High School Spring Sports : Knight Uncorks Qualifying Marks

Oak Park senior Geoff Knight set two personal bests to highlight Valley-area performances at the Tri-Valley League track preliminaries at Carpinteria High on Tuesday.

Knight, who placed third in the discus at last week’s Ventura County championships, unleashed a throw of 165 feet, 8 inches to lead the discus qualifying. The mark bettered his previous best, set at the county meet, by 19 feet and moved him to third on the Valley-area list behind the Saugus duo of Damiean Jenkins (173-5) and John Characky (167-8).

Knight also led qualifiers in the shotput at 48-10, nearly a foot farther than his previous best.

“He just went nuts,” Oak Park Coach Kevin Smith said. “Especially in the discus. That was an incredible throw.”

Despite his effort, Knight still trails his brother on the all-time Oak Park list. John Knight, who competes for UCLA, holds the school record of 171-6 in the discus.

Knight’s teammate, Dana Neumann, set a personal best in the girls’ discus with a qualifying mark of 121-7. Carpinteria’s Michelin Schaeffer threw 137-2 to lead qualifying.

VOLLEYBALL

Alemany d. Bosco Tech, 10-15, 13-15, 15-6, 15-13, 15-8--The Indians, playing without three players--including two starters--rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win a Del Rey League match at Bosco Tech.

Two of Alemany’s nine players were sick and could not make the trip and one missed the bus, Coach Dave Carlson said.

Brian Young led Alemany (11-8, 7-4) with 12 kills and eight blocks, Bob Welch had 11 kills and Jeff Blackwell added eight kills and eight blocks.

Royal d. La Canada, 15-9, 15-10, 15-12--Robert Fungaroli had 17 kills and Craig Parker added 12 for Royal (13-2) in the nonleague match at Royal.

Hart d. Saugus, 15-7, 15-8, 15-12--Bruce Gray had 23 kills and Peter Quinlan added 20 kills to lead the Indians (5-9, 3-4) to a Golden League victory at Hart.

SOFTBALL

Thousand Oaks 5, Westlake 2--The Lancers scored three runs in the seventh inning on a single, two errors and four wild pitches in a Marmonte League game at Westlake.

Alicia Zinner (9-1) struck out 10 and scattered five hits in a complete-game effort for Thousand Oaks (17-6, 6-2).

Simi Valley 7, Channel Islands 2--Tammi Kauffman’s two-run double in the top of the 12th inning started a five-run Pioneer rally as Simi Valley won a Marmonte League game at Channel Islands.

Hart 7, Alhambra 0--After pitching six one-hitters, Hart sophomore Kym Weil notched her first no-hitter of the season in the Foothill League game at Newhall Park.

Weil (17-4) struck out 10 and and walked three to improve Hart’s record to 18-4-1, 7-0 in league play. Teammate Kris Yates went 2 for 4, scored two runs and had three RBIs.

The 10 strikeouts gave Weil 202 this season.

Burroughs 8, San Gabriel 0--Christy Alves pitched a no-hitter and Karin Knoop led off the game with her third home run of the season in the Foothill League contest at San Gabriel.

Alves, who recently signed a letter of intent with Cal State Northridge, struck out 11 and walked four. Burroughs is 17-4, 5-2 in league play

El Camino Real 13, Taft 0--Beth Silverman struck out 13 and had two hits to lead the Conquistadores to a Valley West League victory at Taft.

Cathy Balint was 4 for 5 with four runs scored for El Camino Real (15-4, 8-0) and teammate Jenny Fleming added two hits. Angie Wood had two hits and two stolen bases for Taft (10-3, 7-1).

Sylmar 8, Kennedy 0--Deann Wright pitched a three-hitter for the Spartans in a North Valley League game at Sylmar.

Wright, a transfer from Kennedy, struck out one, walked four, and drove in two runs as Sylmar, the defending City Section 4-A champion, guaranteed itself a berth in the playoffs. The Spartans (6-3 in league play) entered the game tied for second with San Fernando, their opponent Thursday.

Calabasas 3, Santa Clara 2--Michelle Margolis singled home the winning run in the 13th inning and pitcher Julie Astrachan struck out 26 in the Frontier League game at Calabasas.

Astrachan (9-8) allowed seven hits in pitching a complete game for Calabasas (9-8, 6-5).

Agoura 11, Nordhoff 1--Freshman Melissa Thatcher tossed a two-hitter to lead the Chargers to a Frontier League victory at Agoura. Thatcher (12-7) had 10 strikeouts, walked two and allowed an unearned run.

Saugus 4, Quartz Hill 2--Cathy Lewis threw a one-hitter and struck out six to lead the Centurions to a Golden League victory at Saugus.

Saugus (11-7, 7-5) scored three unearned runs in the fourth to overcome a 2-1 deficit.

Birmingham 5, Reseda 4--Lynn Kahlenberg singled in Lourdes Tirado with two outs in the eighth inning as the Braves won a West Valley League game at Birmingham.

San Fernando 12, Chatsworth 9--Kelly Tubin was 3 for 4 with four RBIs, Mara Phillips was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and Stephanie Ellis was 2 for 4, but Chatsworth (12-2, 8-1) lost the North Valley League game at Chatsworth.

Providence 10, Crossroads 2--Karen Aasen pitched her third one-hitter of the season in the Delphic League game. Aasen, a senior, struck out 11 batters and walked four. Teammate Melissa Pope was 3 for 5 with a double and three RBIs to lead Providence (7-6-1, 7-2).

La Reina 10, Oak Park 0--The Regents took advantage of six hits, seven walks and five errors in a Tri Valley League victory at Oak Park that was called after five innings because of the 10-run rule.

Moorpark 9, Carpinteria 2--Nana Barrera was 2 for 3 with one RBI and pitched the first four innings to improve her record to 8-5 in the Tri-Valley League game at Carpinteria.

GOLF

Dave Berganio, who has won three consecutive Del Rey League individual titles, shot a one-under par 70 and was the low medalist and top qualifier in the league individual qualifying round at Harding Golf Course in Griffith Park.

Berganio was one of three Alemany golfers to qualify for today’s final round. Notre Dame’s Brendan O’Shaughnessy (74) was second followed by Alemany’s Roger Metz and John Chung of St. Francis, who both shot 76.