Friday Recap: Bonita boys tennis wins one-game playoff against Glendora in games to advance to playoffs

Boys tennis
Bonita 9, Glendora 9
— The Bearcats won the third place tiebreaker match by games 73-63 in the Palomares League. Matt Diamond, Bennett Williams, and Danny Aljamal all won two of their three singles sets. Diamond’s set scores were 6-1, 6-0, 1-6, and Aljamal went 6-3, 6-0, 0-6. Glendora’s No. 3 singles player won all three of his sets. In their previous meetings, Glendora won the first 5-13, but Bonita won the second 10-8 to create a tie for third place. With the tiebreaker victory, Bonita will qualify for CIF Playoffs as the Palomares No. 3 seed.
Softball
South hills 3, Diamond Bar 1
–`The Huskies got their second win of the week in the Palomares League after defeating the Brahmas. Natalie Lugo threw a complete game with eight strikeouts and just two hits allowed for South Hills. Lugo has allowed just two runs in 15 innings of work this week. Mariah Tovar hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth to account for all three of South Hills’ runs. Christie Aguilar and Clarissa Perez also each had two base hits for the Huskies.
Glendora 8, Bonita 4 — The Tartans bounced back from a 4-1 loss on Wednesday to South Hills with an 8-4 win over the Bearcats to maintain their one-game lead in the Palomares League standings over the Huskies.
Ayala 3, Claremont 2 — The Bulldogs scored in the top of the seventh inning to give head coach John Ameluxen his 450th career victory.
Baseball
Ayala 9, South Hills 4
— After dropping a 4-2 decision to the Huskies on Wednesday, the Bulldogs bounced back with a victory over the Huskies two days later to get back into a tie for first place in the Palomares League.
Glendora 10, Claremont 1 — The Tartans joined South Hills and Ayala in a three-way tie for first place in the league with a 7-4 record after blowing out Claremont in Glendora. Austin Isenhart got the win for Glendora with 5 2/3 innings pitched and eight strikeouts with just two hits allowed. Raymond Romo went 3 for 4 with two RBIs to lead the Tartan offense.
Bonita 7, Diamond Bar 4 — The Bearcats are now just one game out of first place after defeating the Brahmas to improve to 6-5 in the Palomares League. Justin Gomez went 2 for 4 for the Bearcats with three RBIs. Tommy Delgado reached base in all three of his plate appearances with a single, walk and was hit by a pitch. Delgado scored all three times. Nick Johnson then threw four shutout innings in relief.

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