Above: San Dimas’ Josh Leyland celebrates after hitting a tying home run on Thursday.

SAINTS TAKE STAGE 1: San Dimas fell behind 4-0, then rallied to score a 9-6 victory over the Vikings in the battle for supremacy in the Valle Vista League. Kevin Ponzo survived a rough start to get the win. Josh Leyland hit a home run to tie the score and Tim Brookes and Aaron Orona had key hits to push the Saints over the top.
San Dimas coach Mike Regan: “For one time this year, my guys fought back. We haven’t fought back at all. Today, we showed heart. At the beginning we made errors and we gave away four runs. When people have thrown up leads on us, we haven’t fired back.”
Northview coach Darren Murphy: “Ponzo did what we didn’t. He stopped the bleeding. When you give up a couple of runs, you stop it. If they get to three, it can’t go to four and he did a good job of leaving it there. He had that one bad inning but he gave his team a chance to win.”
Other area baseball scores
Montview League
Azusa 13, Bassett 3
Gladstone 6, Sierra Vista 3
La Puente 8, Duarte 5
Sierra League
Diamond Bar 4, Chino 3
Glendora 7, Chino Hills 3
Softball Scores
Miramonte League
Bonita 16, Wilson 0
Montview League
Sierra Vista 19, Duarte 3
Workman 11, Bassett 10
San Antonio League
Nogales 7, South Hills 1
Nonleague
Mater Dei 7, Bishop Amat 0
Boys Track
Mission Valley League
Rosemead 78, South El Monte 57
Montview League
La Puente 82, Gladstone 36
Nonleague
Rowland 83, Wilson 44
Girls Track
Mission Valley League
Rosemead 91, South El Monte 44
Montview League
Gladstone 65, La Puente 50
Nonleague
Rowland 73, Wilson 54