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Newbury Park High is enjoying its best baseball season since 1968, and the Panthers are still going strong after eliminating Saugus 7-3 on Friday in a Southern Section Div. I quarterfinal before an overflow crowd at Saugus.

"It's a big step," Newbury Park ace pitcher Luke Eubank said.

Eubank made it happen. The Cal State L.A.-bound right-hander improved to 10-0, pitching his 10th complete game of the season while limiting the host Centurions (18-11-1) to eight hits with no walks while striking out seven.

It was a windy day, and Eubank was not as dominant as usual - his ERA rose from 1.04 to 1.23 - but the senior remains one of the area's surprise successes after totaling three wins as a junior.

"It was a little shaky, but I got the job done. I had to battle a lot," Eubank said.

West Ranch defeated top-seeded Orange Lutheran 5-4, as Jagger Rusconi hit a two-run double in the sixth inning for the go-ahead score in Stevenson Ranch.

West Ranch has fallen behind 3-1 to top-seeded Orange Lutheran in the bottom of the fourth in a Div. I quarterfinal in Stevenson Ranch.

Luke Eubank is tearing it up for Newbury Park in a Div. I quarterfiinal at Saugus.

Through four innings, the right-hander has yet to allow a run while striking out six, as Newbury Park leads 5-0 on a Daniel Barnett's solo home run in the top of the fifth.

Newbury Park leads Saugus 2-0 after scoring two unearned runs in the second inning, taking advantage of an infield error that set the stage for Taylor Zander's two-run single.

Newbury Park star pitcher Luke Eubank has pitched the minimum six batters through two innings, striking out two while giving up one hit.

[Update: Newbury Park just a added a run in the third to make it 3-0.]

Two top pitchers go head to head today, as Saugus and its ace Justin Donatella take on Newbury and star Luke Eubank in a Div. I quarterfinal set to begin in just a few minutes.

But it so windy here in Santa Clarita with the wind gusting straight out that the blustery conditions could prove a great equalizer.

"It could affect Eubank's slider, and his best pitch," Saugus coach John Maggiora said.

Newbury Park is enjoying its best since winning a section title in 1968.

Crescenta Valley pitchers Elliot Surray and Kyle Murray have been named Pacific League co-Player of the Year.

Birmingham High's Daniel Rivas matched San Fernando star pitcher Alonzo Garcia pitch for pitch Thursday.

The difference was, defending City Section baseball champion San Fernando played flawless defense, while Birmingham did not, committing two key errors that led to two unearned runs, as the host Tigers prevailed 2-0 before an overflow crowd in the section quarterfinals.

Garcia (12-0), a sophomore right-hander with a snappy fastball and a big-breaking curve, went the distance, allowing five hits while striking out seven. Rivas allowed six hits and a one walk while striking out five, but the right-hander was done in by a key error on a pop fly to right in the third inning that scored Carlos Robles all the way from first , followed two innings later by an infield throwing error that scored Robert Berumen.

San Fernando leads Birmingham 1-0 heading into the fifth inning.

The host Tigers scored when Carlos Robles came all the home from first on a dropped pop fly to right with two out in the third.

San Fernando's Alonzo Garcia buckled down when he had to in the second inning in a City quarterfinal against visiting Birmingham.

With runners on second and third with one out, he struck out two in a row to preserve a scoreless tie.