HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Mira Mesa Pitcher Bovee Suffers First Loss

For the first time in his high school career, Mira Mesa senior Mike Bovee found himself on the losing side of a pitching effort, Tuesday in the Upper Deck Classic, at Esperanza High in Anaheim.

Despite two-run homers by the Marauders’ Brendan Hause and Lee McAfee, Mira Mesa (8-1) dropped its first high school baseball game of the season and its first-round game to highly regarded Fountain Valley, 5-4.

Bovee entered the game with sound credentials. Backing him up was top-ranked and defending 3-A San Diego Section champion Mira Mesa, also ranked third nationally by USA Today. He also had a 0.00 ERA through 12 innings and 12-0 high school record in hand.

But Fountain Valley’s 5-2 lead after six innings stuck when Mira Mesa’s two-run seventh fell one run short. Fountain Valley improved to 13-1.

Bovee (2-1) upped his ERA to 1.44.

In another Upper Deck Classic game:

Capistrano Valley 12, Poway 0--Eleven runs, five hits and five walks in the fourth inning did in the Titans at Valencia High. Second-ranked Poway (6-1) committed three errors and was held to two hits. Frank Vaughn (1-1) faced eight batters, gave up four hits and took the loss for Poway. El Dorado Baseball Tournament In Las Vegas

El Capitan 11, Clark (Las Vegas) 2--Jason Reed (1-1) struck out 12, walked two and allowed three hits in a complete game for El Capitan (3-5). Brandon Witefield hit a home run in the seventh, the first of five runs for El Capitan in that inning. Sam Carlino went four for four with two RBIs and a double for the Vaqueros. Softball Third Annual Easter Bunny Bash

Hilltop 14, San Lorenzo Valley 0--Carey Winston hit a three-run triple in the top of the fourth to give Hilltop a 10-0 lead in Las Vegas. Jackie Hill (7-1) had five strikeouts and allowed only three hits for Hilltop (7-1).

Hilltop 13, Chapparal (Las Vegas) 1--Darlene Ortega hit a three-run homer in the top of the first to give Hilltop an early 3-0 lead.