ROUNDUP : Highland Hall Clinches 4th Title in a Row

Highland Hall High routed host South Bay Lutheran, 28-3, Thursday to clinch its fourth consecutive Westside League title with its 31st league victory in a row.

Jakob Jensen (8-0) pitched three innings to earn the win and hit a grand slam and drove in seven runs.

Five players had three hits for Highland Hall (20-2, 7-0 in league play).

In other baseball games:

Sylmar 8, Grant 3--London Woodfin knocked out three hits and drove in two runs to lead host Sylmar to an East Valley League win in a makeup of a rainout.

Gonzalo Hernandez (5-3) pitched 3 1/3 innings of middle relief to pick up the win for second-place Sylmar (16-7, 10-5). James Encinas added two hits and two runs batted in for the winners.

Tony Kuper (3-7) took the loss for Grant (5-17, 3-12).

Queen of Angels 5, Oakwood 4--Tony Garcia’s two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning erased a 4-3 deficit and gave Queen of Angels (11-4, 11-0) the Liberty League championship. Felix Renteria had two hits, including a triple, to lead Queen of Angels.

Darin Margules, Gentry Dick and Matt Williams each had two hits for Oakwood (11-3, 8-2).

SOFTBALL

Hart 1, San Gabriel 0 (eight innings)--Kym Weil (21-1) notched her 82nd career win, breaking the Southern Section record held by De De Weinman of Gahr in leading Hart (22-2, 8-0) to an extra-inning Foothill League win at San Gabriel.

Heather Medearis hit a home run down the right-field line to open the eighth inning in support of Weil, who struck out 10 and walked none in scattering five hits.

Simi Valley 1, Camarillo 0--Heather Santiago allowed only one hit and Taina Tande scored on a sixth-inning error as Simi Valley (18-8, 8-3) secured second place in the Marmonte League.

Santiago struck out 12 and lost her no-hit bid when Kim Mangan singled in the fifth.

Faith Baptist 11, Brentwood 0--April Will hit two home runs and drove in three runs to lead host Faith Baptist (5-9, 5-2) to a Delphic League win.

Alemany 3, Chaminade 1--Brenda Garcia and winning pitcher Melanie Howard (10-3) stroked RBI doubles in a three-run third inning for Alemany (16-5, 6-2) in a San Fernando Valley League game at Chaminade.

Saugus 1, Palmdale 0--Saugus (14-10, 6-2) broke a first-place tie in the Golden League with Palmdale (18-6, 5-3) on the strength of a one-hitter by sophomore Kerry Coudry.

Newbury Park 7, Westlake 1--Melody Bolger had three hits and Marcie James drove in two runs to support the two-hit pitching of Lea Lopez (16-5) for host Newbury Park (20-6, 11-1) in a Marmonte League game.

Hoover 8, Pasadena 0--Nancy Evans (15-4) struck out 16, walked none and scattered two hits for Hoover (16-4, 5-3) in a Pacific League game at Pasadena.

La Reina 14, Carpinteria 0--Valerie Serpico was three for three, including a three-run triple, and Michelle St. Pierre (9-3) tossed a two-hitter to lead La Reina (18-5, 10-0), which clinched the Tri-Valley League title.

San Fernando 12, Kennedy 3--Gloria Sanchez and Gina Mena each had two hits and a triple for San Fernando (13-6, 6-4) in a North Valley League game at Kennedy.

Cleveland 14, Granada Hills 6--Amy Horst had two hits, including a home run, to spark Cleveland in a North Valley League game at Granada Hills.

Poly 10, North Hollywood 6--Tina Thomas’ bases-loaded triple and Jodi Soto’s three-run home run keyed a six-run second inning for Poly (12-5, 5-1), which clinched its third consecutive East Valley League title.

El Camino Real 6, Taft 0--Chrissy Peck tossed a one-hitter and struck out nine to round out an unbeaten Northwest Valley Conference season for host El Camino Real (18-2, 10-0).

Reseda 11, Van Nuys 2--Lory Murillo was two for two and Shanna Grosstick homered for Reseda (4-6, 2-6) in a Valley Pac-8 Conference game.