HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Chatsworth Continues Turnaround With 2nd Victory Over Kennedy

After failing to win in three outings and falling to 3-3-1 in the Northwest Valley Conference last week, Chatsworth High’s baseball team seemed to be facing hard times.

Chatsworth, however, defeated powerful Kennedy on Thursday for the second time in three days, posting a 4-0 conference win at Kennedy. The Chancellors beat Kennedy, 14-4, on Tuesday.

Chatsworth left-hander Danny Rodriguez (4-1) allowed three hits over six innings. Rodriguez walked two batters to open the seventh, but reliever Mitch Root retired the side.

Root added two hits for Chatsworth (10-3-1, 5-3-1 in league play). Cody Beaumaster (4-1) allowed two earned runs in six innings for Kennedy (11-3, 7-2).

In other baseball games:

Poly 8, Monroe 0--Eddie Castellanos (7-0) allowed three singles, struck out eight and walked two to lead Poly in a Valley Pac-8 Conference game at Monroe.

Francisco Flores was three for three and scored twice to lead Poly (11-2, 9-0). Left-hander Sean Henson (1-3) took the loss for Monroe (3-4, 3-4).

Birmingham 8, North Hollywood 7--Birmingham took advantage of 12 errors in a Valley Pac-8 Conference game at Birmingham.

Harry Marks’ three-run home run in the top of the seventh pulled North Hollywood (3-6, 3-6) into a 7-7 tie. In the bottom half, however, Birmingham won without benefit of a hit, two infield errors paving the way.

Bob Bookatz had two hits for Birmingham (6-5-1, 5-4).

Sylmar 14, Reseda 0--London Woodfin registered his second three-hit game of the week to lead Sylmar in a Valley Pac-8 Conference game.

Woodfin drove in three runs to give him seven runs batted in for the week. Danny Martinez and Danny Hernandez each had two hits and two RBIs for Sylmar (8-4, 4-3). Reseda is 4-5, 4-5.

Granada Hills 8, Canoga Park 7--The Highlanders were able to weather a four-run rally in the bottom of the seventh in a Northwest Valley Conference game at Lanark Park.

Erik Anderson, who reached base on an error, scored the decisive run for Granada Hills (3-8-2, 2-5-2) in the top of the seventh on Gabe Padilla’s single.

Taft 6, Cleveland 3--The Toreadors took advantage of three Cleveland errors and key hits by Benji Belfield and Brett Reisner to score four runs in the seventh in a Northwest Valley Conference game at Cleveland.

SOFTBALL

Thousand Oaks 4, Westlake 0--Alicia Zinner hurled her second no-hitter of the season to lift the Lancers in a Marmonte League game at Thousand Oaks.

Hart 11, Schurr 0--Senior right-hander Kim Weil (9-1), who will sign a letter of intent to play at Hawaii on Wednesday, threw a no-hitter and struck out 10 in a Foothill League game at Schurr.

Bell-Jeff 3, Alemany 2--Andrea Ferchaw scored on a passed ball with one out in the bottom in the seventh inning for host Bell-Jeff (8-6, 2-0) in a San Fernando Valley League game. Ferchaw singled, went to second on an error, stole third, then scored when Alemany’s catcher dropped the ball on a suicide-squeeze play.

Saugus 8, Antelope Valley 1--Amanda Colvin, Heather Lonsberry and Brandy Rico combined for seven hits and seven RBIs to lead the Centurions (8-6, 2-0) in a Golden League game at home.

Hoover 6, Pasadena 0--Tornado pitcher Nancy Evans (10-2) recorded 13 strikeouts and allowed only two singles in a Pacific League game at Hoover. Juliana Holmstrom went three for three with two RBIs and one run scored for Hoover (11-2, 1-1).

BOYS’ TRACK

Canoga Park 71, El Camino Real 56--Marcus Reed won three events and anchored Canoga Park’s victorious 400-meter relay team to a Valley-leading 43.2-second clocking in a West Valley League meet at Canoga Park.

VOLLEYBALL

Campbell Hall d. St. Bernard, 15-2, 15-4, 15-8--Craig Louden had 22 service points to help Campbell Hall (7-2, 3-0) hand visiting St. Bernard its first Camino Real League loss.