HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

By MIKE BRESNAHAN

April 3, 2001 12 AM PT

Hart (12-0, 5-0) has opened a two-game lead in the Foothill League, though Valencia (8-4, 3-2) can gain ground today at Hart.

The Vikings have won three of four since losing to Hart, 8-2, on March 20, and defeated Canyon, 10-4, on Friday.

Valencia trailed Hart two weeks ago, 3-2, but surrendered five runs in the sixth inning and never recovered.

Junior outfielder Ryan Pipho, who was hitting a team-high .484 for Canyon, has been declared academically ineligible for the Cowboys (5-5-1, 2-3).

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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 NOTEBOOK

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