Baseball Division I No. 4 De La Salle 5, No. 5 Rocklin 4 Tyler Spangler’s fifth-inning grand slam turned a one-run De La Salle deficit into a three-run cushion, which turned out to be just enough, as the Spartans edged visiting Rocklin to advance to the Division I semifinals on Thursday at Granada. All that … Read more
NCS softball Division V Berean Christian found a way to rally on Friday after St. Bernard’s scored two runs in the top of the seventh to take the lead. The Walnut Creek school answered with two in the home half of the seventh to capture the North Coast Section Division V championship with a 10-9 … Read more
CCS baseball Division I No. 7 St. Ignatius 10, No. 6 Carmel 0 (5 innings) After taking a couple of balls out of the zone, Evann Smith ripped the next pitch he saw into the Excite Ballpark outfield, where the San Jose Giants minor league team plays. St. Ignatius’ senior speedster turned on the jets, … Read more
Baseball Division I No. 1 Granada 11, No. 9 James Logan 1 (five innings) The Matadors beat James Logan by mercy rule in the fifth inning to advance to the NCS Division I semifinals where they will play Acalanes in the semifinals. Nathan Canilao was in Livermore and has the full story here. No. 3 … Read more
Baseball No. 3 Acalanes 1, Miramonte 0 Hard to imagine a hotter pitcher than Acalanes senior Peter Thorn. The big fella — he’s listed as 6-foot-4, 260 pounds — was impressive before he stepped onto the mound Thursday and only enhanced his resume in a nonleague game against rival Miramonte. Thorn pitched a no-hitter with … Read more
Baseball No. 4 Valley Christian 8, Mt. Carmel 3 Sophomore Nathan Choi had two hits, two RBIs and a home run to lead Valley Christian over Illinois school Mt. Carmel at the All Faiths Classic Tournament in Las Vegas. Mt. Carmel led by a run in the top half of the third, but the Warriors … Read more
Baseball Leading off: Granada, Acalanes stay perfect Even at the high school level, the best baseball teams occasionally lose. Happened this week to top-ranked Valley Christian. Happened a couple of times to previous No. 1 De La Salle. But it hasn’t happened yet to Granada or Acalanes. They have piled up one victory after another … Read more
Baseball Sacred Heart Cathedral 6, No. 1 Valley Christian 3 Perfection is no more for Valley Christian, the San Jose powerhouse that had dominated most of its opponents during the early stages of this season. In the opener of a two-game West Catholic Athletic League series on Tuesday at Sacred Heart Cathedral, the home team … Read more
Baseball Campolindo 8, Albany 7: Campolindo staved off an Albany comeback to get its fifth win in six games. The Cougars looked like they had control of the game in the sixth inning after scoring five straight runs to take an 8-3 lead. But Albany came back in the bottom of the inning and answered … Read more
BASEBALL Los Altos 3, Palo Alto 2 Los Altos rallied from a two-run deficit to shock visiting Palo Alto on Wednesday night. Channing Hautop’s ground ball to second base drove Kai MacQuiddy in for the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning. MacQuiddy, who was 2 for 3 with two runs scored, also … Read more