HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Sylmar Posts 6th Softball No-Hitter

How difficult is it to score a run--or even get a hit--against the Sylmar High softball team? So far, very difficult.

Through six games, the Spartans have yet to surrender a run or a hit while breezing to a 6-0 nonleague record.

Sophomore right-handers Krystina Moore and Ruby Gonzalez have alternated pitching no-hitters, combining on a string of 42 no-hit innings.

On Thursday, Moore pitched her third no-hitter, striking out 13 and walking two as the Spartans breezed to a 17-0 win over visiting Palisades. No runner advanced farther than second base.

Moore’s three-game totals include 31 strikeouts, seven walks and victories over Verdugo Hills, Marshall and Palisades.

Gonzalez has three-game totals of 32 strikeouts and four walks in recording no-hitters against Granada Hills, Kennedy and San Fernando.

In other softball games:

El Camino Real 5, Banning 1--Cathy Balint, Heidi Crocker, Alisha Knopf, Chrissy Peck and Carrie Reulbach all drove in a run as El Camino Real improved its record to 5-0 in nonleague play.

Chatsworth 18, Franklin 0--Senior right-hander Laura Roopenian pitched a no-hitter and struck out 18 in a nonleague game at Chatsworth.

BASEBALL

Chatsworth 11, Canoga Park 2--Reed McMackin pitched six innings to earn the victory and also was three for four, including a triple and three runs batted in, for visiting Chatsworth in a West Valley League opener at Lanark Park.

Cleveland 4, Granada Hills 3--Mike Sutyak, aboard on a triple, scored the winning run in the sixth inning when Aaron Castro lined to center field in a North Valley League opener at Cleveland.

Pat Bryant led the Cavaliers’ attack, hitting a leadoff home run in the first and driving in two runs.

Village Christian 10, Brethren 0--Junior right-hander Matt Smay threw the first no-hitter in school history in a nonleague game at Blair Field in Long Beach. Smay, who also had a team-high three hits, struck out eight and walked three.

Smay threw 82 pitches and faced five batters over the minimum. Matt Bates, Mark Vail, Herb Gonzalez and Jeff Cortez each had two hits for Village Christian (3-0).

Newbury Park 8, Santiago 5--Mark Wilson’s two-run double highlighted a seven-run fourth inning that propelled host Newbury Park (4-1-1) to a Loara tournament victory.

Palmdale 15, St. Genevieve 0--Travis Wilson hit a two-run home run in the first inning and Daryl Parrish followed with a grand slam in the fifth as the host Falcons (3-1) banged out 14 hits in a nonleague game.