cathedral at home.
The Fightin’ Irish took a two-run advantage in the top of the third when Jack Ruegg scored Barclay Ovalle on a sacrifice fly to left field. Mitty tied the game in the bottom half of the inning after Andrew Sauceda’s RBI single scored Mason Manglicmot and Nico Rodriguez.
The Monarchs blew the game open in the fourth, scoring three runs to take a 5-2 lead. Sacred Heart scored a run in the sixth, but it wasn’t enough as Mitty closed out the game strong in the seventh by retiring three of four batters.
The Monarchs won both games of the series and improved to 15-9-1, 7-4-1. Sacred Heart dropped to 15-9, 6-6.
Elk Grove 3, No. 5 De La Salle 2
The Spartans’ high-powered offense went cold in Saturday’s loss to Elk Grove as De La Salle managed just five hits.
The Concord school dropped its third game this year to a Sac-Joaquin Section team.
De La Salle senior Hank Tripaldi was 2 for 3 and had an RBI.
The Spartans are now 14-5.
No. 9 James Logan 6, No. 18 Berkeley 2
James Logan extended its winning streak to eight, beating Berkeley at home.
The Yellow Jackets briefly led after scoring a run in the first, but it was all James Logan after that.
The Colts scored two runs in the second inning, three runs in the third and a run in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead late.
James Logan’s Kayden Carmona-Shaw had a hit and two RBIs. Junior Evan Yau was 2 for 3 and recorded an RBI.
Sophomore Westley Vega came in relief in the sixth and struck out five while allowing a run for the Colts.
James Logan improved to 17-3. Berkeley dropped to 11-9.
No. 14 Woodside 16, Washington-San Francisco 0
The Wildcats ran away with this game early.
Woodside took a 10-0 lead heading into the third inning after scoring seven consecutive runs in the second.
Senior Connor Davison was 3 for 3, totaling five RBIs and three doubles. Junior Joseph Hohl relieved starter Josef Schwab in the fifth and struck out eight while allowing just a hit.
Woodside won its sixth straight game and moved to 18-2-1. Washington is now 8-14.
South San Francisco 10, El Camino 7
Giovanni Bernal was 3 for 4 and totaled 5 RBIs and two doubles to lead South San Francisco over El Camino.
Gabriel Martin added three hits and an RBI.
El Camino sophomore Adrian Iniguez was 2 for 3 and added an RBI.
South San Francisco (17-5, 9-2) is two games behind first place Priory for first place in the Peninsula Athletic League Lake Division standings. El Camino dropped to 12-7.
Softball
No. 4 Benicia 7, Franklin-Elk Grove 1
The Panthers improved to 16-1 and won its eighth straight game in a six-run win over Franklin on the road.
Junior pitcher Sinead Maas won her ninth game of the season by striking out 11 and allowing just three hits and a run.
Vanessa Smith and Aryanna Banks-Lockhart each had a hit and two RBIs.
Hollister 6, No. 5 Willow Glen 5
The San Jose school nearly came back from a five-run deficit, but the Rams’ comeback bid fell just short as they fell on a walk-off error.
The Haybalers took a commanding 5-0 lead in the fifth, but Willow Glen crawled back into the game as its offense came alive late.
The Rams scored two runs in the sixth and three in the seventh to tie the game late.
But in the bottom half of the seventh, Hollister scored the game-winning run on a throwing error as sophomore Taylor Faga crossed home plate from third to end the game.
Willow Glen freshman Maia Mendoza had a hit and two RBIs.
Hollister senior Mia Phillips was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a triple.
Hollister improved to 17-2. Willow Glen is now 16-5.
The Spartans bounced back after a tough loss to Jesuit on Saturday by rallying from three runs down to beat league foe Monte Vista 8-5.
After De La Salle took a 2-0 in the first inning, Monte Vista put up a five-spot in the third.
Matteo Congdon’s RBI double to left field scored Luke Claussen and Brad Ballard to cap off the Mustangs’ five-run inning and gave Monte Vista a three-run advantage.
But it was all De La Salle after that.
Alec Blair’s three-run homer in the fourth inning made the score 6-5. Then in the fifth, senior Joe McGee hit a two-run shot to right field that scored Max Ghiglieri, tacking on two more runs for the Spartans.
De La Salle improved to 13-4, 7-2. Monte Vista dropped to 12-8, 4-6.
De La Salle’s Alec Blair (4) rounds the bases during their game at San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, Calif., on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
No. 9 James Logan 8, Mission San Jose 5
Mission San Jose came close to pulling off the upset and capturing its first win of the season, but the Colts held strong late to win their ninth consecutive league game.
After the fourth inning, James Logan led 6-1 behind strong pitching from Evan Yau. The junior pitched 3 2/3 innings and struck out four on 40 pitches.
The Warriors responded by scoring four runs in the fifth to cut the deficit to just a run. Vinhson Nguyen’s single to the gap in left field scored three runs to make the score 6-5 heading into the sixth.
After the Colts scored a run in the bottom half of the sixth inning to give them a three-run cushion, Jesus Vasquez struck out three straight batters in the seventh inning to win the game.
James Logan is now 15-3, 9-0. Mission San Jose dropped to 0-18.
No. 6 Los Gatos 11, Cupertino 1
The Wildcats scored 11 runs on 13 hits in a blowout win over Cupertino.
Los Gatos senior Carter Johnstone was 3 for 3 with three RBIs and a home run. Donovan Freed had two hits and two RBIs.
Sophomore Ethan Williams pitched six innings, allowing just a hit while striking out seven batters.
Malachi Perez scored Cupertino’s lone run on a sacrifice bunt from sophomore Brandon Chang.
Los Gatos (18-3) extended its winning streak to eight games. Cupertino is now 4-13.
Los Gatos’ Donovan Freed (11) throws the ball to first base against Mountain View in the fifth inning at Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, Calif., on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
No. 2 Granada 2, Dublin 0
The Livermore school could only muster up two runs, but that’s all it needed as pitcher Jake Sekany was brilliant on the mound.
The junior pitched a two-hitter, striking out eight in a complete-game shutout.
Junior Tommy Brown knocked in Granada’s only runs in the third inning when his single brought home Tyler Kardy and Nate Brown.
Granada improved to 20-1 while Dublin dropped to 9-12.
Oakland Tech 30, Fremont-Oakland 0 (four innings)
The Bulldogs scored 30 runs on 18 hits and cruised to its eighth league victory.
Rass Robinson went 4 for 6 and had four RBIs. Issac Estow, Vernard Scott, Elias Thompson, David Granger and Mike Martin each had three RBIs.
Kalen Thomas threw a one-hitter and struck out seven batters for Oakland Tech, which improved to 13-6, 8-0.
Fremont is still winless at 0-8, 0-7.
Softball
No. 1 St. Francis 14, Presentation 0 (five innings)
Senior Kate Munnerlyn and sophomore Hailey Nguyen combined to throw a no-hitter as the Lancers won their 18th straight game and remained undefeated.
Munnerlyn started the game and struck out seven batters on 42 pitches. Nguyen came in relief in the fourth inning and struck out three on 40 pitches.
Freshman power hitter Peyton Tsao had two home runs and three RBIs. Rebecca Quinn and Shannon Keighran each had a homer.
Presentation dropped to 5-11.
St. Francis starting pitcher Kate Munnerlyn (8) throws against Archbishop Mitty High in the second inning of their softball game at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
No. 9 Gilroy 12, No. 20 Sobrato 0
The Mustangs put up five runs in the first inning and didn’t let up.
Gilroy pitcher Ariela Yslava pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing just two hits and striking out seven batters.
Bam Mendoza had two doubles and four RBIs and Jocelyn Ta had a home run.
Gilroy, which improved to 16-5,10-2, maintained first place in the Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton Division with Wednesday’s win.
Sobrato dropped to fourth in the league standings and is now 12-10, 6-6.
Granada 8, No. 11 Foothill 7
In a back-and-forth affair, Granada scored enough runs late to beat Foothill on the road.
Foothill led 7-6 after the fifth inning, but that’s the last lead the Falcons would have.
Madison Hom’s RBI triple scored Alecsis Phillips to tie the game after the sixth.
Hom came up big again in the seventh inning when she scored Sarah Deplitch to take give Granada an 8-7 lead.
With the Matadors needing three outs to seal the game, sophomore Ella VonBergen retired three of four batters in the last half inning to capture the win.
After a slow start to the season, Granada has now won five straight games and is 10-9, 6-5. Foothill has dropped back-to-back games and sits at 12-7, 5-6.
No. 4 Valley Christian 5, No. 12 Archbishop Mitty 3
The Warriors overcame a three-run deficit in the first inning and rallied to beat Mitty for their seventh league win of the year.
An RBI single from Luka Pintar brought home Andrew Sauceda and Makoa Sniffen in the first inning. Waylon Walsh reached home on a fielding error, putting Mitty up 3-0 early.
But Valley Christian’s offense came alive in the fourth.
Tatum Marsh hit a solo homer on the first pitch thrown to him to cut the Mitty lead to two runs. Valley Christian tied the game 3-3 when Kole Laubach hit an RBI double to the center field wall that scored Jordan Ortiz and Brock Ketelsen.
Valley Christian center fielder Tatum Marsh (4) makes a catch for the last out of their 4-1 win over Serra High during a West Catholic Athletic League game at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Marsh scored the go-ahead run in the fifth after he singled to knock in Nathan Choi. Later in the inning, Ketelsen was walked with the bases loaded which brought home Marsh, giving the Warriors a 5-3 advantage.
Laubach, who came in relief in the second inning, retired three straight batters in the seventh to close the game. He ended the day allowing just two hits and striking out six.
Valley Christian won both games of the two-game series and moved to 19-3, 7-2. Mitty is now 13-8-1, 5-3-1.
No. 2 Granada 10, Foothill 3
Granada put up six runs before the fifth inning and had 15 hits as the Matadors completed the sweep of Foothill with a 10-3 win.
Junior Mikey Boyd had two hits, two RBIs and a home run. Riley Winchell was 3 for 4 and had an RBI.
Pitcher Parker Warner pitched 4 2/3 innings, striking out five and allowing a run.
Sophomore George Schmitt hit a home run for Foothill, which is now 10-10, 4-5.
Granada improved to 19-1, 8-1.
Granada’s Mikey Boyd (23) attempts to field a ground ball against Amador Valley in the seventh inning at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, Calif., on Saturday, April 12, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
No. 5 De La Salle 12, No. 7 San Ramon Valley
The Spartans won their sixth straight game behind an explosive offensive performance from Hank Tripaldi.
The senior was 2 for 3 with five RBIs, a double and a home run. Tripaldi had the Spartans’ only two extra-base hits.
De La Salle shortstop Tyler Spangler totaled two hits and two RBIs.
SRV’s Colin Linteo had a home run.
De La Salle improved to 12-3, 6-2. SRV dropped to 12-7, 7-3.
De La Salle’s Hank Tripaldi (1) runs the bases after hitting a home run against Valley Christian High School during the CIF NorCal Division I championship at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, June 3, 2023. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Castro Valley 6, No. 17 Piedmont 4 (nine innings)
Castro Valley came back from a two-run deficit to beat Piedmont in extra innings.
Piedmont took a 2-0 lead after two innings, but Castro Valley put up a three-spot in the third to take a 3-2 lead.
The Trojans led 4-3 heading into the sixth, but Piedmont tied it when Diego Delventhal singled to right field and brought home Brandon Dicke.
After the two teams went scoreless in the seventh and eighth innings, the Trojans broke through in the ninth.
Gilbert Seidel was walked with the bases loaded, bringing home Braden Spade. In the next at-bat, Owen Seidel reached home on a ground out to put the Trojans up 6-4.
In the bottom of the ninth pitcher Alex Nicol retired three straight to ice the win for Castro Valley, which improved to 12-7-1, 2-3-1. Nicol came in relief in the sixth and ended the day, allowing just a hit while striking out five.
Piedmont dropped to 13-3, 5-1.
Oakland Tech 2, Skyline 0
The Bulldogs remained perfect in Oakland Athletic League play with a dominant defensive win over Skyline.
Senior David Granger pitched a complete game shutout, striking out nine and allowing just two hits.
Junior Ben Estow had an RBI double.
Oakland Tech jumped to 11-6, 7-0. Skyline is now 4-6, 3-3.
Softball
No. 1 St. Francis 17, Sacred Heart Cathedral 0 (five innings)
The Lancers won their 17th straight by scoring 17 runs, defeating SHC by mercy rule.
St. Francis put up 11 runs in the first inning and didn’t look back.
Shannon Keighran batted 2 for 3 with four RBIs and a triple. Rebecca Quinn had two hits and three RBIs.
Kate Munnerlyn had another solid day in the pitcher’s circle, throwing a one-hitter in five innings while striking out five. Keighran came in relief in the fourth inning and struck out three while allowing no hits.
No. 3 Alameda 2, Mt. Eden 1 (eight innings)
Katy Lambert hit a walk-off single to lift Alameda over Mt. Eden in a gritty defensive game.
Mt. Eden scored in the first inning when freshman Kealani Temoche singled to bring home sophomore Jasmine Cruz.
Alameda found its equalizer in the third after freshman Miley Gradney doubled and knocked in Leaira Robinson.
Both teams did not allow a run until the ninth when Lambert scored Mia Wong to win the game.
Lambert and Jasmine Whorley each pitched four innings and combined to strike out eight and allow four hits.
Alameda improved to 12-2 while Mt. Eden dropped to 11-4.
No. 2 Mitty 12, St. Ignatius 1
Keira Brady totaled went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and a home run to lead Mitty past St. Ignatius at home.
Mitty senior Corri Hicks added two hits, five RBIs and two home runs. Georgia Sperling struck out three and allowed six hits in a complete game shutout.
Cecilia Ryan scored the Wildcats’ lone run in the first inning.
Mitty is now 13-3, 2-2. St. Ignatius fell to 5-9, 0-4.
Archbishop Mitty’s Corri Hicks (99) hits a solo home run against Hollister High School in the second inning for their Central Coast Section Open Division softball playoff game at Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, Calif., on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Boys lacrosse
Bellarmine 10, Live Oak 2
Jackson Koberlein scored three goals, Owen Pence scored and the Bells rolled Live Oak 10-2 at home.
Luke Richey and Tyler Lang scored Live Oak’s only two goals of the game as the Acorns (6-3) had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Bellarmine improved to 7-7.
Live Oak senior Kenyon Castro (22) tries to maneuver around Bellarmine defenseman Liam Vieceli (33) during the second quarter of a high school lacrosse game, Friday, April 19, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron for the Bay Area News Group)
Hard to imagine a hotter pitcher than Acalanes senior Peter Thorn.
The big fella — he’s listed as 6-foot-4, 260 pounds — was impressive before he stepped onto the mound Thursday and only enhanced his resume in a nonleague game against rival Miramonte.
Thorn pitched a no-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk as the Dons prevailed — barely — to improve to 11-0 on the season.
Miramonte is 4-7.
Acalanes scored its only run in the second inning as Mason Zirkel doubled, moved to third on a passed ball and crossed home plate on a wild pitch.
Thorn took care of the rest, throwing 85 pitches, 53 for strikes, as he lowered ERA to 0.97.
In 21 2/3 innings this season, Thorn has allowed three earned runs while striking out 17 and walking three.
Acalanes plays host to Antioch on Saturday.
Miramonte will be at home on Saturday to face San Leandro.
No. 1 Granada 8, College Park 2
Granada’s Parker Warner, shown here in a file photo, pitched six solid innings in a win over College Park on Thursday. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Primed for a letdown, or maybe an upset alert?
Nope.
It was more of the same for Granada as the Bay Area News Group’s top-ranked team improved to 12-0 with a nonleague victory at home over College Park, which had won in dramatic fashion on Wednesday against No. 10 Heritage.
Granada scored a run in the third to pull even 2-2 and added four in the fifth to take command behind two hits and two RBIs from A.J. Martinez and six solid innings from ace Parker Warner.
Vincent “Tino” Vasell homered for College Park, which fell to 4-5.
No. 4 Valley Christian 7, Bishop Verot 2
Valley Christian lost its first game this week at the Bishop Gorman tournament in Las Vegas, then won its next three, including Thursday’s finale over Bishop Verot of Fort Myers, Florida.
The Warriors scored a run in the first and three in the third for a 4-0 lead. They added two in the fourth and one in the fifth to extend the cushion to 7-1.
Tatum Marsh led the way with two triples and three RBIs and Hunter Fujimoto added two hits and one RBI as Valley improved to 13-2.
Bishop Verot is 12-4.
No. 5 De La Salle 9, St. Francis 4
Two years ago, these teams met for the Northern California Division I championship, a game De La Salle rallied late to win.
The Spartans had another comeback in this one as they bounced back from a tough league loss on Wednesday to Dougherty Valley to send struggling St. Francis to another defeat.
De La Salle scored seven in the sixth to turn a 4-2 deficit into a five-run triumph.
Alec Blair, making up for lost time after a knee injury during the basketball playoffs sidelined him for several weeks, went 3 for 4 with an RBI. The junior also scored a run.
Hank Tripaldi tripled, knocked in two runs and scored twice and Ethan Sullivan had two hits and also scored two runs as De La Salle improved to 7-3.
Gino Cappellazzo had a triple and drove in two for St. Francis, which dropped to 3-8-1.
No. 6 Bellarmine 7, Oak Ridge 5
Bellarmine rallied from a 5-3 deficit after three innings to close out the Boras Classic in Sacramento with a victory over Oak Ridge.
The Bells went 2-2 in the tournament.
Trailing by two, Bellarmine scored four in the fourth and shut out Oak Ridge over the final four frames.
DJ Dunne went 2 for 4 with three RBIs and Sawyer Stout had a hit and two RBIs to help the Bells improve to 9-3.
Oak Ridge is 5-7.
No. 8 James Logan 2, Newark Memorial 0
Westley Vega pitched a three-hitter with seven strikeouts to lead Logan to a victory at home over Newark Memorial in Mission Valley Athletic League play.
The sophomore improved to 4-0 on the season with a 0.64 ERA.
Benjamin Tower and Joshua Parras knocked in Logan’s runs as the Colts moved to 9-1 overall and 4-0 in the league.
Newark Memorial is 6-5, 2-2.
Pioneer 10, Branham 8
Pioneer’s Nate Tichy celebrates scoring a run off of a hit by Noah Morales, which put the Mustangs in front 10-8 in the seventh inning on Thursday against Branham. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pioneer scored two in the top of the seventh to break a tie score as the Mustangs defeated host Branham in a Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton Division game.
Noah Morales had three hits and three RBIs and Adam Larson and Andrew Watters each had two RBIs to lead Pioneer.
Devin Gonzales went 4 for 4 with two doubles and scored two runs for Branham.
Pioneer improved to 7-6, 4-2. Branham is 9-4, 3-3.
Softball
No. 1 St. Francis 7, Otay Ranch 2
Otay Ranch of Chula Vista scored two in the top of the first inning. After that, it was all St. Francis as the Lancers cruised to a victory at the Michelle Carew Classic in Southern California.
St. Francis scored two in the second to tie the score and five in the fourth to put the game away.
Peyton Tsao, Shannon Keighran, Kate Munnerlyn and Hayden Hummel hit home runs for St. Francis, which improved to 8-0.
Otay Ranch is 2-7.
No. 1 St. Francis 2, Roosevelt-Eastvale 0
Kate Munnerlyn pitched a two-hitter and Isabella Sandoval and Rebecca Quinn each drove in a run as St. Francis won its second game of the day at the Michelle Carew Classic.
St. Francis is 9-0. Roosevelt is 8-7.
Carondelet 7, No. 6 San Ramon Valley 4
Angela Gates, a freshman, went 4 for 4 with two doubles and three RBIs and sophomore Anna Gustafson had three hits and scored a run as Carondelet rallied to turn back San Ramon Valley in EBAL play.
Carondelet also got a home run, a double and three RBIs from Sydnie DeMartini.
Sophia Jin, Brianna Schapiro and Addie Layous each had two hits for SRV, which fell to 7-4, 4-1.
Carondelet is 5-4, 2-3.
No. 10 Hillsdale 8, Woodside 0
Claire Shelton had two hits, scored three runs and knocked in two and Alexis Kuka pitched five scoreless innings to lead Hillsdale past Woodside in a Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division game.
Hillsdale is 11-1, 4-1. Woodside fell to 5-7, 0-4.
No. 11 Amador Valley 9, Granada 8
Kaylee Davis’ two-out single to center knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh as Amador Valley rallied to edge Granada in an East Bay Athletic League thriller.
Ava Davis tied the score one batter earlier with an infield single to third. She finished 3 for 5 with three RBIs.
Granada had scored two in the top of the seventh to take the lead.
Taylor Oxe had a hit and two RBIs for Amador Valley, which improved to 6-3, 3-2.
Sarah Deplitch and Delaney Aumua each had a home run and two RBIs for Granada, which slipped to 3-7, 1-4.
Hunter Fujimoto’s line drive into center wasn’t just a double that cleared the bases on Friday afternoon.
It was Valley Christian’s only hit of the day.
One hit was enough for the Bay Area News Group’s No. 1 team, which avenged its loss at Sacred Heart Cathedral earlier in the week with the team’s 10th victory in 11 games this season.
Brock Ketelsen got plunked by a pitch with the bases loaded to get Valley Christian’s first run across in the fourth inning, and then Nathan Choi endured a similar fate to drive in a second run.
Luke Osuna-Summers took four consecutive out-of-the-zone pitches to walk in Valley’s third run, and then Fujimoto made it 6-1 with his double.
Valley Christian drew seven walks and was hit by three pitches in its West Catholic Athletic League victory.
Longtime Valley Christian coach John Diatte said that, while remarkable, this victory is not unprecedented.
“We have thrown a no-hitter and lost, and been no-hit and won,” Diatte told the Bay Area News Group via text. “Baseball is a crazy game.”
Joey Valencia put SHC up 1-0 in the second inning, but the Fightin’ Irish got very little offense after that, one Aaron Louis home run notwithstanding.
Valley Christian pitcher Rohan Kasanagotu was a big reason why, pitching a complete game, striking out seven and walking none.
Sacred Heart Cathedral fell to 7-5, 1-3.
No. 8 Serra 12, Archbishop Riordan 0
Serra senior Ian Armstrong had a day to remember at the plate in the Padres’ rout of Archbishop Riordan. He hit two home runs and drove in five as Serra improved to 9-1.
Ian Josephson had two RBIs, and Jake Downing scored three runs for the San Mateo program. Sam Kretsch pitched five innings and allowed just two hits while striking out six.
No. 6 Bellarmine 2, No. 9 Archbishop Mitty 1
Sawyer Stout’s seventh-inning double gave Bellarmine a dramatic walk-off victory over its San Jose rival.
Mitty took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning when Makoa Sniffen doubled into right field. Bellarmine’s Nolan Randol answered in the bottom of the frame with a double to left.
Arkansas commit Wade Mountz pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, striking out four and not allowing a hit for the Bells. On the other side, Mitty’s Lukas Pintar struck out six in five innings.
Bellarmine improved to 7-1, 3-1 and Mitty dropped to 6-5-1, 1-2-1.
No. 15 Amador Valley 1, Monte Vista 0
Amador Valley pitchers Jason Alonso and Brennan Baptist won a pitching duel with Monte Vista’s Rohan French in a hard-fought East Bay Athletic League matchup.
Alonso and French combined to allow two hits and just three walks, while French gave up two hits and struck out five in a complete game.
Kyle Barbera scored the only run of the game when he reached home safely after a Monte Vista error on a ground ball. Amador Valley improved to 6-4, 2-2.
Monte Vista fell to 4-5, 1-3.
Foothill 20, Dougherty Valley 4
Foothill had as many hits as it did runs in a run-rule victory over EBAL opponent Dougherty Valley. Senior Nate Novitske hit a home run and had six RBIs for the Falcons, who also got home runs from Austin Harris and Tanner Tarpley. Foothill improved to 7-4, 3-1.
Dougherty Valley dropped to 3-8, 1-3.
Irvington 5, American 2
Brayden Jaksa was 3 for 3 with one walk and one RBI as the Vikings made it three wins in their last four games. Shortstop Ryan Johnson was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and Benjamin Walkup also had an RBI. Eric Keesis and Carson Rice each had two hits for American.
Silver Creek 4, Del Mar 3
Giovanni Mejia and Michael Fonseca each drove in one run as Silver Creek slipped past Del Mar. Keith Truong and Iverson Alvernaz also had two hits apiece for the Raiders. Del Mar’s Kyle McClements went 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Silver Creek improved to 5-6 and Del Mar dropped to 2-5.
Softball
Los Gatos 2, Mountain View 1
Los Gatos rallied from an early deficit by pushing a run across the plate in the fourth and fifth innings to come through with the victory.
Mili Patel placed a single into right field to drive in Elia Grisanti and put Mountain View up 1-0 in the top of the third.
Tessa Lilienstein took advantage of a dropped third strike and scored to tie the game for Los Gatos in the bottom of the fourth inning, and then Annika Norquist crushed a double into right to take the lead in the fifth.
Norquist, just a freshman, was exceptional in the circle. She pitched a complete game and allowed just four hits with zero walks. Los Gatos improved to 7-2 while Mountain View dropped to 4-5.
Leigh 4, Westmont 1
Elliana Snyder was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and one double as Leigh took care of business against Westmont. Junior Sophia Gandara also had an RBI for the Longhorns improved to 5-4, and Camryn Manning-Alarcon swiped two of Leigh’s seven stolen bases. Gandara struck out 12 in a complete game as Westmont fell to 1-10.
Mt. Eden 15, Tennyson 0
Jasmine Cruz was 3 for 3 with four runs scored and two RBIs as Mt. Eden run-ruled Tennyson. Teammate Andrea Toledo was 2 for 3 with three RBIs, and Kealani Temoche, Daniella Montes and Shelby Anne Newcomb all had two hits. Toledo struck out 10 and allowed just two hits.
In three previous games this season, Valley Christian pitcher Quinten Marsh had been about as dominant as it gets — 15 innings, 31 strikeouts, three walks, one run allowed.
On Tuesday, he had no let up.
In a West Catholic Athletic League opener on the road against Archbishop Riordan, the junior who has committed to Stanford fired a four-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts and one walk as Valley Christian stretched its season-opening winning streak to seven games.
Ranked second behind De La Salle in the most recent Bay Area News Group Top 25, the San Jose powerhouse on pace to rise to No. 1 when the updated rankings are released next week.
The shutout in San Francisco on Tuesday was Valley Christian’s fourth this season. The Warriors have given up just four runs while scoring 40 during their 7-0 start.
They got all the offense Marsh needed in the first inning against Riordan when Jordan Ortiz’s sacrifice fly to right field knocked in Hunter Fujimoto, who opened the game with a single.
Nathan Choi’s single in the third drove in Brock Ketelsen to complete the scoring.
For Riordan, Nathan Zuromski had two hits, Logan Tuman doubled and Rhys Appleby pitched three scoreless innings in relief.
The Crusaders fell to 3-4-2, 0-1.
No. 15 Serra 9, Sacred Heart Cathedral 8
Ian Josephson had himself a game Tuesday. He had three hits, including a home run and a double. He knocked in five runs. He scored twice.
And Serra needed all of it and more to hold off visiting Sacred Heart Cathedral in a WCAL opener.
The Padres built a 9-4 lead through innings, but the Irish scored four in the fifth on Tate Medicoff’s grand slam to center to turn the game into a nail-biter.
Ian Armstrong, Jake Downing, Sammy Rivas and Lucas Schumaker each had two hits for Serra, which improved to 6-1, 1-0.
SHC is 6-3, 0-1.
No. 11 Archbishop Mitty 8, No. 10 St. Francis 3
Trailing by two runs after six innings on the road against St. Francis, Mitty rallied for seven in the seventh to prevail in a WCAL opener.
Andrew Sauceda had three RBIs and Makoa Sniffen drove in two runs as the Monarchs improved to 6-2, 1-0.
Luke DeVine finished with two hits and Tanner Wall doubled and had an RBI for St. Francis, which dropped 3-4, 0-1.
No. 8 Bellarmine 3, No 3 St. Ignatius 0
Ishaan Khambal pitched six scoreless innings and Arkansas-bound Wade Mountz pitched the final inning for the save as Bellarmine opened WCAL play with a victory at home over St. Ignatius.
Evan Tavarez, Calem Filipek and Ishaan Khambal each drove in a run for the Bells (5-0, 1-0).
St. Ignatius fell to 5-2, 0-1.
Berean Christian 2, Alhambra 1
Berean Christian, playing on the road in Martinez, got RBIs from freshmen Ryder Walker and Colton Swift in the seventh inning to beat Alhambra in a Diablo Athletic League Valley Division opener.
Alhambra scored its only run in the first inning on an RBI by Cameron Millar.
Berean Christian improved to 5-0, 1-0. Alhambra slipped to 1-4, 0-1.
Santa Teresa 5, Pioneer 4
Jordan Jackson worked a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth to break a 4-4 tie and lift Santa Teresa to a victory over Pioneer in a Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton Division opener.
Joseph Tapia had two hits and scored a run for Santa Teresa (5-3-1, 0-1).
Adam Larson singled and knocked in two for Pioneer (3-5, 0-1).
Foothill 3, Northgate 2
Take Sato-Kreis drove in two runs and Caden Roth allowed one earned run and struck out six in five innings to lead Foothill to a victory at home over Northgate in nonleague play.
Foothill evened its record at 3-3.
Jackson Huffman and Chris Flores each had two hits for Northgate, which dropped to 2-3.
Softball
No. 1 St. Francis 11, Carlmont 1
Jaime Oakland went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs and Peyton Tsao homered and drove in three runs to power St. Francis to a six-inning mercy-rule win at Carlmont in nonleague play.
Shannon Keighran didn’t allow an earned run and struck out 10. She scattered four hits.
The Lancers scored seven runs in the first inning and added one in the third and three in the sixth to up its record to 4-0.
Molly Brand had two hits, including a double, for Carlmont (0-3).
Los Gatos 3, Valley Christian 2 (8 innings)
Annika Norquist’s double in the bottom of the eighth drove in Alexa Musser with the winning run as Los Gatos won a thriller at home over Valley Christian in nonleague play.
Musser scored all three of Los Gatos’ runs.
Makenzie Leon and Talia Haskins each doubled and finished with two hits apiece for Valley Christian (4-4).
Los Gatos is 3-0.
Dublin 9, No. 3 Granada 4
Sarah Bull went 4 for 4 with two doubles and scored three runs and Sydney Salazar had two hits, including a double, and an RBI as Dublin opened East Bay Athletic League play with a victory at home over Granada.
Dublin is 2-1, 1-0.
Hannah Temple drove in two runs for Granada, which will no doubt tumble in the next rankings after slipping to 1-3, 0-1.
No. 9 Foothill 10, No. 11 Livermore 0
Marissa Anderson homered, doubled and knocked in five runs and Ellie Novitske had two hits and drove in two runs to lead Foothill to a five-inning mercy-rule triumph over visiting Livermore in an EBAL opener.
Paige Bennett allowed one hit and struck out six as Foothill improved to 6-1, 1-0.
Livermore is 3-1, 0-1.
No. 17 Clayton Valley Charter 4, Northgate 1
Kate Hadley had two hits, including a home run, and knocked in two runs to lead Clayton Valley to a victory at home over Northgate in a nonleague game.
Stella Hanko had a hit and scored Northgate’s only run.
