HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL / SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS

By MIKE BRESNAHAN

June 6, 1999 12 AM PT

Newhall Hart 10, Santa Maria Righetti 9--The Indians held off a seventh-inning rally by Righetti and won the Division II championship at Edison Field.

With Hart leading, 10-7, pitcher Jamie Shields (11-0) gave up a two-run home run to Aaron McKenzie, but retired the next three batters to give Coach Bud Murray a victory in his final game. Murray is retiring after 22 years at Hart.

Brandon Montemayor’s run-scoring double in the top of the seventh inning provided second-seeded Hart (27-4) with a 10-7 lead.

Catcher Eric Verbryke had a double and a home run for unseeded Righetti (24-7).

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL / SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS

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