Prep roundup: Serra dominates in win over St. Ignatius, Benicia softball wins eighth straight game
De La Salle falls to Elk Grove, James Logan beats Berkeley, Woodside blanks Washington-San Francisco
Baseball
No. 3 Serra 5, No. 11 St. Ignatius 1
The Padres bounced back after dropping the first of a two-game series against the Wildcats on Friday.
St. Ignatius took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Patrick Ruane scored Makai Susor on a sacrifice bunt.
Serra responded in a big way in the fourth inning.
The San Mateo school scored four consecutive runs as St. Ignatius struggled to get outs. After Evan Bradshaw knocked in Ian Josephson to tie the game, the Wildcats walked three straight batters with the bases loaded and Serra took a 4-1 lead heading into the fifth.
Ian Armstrong’s RBI single in the seventh gave Serra a commanding 5-1 lead to seal the win for the Padres.
Serra, which improved to 18-5, 9-3, snapped its two-game losing streak. St. Ignatius dropped to 15-7, 6-6.
No. 4 Valley Christian 11, Bellarmine 0
The Warriors blanked Bellarmine behind a superb pitching performance from Rohan Kasanagottu.
Kasanagottu pitched 6 1/3 innings, striking out seven and allowing four hits.
Stanford commit Quinten Marsh went 3 for 3 with five RBIs and a homerun. Hunter Fujimoto totaled two hits and a home run.
Valley Christian moved to 22-3, 10-2. Bellarmine is now 11-13, 4-8.
No. 13 Archbishop Mitty 5, No. 8 Sacred Heart Cathedral 3
Mitty overcame a two-run deficit to beat Sacred Heart Cathedral at home.
The Fightin’ Irish took a two-run advantage in the top of the third when Jack Ruegg scored Barclay Ovalle on a sacrifice fly to left field. Mitty tied the game in the bottom half of the inning after Andrew Sauceda’s RBI single scored Mason Manglicmot and Nico Rodriguez.
The Monarchs blew the game open in the fourth, scoring three runs to take a 5-2 lead. Sacred Heart scored a run in the sixth, but it wasn’t enough as Mitty closed out the game strong in the seventh by retiring three of four batters.
The Monarchs won both games of the series and improved to 15-9-1, 7-4-1. Sacred Heart dropped to 15-9, 6-6.
Elk Grove 3, No. 5 De La Salle 2
The Spartans’ high-powered offense went cold in Saturday’s loss to Elk Grove as De La Salle managed just five hits.
The Concord school dropped its third game this year to a Sac-Joaquin Section team.
De La Salle senior Hank Tripaldi was 2 for 3 and had an RBI.
The Spartans are now 14-5.
No. 9 James Logan 6, No. 18 Berkeley 2
James Logan extended its winning streak to eight, beating Berkeley at home.
The Yellow Jackets briefly led after scoring a run in the first, but it was all James Logan after that.
The Colts scored two runs in the second inning, three runs in the third and a run in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead late.
James Logan’s Kayden Carmona-Shaw had a hit and two RBIs. Junior Evan Yau was 2 for 3 and recorded an RBI.
Sophomore Westley Vega came in relief in the sixth and struck out five while allowing a run for the Colts.
James Logan improved to 17-3. Berkeley dropped to 11-9.
No. 14 Woodside 16, Washington-San Francisco 0
The Wildcats ran away with this game early.
Woodside took a 10-0 lead heading into the third inning after scoring seven consecutive runs in the second.
Senior Connor Davison was 3 for 3, totaling five RBIs and three doubles. Junior Joseph Hohl relieved starter Josef Schwab in the fifth and struck out eight while allowing just a hit.
Woodside won its sixth straight game and moved to 18-2-1. Washington is now 8-14.
South San Francisco 10, El Camino 7
Giovanni Bernal was 3 for 4 and totaled 5 RBIs and two doubles to lead South San Francisco over El Camino.
Gabriel Martin added three hits and an RBI.
El Camino sophomore Adrian Iniguez was 2 for 3 and added an RBI.
South San Francisco (17-5, 9-2) is two games behind first place Priory for first place in the Peninsula Athletic League Lake Division standings. El Camino dropped to 12-7.
Softball
No. 4 Benicia 7, Franklin-Elk Grove 1
The Panthers improved to 16-1 and won its eighth straight game in a six-run win over Franklin on the road.
Junior pitcher Sinead Maas won her ninth game of the season by striking out 11 and allowing just three hits and a run.
Vanessa Smith and Aryanna Banks-Lockhart each had a hit and two RBIs.
Hollister 6, No. 5 Willow Glen 5
The San Jose school nearly came back from a five-run deficit, but the Rams’ comeback bid fell just short as they fell on a walk-off error.
The Haybalers took a commanding 5-0 lead in the fifth, but Willow Glen crawled back into the game as its offense came alive late.
The Rams scored two runs in the sixth and three in the seventh to tie the game late.
But in the bottom half of the seventh, Hollister scored the game-winning run on a throwing error as sophomore Taylor Faga crossed home plate from third to end the game.
Willow Glen freshman Maia Mendoza had a hit and two RBIs.
Hollister senior Mia Phillips was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a triple.
Hollister improved to 17-2. Willow Glen is now 16-5.