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Central Coast Section
St. Francis-Mountain View (6-0) West Catholic Athletic League
The Lancers best win came against De La Salle (NCS, East Bay Athletic League) in a 3-2 win on March 2. Overall, they are outscoring their opponents 37-8. In addition to the De La Salle win, its other one-run win came against Santa Cruz (CCS, Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League) by the score of 1-0 on March 5. Junior Petey Haplin (UCLA) and junior Jeter Ybarra are tied for the team high in hits (seven) and RBI (six). Halplin has the team’s lone home run. Four of the Lancers’ top six hitters are juniors. Junior left-hander Gianluca Shinn (3-0, 0.44 ERA, 3 BB, 17 K, 16 IP) and junior Joey Schott (2-0, 0.50 ERA, 0 BB, 7 K, 14 IP) have led the staff. Shinn threw six innings of shutout ball against Santa Cruz. Schott went the distance against De La Salle and also threw six innings against Los Gatos.
Salians (3-0) Pacific Coast Athletic League - Galiban Division
The Cowboys have outscored Westmont, Pacific Grove and Carmel 18-4 in three wins. Senior Nathan Martorella (California) is 4-for-11 with two RBI. Senior Lane Radley is 4-for-10. Senior left-hander Nathan Chapman (2-0, 1.56 ERA, 6 BB, 11 K, 9 IP) is the top pitcher followed by junior Evan Maldonado (6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 6 K against Westmont).
North Coast Section
De La Salle (1-1) East Bay Athletic League
The Spartans played a league team, Granada, in its opener and posted a 12-1 win. They traveled to St. Francis on March 2 and lost 4-3. Sophomore Blake Burke had a grand slam against Granada and is 4-for-6 through two games. Junior Kyle Harrison is 4-for-7 and senior Nick Fusari (Loyola Marymount) is 3-for-7. Harrison, a left-hander committed to UCLA, threw five innings of two-hit ball with nine strikeouts in the opener. Senior Cole Silva (University of Chicago) threw four innings of two hit ball against the Lancers.
Marin Catholic (4-0) Marin Catholic Athletic League
The Wildcats have won four low scoring games with extra inning wins over Northgate and Petaluma. They also beat Campolindo (4-2) and Tamalpais (2-0). In the league win over Tamalpais on March 5, seniors Dylan Joyce and senior Vaughn Mauterer (California) each went 2-for-3 with a double. Junior left-hander Maxwell Manning, who also bats leadoff, went six innings of no-hit ball with two walks and eight strikeouts.
Sac-Joaquin Section
Franklin, Elk Grove (1-1) Delta League
The Wildcats split two games at the Central California Showcase in beating Clovis (11-5) and losing to Buchanan (2-0). Sophomore Andres Galan had a home run for the Wildcats, which got doubles from junior Chase Davis (Arizona), senior Zach Meddings and senior Grant Stevens (Pacific) in the win. Meddings got the start and went five innings with six strikeouts. Against Buchanan, Franklin was outhit 8-3 with Grant Stevens going five innings and gave up two runs (one earned) with a walk and seven strikeouts.
Capital Christian (1-0) Capital Athletic League
The Cougars are a small school power that is in a revamped Capital Athletic League that will be among the better baseball leagues in the section. In the 11-8 opening win over Wood, it trailed 6-3 entering the sixth inning, scored four in the sixth to take a 7-6 lead, lost the lead in giving up two runs before scoring four in the top of the seventh. Senior David Jorgensen went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI and senior Xavier Carter (San Diego State) went 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Capital Christian threw six pitchers in the win, including four juniors.
Northern Section
Pleasant Valley (3-0) Eastern Athletic League
The Vikings have bullied past Oroville, University Prep and Red Bluff with the cumulative score of 32-3. Senior Colin Barber (Oregon) is 6-for-6 with three home runs and six RBI. Senior Griff Finn is 4-for-7 with a home run and senior Conner Pelletier is 4-for-7 with six RBI. Senior Jagger Pico has thrown five innings of one hit ball with two walks and seven strikeouts.
