It was a breakthrough week for the Sherman Oaks Notre Dame baseball team. The Knights, the new No. 1 team in the Southern Division 1 Coaches’ Poll, ended a three-game sweep of Harvard-Westlake on Friday when pitcher Bryce Rainer suffered his first high school loss.
The Knights are 11-1 overall and 8-1 in the Mission League after beating the Wolverines 9-4. Notre Dame sent Rainer off the mound in the third inning. He did not allow any runs this season as he returned to the pitching after being batted 9–0 as a freshman.
Crespi 13, Loyola 2: Diego Velazquez, Chris Arce, Luke Levy and Jeremiah Jones each had two goals in Crespi’s Mission League win.
Bonita 2, Alta Loma 0: Justin Santiago threw a no-hitter for Bonita.
Bishop Alemany 7, Chaminade 6: James Quintero had three hits and two RBI’s for Bishop Alemany. Greg Rangel had two hits and three RBIs for Chaminade.
Granada Hills 5, El Camino Real 1: The Highlanders went undefeated in the battle for first place in the West Valley League. Juan Tirado had two goals for Granada Hills.
Birmingham 7, Cleveland 2: Gavin Taylor had a home run and four RBIs and Daniel Flores went the distance for Birmingham.
13 Huntington Beach, Port of Newport 2: Aidan Espinoza hit two home runs for the Oilers.
Cypress 3, Tustin 0: Luke Matlock hit eight in six innings while giving up five hits to Cypress.
Trabuco Hills 6, Colorado Legend 1: Joey Gray had three hits and three RBIs for Trabuco Hills.
West Ranch 5, Saugus 1: Mikey Murr contributed two RBIs for West Ranch. Jackson Banuelos hit seven.
Heart 8, Golden Valley 1: Brayden Jefferis finished with four hits for Hart.
Los Alamitos 8, Laguna Beach 0: Cody Hearn had three RBI’s and Cole Tryba hit 12 in six innings for Los Alamitos.
Servite 3, Orange Lutheran 2: Roman Martin scored three goals for the Friars to win the Trinity League.
Fullerton 16, Minden (Nev.) Douglas 4: Conor Sunderland had a home run and four RBI’s.
Calabasas 4, Camarillo 0: Jordan Kingston won by 4 1/3 innings.
Royal 6, Moorpark 2: Trevor Hansen scored 12 in 6 2/3 innings for Royal,
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El Camino Real 8, Marshall 0: Sarah Delgado went nine of six innings for the Royals.
Orange Lutheran 5, Santa Margarita 3: Brianne Weiss hit 15 for the Lancers.
Source: LA Times