Highlight Provided by Giltner at 5 Feet 8

Liz Giltner of Chaminade High equaled her best in the high jump for the third time this season and Damon Francis of North Hollywood narrowly missed winning three events in the Greater San Fernando Valley Invitational track and field meet Saturday at Birmingham High.

Giltner, sixth in the high jump in the 1994 and ’95 State championships, cleared 5 feet 8 inches before missing three attempts at 5-9. She also timed 15.0 seconds to win the 100-meter high hurdles.

“I’m really happy with my height because my training cycle is completely off,” Giltner said. “I’m doing a lot of strength work right now and not a whole lot of actual jumping.”

Francis won the 200 in 22.8 and the 400 in 51.7, and placed second in the 800 at 2:01.1, a tenth of a second behind Royal’s Andy Richmond.

SOFTBALL

Hart 4-1, La Reina 0-2--Aimee Thompson walked with the bases loaded, forcing home Stephanie Deddens in the bottom of the seventh inning for the Regents (7-5) in a nonleague game at Hart.

Although La Reina was the visiting team, Hart (11-3) asked to bat first in the second game.

Hart’s Mary Colleran pitched a three-hitter and had 11 strikeouts in the opener.

Moorpark 6-3, Rio Mesa 5-7--Tina Milburn’s two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning forced extra innings and led to a Musketeer victory in the first game of a nonleague doubleheader at Moorpark (6-5).

The Spartans (9-2) took a 5-4 lead in the 11th when Trina Ayala scored on a throwing error, but Erin Heinbechner tripled home the winning run after an intentional walk to Milburn. Meghan Finnerty’s four hits included a game-tying single in the 11th.

In the second game, Moorpark made six errors. Trina Ayala (3-0) scattered seven hits.

Palmdale 3, Ventura 1--Mikki Goldwater and Stephanie Stone had run-scoring singles in the sixth inning for the Falcons in a Best in the West tournament pool-play game at Lancaster.

Ventura (1-10) lost to Arcadia, 9-0, in another pool-play game.

Highland 9, Canyon 0--Third-string pitcher Kelly Presten threw a one-hitter to get her first victory of the season for the Bulldogs (6-4) in the High Desert Classic.

Earlier, Highland defeated Antelope Valley, 7-5.

BASEBALL

North Hollywood 7, Narbonne 1--Jose Figueroa, Abe Monpiel, Edgar Pineda and Luis Alcarez held Narbonne to two hits in a consolation game of the Redondo tournament.

Daniel Eisenberg doubled home the go-ahead run for North Hollywood (6-8, 3-3) in the third and Pablo Rojas added a solo home run.