Baseball:
St. Francis lost its seventh consecutive game on Wednesday.
Crespi held a slim 2-1 lead after six innings.
But the Celts would score six times in the top of the seventh and claimed an 8-1 victory.
The Golden Knights have four games to go (one w/Crespi & three w/Chaminade) and hope to work their way out of the league basement.
Tyler Grenn got the win, going six innings and allowing one run on five hits.
He walked two and struck out six Golden Knights’ batters.
Luke Fogarty singled twice and had an RBI and Lucas Dixon singled and scored for SFHS.
Ethan Sanders got the loss after allowing six runs (five earned) on eight hits over his six innings of work.
Sanders walked one and struck out a pair of Celts’ batters.
Jackson Benattar hit SFHS with his best shot, going 4-for-4, with a home run, two runs scored and four RBIs.
Grenn helped his own cause with an RBI and run scored.
Up next: SFHS will travel to Crespi on Saturday morning to complete the three-game set.
First pitch is set for 10 a.m.
Box Score:
C: 0-1-1-0-0-0-6-(8)
SF: 0-1-0-0-0-0-0-(1)
Win: Tyler Grenn
Loss: Ethan Sanders
HR: Jackson Bennatar (C)
2B: Nico Azpilcueta (C), Jacob O’Dell (C)
Wednesday’s Mission League Scores:
Alemany 7, Loyola 3
Harvard Westlake 9, Chaminade 0
Crespi 8, St. Francis 1
Notre Dame was idle on Wednesday.
Mission League Standings Through Wednesday:
Harvard Westlake (20-4 overall, 13-1 in league)
Notre Dame (19-5, 13-2)
Chaminade (13-11, 7-7)
Alemany (11-13, 7-7)
Crespi (12-11, 6-8)
Loyola (9-19, 3-14)
St. Francis (5-19, 2-12)
Girls Tennis: Whew! That was close. The Marshall Fundamental girls’ tennis program drove all the way to Santa Barbara to battle San Marcos in the semifinal round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. And the Lady Eagles earned a spot in the title match by the skin of one’s teeth. Marshall and San Marcos won […]
Boys’ Water Polo: Los Osos didn’t just earn a spot in Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 3 championship game, The Grizzlies did so in dramatic fashion. LOHS led 7-6 in the waning moments of Tuesday’s D-3 semifinal at Santa Monica. The Vikings appeared to score to send the game to overtime. However, the goal was reversed on […]
Pictured L-R: Golden West quarterback, Will Burns, & Mt. SAC running back, Devin Miles Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto Mt. SAC is the only program in the state of California that has full control over its ranking and postseason position. If the top-ranked Mounties defeat their visitors from Golden West on Saturday night, they’ll enter the […]
Girls Tennis: Marshall Fundamental has now earned a spot in Wednesday’s semifinal round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. The Eagles secured a comfortable 12-6 victory over their visitors from Carpinteria. Per usual, Marshall’s singles players led the way. Hannah Hagiwara, Diana Kasabian and Elena Edmonds provided eight set wins of the 10 needed to […]
Photos by Ryan Tomey & Conrad Hunziker III Football: Every First Round Score: Division 1: Mater Dei had a bye Sierra Canyon 38, Servite 14 Centennial Corona (bye) Mission Viejo (bye) Orange Lutheran (bye) JSerra (bye) Santa Margarita 59, Inglewood 26 St. John Bosco (bye) Friday’s Schedule: Sierra Canyon at Mater Dei Centennial Corona at […]
Football: Picture it: You’re a 4-6 football team that had to travel 136 miles to Santa Barbara in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 10 playoffs. And on the opening kickoff, you lose arguably the program’s MVP in CJ Gibson. With all things considered, the odds of heading back home with a win had […]
Football: Citrus College improved to 5-4 after Saturday’s 59-19 National Central Conference victory over OCC. Leading 21-12 midway through the second quarter, the Owls scored 37 consecutive points to put the game on ice. Citrus had advantages in first downs (29-18), rushing yards (340-170) and total offense (557-324). Jamahl Wilson carried the ball 15 times […]
Football: The only thing standing between Mt. SAC and next week’s National Central Conference title showdown with Golden West was a Saturday night contest with Long Beach. The Mounties didn’t waste a single second in taking control, and they cruised to a 44-14 victory over the visiting Vikings. Shawn Lievense took the opening kickoff 93 […]
Football: Julian Vigil wasn’t going to allow his high school career to end on Friday night. The Saints senior and his boys hosted Aliso Niguel in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. And Calpreps, the site that CIF uses to make its first-round playoff pairings, actually projected the visiting Wolverines to leave […]
