Baseball: San Dimas, Northview take care of business in the Valle Vista; Diamond Bar and Glendora win in the Sierra


Above: San Dimas’ Shawn Kennedy, left, went 3 for 5 with two RBIs to lead San Dimas to an 11-5 victory over Covina on Friday.

San Dimas and Northview took care of business Friday, each scoring victories over Covina and Baldwin Park respectively.
The Saints, getting a little help from five Colt errors, received two RBIs each from Shawn Kennedy and Kevin Kolbeck and rallied back from an early 5-2 deficit to score an 11-5 win at Covina.
Northview got a two-run single from Bobby Ramos in the sixth and won at Baldwin Park, 9-5. San Dimas and Northview play for first place on Wednesday.
San Dimas coach Mike Regan: “The best thing about Friday for us was that our guys learned how to fight back. We haven’t really done that this year. Today, our guys showed a lot of heart and responded.”
Northview coach Darren Murphy: “No disrespect to Ganesha and Pomona. I think everyone feels the Valle Vista League really starts with Baldwin Park, San Dimas and Covina. Baldwin Park is the first of three tough games (for us) and this is always a tough place to win.”
Covina coach Pete Loaiza: “They took us out of our game. We allowed them to take us out of our game. That’s just something we have to get better at. We have to make sure in pressure situations and tight ball games that we have to deal with the mental aspect in a league battle against a good program.”
Baldwin Park coach Jake Berendregt: “I think our inexperience kind of caught up with us. We came back to take the lead (4-3) and battled a good team for six innings.”
Other results
Kenny Mathews had another solid outing as Diamond Bar continued its surge in the Sierra League with a 2-1 victory over Chino in nine innings. Mathews went the distance for the victory.
Glendora had too much for Chino Hills, scoring an 8-2 win.

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