Corona baseball has a new ace, junior left-hander Mason Sims
Waiting patiently while he watched Ethan Schiefelbein and then Seth Hernandez play as ace pitchers for Corona, junior left-hander Mason Sims has now taken on that role — and what a performance he turned in Monday during a Big VIII League game.
Sims struck out 12 with no walks in six innings of Corona’s 3-0 win over King. He allowed four hits. Anakin Tolman picked up the save in the seventh. Sims learned from both current minor league pitchers when he was a freshman and sophomore. He showed potential and should lead the Panthers pitching staff for the next two years.
Norco 8, Corona Centennial 4: Dylan Seward had a triple and three RBIs for the Cougars. Centennial had nine hits against Norco ace Landon Hovermale.
Corona Santiago 11, Eastvale Roosevelt 3: Pence homered, doubled and finished with four RBIs and Ben Lewis struck out 11 in five innings for Santiago. Max Eldridge had three hits and three RBIs.
San Juan Hills 7, Eldorado 2: Derrick Robertson contributed three hits for San Juan Hills.
Santa Margarita 13, Mountain Vista 2: Freshman Cooper Holland had three hits and six RBIs, including a grand slam, for the Eagles in the opening game of the Bishop Gorman Tournament in Las Vegas. Luke Blanchard added three hits.
South Hills 10, Los Altos 1: Diego Villarreal hit a grand slam for South Hills.
Carson 5, Narbonne 3: Joseph Meza struck out seven in five innings and Skylar Vinson and Fernando Barajas each had two hits for Carson in the Navy League opener.
Ban 3, San Pedro 2: AJ Herrera made the save and Oscar Chavez and Ethan Camejo each contributed two hits for Banning.
Calabasas 12, Taft 1: Trevor Chang had a grand slam and seven RBIs for Calabasas.
Garfield 9, Roosevelt 4: Angel Zamudio had a two-run double and Nate Vasquez had two hits and RBIs for Garfield.
San Fernando 6, Kennedy 4: Alex Torres improved to 3-0 and Armando Villegas had a double and a single in the Valley Mission League victory.
Sylmar 6, Collines Verdugo 2: Rickee Luevano went 4-for-4 and hit a three-run homer for Sylmar.
