baseball
#8 Los Gatos 7, Los Altos 3
A powerful finish and somewhat help from Wilcox helped Los Gatos win the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division championship. Los Gatos broke right into a 3-3 tie early within the fifth period when Brady Simon scored a brace against AJ Ljepava.
Carter Johnstone's triple scored two more crucial runs early within the seventh inning and later scored when a pitch hit brought him home. Anthony Andrews got the win in relief after throwing 4.1 scoreless innings.
That win gave Los Gatos (23-4) an 11-3 league record and knocked Los Altos out of championship contention with a 10-4 record in De Anza play.
However, Palo Alto still had a probability to win a share of the championship title…
Wilcox 3, Palo Alto 1
…until Wilcox rebounded from a loss to the Vikings earlier within the week to beat Palo Alto, dropping the Peninsula school's record to 10-4.
Junior pitcher Rj Argel was the star for Wilcox, throwing four-hit ball for seven innings, allowing only one unearned run and never walking. Jared Cabildo and Jake Prettol each drove in a run for Wilcox, which improved to 16-11, 8-6.
#13 Burlingame 3, #15 Cappuccino 2
Despite the loss, Burlingame secured the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division title after scoring three runs within the seventh to beat Capuchino. Burlingame finished its regular season 11-3 within the league, one game ahead of The King's Academy, which finished 10-4 within the PAL.
No. 6 James Logan 16, Kennedy-Fremont 6
James Logan put the ending touches on a 21-3 regular season and 14-0 record in Mission Valley Athletic League play with a win over Kennedy-Fremont.
Ricky Scarborough and Trevian Martinez each had two RBIs and Kayden Carmona-Shaw, Evan Yau and Jesus Vasquez each had two hits for Union City School.
Cody McFadden and Hunter Padilla each scored twice for Kennedy, which fell to 7-16, 3-11.
Oakland Tech 8, Oakland 0
Lee Tshosane was 3 for 3 with two RBIs and Gyasi Rapier was 2 for 4 with a house run and three RBIs as Oakland Tech advanced to the Oakland Section Championship matchup against Skyline.
Kalen Thomas and Mohamed Mohamed each had an RBI for Tech. Ben Estow led the team with 4 strikeouts because the Bulldogs improved to 17-6, 9-0 in league play.
Soft ball
Alameda 1, Castro Valley 0
Jasmine Whorley dominated the circle for Alameda, as she has so often done the last two seasons. She struck out 10 in an entire two-hit game
Leaira Robinson drove in the sport's only run and Castro Valley's Otherwise, Jesymae Olympia was solid. She allowed just three hits and one walk.
Alameda improved to 18-3, 4-2, while Castro Valley fell to 5-13, 1-7 in WACC-Foothill Division play.
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