Marina nabs league win

Pablo Contreras came up with a big blast early, and it propelled the Marina baseball team to its first Sunset League victory.

The junior hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning Friday to wipe out a 1-0 deficit the Vikings faced and set in motion an eventual 3-2 win over visiting Newport Harbor.

Marina scored its final run in the second inning to open up a 3-1 lead and held onto the lead the remainder of the way to win for the fifth time in its last six games.

Sophomore Vinny Ponce doubled twice and junior Paul Strong limited the Sailors to just three hits to improve his record to 4-0.

Ocean View split a pair of Golden West League games against Santa Ana last week, defeating the Saints 11-1 on April 1 before falling 8-4 on April 3.

In the 11-1 win, Sean Burleson pitched a complete game allowing four hits with three strikeouts. He also singled and drove in three runs. Senior Scott Baxter went two for four with a double.

In the 8-4 loss, Santa Ana jumped out to a 4-1 lead but behind the solid pitching of reliever Robert Garay, Ocean View fought back to within 5-4 in the fifth. But a recurring heart murmur forced the junior to the bench and he was relieved by junior Andrew Bynum. The Saints went on to score the game’s final three runs.

Despite the loss, Ocean View took the league series from the Saints, winning two of the three games.

“I give credit to the top three hitters for Santa Ana, they had 9 hits between them, but in the end I’m happy we were able to get the season series on them,” Ocean View Coach Shane Borowski said. “That’s going to be big for us later on.”

The Seahawks were 4-1 in the league heading into this week’s league schedule that included key games against Orange (5-1) and Westminster (4-1) that will alter the look of the league standings.

?

In softball

Huntington Beach routed host Katella 10-0 Saturday to take third place at the Katella Classic tournament.

Amanda Horowitz threw five solid innings and reliever Brandi Hersh closed out the shutout win. Cory Schlinsog led the Huntington offense with a three for three performance that included a single, double and home run. Courtney Dial, Vicki Galasso and Allison Dufault all doubled and singled and Jenny Driver singled twice.

Meghan White and Lauren Stuhr singled with Stuhr scoring twice.

In earlier tournament pool play, Huntington beat Orange 6-5 in an international tie-breaker. Schlinsog went two for three with a double and two RBI and Horowitz got the win. The Oilers then lost 8-0 to Mira Costa but bounced back Saturday to blank Whittier Christian 4-0. In that win, Horowitz threw the shutout and Dufault and Schlinsog both went two for two with a double and two RBI apiece.

In Sea View League play, Huntington dropped its league opener to visiting Trabuco Hills (14-0) and was edged by Northwood (3-2). Galasso had an RBI single in the Northwood game.

?

In lacrosse

Shayne Thomas scored three goals and Andrew Jackson posted a pair to lead Huntington Beach past visiting Servite, 6-2, in a nonleague match Monday at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex. Kyle Peterson also scored for the Oilers and Kevin Shepley had 11 saves.

In previous play, Huntington defeated host Trabuco Hills 8-6 in a Sea View League match April 2. Peterson had two goals and two assists and Nick Refice netted two goals to lead the Oilers offense.

Jackson and Nick Soresi each had a goal and assist, Pat Soriano and Hunter Costin each had a goal and Shepley registered 10 saves.

?

CIF rankings

Girls’ softball

Division I: 1. Santiago/Corona; 2. Simi Valley; 3. Valencia/Valencia; 4. Norco; 5. La Sierra; 6. Marina; 7. Mater Dei; 8. Thousand Oaks; 9. El Toro; 10. Hart.

Division IV: 1. Aquinas; 2. Indio; 3. Templeton; 4. Ocean View; 5. Warren; 6. Downey; 7. Brea; 8. Bishop Amat; 9. Cabrillo/Long Beach; 10. St. Joseph.

Boys’ volleyball

Division I: 1. Newport Harbor; 2. Mira Costa; 3. Loyola; 4. Santa Margarita; 5. Los Alamitos; 6. Woodbridge; 7. Foothill; 8. San Clemente; 9. Huntington Beach; 10. Fountain Valley. Others: Long Beach Wilson, Edison.