West Covina with a 5-3 Valley statement win over Charter Oak to win the San Dimas softball tournament today. Great showing by the Dogs.
— Fred J. Robledo (@SGVNSports) March 8, 2015
FRIDAY’S SAN DIMAS TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS
Softball
San Dimas Tournament
Charter Oak 11, Monrovia 1 — The Chargers advanced to the final of the San Dimas Tournament, beating the Wildcats 11-1 in the semifinals. Charter Oak will play against West Covina in the championship at 4 p.m. in San Dimas. Kaile Chavez got the win with 3.0 innings pitched with just one hit allowed and two strikeouts. Sereena Ortiz threw the remaining two innings of the game that was called after a time limit. Ortiz had one strikeout and just one run allowed. Marissa Chavez has now reached base in six consecutive plate appearances after going 3 for 3 with two doubles in the victory. Brielle Fraijo went 2 for 2 with two RBIs for the Chargers, and Chloe Evans had a bases-loaded triple.
West Covina 10, Montclair 0 — The Bulldogs used a crucial 4th inning to blow open the lead against Monrovia (2-1). Nine runs were scored when West Covina (3-0) got ten hits in the inning. Freshman Nadya Orozco (1-0) started her first game in her high school career and struck out seven batters in four innings of work, while only allowing two hits. Orozco led the offense by going 2 for 3 with a 3-run home run, four RBIs, and a stolen base. Junior Valarie Almaraz and freshman Trinity Garcia each went 2 for 3 for the Bulldogs.
SAN DIMAS TOURNAMENT AT A GLANCE
Thursday’s quarterfinals
Top Bracket
West Covina 9, La Canada 5
Montclair 1, Temple City 0
Bottom Bracket
Charter Oak 4, El Rancho 3
Monrovia 4, San Dimas 1
Friday’s semifinals
Charter Oak 11, Monrovia 1
West Covina 10, Montclair 0
Saturday’s championship
Story: West Covina 5, Charter Oak 3
Baseball
Arcadia Elks Tournament Pool Play
Alhambra 2, South Gate 1 — The Moors put two runs on the board in the bottom of the seventh inning for a come-from-behind walk-off victory over South Gate in their season-opener. With two innings of relief pitched, Diego Sanchez picked up the win after Christian Maciel scored on a dropped fly ball to end the game. Maciel also drove in the game-tying run after Gibert Romero reached third base with a single and two past balls. Romero finished the game 3 for 4 and also threw five shutout innings with eight strikeouts for Alhambra.
La Salle 8, Rosemead 0 — Brandon Jenkins tossed a complete game two-hit shutout the Lancers to their second win in as many games this season. Johnny Leanos got both his for Rosemead, but Jenkins shut down the rest of the lineup with 11 strikeouts. Kyle Cuellar hit a solo home run for La Salle, and Ruben Martinez went 2 for 4 with a double and RBI.
Monrovia 5, Salesian 0 — Patrick Godel was on the mound for all but two outs of a combined no-hitter as the Wildcats defeated Salesian for their third consecutive win to start the season. Justin Rosedale came into the game in the seventh inning to get the final two outs, striking out one batter. Eric Herrera hit a solo shot in the fifth inning for Monrovia, and Godel went 3 for 3 with a double and two RBIs.
Don Lugo Tournament
Glendora 10, Don Lugo 4 — The Tartans lit up Don Lugo’s pitching for 16 hits to reach the tournament’s championship game. Nick Kaye led the way with four hits and an RBI. Raymond Romo went 2 for 4 with an RBI, while Griffen Herrera and Caleb Watkins also had multiple hits for Glendora. Nolan Collet went 1 for 3 with three RBIs, and Alex Briggs was 1 for 3 with two RBIs.
