Baseball:
Covina secured a CIF-SS playoff berth thanks to Wednesday’s 7-2 victory over Rowland in the Valle Vista League and season finale.
CHS out-hit RHS, 13-6.
Declan Bowers went the distance, and he was charged with a pair of unearned runs on six hits.
Bowers issued two walks and registered seven strikeouts.
Adrian Cortes doubled and scored.
CJ Carrillo had an RBI single.
Nathaniel Li walked and singled.
David Garcia, Derek Salazar and Juan Cervantes had one single apiece for the Raiders.
Logan Dwyer got the loss after surrendering two runs on two hits and a walk in the first inning.
The Colts got to Nathaniel Phong for five runs on 10 hits and a walk over 3 2/3 innings.
Ryan Silva walked, scored twice and had a pair of RBI singles.
Donovan Johnson went 2-for-4, including an RBI double and an RBI single.
Declan Bowers walked, singled twice, doubled and scored.
Lucas Thorpe had a two-run double.
Ethan Echeverria walked, singled and scored.
Damien Morimoto went 2-for-3 with an RBI single and one run.
Ricardo Alvarez had one hit, one run and an RBI.
Caesar Guzman singled and scored.
Up next: The playoff pairings will be posted on Monday morning at 10.
To view the brackets then, go to www.cifss.org.
Box Score:
R: 0-0-0-0-2-0-0-(2)
C: 2-1-1-0-3-0-x-(7)
Win: Declan Bowers
Loss: Logan Dwyer
2B: Adrian Cortes (R); Declan Bowers (C), Lucas Thorpe (C), Donovan Johnson (C)
Wednesday’s Valle Vista League Scores:
Northview 8, Wilson 2
Charter Oak 7, West Covina 4
Covina 7, Rowland 2
Valle Vista League Standings:
Northview (16-10-1, 9-1)
West Covina (17-11, 7-3)
Covina (13-13, 6-4)
Charter Oak (11-12, 6-4)
Wilson (6-12, 1-9)
Rowland (8-18, 1-9)
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