Baseball Roundup : North Hollywood Puts Legion Rival on Notice

The rivalry between the baseball teams from North Hollywood and Poly highs has not been competitive for a number of years. Poly has won two consecutive East Valley League titles and North Hollywood has barely made it to the playoffs.

But if this American Legion season is any indicator, next season may be considerably better for the Huskies. North Hollywood beat Sun Valley, which draws from Poly, 8-7 and 13-2, to sweep a District 20 Eastern Division doubleheader Saturday at North Hollywood High.

Peter Salehyar, who graduated from North Hollywood, and sophomore Duane Braxton each had five hits in nine at-bats. Sophomore Erik Martinez had four hits and four runs batted in for North Hollywood (2-4), including a two-run triple during North Hollywood’s nine-run first inning in the second game.

Nick Lymberopoulos, Luis Garcia and Harold Whiteside all homered in the first game for Sun Valley (0-6).

In other games:

Burbank 5-11, Encino-Crespi 3-12--Encino-Crespi’s John Dempsey started both games behind the plate and finished both on the mound, earning decisions in both ends of an Eastern Division doubleheader split with Burbank.

Mission Hills 10, Newhall-Saugus (H) 6--Mission Hills parlayed three singles and two doubles into a five-run second inning and coasted past Newhall-Saugus in a District 20 Northern Division game.

Jon Beauchemin and Joe Rosselli each had two hits and three RBIs for Mission Hills. Greg Thompson was 3 for 3 for Mission Hills (3-3).

Chatsworth 9-5, Woodland Hills (E) 6-4--David Waco had two triples and Chatsworth rallied in each game to sweep a District 20 Western Division doubleheader.

Studio City 10-3, Lancaster 7-2--Donnie Kelley singled home Brad McGahan with two out in the seventh inning to give Sylmar a District 20 Northern Division doubleheader sweep at Lancaster.

Westlake 7, Royal 2--Bob Grandpre tossed a seven-hitter to lead Westlake to a District 16 victory at Westlake.

Sepulveda 10, West Hills 4--Tom Konkel ripped a pair of two-run homers and Henry Valdez pitched 3 innings of one-hit relief to lead Sepulveda in the Western Division District 20 win.

CONNIE MACK

Reseda 3, Crescenta Valley 2--Three pitchers shut down Crescenta Valley and Reseda scored three runs in the second inning at Crescenta Valley.