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HIGH SCHOOL SPRING HIGHLIGHTS : Montclair Prep Consoled by 2 Wins in Coachella

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Montclair Prep won the consolation title Tuesday in the Coachella Valley Baseball tournament, beating Central, 16-7, and Palm Springs, 7-5, in extra innings.

A grand slam by Reggie Smith Jr., sparked a six-run second inning for the Mounties in their game against Central. Scott Randall, who reached base on 12 consecutive at-bats through three games in the tournament, was 3 for 3 with a solo home run and four runs batted in.

With the score tied, 5-5, and one out in the ninth, Montclair Prep’s Jeff Light hit a two-run homer to defeat Palm Springs in the consolation final.

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Randall, Smith and Curtis Minks were each 2 for 5 against Palm Springs. Smith (2-0) was the winning pitcher.

Montclair Prep is 7-1 overall, 2-0 in Alpha League.

Queen of Angels 6, Salesian 5--Tim Preinsberger of Queen of Angels doubled with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday, scoring Tony Calvano in a nonleague game.

Calvano and Joe Hernandez led the Angels’ offense with two hits each.

Calvano was 2 for 3 and scored two runs. Hernandez was 2 for 2 with two doubles and an RBI.

Queen of Angels is 3-3-2.

Chaminade 9, St. Genevieve 5--Shortstop John Sunde led the Eagles to a second straight Santa Fe League victory at Chaminade.

Sunde, a senior, was 3 for 4 with two RBIs, two stolen bases and two runs scored. Teammates Terry Siciliano and Peter Dunn also had productive days at bat.

Siciliano was 2 for 3 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored. Dunn, a senior center fielder, was 2 for 3 with a stolen base.

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Denny Vigo (1-1) was the winning pitcher.

Chaminade is 5-1 overall, 2-0 in league. St. Genevieve is 3-4, 1-1.

Providence 15, Rio Hondo 0--Tony Ross, Richard Campus and Adam Grant had three hits each for the Pioneers in a nonleague game at Providence.

Winning pitcher Jeff Cirillo (4-1) pitched his second complete game of the season, allowing one hit, striking out 10 and walking three. The game was called after five innings.

Providence is 6-1.

Softball

Royal 1, Westlake 0--Lora Grant pitched her fifth complete game of the season to lead the Highlanders in the fifth place game of the Righetti High tournament.

Grant (5-2) allowed three hits and struck out three.

Royal is 9-5 overall.

Montclair 3, Moorpark 0--The Musketeers were eliminated from the Charter Oak tournament with their second loss in two days.

Wendy Womack was 2 for 3 for Moorpark.

Moorpark (3-4) lost to Azusa, 8-5, in the first round Monday.

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