DIAMOND DANDIES

By Mike Bresnahan

March 17, 2003 12 AM PT

HIGHLIGHTS

* El Segundo center fielder Brad Franks threw out runners at second, third and home in a 4-1 victory over Whittier.

* Acton Vasquez pitchers did not give up a hit in their first three games.

* Travis Williams of Venice had five runs batted in and earned a victory in a 14-2 victory over Lynwood.

HEROICS

* Daric Barton’s solo home run in the bottom of the eighth gave Huntington Beach Marina a 2-1 victory over Anaheim Servite.

ON DECK

* Santa Ana Mater Dei and Westminster La Quinta, two of the top teams in the state, if not the nation, play Thursday at 7 p.m. at Cal State Fullerton.

-- Mike Bresnahan

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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.