Prep roundup: Los Gatos clinches SCVAL De Anza baseball title in final game of regular season

Prep roundup: Evergreen Valley turns back James Lick in play-in game for CCS, Burlingame wins PAL Bay Division crown, Oakland Tech cruises to Oakland Athletic League title game

Baseball

No. 8 Los Gatos 7, Los Altos 3

A strong finish and an assist from Wilcox helped Los Gatos clinch the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division championship on Friday as the Wildcats completed a sweep of Los Altos, which began the week with a one-game advantage in the standings.

Los Gatos, playing on the road, broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the fifth when Brady Simon doubled in AJ Ljepava. 

Carter Johnstone’s triple drove in two more runs in the top of the seventh inning, and he later scored when a hit-by-pitch brought him home. Anthony Andrews got the win in relief after pitching 4 1/3 scoreless innings. 

That victory gave Los Gatos (23-4) an 11-3 league record, and dropped Los Altos (13-12, 10-4) into a second-place tie with Palo Alto, which could have tied Los Gatos for first place but lost at home to Wilcox.

Wilcox 3, Palo Alto 1

Wilcox rebounded from a loss at home to Palo Alto earlier in the week, second the Vikings to a costly defeat.

Junior RJ Argel was the star for Wilcox, pitching seven innings of four-hit ball. He allowed just one unearned run and walked none. Jared Cabildo and Jake Prettol each drove in a run for Wilcox, which improved to 16-11, 8-6.

Evergreen Valley 5, James Lick 3

In a play-in game for one of the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s spots into the Central Coast Section playoffs, Evergreen Valley, the Santa Teresa Division’s third-place team, scored three runs in the visitor’s half of the first to take charge.

The Cougars never trailed as they ended a magical season for Lick, which was trying to reach CCS after capturing the West Valley Division title, the East San Jose school’s first league crown in baseball since 1971.

Liam Wong knocked in two runs and Tristan Ho and Mason Andin each had two hits for Evergreen Valley, which improved to 17-10.

Enrique Mendez had three hits and knocked in a run and Nicolai Navarro had two hits for Lick, which rallied for two runs in the final inning.

The Comets finished 15-4.

No. 13 Burlingame 3, No. 15 Capuchino 2

Burlingame clinched the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division title from the jaws of defeat after it scored three runs in the top of the seventh to defeat Capuchino. Burlingame finished its regular season 11-3 in league play, one game ahead of The King’s Academy, which went 10-4 in the division. 

No. 6 James Logan 16, Kennedy-Fremont 6

James Logan put the finishing touches on a 21-3 regular season and a 14-0 record in Mission Valley Athletic League play with a rout of Kennedy-Fremont.

Ricky Scarborough and Trevian Martinez each had two RBIs, and Kayden Carmona-Shaw, Evan Yau and Jesus Vasquez each had two hits apiece for the Union City school. 

Cody McFadden and Hunter Padilla had two hits apiece for Kennedy, which dropped to 7-16, 3-11. 

Oakland Tech 8, Oakland 0

Lee Tshosane was 3 for 3 with two RBIs and Gyasi Rapier was 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs as Oakland Tech advanced to the Oakland Athletic League championship game against Skyline.

Kalen Thomas and Mohamed Mohamed each had an RBI for Tech. Ben Estow led the Bulldogs with four strikeouts as they improved to 17-6, 9-0.

Softball

Alameda 1, Castro Valley 0

Jasmine Whorley, as she has done so many times over the past two seasons, dominated in the circle for Alameda in this West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division game. She struck out 10 in a two-hit complete game

Leaira Robinson drove in the game’s only run as Castro Valley’s Jesymae Olympia also delivered a strong pitching performance. She allowed just three hits and one walk. 

Alameda improved to 18-3, 4-2. Castro Valley dropped to 5-13, 1-7.