Baseball:
Although Upland defeated the reigning CIF-SS champs from Chino Hills to earn Baseline League victory No. 1 in the season finale, the Highlanders have been close a number of times in 2025.
Before Wednesday’s 9-3 victory over the Huskies, the Highlanders had lost five league games by two runs or less.
CHHS took a 3-0 lead after the first inning and a half at Memorial Park in Upland.
However, the Highlanders got three in the bottom of the third inning to tie the game at 3-3, and then they scored six times in the sixth to pull away.
Aydan Maxson was charged with six runs (five earned) on seven hits over five innings.
Maxson walked one and fanned five UHS batters.
Anthony Medyn allowed three runs (one earned) on two hits and one walk over the sixth inning.
Carson Kinnick went 2-for-3 with a walk, and two runs.
Kinnick’s three-run HR in the third pulled Upland even with Chino Hills.
Julian Zambrano went 1-for-3 with a run, a double and two RBIs.
Luke Luevano singled twice and scored a pair of runs.
Max Biddle singled and scored.
Jarrett Beets had an RBI single.
Dom Nava walked, doubled and scored.
Nick Serna doubled and scored.
Tommy Lopez went 1-for-1 with an RBI.
Biddle went the first four innings for UHS, and he was charged with three runs (two earned) on five hits.
Biddle walked three and struck out three CHHS batters.
Adam Zendejas provided 1 1/3 scoreless innings and scattered two hits.
Elliot Cresap went the final 1 2/3 scoreless and hitless innings to close out the win.
Frankie Brazil singled, doubled and scored.
Brody Buoncristiani singled and scored.
Josh Mendez went 1-for-3 with a walk and one RBI.
Anthony Medyn’s RBI single in the top of the first got the Huskies on the board.
Medyn also drew a walk.
Branden Kim had an RBI single of his own.
Gabriel Hernandez had one single for the Huskies.
Up next: The Huskies will get their playoff opponent on Monday morning at 10.
To view the brackets then, go to www.cifss.org.
Quotable:
Upland sophomore, Carson Kinnick: “It was special to get a win tonight, especially for our seniors. We’ve been in games and battled, but we came up short each time. I’m proud of the effort we’ve given all season and we’re looking forward to the future of Upland baseball. To hit a three-run home run and tie it up felt great, because I had struck out three times on Tuesday, and I did it again in my first at-bat today. I was looking for a change up and I got it. Our seniors were very uplifting all season, and they did a good job of raising the spirits of the younger players, including myself. Max Biddle has also battled all season and he’s been dominant, and we haven’t always given him the run support or the defense that he deserved. We’re going to be junior and senior heavy next year, and we’ll be a team with a lot more power. I think we’ll win the close games that we didn’t this season. We’re also excited to get to play a full season on our new turf field moving forward on campus.”
Box Score:
CH: 2-1-0-0-0-0-0-(3)
U: 0-0-3-0-0-6-x-(9)
Win: Elliot Cresap
Loss: Aydan Maxson
HR: Carson Kinnick (U)
2B: Frankie Brazil (CH); Dom Nava (U), Nick Serna (U)
Wednesday’s Baseline League Scores:
Los Osos 5, Etiwanda 2 (game one)
Etiwanda 8, Los Osos 6 (game two)
RCHS 5, Damien 3
Upland 9, Chino Hills 3
Baseline League Standings:
Los Osos (19-8, 10-5)
Etiwanda (14-12-1, 9-6)
RCHS (19-9, 9-6)
Chino Hills (18-10, 8-7)
Damien (14-14, 8-7)
Upland (5-22, 1-14)
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