SPRING SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS : Doering Wins for Simi Lutheran

If Simi Lutheran’s Jonathan Doering has a few more games like the one he had Friday against Viewpoint, the senior pitcher and shortstop will have to endure some sleepless nights.

Just hours after throwing a one-hitter and blasting two home runs in a 16-1 Heritage League victory for the Barons, Cal Lutheran College basketball Coach Ed Anderson was at the Doering’s home attempting to convince Jonathan to play basketball for the Kingsmen.

Bob Doering, Jonathan’s father, is the athletic director at Cal Lutheran, but his son isn’t certain where he will attend college.

“My main sport is basketball,” said Doering, who averaged 25 points a game for Simi Lutheran’s basketball team. “It’s going to be a very difficult decision between the two sports.”

For now, however, his mind is on baseball, where the Barons are 4-1 overall and 3-1 in league.

Doering (2-1), who struck out 15, has thrown 18 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run. The Patriots’ only run, which came in the first, was unearned.

Alemany 10, Bosco Tech 3--Steve Klaus hit a three-run home run in the second, as Alemany jumped out to a 9-0 lead and cruised to a Del Rey League victory.

Notre Dame 17, St. Genevieve 9--Notre Dame scored 11 times in the second and walked away with an easy nonleague win over the Valiants.

Nate Milone provided the key blow in the Knights’ second-inning outburst with a grand slam. Teammate Roger Nix was 4 for 5 with three RBIs.

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Montclair Prep 3, Webb 2--Frank Charles two-run single in the bottom of the sixth capped a three-run rally and gave Montclair Prep the Alpha League victory.

Santa Clara 8, Calabasas 6--Santa Clara scored a run in the first inning, then got six runs on four hits and three walks in the second. A Calabasas error gave Santa Clara an unearned run in the third for the eventual win.

Agoura 10, Nordhoff 4--Agoura took a 9-0 lead after four innings and cruised to the Frontier League win.

John Gillette and Jon DeGennaro were both 2 for 4 for the Chargers (5-4 overall, 3-0 in league).

Moorpark 4, Oak Park 3--The game was tied, 3-3, in the bottom of the seventh inning, when pinch-hitter Peter Vincioni doubled, then reached third on a throwing error. The next batter was Peter’s brother, Rich, who singled in the winning run.

Schurr 11, Hart 7--A Hart error, four hits and four walks helped Schurr get five runs in the second inning. Schurr’s Hubert Turner added a two-run home run in the fourth and Chad Attwater hit a solo blast in the seventh.

College Baseball

Moorpark 7, L.A. City 5--Bob Ayrault hit a pair of homers Friday to lead Moorpark College to a nonconference victory over L.A. City at Moorpark.

High School Track

Poly 83, Grant 44--Helge Guenther, a foreign exchange student from West Germany, guided the Parrots to the East Valley League win at Grant.

A junior decathlete in his homeland, Guenther won the 120 high hurdles (15.4), shotput (46- 1/2) and high jump (6-0).

Verdugo Hills 79, Hollywood 47--The Dons swept the mile run and the pole vault en route to the East Valley League victory at Verdugo Hills.

In the mile, Humberto Sosa was clocked at 4:57 to win the event, followed by teammates Evan Jenkins (4:57.6) and Edgar Rios (5:13.0).

Taft 107, Canoga Park 19--The Toreadors’ Marlon Rodriquez and Melvin Florence led the West Valley League romp at Canoga Park.

Rodriquez was first in the 800 meter run (2:10.96), 3200 meters (10:39.3) and triple jump (41-8).

Granada Hills 89, Van Nuys 39--Scott Lynch’s wins in the mile (4:43) and two-mile (10:40.6) paced the Highlanders at Van Nuys.

Fairfax 80, Sylmar 42--The Lions swept the long jump and the 120 high hurdles to win the East Valley League meet at Sylmar.

Kennedy 75, Birmingham 50--The Golden Cougars (4-0) won nine of the 15 events in the Mid-Valley League meet at Kennedy.

John Diggs and Andrew Como each won two events for Kennedy. Diggs won the 220 in 22.4 and the long jump in 21-4. Como won the triple jump (42-6), the high jump (5-10) and was second in the long jump (21-3).

Reseda 88, Chatsworth 41--Robert Barnes and Tom Lynch led the Regents to their second straight West Valley League victory at Chatsworth.

Barnes won the 100-meters in 11.3 and the 220-yard dash in 22.5. Lynch won the 120-yard high hurdles in 15.9 and the 330-yard intermediates in 41.2.

Faith Baptist 98, Pilgrim 30, Mendenhall 11--Randy Lutz and Rudy Leon provided the spark for the contenders in the nonleague tri-meet.

Lutz captured first place in the 100 yard dash (10.6), long jump (19-7), shotput (39-5) and anchored the winning 440 relay.

El Camino Real 72, Cleveland 62--Sprinter Don Conner and long-distance runner Nathan Hiatt led El Camino to the West Valley League win. Conner placed first in the 100-meter dash in 11.5 and the 220-yard dash in 23.7. Hiatt won the mile in 4:52 and the two mile in 10:54.3.

Girls Track

Grant 63, Poly 45--The Parrots fell to 1-2 in the East Valley League and 2-2 overall despite a double win turned in by Malinda Barton. She won the 110 meter low hurdles (17.2) and 330 low hurdles (53.8).

Chatsworth 73, Reseda 29--Lauren Halliway and Michelle Hadaway led the Chancellors in the West-Valley League meet at Chatsworth.

Halliway won the shot put with a 38-6 effort while Hadaway won the high jump with a jump of 4-7.

Kennedy 58, Birmingham 47--The Golden Cougars (4-0) remained undefeated with their second straight Mid-Valley League win at Kennedy.

Granada Hills 84, Van Nuys 27--Kelly Peacock of Van Nuys won the 100-meter (14.7) and 330-yard low hurdles (46.7) in the Mid-Valley League meet at Van Nuys.

Taft 73, Canoga Park 36--The Canoga Park’s Kim Petway won four events in the West Valley league meet at Canoga Park.

Petway placed first in the 100-meter low hurdles (16.2), the 800 meters (2:34.6), the 300-meter low hurdles (50.4) and the 200-meters (27.2).

Verdugo Hills 53, Hollywood 34--Rita Martines led the Dons to the East Valley League meet win at Verdugo Hills.

Faith Baptist 61, Pilgrim 27--Carrie Vanderlinden led the Contenders to victory in the nonleague meet.

El Camino Real 97, Cleveland 26--Melanie Clark won the high jump (4-8), the 100-meter dash (12.3) and the long jump (16-0) to lead El Camino.