HS BASE: Arleta ready to prove how good it is?

It's the first round of the City Section playoffs, and Arleta is playing host to Granada Hills on a beautiful day here at College of the Canyons.

In only its fourth year of varsity competition, Arleta is 23-4 and seeded No. 4, and there is no doubt the Mustangs are eager to prove how good they are because undoubtedly there are a lot of non-believers out there.

Granada Hills was once among the City's top programs back in the John Elway days and perhaps for a few seasons in the thereafter, but the Highlanders are only 11-14 this season. So like Arleta, Granada Hills is looking for a measure of respect.

It's 1-1 in the bottom of the third. Arleta scored on Miguel Perez's RBI single in the first, and Granada Hills tied it on Martin Orozco's RBI single in the top of the third.

-- Gerry Gittelson