Vikings advance to Big West tournament semifinal round

The Marina High baseball team advanced Monday to the semifinal round

of the Wienerschnitzel Big West Invitational with 5-3 victory over

University at Windrow Park in Irvine.

Justin Sellers had three hits and an RBI and Adam Rodriguez

singled twice with an RBI to lead the Vikings on offense.

Matt Candlish, in relief of starter Robbie McIntee, recorded the

pitching win.

Brandon Parillo pitched the seventh and got the save.

Marina had opened the tournament with a 16-3 drubbing of Brea

Olinda.

Brian Ward hit a two-run home run and Matt Candlish notched the

pitching win for the Vikings, who racked up 15 hits off three Wildcat

pitchers.

Sellers doubled and Adam Rodriguez tripled for Marina, which led,

7-0, after two innings.

Ward finished the game with five RBIs.

Candlish went the distance and gave up just three hits.

In other tournament action, Hank Conger’s bat is a big reason the

Huntington Beach High baseball team was able to defeat Capistrano

Valley in the Oilers’ Big West Invitational opener.

Conger smashed a three-run home run and also knocked in another

run to lead the Oilers in a 4-2 win over Capistrano Valley in a

first-round tournament game.

The sophomore Conger delivered his first RBI when his single up

the middle scored Cameron McMullen, who began the game with a single.

Conger then upped Huntington’s lead to 4-0 in the top-half of the

third when he took a fast ball over the fence in right-centerfield.

Jordan Hargrave and Jake Sellberg hit back-to-back singles with

two out in the frame, setting up Conger.

Hargrave got the pitching win and Justin LaTempa struck out four

in relief of Hargrave.

The Oilers, however, fell in their second tournament outing in a

12-4 loss Monday to Northwood.

Ocean View downed La Quinta Monday, 3-1, at the Coachella Valley

Tournament.

Reliever Joe Jameson got the win and the Seahawks notched the

victory despite getting just three hits.

Ocean View won by scoring two runs in the top-half of the seventh

to break a 1-1 tie.

In Sunset League baseball, Huntington suffered its first league

loss in a 4-2 setback to visiting Fountain Valley.

Nick Rotkowitz hit a two-run home run as the Barons recorded their

first league win to improve to 1-6.

Nathan Keadle had an RBI for the Oilers, who are now 6-1 in

league.

Two days earlier, Huntington had beat the Barons by an identical

4-2 score.

Hank Conger hit a solo homer in the fifth and finished with a pair

of RBIs.

Starter Nathan Keadle got the pitching win and Jordan Hargrave got

the save in relief action.

Marina scored five runs over the last three innings to pull away

from host Esperanza, 7-2.

Justin Sellers hit a solo homer in the fifth and Robbie McIntee

doubled, tripled and knocked in four RBIs to power the Vikings.

Chris Torres also added a double.

Brooks Walling’s four-hitter, which included five strikeouts,

helped Marina get past league rival Esperanza, 1-0, in the league

opener for both schools.

Robby McIntee was hit by a pitch with bases loaded to force home

Marina’s only run, which was scored in the fifth.

Edison blanked visiting Los Alamitos, 1-0, as T.J. Marcin and Chad

Blauer combined to four-hit the Griffins.

Wes Kinkopf knocked in the game’s lone run in the second inning.

It was Edison’s second one-run victory over Los Alamitos in two

days.

In a previous meeting, the Chargers shaded the host Griffins, 3-2.

Nate Mitani hit a two-run homer in the fifth. John Timoti finished

with an RBI and Tommy Palica recorded the pitching win.

In Golden West League play, Ocean View downed visiting Santa Ana,

4-1.

Derek Walsh capped the game’s scoring with a two-run home run in

the bottom of the sixth.

Brett Burda and Bear Wurts had an RBI each for the Seahawks.

In softball action, Huntington played host Woodbridge tough in a

3-1 loss to the Warriors at the Woodbridge Softball Classic.

Oiler starer Holly Jackson allowed the Warriors just two hits

until the ninth inning, where she gave up a triple and three runs.

Andrea Mansfield brought home Huntington’s lone run with an RBI

single in the bottom of the ninth.

The Oilers bounced back Monday to defeat Villa Park, 4-2, as

Michele Ayache, in relief work, got the pitching win.

Also at the tournament, Marina was blanked by Corona, 2-0, and

Valencia, 1-0.

In Sunset League softball, Krystina Ramirez pitched Edison past

host Marina, 1-0.

Ramirez gave up three hits to the Vikings to notch her seventh win

and Vanessa Hardway picked up an RBI in the second inning.

Edison had opened league play with a 4-0 loss to visiting Los

Alamitos.

Huntington was shut out by host Esperanza, 4-0.

In Golden West League softball, Ocean View was edged by visiting

Santa Ana, 1-0.

In boys’ volleyball, Ocean View moved to 4-1 in Golden West League

play with a 25-15, 15-25, 25-15, 15-6 victory at Saddleback.

In boys’ golf, Joey Benedetti medaled with a score of 33 to lead

Huntington past Edison, 187-197, at SeaCliff Country Club.

Edison’s Brandon Plummer and Joel Gillin medaled at 36 as Edison

and Fountain Valley tied, 198-198, at Mile Square Park, but the

victory went to the Chargers based on the sixth player score.