Baseball:
Maranatha needed one more victory on Thursday to claim a third consecutive Olympic League championship.
And they scored eight runs in the top of the first inning to put the game away early.
Maranatha pounded out a 24-4 victory at Heritage Christian.
In all, 13 different Minutemen had at least one hit in the victory.
Daniel Ruiz got the win after going two scoreless innings and striking out one.
Erick Martinez went 3-for-4, and scored once for HCHS, and Gavin Lambert singled twice and drove in a pair of runs.
Sean Boen singled twice, doubled, scored and had an RBI for the Warriors.
The MHS offense lit John Bousquette up for 16 runs (15 earned) on 13 hits and six walks in just 2 1/3 innings.
Maranatha had 21 hits in total, 11 of which were of the extra-base variety.
Ben Staub walked twice and scored two runs.
Isaac Ton walked, doubled, drove in three runs and scored twice.
Nick Cook singled, tripled, scored twice and had three RBIs.
Nick Sartor went 3-for-4, with a double, two runs scored and a pair of RBIs.
Ryan Mittelman singled, doubled and scored.
Mikey Ebner hit a two-run shot and Donovan Gonsal connected on a three-run home run.
Bryan Richman singled and scored twice.
Dylan Zdunek went 3-for-3, including a double and three runs scored.
Garrett McGuigan walked twice, singled, scored three times and drove in three runs.
Kade Bowden had an RBI double and Will Allen walked four times and scored twice.
Cam Andrews singled, doubled, had an RBI and scored a pair of runs.
Daniel Ruiz walked, doubled twice, drove in a game-high five runs and scored two times.
Up next: Maranatha will gets its first-round playoff opponent on Sunday morning at 10.
To view the brackets at that time, go to www.cifss.org.
Quotable:
Maranatha coach, Matt Shupper: “This years team is different than any other. We are the youngest team I’ve coached, but at the same time this team has been one of the tightest knit. This team took a stand against racism, and through that learned that we are strongest together as one family. This team has learned to play as brothers. And no matter how many games we play together and win together most importantly, they have each other.”
Box Score:
MHS 8-1-13-1-1-(24)
HC:0-0-2-1-1-(4)
Win: Daniel Ruiz
Loss: John Bousquette
HR: Mikey Ebner (M), Donovan Gonsal (M)
3B: Nick Cook (M)
2B: Cam Andrews (M), Kade Bowden (M), Ryan Mittelman (M), Daniel Ruiz (M) 2, Nick Sartor (M), Issac Ton (M), Dylan Zdunek (M)
Sean Boen (HC), Gavin Lambert (HC)
2021 Olympic League Records:
Maranatha (20-3 overall, 11-1 in league)
Valley Christian (18-5, 10-2)
Village Christian (5-14, 3-8)
Whittier Christian (8-16, 3-8)
Heritage Christian (3-15, 2-10)
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