Prep sports roundup: Bishop Alemany takes two of three games vs. Harvard-Westlake
Harvard-Westlake doesn’t lose many series in baseball these days, but if there’s one coach giving the Wolverines fits, it’s Bishop Alemany’s Randy Thompson. The reminder happened years ago when Harvard-Westlake had three future first-round picks on the same team, Max Fried, Lucas Giolito and Jack Flaherty, and Alemany defeated that powerful Wolverines team with Giolito on the mound.
On Friday, Alemany (8-3, 4-1 Mission League) capped a week in which it won two of the Wolverines’ three games with a 10-4 victory. Apparently, the success against Harvard-Westlake isn’t limited to the head coach. Thompson’s son, Brody, hit two homers and a double and finished with three RBIs. Also hitting two home runs was Chase Stevenson, who had three hits and two RBIs.
Alemany had 16 hits that day.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 5, Chaminade 4: The Knights (10-0) remained undefeated, with Dru Wilson’s RBI single in the sixth breaking a 4-4 tie. Malakye Matsumoto had three hits and three RBIs, including a home run. Lachlan Clark pitched four scoreless innings of relief with seven strikeouts and no walks. Andrew Chute homered and three RBIs for Chaminade.
Loyola 5, Saint Francis 4: Freshman Anthony Adame closed out the win with two innings of stellar relief and three strikeouts in the eight-inning game. Austin Junk drove in the winning run with a double.
Sierra Canyon 19, Crespi 2: Charlie Cummings had two doubles, a single and three RBIs for Sierra Canyon.
Royal 6, Simi Vallée 2: Dustin Dunwoody struck out 16 in six innings for Royal.
Hart 15, Valencia 14: The Hawks survived a four-run Valencia rally in the seventh to win a wild Foothill League game. Justin Gaisford had a home run and five RBIs for Valencia. Hart had four hits and three RBIs for Matix Frithsmith. Josh Whitson had three hits and four RBIs and Hayden Rhodes hit a three-run homer. The two teams have combined for 49 points and 11 errors in two games. Another match ended with a score of 10-10.
El Camino Real 6, Chatsworth 3: RJ De La Rosa and Jackson Sellz each had two RBIs to help El Camino Real remain undefeated in the West Valley League.
Birmingham 8, Granada Hills 2: Carlos Acuna struck out five in six innings, Aidan Martinez struck out three in one inning of relief and Julius Monroe-Truitt had three RBIs for Birmingham.
Cleveland 3, Taft 2: Ezra Preis had two hits and two RBIs for the Cavaliers.
Bell 17, Huntington Park 1: Daniel Garcia had two triples and three RBIs to make it 12-1 Bell.
Carson 6, ban 4: The Colts took control of the Navy League race this week. Skylar Vinson had two hits.
Saint John Bosco 13, JSerra 0: For the fifth time in seven games, Saint-Jean Bosco (7-0), ranked No. 1 by the Times, recorded a shutout. Jack Champlin started and allowed one hit in five innings. Jhett Ohira had three hits and three RBIs. Ohira was seven for 12 points in the Braves’ three-game sweep of JSerra.
Corona del March 8, Newport Port 1: Stevie Jones allowed one run in 6⅔ innings and Ryan Williams and Grant Horsley each had two hits.
La Canada 6, San Marino 0: Joe Bell pitched a five-hit shutout and had two hits and three RBIs.
El Dorado 4, Villa Parc 2: Brady Abner hit the game-tying triple and Xavi Cadena hit the game-winning home run.
Corona 19, King 7: Anthony Murphy had a home run, a double and two singles. He also struck out three batters in his only inning of relief. Trey Ebel added two hits and three RBIs.
Norco 7, Centenary of Corona 4: Dylan Seward and Jordan Ayala homered for Norco.
Corona Santiago 9, Eastvale Roosevelt 1: Outfielder Pence hit a two-run homer and Joshua Angulo had two hits and three RBIs for Santiago. Ayden White pitched three hitless innings of relief.
Redondo Union 6, Mira Costa 2: Robby Zimmerman struck out eight in 5⅔ innings.
Cypress 7, Mater Dei 5: Austin Gerken hit a three-run homer for Mater Dei, but Drew Slevcove got the save for Cypress.
Los Alamitos 6, Edison 5: A two-run double by Willie Adams secured the comeback victory.
Mgr Amat 7, Saint-Paul 0: Ashton Chavez, Kevin Martin and Izaac Muniz combined for the shutout. Omar Arretche had three hits for Mgr Amat.
Softball
Norco 14, Centenary of Corona 0: Leighton Gray hit two homers for Norco.
