Roundup : Home Runs Help Cypress Gain Today’s Final in Own Event
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Jason Friedman, Doug Yates and Mike Neal hit home runs to help the Cypress College baseball team defeat Golden West, 11-1, Saturday in the Cypress tournament.
Friedman hit a three-run home run in the fourth, and Yates followed with a solo homer as Cypress took a 4-0 lead. Neal hit his homer in the seventh.
Dennis Burbank, a sophomore transfer from Pepperdine, pitched eight innings, allowing a run and getting eight strikeouts for the victory.
Cypress moved into the championship game Monday at 2 p.m. at Cypress. Citrus and El Camino play today at 10 a.m., and the winner plays at Golden West at 2 p.m. for the right to play Cypress for the title.
In men’s tennis:
Saddleback 8, UC Santa Barbara JV 1--No. 1 singles player Carl Hinds swept UCSB’s Mike Boice, a former No. 1 player from Saddleback, 6-3, 6-2, at UC Santa Barbara.
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