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It’s not every day that umpires decide a player used an illegal bat in a high school baseball game, so Wednesday’s Mission League game between host Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and Sierra Canyon began with a bang. A Sierra Canyon batter in the first inning was declared out after the umpires inspected the aluminum bat following an appeal from Notre Dame.

Sierra Canyon coach Tom Meusborn had a brief discussion with the umpires but their decision was not reversed. The bat apparently had a crack, which caused a strange sound. So began a sometimes tense, nearly four-hour game for second place in the Mission League.

Sierra Canyon scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to take a one-run lead, keyed by an RBI double from Brayden Goldstein and a bases loaded walk. In the bottom of the seventh, the Knights received two walks with one out. Sierra Canyon brought in sophomore pitcher Milo Benattar, who got a fly out and force play to save a 3-2 victory.

Sierra Canyon is 8-3 in league and Notre Dame 7-4.

Harvard-Westlake 12, St. Francis 1: The Wolverines, ranked No. 1 in the Southern Section power rankings, received home runs and four RBIs each from James Tronstein and Ira Rootman. Evan Alexander struck out 10 in 4 1/3 innings.

Chaminade 7, Crespi 0: Jackson Schroeder struck out 11 and gave up one hit. Isaiah Hearn and Robby Morgan each hit home runs.

Loyola 11, Bishop Alemany 4: Bobby Rapp had three hits to lead the Cubs.

Simi Valley 8, Royal 3: The Pioneers handed their rivals a first Coastal Canyon League defeat. Ryan Whiston had three hits, including two doubles.

Garfield 3, Bell 1: The Bulldogs improved to 7-0 in the Eastern League with a nine-inning win, possibly locking up a City Section Open Division playoff spot. Michael Santillan broke the 1-1 tie with an RBI single in the ninth.

Cypress 1, Foothill 0: Jake DeLaquil had the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning. Drew Slevcove struck out 13 in eight scoreless innings. Landon Smith pitched the final two innings for Cypress. Caden Lauridsen threw nine scoreless innings for Foothill.

St. John Bosco 6, Servite 3: Brayden Krakowski threw four innings of scoreless relief. Aaron Garcia had two RBIs.

Mater Dei 8, JSerra 5: Jack Reis hit a home run and Ezekiel Lara, Jaxon Olmstead and Emilio Young each had two hits for Mater Dei.

King 4, Corona Centennial 1: Eli Lipson had a two-run double and Jason Jones threw a complete game.

Corona 17, Eastvale Roosevelt 5: Adrian Ruiz had three hits and four RBIs.

Norco 3, Corona Santiago 2: After a scoreless game for five innings, Norco broke through for three runs in the sixth. Marcus Blanton had a two-run single. Santiago scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh before Jordan Ayala got the final out on a strikeout.

El Dorado 1, La Habra 0: Juilian Rodriguez struck out five and walked none in throwing the shutout. Brady Abner drove in the winning run in the sixth.

Gahr 9, Warren 1: Bryce Morrison gave up one run in five innings with six strikeouts and Andres Gonzalez had two hits and three RBIs.

San Clemente 2, Aliso Niguel 1: Easton Muraira threw a complete game for the Tritons.

Huntington Beach 4, Los Alamitos 2: Jared Grindlinger struck out eight in five innings.

Rancho Christian 10, Hillcrest 0: Jake Brande struck out 12 in five innings and gave up one hit. Hudson Abbe and Sean Downs each hit home runs.

Bishop Amat 4, La Salle 2: The Lancers clinched the Del Rey League title. Joaquin Ortiz went three for three.

Ayala 13, Diamond Bar 3: Easton Sarmiento finished with three hits and Dylan Wood added two hits and two RBIs.

Oaks Christian 2, Agoura 1: Justin Baird struck out eight in six innings for Oaks Christian. Carson Sheffer had two hits.

Mira Costa 7, West Torrance 1: Caden Ceman finished with three hits.

Torrance 4, Palos Verdes 3: Tessei Magori delivered a walk-off hit in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Softball

Norco 15, Corona Centennial 0: Peyton May gave up one hit and struck out 10 with no walks and Camryn May contributed three RBIs.

With more than 40 years of coaching experience, Tom Harp of Granada Hills sure knows how to pull off upsets in boys volleyball.

His team created some uncertainty for the City Section playoffs by knocking off the likely No. 1 seed, Chatsworth, on Monday with a five-set victory, 24-26, 23-25, 25-18, 25-21, 15-12.

“It was an amazing match,” Harp said. “It was some of the hardest spikes I’ve seen in a long time from both teams.”

RJ Francisco of Granada Hills had 19 kills and setter Shawn Meza contributed 46 assists. Granada Hills pulled into a first-place tie with Chatsworth in the West Valley League after losing to the Chancellors earlier this season.

Baseball

Sylmar 7, Sun Valley Poly 0: The Spartans moved two games ahead of the Parrots in the Valley Mission League race. Matthew Torres threw a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts. Rickee Luevano had two hits and three RBIs. Tim Sepulveda added two hits.

El Camino Real 6, Chatsworth 2: It was a big day for JJ Saffie, who had a home run, double and two singles for the Royals. RJ De La Rosa had a triple.

Cleveland 2, Taft 0: Joshua Pearlstein threw 6⅓ scoreless innings, with Elliot Schoenwald getting the save. Sebastian Castaneda had two hits.

Banning 5, Narbonne 3: Oscar Chavez (4-1) threw a complete game and AJ Herrera went three for three to lead Banning.

Carson 2, San Pedro 1: Noah Sandoval threw a complete game for Carson.

San Fernando 1, Verdugo Hills 0: Alex Torres threw the shutout with seven strikeouts and no walks.

South Hills 4, Alta Loma 3: Gabriel Guerrero threw 1⅓ innings of scoreless relief to get the save for South Hills.

Long Beach Millikan 6, North Torrance 3: Austin Brett struck out seven in five innings.

Corona Centennial 15, King 8: Sophomore Ethan Miller hit two home runs and finished with five RBIs. The Huskies hit four home runs and rallied from a 5-3 deficit.

Corona 16, Eastvale Roosevelt 6: Sophomore Logan Pascarella had two hits and five RBIs and Trey Ebel added two hits and three RBIs to lead Corona.

Etiwanda 12, Chino Hills 11: Derick Kim hit a walk-off, two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning for Etiwanda. Jacob Jimenez hit a grand slam for Chino Hills. LJ Roellig had four hits, including three doubles, for Etiwanda. Jaxson Milius had three hits and three RBIs.

Softball

El Camino Real 3, Birmingham 1: Audrina Gonzalez struck out eight in seven innings. Gonzalez had an RBI double and Madison Franklin added an RBI triple.

San Pedro 13, Narbonne 0: Jenna Ortega had three hits, including two doubles.

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Bravo 3, Sotomayor 1

South East 5, LA Marshall 4

SOUTHERN SECTION

Agoura 8, Oak Park 3

Beckman 2, Northview 1

Canyon Country Canyon 7, Lancaster 6

Channel Islands 1, Century 0

Citrus Valley 11, Redlands East Valley 1

CSHM 3, Placentia Valencia 2

El Segundo 10, Wiseburn-Da Vinci 6

Esperanza 5, Buena Park 4

Great Oak 10, Alta Loma 3

Hesperia 10, Indio 0

Jurupa Hills 3, Covina 1

La Canada 12, Alhambra 2

Laguna Hills 8, Hueneme 3

Redlands 13, Beaumont 4

Redondo Union 17, Foothill Tech 7

Royal 6, Culver City 2

Riverside King 2, Riverside Poly 1

Riverside Prep 8, Bloomington 4

Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 5, Savanna 1

Santa Ynez 13, Carpinteria 2

Shadow Hills 11, Burbank Burroughs 1

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 10, Hawthorne 2

Tahquitz 8, Citrus Hill 1

Vista Murrieta 10, CCHS 5

Walnut 12, Santa Fe 7

Western 22, SCHS 10

Western Christian 11, Avalon 4

West Ranch 16, CVHS 3

Yucaipa 7, Cajon 6

INTERSECTIONAL

Lipscomb 8, La Salle 6

Norwalk 4, Maywood CES 3

SOFTBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION

Anaheim Canyon 4, Marina 3 (8 innings)

Aquinas 5, Great Oak 4

Downey 4, California 2

Eastvale Roosevelt 13, Millikan 1

Fullerton 9, Ganesha 4

Gahr 10, Capistrano Valley 0

Ganesha 10, Orange Lutheran 2

La Habra 10, Whittier 0

La Mirada 10, Downey 2

Los Alamitos 9, Anaheim Canyon 6

Norco 7, Fullerton 0

Norco 2, Orange Lutheran 0

Rio Mesa 6, Great Oak 4

Santa Maria St. Joseph 4, Los Altos 2

INTERSECTIONAL

Aquinas 10, Nevada Centennial 5

Arizona Canyon View 12, El Modena 5

Chino Hills 9, Point Loma 0

Chula Vista Mater Dei 10, Marina 0

Millikan 7, San Diego Cathedral 6

Nevada Centennial 8, Rio Mesa 0

Poway 8, Vista Murrieta 5

Riverside King 11, Modesto Central Catholic 0

Riverside Poly 6, Loomis Del Oro 2

Warren 7, San Pedro 5

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Cleveland 6, South Gate 1

Collins Family 13, Alliance Ouchi 6

Gardena 11, King/Drew 5

Palisades 2, San Fernando 1

SOUTHERN SECTION

Arcadia 5, El Dorado 4

Bethel Christian 1, Norton Science 0

Calabasas 9, Stockton Lincoln 2

Canyon Country Canyon 18, de Toledo 0

Cathedral 1, St. Monica 0

Cerritos Valley Christian 6, Schurr 2

Chadwick 25, Army-Navy 1

Citrus Hill 8, Indio 2

Cornerstone Christian 10, California Lutheran 0

Corona Centennial 6, Aquinas 3

Cypress 7, Damien 2

Desert Mirage 13, Packinghouse Christian 2

Downey Calvary Chapel 11, Southlands Christian 4

Duarte 4, Sierra Vista 3

Foothill Tech 8, Channel Islands 1

Ganesha 4, Garden Grove Pacifica 1

Glendora 13, Portola 4

Jurupa Valley 16, Adelanto 5

Kaiser 5, Temescal Canyon 4

Linfield Christian 8, Anaheim Canyon 6

Littlerock 4, Vasquez 4

Magnolia 7, Los Amigos 1

Montclair 8, Baldwin Park 5

Newbury Park 10, Thousand Oaks 9

Norco 10, Riverside King 0

Northwood 2, Chico 1

Paraclete 3, Castaic 2

Rancho Christian 11, Hemet 0

Rancho Mirage 11, Xavier Prep 1

San Jacinto Valley Academy 5, Temecula Prep 4

San Marino 5, Montebello 0

Santa Ana Foothill 7, Charter Oak 3

Santa Barbara 5, Eastvale Roosevelt 4

Santa Fe 7, Orange 1

Santa Margarita 1, Mayer Dei 0

Savanna 13, Garden Grove Santiago 0

Servite 5, JSerra 4

Shadow Hills 6, Palm Springs 3

Shalhevet 12, Valley Torah 0

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 7, Corona Santiago 4

St. Paul 10, Irvine 1

Temecula Valley 3, Yorba Linda 0

Tustin 5, Woodbridge 1

West Covina 10, Edgewood 3

Westlake 11, Oaks Christian 5

Westminster 11, Godinez 2

Whitney 4, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 3

INTERSECTIONAL

Alhambra 2, Berkeley St. Mary’s 0

Bell 9, Escondido 1

Brentwood 16, Crawford 1

Calabasas 9, Stockton Lincoln 2

Campbell Hall 9, Arleta 1

Castle Park 6, Verdugo Hills 5

Chatsworth 11, Golden Valley 8

Chula Vista Mater Dei 15, LA Roosevelt 4

Concord De La Salle 6, Bishop Amat 0

Corona 12, Chicago Mt. Carmel 2

Fallbrook 13, South Pasadena 3

La Palma Kennedy 15, El Cajon Valley 2

Las Vegas Southeast Career Tech 3, Sun Valley Poly 1

Legacy 13, San Francisco Washington 1

Loyalton 13, Portola 2

Moorpark 5, Oceanside 0

Mountain Ridge 1, Villa Park 0

Palo Verde Valley 4, North Hollywood 3

Phoenix Brophy College Prep 14, Arrowhead Christian 13

Ramona 3, Calexico 2

Santa Maria 10, San Luis Obispo Classical Academy 0

South Hills 4, Poway 1

Tucson Salpointe Catholic 10, St. Bernard 0

Whitney 4, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 3

Wilmington Banning 6, Durango 1

Windward 10, Kearny 0

SOFTBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION

Baldwin Park 21, Gabrielino 9

Calabasas 13, Channel Islands 8

Cornerstone Christian 12, California Lutheran 8

Long Beach Poly 21, Long Beach Cabrillo 1

Los Amigos 10, Santa Ana Valley 0

Mayfair 7, Norwalk 3

Millikan 17, Long Beach Jordan 0

Newbury Park 12, Oxnard Pacifica 7

Rancho Cucamonga 10, Temescal Canyon 4

Redondo Union 4, El Segundo 3

Shadow Hills 12, Palm Springs 0

Sierra Vista 2, Duarte 0

St. Paul 8, La Serna 4

Temecula Prep 13, San Jacinto Valley Academy 0

Western Christian 12, Claremont 11

Wiseburn-Da Vinci 10, Bishop Montgomery 7

Yorba Linda 16, Placentia Valencia 0

INTERSECTIONAL

Alhambra 15, Rancho Cotate

Atascadero 8, Corcoran 7

Chico 8, Durham 5

Lompoc 5, Mission College Prep 4

Santa Maria St. Joseph 11, Arroyo Grande 1

Waiting patiently as he watched Ethan Schiefelbein, then Seth Hernandez perform as ace pitchers for Corona, junior left-hander Mason Sims has now assumed 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 gave up four hits. Anakin Tolman picked up the save in the seventh. Sims learned from the two current minor-league pitchers when he was a freshman and sophomore. He showed potential and is set to 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 got nine hits off Norco ace Landon Hovermale.

Corona Santiago 11, Eastvale Roosevelt 3: Striker Pence hit a home run, double 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, El Dorado 2: Derrick Robertson contributed three hits for San Juan Hills.

Santa Margarita 13, Mountain Vista 2: Cooper Holland had three hits and six RBIs, including a grand slam, for the Eagles. 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 Marine League opener.

Banning 3, San Pedro 2: AJ Herrera had the save and Oscar Chavez and Ethan Camejo contributed two hits each 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 single in the Valley Mission League win.

Sylmar 6, Verdugo Hills 2: Rickee Luevano went four for four and delivered a three-run home run for Sylmar.