Roundup : Poway Completes Reversal, Beats Orange Glen

Mt. Carmel High may have clinched its seventh Palomar League baseball championship in the last nine years when it defeated Fallbrook Thursday, but this is a title the Sundevils are going to have to share.

Poway, which entered league play this season with a 6-5 record and little recognition, gained its share of the championship Thursday when it defeated Orange Glen, 5-4, in nine innings at Orange Glen.

The co-championship is Poway’s first title in the league’s nine-year history. Poway finished the regular season 16-7 and 10-2 in the league.

Steve Wrenn snapped a 4-4 tie in the top of the ninth with a two-out single that scored Mike Beam. John Uglow (4-3), who allowed only three hits over the final eight innings, got the victory.

A coin flip will be held today to determine whether it will be Poway or Mt. Carmel that will earn the league’s No. 1 berth for the upcoming San Diego Section 3-A playoffs.

“We’ve played well all season,” Poway Coach Rudy Casciato said. “Now I just hope we flip well.”

Casciato is in his first year at Poway after being an assistant for seven years at Mt. Carmel.

Orange Glen went in the opposite direction. After winning the league championship a year ago, the Patriots did not win a league game (finishing 6-21-1, 0-12) this season.

Briefly--Vista 8, San Dieguito 5

AVOCADO LEAGUE

San Pasqual 3, San Marcos 0--Jay Jures hit his first home run of the year in the first for San Pasqual (15-9, 11-3), which clinched second place in the league on Tuesday. Jures was 2 for 3. Mike Escarcega (6-1) pitched a three-hitter for the victory. The San Pasqual defense helped Escarcega out by turning three double plays. Chris Bill hit a bases-loaded single in the second to drive in two runs. Marc Villalobos took the loss for San Marcos (13-9-2, 8-6).

Escondido 10, Oceanside 2--Mike Scales hit a grand slam to break a 2-2 tie in the fourth inning for Escondido (15-11, 9-5). Scales also hit a double to drive in two in the seventh. Andy Martin, who earned the victory, was 3 for 4 with a single, a double and a triple. Mike Luna (5-9) took the loss for Oceanside (8-17, 3-11). By finishing third in the league, Escondido has a chance for an at-large berth in the 2-A playoffs.

Carlsbad 8, Rancho Buena Vista 1--Tom O’Grady, Adrian Lopez and Jeff Myers combined on a one-hitter as Carlsbad (20-5, 13-1) won at home. Myers hit a two-run home run and Robert Wurster added a solo shot for the Lancers, who had already wrapped up the league title last week.

Briefly--El Camino 10, Ramona 9

METRO CONFERENCE

Bonita Vista 5, Sweetwater 0--Randy Abshier (9-1) pitched a one-hitter for Bonita Vista (17-9, 8-5), which moved into a tie with Sweetwater for second place in the Metro-Mesa League. Abshier allowed only a bloop single in the second inning. Jeff Narlock was 2 for 3 with a double and a RBI. Jimmy Ilusorio, a junior, was 3 for 3 with two RBIs. Sweetwater and Bonita Vista will play today at a neutral site to break the second-place tie. The winner earns an automatic berth in the section 3-A playoffs.

Castle Park 7, Hilltop 1--Juan Beltran (9-2) pitched a two-hitter for the Trojans (23-4-1, 11-2). Beltran was also 3 for 4 with two doubles and one RBI. Catcher Darin Husted was 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Castle Park scored five runs in the fourth to break open a 2-1 game. Hilltop finished 8-13, 4-10.

Chula Vista 2, Montgomery 1--Anthony Garcia pitched a six-hitter and also drove in both runs as host Chula Vista (14-11, 11-2) won for the 12th time in its last 14 games. Garcia hit a solo home run in the third inning and single in a run in the fifth. Montgomery finished 13-9, 7-6.

Briefly--Southwest 5, Mar Vista 2; Coronado 8, Marian 0

BOYS’ SWIMMING SECTION PRELIMINARIES

Defending champions in 6 of 10 events qualified for the San Diego Section boys’ swimming championships in the section preliminaries at Mt. Carmel.

Scot Frontis of Valhalla, two-time section champion in the 100-yard butterfly, didn’t have the day’s best time but had no problem qualifying for Saturday’s finals. The top qualifier in the 100 butterfly was Mike Picotte of Mira Mesa, who swam 52.62 seconds.

Other defending qualifiers were, Daniel Pierce of Castle Park in the 200-yard free style, Frontis in the 200-yard individual medley, Lars Jorgensen of Mt. Carmel in the 500-yard freestyle, Kelly Parsons of Bishop’s in the 100-yard breaststroke and Valhalla’s 400-yard freestyle relay team.

Jorgensen had the day’s fastest times in the 500-yard free (4 minutes, 33.21 seconds) and the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.86).

Greg Latta of Patrick Henry also had fastest times in two events. Latta swam the 100-yard backstroke in 54.68 and the 100-yard freestyle in 46.91.

Sekou Williams of Crawford swam 21.68 in the 50-yard freestyle. He was .45 of a second off the section record of 21.23 set by Steve Creamer of Granite Hills in 1982.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS

Vince Marin had 16 kills, 7 in the final game, as University of San Diego High School defeated Mira Mesa, 15-5, 15-9, 15-9, in a first-round game at USDHS. Marin served an ace on match point as USDHS (16-1) moved into the second round. The Dons will play at top-seeded Poway Saturday.

Stace Lougeay had 13 kills as San Dieguito defeated Helix, 15-5, 15-1, 15-2 at San Dieguito High. San Dieguito (9-3) had previously faced Helix (11-16) twice during the season with San Dieguito winning all eight games. San Dieguito advances to play third-seeded La Jolla (11-3) Saturday at 3 p.m. at University City.

In other games, Torrey Pines defeated Montgomery, 15-5, 15-7, 11-15, 15-6, and Mt. Carmel beat Bonita Vista, 15-11, 13-15, 15-0, 15-9.