Baseball: Los Alamitos, Northview attract attention
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After the first full week of high school baseball, Los Alamitos (5-0), the Loara tournament champion, and Covina Northview (4-0), the Glendora tournament champion, deserve praise and respect as two of the best teams in the Southland.
Los Alamitos has tremendous pitching talent, led by Beau Wright, who’s 2-0 with 10 strikeouts in nine innings. Travis Garrett and Matt Avery are each batting .533 with eight hits in 15 at-bats.
Northview defeated Bishop Amat, 4-1, in the Glendora tournament final, allowing Coach Darren Murphy to shout about how good his program has become.
Thousand Oaks (5-0) won the Easton tournament championship and is living up to its preseason potential. Mira Costa (5-0) and Riverside Patriot (5-0) won tournament championships, as did St. Francis (5-0) and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (5-0).
On Saturday night, Orange Lutheran pitcher Gerrit Cole struck out eight consecutive batters against Tesoro and finished with 13 in seven innings of the Lancers’ 4-1, 10-inning victory.
-- Eric Sondheimer