Baseball:
St. Francis is now just one win away from playing for a CIF-SS Division 4 championship.
It would be the first time since 2006 since the Golden Knights made a title-game appearance.
On Friday, the Golden Knights defeated their visitors from Paraclete, 4-1, in a quarterfinal round game at the Glendale Sports Complex.
Lucas Favretto went three innings, and he allowed one run on five hits.
Favretto issued a pair of walks and fanned two Paraclete batters.
Aaron Hernandez was credited with the win after four scoreless innings.
Hernandez allowed one hit, walked two and struck out four.
CJ Vazquez drew a pair of walks and his RBI single in the top of the first accounted for the Spirits lone run on Friday.
Antonio Longobardi singled and scored.
Christopher Esquivel, Matthew Mahoney, Jesse Hernandez and Armando Saucedo had one single apiece for Paraclete.
Jayden Espindola was charged with the loss after allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits over four innings.
Espindola walked two and struck out three St. Francis batters.
Holden Deitch singled, doubled and scored two runs.
Jordan Lewallen went 2-for-3, and his RBI double in the bottom of the third gave St. Francis a 2-1 lead.
John Calmette bunted and reached base on an error in the fifth inning, and he would come around and score on the second error of the inning by the Paraclete first basemen.
Brody Ruyle singled to lead off the bottom of the second and SFHS coach Shaun Kort had Nick Kriebs come in to pinch-run.
Kriebs made his coach look good by stealing second, third and scoring on an error by the Spirits catcher.
Up next: The Golden Knights travel to Ontario Christian with a spot in the D-4 final at stake.
The Knights (15-14) edged Palm Desert, 1-0, on Friday.
Box Score:
P: 1-0-0-0-0-0-0-(1)
SF: 0-1-1-0-2-0-X-(4)
Win: Aaron Hernandez
Loss: Jayden Espindola
2B: Jordan Lewallen (SF); Holden Deitch (SF)
Record: Paraclete (14-14); St. Francis (18-13)
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