SPRING HIGHLIGHTS : Antelope Valley Sees Double in Loss to Valley

Valley College squeaked by Antelope Valley on Saturday, 4-3, and the Monarch baseball team can thank Dan Silvera and Sal Villasenor--twice.

With Antelope Valley ahead, 3-2, in the bottom of the sixth inning, Silvera singled in Villasenor to tie the score. Reliever Dave Cossairt (4-0) blanked Antelope Valley in its half of the seventh.

Antelope Valley, perhaps thinking it was seeing double, watched as Silvera singled in Villasenor--again--in the bottom of the eighth to give the Monarchs a Mountain Valley Conference win at Valley.

Cossairt relieved starter Drew Ricker in the sixth. The Monarchs (8-3, 19-8 overall) are ranked No. 10 in the Southland Poll by sports information directors and trail top-ranked Canyons by 1 1/2 games.

Chris Haslock homered for Valley, his fourth. Silvera was 3 for 4. Antelope Valley is 3-9, 4-16 overall.

College Track

With 22 first-place performances between them, the Cal State Northridge women’s track team placed first in a tri-meet, and the men’s team placed second among four teams Saturday in California Collegiate Athletic Assn. meets at Northridge.

CSUN’s Lori Costello won three events, the 100-meter hurdles, the long jump and triple jump, to lead the women’s team, which placed first with 103 points. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo had 76 and UC Riverside had 1.

Kim Turner won the women’s 400-meter hurdles in 1:04.05, a personal best. Kim Sterton also recorded a personal best, winning the women’s 1500 meters in 4:34.71.

Although CSUN’s Terri Davidson placed second behind Costello (40-5) in the triple jump, she recorded a personal best (40-2) and qualified for the NCAA Division II nationals.

Northridge freshman Tammy McCarty recorded a personal best, winning the women’s 5000 meters in 17:41.1. Also placing first were CSUN’s Julie Middleton in the 100 meters, Monica Ostertag in the 200 meters and Sheila Murray in the 400 meters.

Both the CSUN men’s and women’s teams won their 400-meter relay and mile-relay races.

In the men’s meet, San Luis Obispo took first place with 92 points, CSUN was second with 64. Cal Poly Pomona had 45 and Riverside, perhaps taking a cue from its women’s team, had 1.

CSUN’s premier sprinter, Gary Jackson, won the men’s 100-meters in 11.05. Jackson finished second to teammate Keith Copeland in the 200 meters. Copeland won the 400 meters ahead of teammate Vaughn Kastor.

Other CSUN winners were Robert Shiroma in the 400-meter hurdles, Ken Joerger in the 800 meters, Jim Saley in the 100-meter hurdles and Dane Costley in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

High School Baseball

Providence 8, Murphy 6--Tony Ross snapped a 5-5 tie with a two-run single in the fifth inning, and reliever Kevin Miller collected three hits and blanked Murphy over the final two innings for his fourth save. The victory came in the first round of the Redondo-Palos Verdes Tournament.

After spotting Murphy (5-14) a 5-1 lead through three innings, Providence (13-3) got a run back in the fourth on Adam Grant’s sacrifice fly that scored Jeff Cirillo.

Providence, the No. 1-ranked team in the Small Schools Division, loaded the bases with no one out in the fifth. Steve Ross’s grounder to first base forced Vic Salazar at the plate, but Doug Ferrante singled in two runs, Cirillo drove in another with a ground-rule double and Ross capped the five-run inning with his tie-breaking hit.

Salazar (3-0) entered the game in the fourth and got the victory. Ross scored the first Providence run in the opening inning on Cirillo’s sacrifice fly and Jim Recker scored the last on a Ferrante’s sixth-inning ground out.

High School Softball

Newbury Park 7-9, Ventura 8-1--Newbury Park’s Wally Thornhill was 2 for 4 with a home run, and teammate Sean Grady was 2 for 3, but it wasn’t enough for the Panthers as they dropped the first game of a nonleague doubleheader at Ventura.

Newbury Park rebounded in the second game as Mark Schlegel hit his first home run of the season that drove in three runs, and Scott Davidson pitched a three-hitter. Grady was 2 for 4 with a run batted in, and teammate Jason Merrill had one hit and two RBIs. Newbury Park’s Mike Stein was 2 for 4 with an RBI as the Panthers improved to 6-9-1 overall. Newbury Park is 2-4 in the Marmonte League.

Cerritos 6, Alemany 5--Phil Pilioglas hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh as Cerritos earned the fifth-place trophy in the Redondo-Palos Verdes Tournament at Cerritos.

Before succumbing, Alemany constructed a 5-3 lead after Randy Thompson’s two-run double in the fourth and Hugo Correa’s RBI single in the fifth. Correa also scored on an error in the fifth.

Jeff Kaiser was the winning pitcher, and Mike Rooney picked up the loss for Alemany (5-2, 14-7 overall).

L.A. Baptist 10, L.A. Lutheran 6--After trailing 4-2, L.A. Baptist scored seven unearned runs in the fifth to win the Alpha League game at L.A. Baptist.

Greg Hussman had a solo homer and Jim Jacobson had a three-run home run for L.A. Lutheran. Mark MacArthur and Mark Nicks homered for L.A. Baptist.

Mike MacDonald (1-0) was the winning pitcher, and Steve Dempsey (2-7) was the loser. L.A. Lutheran is 3-5, 6-9 overall, and L.A. Baptist is 6-1, 7-5.

High School Softball

Hart 9, Glendale 0--Pitchers Cyndi Smith and Desa Pecel combined for a one-hit shutout in the opener of the Hart Tournament. The game was stopped after five innings because Hart had a lead of at least eight runs.

Hart built a 5-0 lead in the first four innings on a bases-loaded walk to Kristen Paris, a run-scoring single by Paris in the second and three unearned runs. The Indians put the game away in the fifth on a two-run homer by Danielle Wood and a two-run single by Angie Gorski.

Glendale’s only hit was a triple to left field off Smith in the third inning.

Hart 13, Louisville 0--Smith and Pecel were even stingier in the second round of the tournament, coming back to pitch a no-hitter. Smith allowed only one walk in her three innings. One other runner reached on an error.

As in the first contest, the game was stopped after five innings.

Gorski led the Hart offense with an RBI double in the fourth and a two-run single that keyed an eight-run second inning. The Indians got only eight hits, but took advantage of six Louisville errors.