D2 SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL
SPORTS
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SPORTS EDITOR: JULIE JAG, JJAG@SANTACRUZSENTINEL.COM
LOCAL ROUNDUP
Silver surpasses 45-year-old mark
Aptos volleyball
wins gold division
at NorCal Invite
Sentinel staff report
MICHAEL DWYER/AP
BALD, BALLED: Sporting Kansas City’s Aurelien Collin heads
the ball as New England Revolution players contest during
an MLS match Saturday.
TODAY’S LOCAL EVENTS
MEN’S TENNIS
UCSC vs. Middlebury
TIME
3 p.m.
PLACE
Claremont
ON THE AIR TODAY
MLB SPRING TRAINING
TIME
A’s vs. Dodgers
1 p.m.
Giants at Angels
1 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Arizona St. at Oregon St.
noon
MEN’S BASKETBALL
NIT Tournament, second round
St. John’s at Virginia
8 a.m.
NCAA Tournament, third round
Iowa St. vs. Ohio St.
9 a.m.
Temple vs. Indiana
11:30 a.m.
UNC vs. Kansas
2 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Florida
3 p.m.
Fla. Gulf Coast vs. SDSU
4 p.m.
La Salle vs. Mississippi
4:30 p.m.
Illinois vs. Miami
5:30 p.m.
Creighton vs. Duke
6:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
NCAA Tournament, first round
Rotating coverage
9 a.m.
Rotating coverage
11:30 a.m.
Rotating coverage
2 p.m.
Rotating coverage
4:30 a.m.
BOWLING
PBA Tour league qualifier
10 a.m.
ARENA FOOTBALL
SaberCats at Talons
3 p.m.
GOLF
Malaysian Open
6 a.m.
Arnold Palmer Invitational
9:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Miss. Gulf Resort Classic
2 p.m.
Kia Open
4 p.m.
NHL
Flyers vs. Penguins
4:30 p.m.
MOTOR SPORTS
IndyCar Series
9 a.m.
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Auto Club 400
11:30 a.m.
SKIING
U.S. Alpine Championships
9 a.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Stanford at Oregon
3 p.m.
X GAMES
Winter X Games
4 p.m.
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SAN JOSE
SABERCATS
Spring Training
Sunday
at Angels
1:05 p.m.
Monday
at Cubs (delay)
1:05 p.m.
Tuesday
vs. Padres
1:05 p.m.
Wednesday at D-backs
1:10 p.m.
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Sunday
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1:05 p.m.
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1:05 p.m.
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Monday
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Saturday
April 3
April 5
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7:30 p.m.
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Monday
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Friday
Saturday
April 2
vs. Idaho
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April 21
April 27
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5:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
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Friday
April 6
April 19
April 27
May 4
vs. Predators
at Rattlers
vs. Shock
at VooDoo
vs. Gladiators
Raymond Silver snapped
Watsonville High’s 45-yearold high jump record Saturday at the De Anza Invitational in Cupertino.
Silver’s leap of 6 feet, 6
inches put him atop the podium and above Steve Johnson
in the record book. Johnson
set the record in 1968. Silver
also took fifth in the triple
jump (40-10½).
In the distance events,
Justin Carrancho took second in the 3,200 meters (10
minutes, 15.20 seconds) and
third in the 800 (1:59.42).
Kasem Green finished sixth
in triple jump (40-7¾).
■ San Lorenzo Valley’s
Cody Johnson won the 800
at the Garlic Invitational.
Johnson crossed the finish
line in 1:57.73. Lucas Sinnott
was fourth in the 400 with
a personal record of 52.37
and Jacob Hicks took fifth in
the 1,600 in a personal-best
4:34.84.
■ Aaron McAnerney won
the pole vault for Aptos at
the Garlic Invitational.
MacAnerny cleared the
bar at 13 feet and also competed on the third-place
4x400 relay team. Elijah
Marta, who was also on
the 4x400 squad, turned in
podium finishes in the discus
(133-0) and shot put (50-7).
Marta swept three events
for Aptos in a SCCAL meet
among four schools Thurs- (12:14.80) and Jessica Jensen
day at Santa Cruz High.
took ninth (12:40.12).
■ Clare Peabody won the
1,600 at the Garlic InvitationGIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Watsonville’s Sonya Cer- al to head an Aptos 1-2 finish
vantes lowered her own in the event.
Peabody clocked in at
school record on her way to
winning the 100 high hurdles 4:56.08, followed by Nikki
(16.81) at the De Anza Invi- Hiltz at 4:59.37.
tational in Cupertino, one
of three events in which she BOYS VOLLEYBALL
took first. She also won the
Aptos won the gold divilong jump with a personal sion at the NorCal Invitationrecord of 16-7½ and helped al in San Anselmo, avenging
Marisa Magana, Alexa Car- a pool play loss to Oakridge
rillo and Nadyne Vargas win by beating the same team in
the 4x100 relay (51.42).
the final.
Brianna Cueva took two
The Mariners went 2-1
victories, winning the shot in the prelims, then beat
put (36-8½) and discus host Sir Francis Drake in
(121-6). Meanwhile, Marisa the semis before taking the
Magana finished sixth in the championship with an 11-25,
200 (27.67).
25-22, 15-12 victory.
■ Anna Maxwell led a
Aptos (10-6) visits Harbor
quartet of SLV runners in at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
the 3,200 meters by setting a
meet record at the Garlic Invi- HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
tational at Christopher High.
Billy Mullins pitched a
Maxwell ran a time of complete game and allowed
10:30.02 — also the second- two earned runs on seven
fastest mark in state this hits as SLV edged visiting
year — to win the event. Merrill West 4-3 in a nonTeammate Claire MacMillan league game.
was third in 11:12.80, while
Mullins struck out five to
Summer Wallen was seventh earn the win for the Cougars
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nine after spinning out in
turns 3-4. He worked his
way through the field to
capture a third-place podium finish.
Pettit and Salinas’ Robert Marsh were heat-race
winners. Pettit recorded
the division’s fastest race
lap of the night, turning a
15.062-second lap during
the first heat race.
SPORT MODIFIEDS
Ocean’s IMCA sport
modified division picked up
five new entrants for 2013.
Alexander Mead, the 2012
Micro 600 champion; San
Jose’s Matt Kile, last year’s
American stock division
champion; 4-Banger and
American stock graduate
Bobby Huckaby Sr.; former
USAC Ford Focus driver
Dennis Simunovich of Hollister and Antioch Speedway 4-Banger champion
Sara Leslie of Campbell.
Leslie joins Adrian DeSousa of Gilroy as the two
female champions, and they
not only add diversity to the
class but are real threats in
this male-dominated sport.
Stephen Hopf opened his
second sport modified season with his first career win
in the 20-lap feature. Mike
Shapiro and Simunovich
finished second and third.
Alex Wilson and Huckaby
completed the top five.
“I owe this win to my family
and sponsors for their belief
and support,” Hopf said. “I
especially thank Clay Daly
forhisguidanceandhelpwith
chassissetup.Thecarworked
great and felt great. It was a
perfect car for the night.”
SPRINT CARS
In the world of sprint cars,
Nick Larson won Ocean’s
traditional non-wing 20-lap
feature, holding off veteran
Tommy La Liberte and Nate
Washam. La Liberte won
the heat race with Washam
and Larson second and
third. Brian Grier and Nick
Foster exchanged the lead
in the early laps. Foster
finished fourth with Grier
completing the top five.
Washam, who will be a
rookie starter in this week’s
Taco Bravo-sponsored season opener, recorded the
fastest race lap of the night
with a 14.698-second lap
during the heat race. He
and La Liberte were the
only two to break into the
14-second bracket.
AMERICAN STOCKS
Tony Oliveira started
where he left off, winning
the American stock main
event Friday night. Oliveira,
second in last year’s standings, won the final race of
the 2012 season. He was
the only Ford driver in the
series to win for features
last year.
The oldest driver at 66,
Oliveira finished ahead of
the two youngest drivers in
the division, Matt Hagio, 15
and Joe Willoughby, 17. Ron
Bonnema and Jerry Supernaw finished fourth and fifth,
respectively.
4-BANGERS
Andy LaVerne, five-time
feature winner in 2012, won
round one in the 4-Banger
division competition. Ryan
Fischer and Robert Gallahar joined him on the
podium.
KEVIN JOHNSON/SENTINEL PHOTOS
ABOVE: Tri-County Gladiators
wide receiver Marco Asazedo
slips past Pacifica defense for
a 9-yard gain and second down
during the third quarter of
their home opener Saturday at
Santa Cruz High.
LEFT: Gladiators linebacker
Angilo Harmon slams into Pacifica Islanders wide receiver
Michael Gates during the final
seconds of the second quarter
of the game at Santa Cruz
High.
(6-5), who will host Aloha of
Beaverton, Ore., on Tuesday
at 4 p.m.
Jordan Peabody was 3-for3 with an RBI and Bryce
Nunes went 2-for-3 with two
runs and two RBIs for SLV.
■ Aptos’ third-inning rally held up in a 4-1 nonleague
win over Los Altos.
The Mariners scored all
four runs in the frame, getting an RBI each from Houston Roberts, Steven Eichhorn, Zach Egan and Brian
Bucher. Jonathan Bol earned
the win with three innings of
scoreless ball.
Aptos (4-7) visits St. Francis at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
■ Santa Cruz only managed two hits in a 13-0 nonleague loss to Bellarmine.
COLLEGE SWIMMING
Cabrillo College’s Michelle
Shields took second in two
events at the Coast Conference Invitational on Friday
at DeAnza College.
Shields swam the 50-meter
freestyle in 25,7 seconds
and the 100 breaststroke in
1:14.41.
Katie McGlucklin was
“We had a pretty good
year in 2012,” LaVerne
said. “The goal is to win the
championship. With the
help of my son and the rest
of my family, I think we’re
off to a good start.”
Robert Huckaby Jr., winner of three features last
year, finished fourth, followed by Al Sotomayor.
Aptos High sophomore
Luke Babcock turned the
fastest race lap in the division. His 18.054-second lap
was just one of a few laps that
moved him from the back
of the field to finish sixth.
LaVerne and Fischer were
heat race winners.
LATE-MODEL STOCKS
Phil Priddy won Ocean’s
late-model stock car 20-lap
feature. Promoter John
Prentice finished second,
followed by Ken Gregg and
Mike Meazell. Prentice won
the heat race.
The life of late-model
stock car racing at the
speedway is in critical condition. Only four cars made
up Friday night’s field.
“Late model stock car
racing has been a mainstay at the speedway for
decades,” Prentice said.
“I know cars and drivers are out there. We just
need to get more of them
here. I hope that happens
soon.”
Next Friday night is
Round 1 of Ocean’s 360
winged sprint car series
sponsored by Taco Bravo.
The winged warriors will
be joined by the Bay Area
dwarf cars, Ocean’s nonwing sprint cars, IMCA
sport modifieds and American stocks. Gates open at
4:30 p.m. and racing starts
at 6 p.m.
second in the 50 butterfly
in 29.3, Michael Shields won
the men’s 100 butterfly in 54.8
and Cody Gilbert took third
in the 200 butterfly in 2:15.7.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Evan Miller knocked in
the winning run as the Mid
County Marlins beat the
Santa Cruz Braves 6-5. Miller finished with three RBIs.
HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE
Nick Wameling scored four
goalstoleadAptostoa16-6win
over Scotts Valley on Friday.
Noah Wolf and Blake
Kennerson added hat tricks
for the Mariners (7-1, 3-0
SCCAL), who host Stevenson at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Mara Arroyo was 3-for-4
with two runs and an RBI
but Monte Vista Christian couldn’t hold off North
Monterey County in a 13-4
loss Friday.
Hillary Guerrero was
2-for-4 with a triple and an
RBI for the Mustangs (6-5, 1-1
Monterey Bay League), who
host Seaside on Monday.
STATE BASKETBALL
Mitty
boys fall
short
By DARREN SABEDRA
Bay Area News Group
SACRAMENTO — Aaron
Gordon’s brilliant high school
career ended Saturday night
without the third consecutive state championship and
victory over Mater Dei he so
coveted.
Under the bright lights of
the state’s first boys Open
Division championship game,
Gordon and Archbishop
Mitty battled to take the lead
early in the second half. But
Mater Dei and its own superstar, Stanley Johnson, hoisted
the championship trophy at
Sleep Train Arena after holding off Mitty 50-45.
For G ordon, his high
school career ends with two
Division II state titles and
countless records. But like
his brother, Drew, he did not
beat Mater Dei with a state
title on the line.
Gordon led Mitty with 22
points and 20 rebounds. But
Johnson had an even better
scoring performance, leading Mater Dei with 26 points
and 12 rebounds.
“I hate it, I can’t stand it,”
Gordon said. “I’m leaving
high school on a loss. They’re
the only school in the state
Open Division to go out on
a win, and I hate that feeling
with all my heart.”
D2 SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013
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LOCAL ROUNDUP
Silver surpasses 45-year-old mark
Aptos volleyball
wins gold division
at NorCal Invite
Sentinel staff report
MICHAEL DWYER/AP
BALD, BALLED: Sporting Kansas City’s Aurelien Collin heads
the ball as New England Revolution players contest during
an MLS match Saturday.
TODAY’S LOCAL EVENTS
MEN’S TENNIS
UCSC vs. Middlebury
TIME
3 p.m.
PLACE
Claremont
ON THE AIR TODAY
MLB SPRING TRAINING
TIME
A’s vs. Dodgers
1 p.m.
Giants at Angels
1 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Arizona St. at Oregon St.
noon
MEN’S BASKETBALL
NIT Tournament, second round
St. John’s at Virginia
8 a.m.
NCAA Tournament, third round
Iowa St. vs. Ohio St.
9 a.m.
Temple vs. Indiana
11:30 a.m.
UNC vs. Kansas
2 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Florida
3 p.m.
Fla. Gulf Coast vs. SDSU
4 p.m.
La Salle vs. Mississippi
4:30 p.m.
Illinois vs. Miami
5:30 p.m.
Creighton vs. Duke
6:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
NCAA Tournament, first round
Rotating coverage
9 a.m.
Rotating coverage
11:30 a.m.
Rotating coverage
2 p.m.
Rotating coverage
4:30 a.m.
BOWLING
PBA Tour league qualifier
10 a.m.
ARENA FOOTBALL
SaberCats at Talons
3 p.m.
GOLF
Malaysian Open
6 a.m.
Arnold Palmer Invitational
9:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Miss. Gulf Resort Classic
2 p.m.
Kia Open
4 p.m.
NHL
Flyers vs. Penguins
4:30 p.m.
MOTOR SPORTS
IndyCar Series
9 a.m.
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Auto Club 400
11:30 a.m.
SKIING
U.S. Alpine Championships
9 a.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Stanford at Oregon
3 p.m.
X GAMES
Winter X Games
4 p.m.
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Tuesday
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Wednesday at D-backs
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Tuesday
Wednesday
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Monday
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Saturday
April 3
April 5
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Monday
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Friday
Saturday
April 2
vs. Idaho
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April 14
April 21
April 27
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5:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
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Friday
April 6
April 19
April 27
May 4
vs. Predators
at Rattlers
vs. Shock
at VooDoo
vs. Gladiators
Raymond Silver snapped
Watsonville High’s 45-yearold high jump record Saturday at the De Anza Invitational in Cupertino.
Silver’s leap of 6 feet, 6
inches put him atop the podium and above Steve Johnson
in the record book. Johnson
set the record in 1968. Silver
also took fifth in the triple
jump (40-10½).
In the distance events,
Justin Carrancho took second in the 3,200 meters (10
minutes, 15.20 seconds) and
third in the 800 (1:59.42).
Kasem Green finished sixth
in triple jump (40-7¾).
■ San Lorenzo Valley’s
Cody Johnson won the 800
at the Garlic Invitational.
Johnson crossed the finish
line in 1:57.73. Lucas Sinnott
was fourth in the 400 with
a personal record of 52.37
and Jacob Hicks took fifth in
the 1,600 in a personal-best
4:34.84.
■ Aaron McAnerney won
the pole vault for Aptos at
the Garlic Invitational.
MacAnerny cleared the
bar at 13 feet and also competed on the third-place
4x400 relay team. Elijah
Marta, who was also on
the 4x400 squad, turned in
podium finishes in the discus
(133-0) and shot put (50-7).
Marta swept three events
for Aptos in a SCCAL meet
among four schools Thurs- (12:14.80) and Jessica Jensen
day at Santa Cruz High.
took ninth (12:40.12).
■ Clare Peabody won the
1,600 at the Garlic InvitationGIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Watsonville’s Sonya Cer- al to head an Aptos 1-2 finish
vantes lowered her own in the event.
Peabody clocked in at
school record on her way to
winning the 100 high hurdles 4:56.08, followed by Nikki
(16.81) at the De Anza Invi- Hiltz at 4:59.37.
tational in Cupertino, one
of three events in which she BOYS VOLLEYBALL
took first. She also won the
Aptos won the gold divilong jump with a personal sion at the NorCal Invitationrecord of 16-7½ and helped al in San Anselmo, avenging
Marisa Magana, Alexa Car- a pool play loss to Oakridge
rillo and Nadyne Vargas win by beating the same team in
the 4x100 relay (51.42).
the final.
Brianna Cueva took two
The Mariners went 2-1
victories, winning the shot in the prelims, then beat
put (36-8½) and discus host Sir Francis Drake in
(121-6). Meanwhile, Marisa the semis before taking the
Magana finished sixth in the championship with an 11-25,
200 (27.67).
25-22, 15-12 victory.
■ Anna Maxwell led a
Aptos (10-6) visits Harbor
quartet of SLV runners in at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
the 3,200 meters by setting a
meet record at the Garlic Invi- HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
tational at Christopher High.
Billy Mullins pitched a
Maxwell ran a time of complete game and allowed
10:30.02 — also the second- two earned runs on seven
fastest mark in state this hits as SLV edged visiting
year — to win the event. Merrill West 4-3 in a nonTeammate Claire MacMillan league game.
was third in 11:12.80, while
Mullins struck out five to
Summer Wallen was seventh earn the win for the Cougars
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nine after spinning out in
turns 3-4. He worked his
way through the field to
capture a third-place podium finish.
Pettit and Salinas’ Robert Marsh were heat-race
winners. Pettit recorded
the division’s fastest race
lap of the night, turning a
15.062-second lap during
the first heat race.
SPORT MODIFIEDS
Ocean’s IMCA sport
modified division picked up
five new entrants for 2013.
Alexander Mead, the 2012
Micro 600 champion; San
Jose’s Matt Kile, last year’s
American stock division
champion; 4-Banger and
American stock graduate
Bobby Huckaby Sr.; former
USAC Ford Focus driver
Dennis Simunovich of Hollister and Antioch Speedway 4-Banger champion
Sara Leslie of Campbell.
Leslie joins Adrian DeSousa of Gilroy as the two
female champions, and they
not only add diversity to the
class but are real threats in
this male-dominated sport.
Stephen Hopf opened his
second sport modified season with his first career win
in the 20-lap feature. Mike
Shapiro and Simunovich
finished second and third.
Alex Wilson and Huckaby
completed the top five.
“I owe this win to my family
and sponsors for their belief
and support,” Hopf said. “I
especially thank Clay Daly
forhisguidanceandhelpwith
chassissetup.Thecarworked
great and felt great. It was a
perfect car for the night.”
SPRINT CARS
In the world of sprint cars,
Nick Larson won Ocean’s
traditional non-wing 20-lap
feature, holding off veteran
Tommy La Liberte and Nate
Washam. La Liberte won
the heat race with Washam
and Larson second and
third. Brian Grier and Nick
Foster exchanged the lead
in the early laps. Foster
finished fourth with Grier
completing the top five.
Washam, who will be a
rookie starter in this week’s
Taco Bravo-sponsored season opener, recorded the
fastest race lap of the night
with a 14.698-second lap
during the heat race. He
and La Liberte were the
only two to break into the
14-second bracket.
AMERICAN STOCKS
Tony Oliveira started
where he left off, winning
the American stock main
event Friday night. Oliveira,
second in last year’s standings, won the final race of
the 2012 season. He was
the only Ford driver in the
series to win for features
last year.
The oldest driver at 66,
Oliveira finished ahead of
the two youngest drivers in
the division, Matt Hagio, 15
and Joe Willoughby, 17. Ron
Bonnema and Jerry Supernaw finished fourth and fifth,
respectively.
4-BANGERS
Andy LaVerne, five-time
feature winner in 2012, won
round one in the 4-Banger
division competition. Ryan
Fischer and Robert Gallahar joined him on the
podium.
KEVIN JOHNSON/SENTINEL PHOTOS
ABOVE: Tri-County Gladiators
wide receiver Marco Asazedo
slips past Pacifica defense for
a 9-yard gain and second down
during the third quarter of
their home opener Saturday at
Santa Cruz High.
LEFT: Gladiators linebacker
Angilo Harmon slams into Pacifica Islanders wide receiver
Michael Gates during the final
seconds of the second quarter
of the game at Santa Cruz
High.
(6-5), who will host Aloha of
Beaverton, Ore., on Tuesday
at 4 p.m.
Jordan Peabody was 3-for3 with an RBI and Bryce
Nunes went 2-for-3 with two
runs and two RBIs for SLV.
■ Aptos’ third-inning rally held up in a 4-1 nonleague
win over Los Altos.
The Mariners scored all
four runs in the frame, getting an RBI each from Houston Roberts, Steven Eichhorn, Zach Egan and Brian
Bucher. Jonathan Bol earned
the win with three innings of
scoreless ball.
Aptos (4-7) visits St. Francis at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
■ Santa Cruz only managed two hits in a 13-0 nonleague loss to Bellarmine.
COLLEGE SWIMMING
Cabrillo College’s Michelle
Shields took second in two
events at the Coast Conference Invitational on Friday
at DeAnza College.
Shields swam the 50-meter
freestyle in 25,7 seconds
and the 100 breaststroke in
1:14.41.
Katie McGlucklin was
“We had a pretty good
year in 2012,” LaVerne
said. “The goal is to win the
championship. With the
help of my son and the rest
of my family, I think we’re
off to a good start.”
Robert Huckaby Jr., winner of three features last
year, finished fourth, followed by Al Sotomayor.
Aptos High sophomore
Luke Babcock turned the
fastest race lap in the division. His 18.054-second lap
was just one of a few laps that
moved him from the back
of the field to finish sixth.
LaVerne and Fischer were
heat race winners.
LATE-MODEL STOCKS
Phil Priddy won Ocean’s
late-model stock car 20-lap
feature. Promoter John
Prentice finished second,
followed by Ken Gregg and
Mike Meazell. Prentice won
the heat race.
The life of late-model
stock car racing at the
speedway is in critical condition. Only four cars made
up Friday night’s field.
“Late model stock car
racing has been a mainstay at the speedway for
decades,” Prentice said.
“I know cars and drivers are out there. We just
need to get more of them
here. I hope that happens
soon.”
Next Friday night is
Round 1 of Ocean’s 360
winged sprint car series
sponsored by Taco Bravo.
The winged warriors will
be joined by the Bay Area
dwarf cars, Ocean’s nonwing sprint cars, IMCA
sport modifieds and American stocks. Gates open at
4:30 p.m. and racing starts
at 6 p.m.
second in the 50 butterfly
in 29.3, Michael Shields won
the men’s 100 butterfly in 54.8
and Cody Gilbert took third
in the 200 butterfly in 2:15.7.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Evan Miller knocked in
the winning run as the Mid
County Marlins beat the
Santa Cruz Braves 6-5. Miller finished with three RBIs.
HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE
Nick Wameling scored four
goalstoleadAptostoa16-6win
over Scotts Valley on Friday.
Noah Wolf and Blake
Kennerson added hat tricks
for the Mariners (7-1, 3-0
SCCAL), who host Stevenson at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Mara Arroyo was 3-for-4
with two runs and an RBI
but Monte Vista Christian couldn’t hold off North
Monterey County in a 13-4
loss Friday.
Hillary Guerrero was
2-for-4 with a triple and an
RBI for the Mustangs (6-5, 1-1
Monterey Bay League), who
host Seaside on Monday.
STATE BASKETBALL
Mitty
boys fall
short
By DARREN SABEDRA
Bay Area News Group
SACRAMENTO — Aaron
Gordon’s brilliant high school
career ended Saturday night
without the third consecutive state championship and
victory over Mater Dei he so
coveted.
Under the bright lights of
the state’s first boys Open
Division championship game,
Gordon and Archbishop
Mitty battled to take the lead
early in the second half. But
Mater Dei and its own superstar, Stanley Johnson, hoisted
the championship trophy at
Sleep Train Arena after holding off Mitty 50-45.
For G ordon, his high
school career ends with two
Division II state titles and
countless records. But like
his brother, Drew, he did not
beat Mater Dei with a state
title on the line.
Gordon led Mitty with 22
points and 20 rebounds. But
Johnson had an even better
scoring performance, leading Mater Dei with 26 points
and 12 rebounds.
“I hate it, I can’t stand it,”
Gordon said. “I’m leaving
high school on a loss. They’re
the only school in the state
Open Division to go out on
a win, and I hate that feeling
with all my heart.”
D2 SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013
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Silver surpasses 45-year-old mark
Aptos volleyball
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1 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Arizona St. at Oregon St.
noon
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NIT Tournament, second round
St. John’s at Virginia
8 a.m.
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Iowa St. vs. Ohio St.
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11:30 a.m.
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3 p.m.
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4:30 p.m.
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11:30 a.m.
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2 p.m.
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4 p.m.
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4:30 p.m.
MOTOR SPORTS
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9 a.m.
NASCAR Sprint Cup
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11:30 a.m.
SKIING
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3 p.m.
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Raymond Silver snapped
Watsonville High’s 45-yearold high jump record Saturday at the De Anza Invitational in Cupertino.
Silver’s leap of 6 feet, 6
inches put him atop the podium and above Steve Johnson
in the record book. Johnson
set the record in 1968. Silver
also took fifth in the triple
jump (40-10½).
In the distance events,
Justin Carrancho took second in the 3,200 meters (10
minutes, 15.20 seconds) and
third in the 800 (1:59.42).
Kasem Green finished sixth
in triple jump (40-7¾).
■ San Lorenzo Valley’s
Cody Johnson won the 800
at the Garlic Invitational.
Johnson crossed the finish
line in 1:57.73. Lucas Sinnott
was fourth in the 400 with
a personal record of 52.37
and Jacob Hicks took fifth in
the 1,600 in a personal-best
4:34.84.
■ Aaron McAnerney won
the pole vault for Aptos at
the Garlic Invitational.
MacAnerny cleared the
bar at 13 feet and also competed on the third-place
4x400 relay team. Elijah
Marta, who was also on
the 4x400 squad, turned in
podium finishes in the discus
(133-0) and shot put (50-7).
Marta swept three events
for Aptos in a SCCAL meet
among four schools Thurs- (12:14.80) and Jessica Jensen
day at Santa Cruz High.
took ninth (12:40.12).
■ Clare Peabody won the
1,600 at the Garlic InvitationGIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Watsonville’s Sonya Cer- al to head an Aptos 1-2 finish
vantes lowered her own in the event.
Peabody clocked in at
school record on her way to
winning the 100 high hurdles 4:56.08, followed by Nikki
(16.81) at the De Anza Invi- Hiltz at 4:59.37.
tational in Cupertino, one
of three events in which she BOYS VOLLEYBALL
took first. She also won the
Aptos won the gold divilong jump with a personal sion at the NorCal Invitationrecord of 16-7½ and helped al in San Anselmo, avenging
Marisa Magana, Alexa Car- a pool play loss to Oakridge
rillo and Nadyne Vargas win by beating the same team in
the 4x100 relay (51.42).
the final.
Brianna Cueva took two
The Mariners went 2-1
victories, winning the shot in the prelims, then beat
put (36-8½) and discus host Sir Francis Drake in
(121-6). Meanwhile, Marisa the semis before taking the
Magana finished sixth in the championship with an 11-25,
200 (27.67).
25-22, 15-12 victory.
■ Anna Maxwell led a
Aptos (10-6) visits Harbor
quartet of SLV runners in at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
the 3,200 meters by setting a
meet record at the Garlic Invi- HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
tational at Christopher High.
Billy Mullins pitched a
Maxwell ran a time of complete game and allowed
10:30.02 — also the second- two earned runs on seven
fastest mark in state this hits as SLV edged visiting
year — to win the event. Merrill West 4-3 in a nonTeammate Claire MacMillan league game.
was third in 11:12.80, while
Mullins struck out five to
Summer Wallen was seventh earn the win for the Cougars
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nine after spinning out in
turns 3-4. He worked his
way through the field to
capture a third-place podium finish.
Pettit and Salinas’ Robert Marsh were heat-race
winners. Pettit recorded
the division’s fastest race
lap of the night, turning a
15.062-second lap during
the first heat race.
SPORT MODIFIEDS
Ocean’s IMCA sport
modified division picked up
five new entrants for 2013.
Alexander Mead, the 2012
Micro 600 champion; San
Jose’s Matt Kile, last year’s
American stock division
champion; 4-Banger and
American stock graduate
Bobby Huckaby Sr.; former
USAC Ford Focus driver
Dennis Simunovich of Hollister and Antioch Speedway 4-Banger champion
Sara Leslie of Campbell.
Leslie joins Adrian DeSousa of Gilroy as the two
female champions, and they
not only add diversity to the
class but are real threats in
this male-dominated sport.
Stephen Hopf opened his
second sport modified season with his first career win
in the 20-lap feature. Mike
Shapiro and Simunovich
finished second and third.
Alex Wilson and Huckaby
completed the top five.
“I owe this win to my family
and sponsors for their belief
and support,” Hopf said. “I
especially thank Clay Daly
forhisguidanceandhelpwith
chassissetup.Thecarworked
great and felt great. It was a
perfect car for the night.”
SPRINT CARS
In the world of sprint cars,
Nick Larson won Ocean’s
traditional non-wing 20-lap
feature, holding off veteran
Tommy La Liberte and Nate
Washam. La Liberte won
the heat race with Washam
and Larson second and
third. Brian Grier and Nick
Foster exchanged the lead
in the early laps. Foster
finished fourth with Grier
completing the top five.
Washam, who will be a
rookie starter in this week’s
Taco Bravo-sponsored season opener, recorded the
fastest race lap of the night
with a 14.698-second lap
during the heat race. He
and La Liberte were the
only two to break into the
14-second bracket.
AMERICAN STOCKS
Tony Oliveira started
where he left off, winning
the American stock main
event Friday night. Oliveira,
second in last year’s standings, won the final race of
the 2012 season. He was
the only Ford driver in the
series to win for features
last year.
The oldest driver at 66,
Oliveira finished ahead of
the two youngest drivers in
the division, Matt Hagio, 15
and Joe Willoughby, 17. Ron
Bonnema and Jerry Supernaw finished fourth and fifth,
respectively.
4-BANGERS
Andy LaVerne, five-time
feature winner in 2012, won
round one in the 4-Banger
division competition. Ryan
Fischer and Robert Gallahar joined him on the
podium.
KEVIN JOHNSON/SENTINEL PHOTOS
ABOVE: Tri-County Gladiators
wide receiver Marco Asazedo
slips past Pacifica defense for
a 9-yard gain and second down
during the third quarter of
their home opener Saturday at
Santa Cruz High.
LEFT: Gladiators linebacker
Angilo Harmon slams into Pacifica Islanders wide receiver
Michael Gates during the final
seconds of the second quarter
of the game at Santa Cruz
High.
(6-5), who will host Aloha of
Beaverton, Ore., on Tuesday
at 4 p.m.
Jordan Peabody was 3-for3 with an RBI and Bryce
Nunes went 2-for-3 with two
runs and two RBIs for SLV.
■ Aptos’ third-inning rally held up in a 4-1 nonleague
win over Los Altos.
The Mariners scored all
four runs in the frame, getting an RBI each from Houston Roberts, Steven Eichhorn, Zach Egan and Brian
Bucher. Jonathan Bol earned
the win with three innings of
scoreless ball.
Aptos (4-7) visits St. Francis at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
■ Santa Cruz only managed two hits in a 13-0 nonleague loss to Bellarmine.
COLLEGE SWIMMING
Cabrillo College’s Michelle
Shields took second in two
events at the Coast Conference Invitational on Friday
at DeAnza College.
Shields swam the 50-meter
freestyle in 25,7 seconds
and the 100 breaststroke in
1:14.41.
Katie McGlucklin was
“We had a pretty good
year in 2012,” LaVerne
said. “The goal is to win the
championship. With the
help of my son and the rest
of my family, I think we’re
off to a good start.”
Robert Huckaby Jr., winner of three features last
year, finished fourth, followed by Al Sotomayor.
Aptos High sophomore
Luke Babcock turned the
fastest race lap in the division. His 18.054-second lap
was just one of a few laps that
moved him from the back
of the field to finish sixth.
LaVerne and Fischer were
heat race winners.
LATE-MODEL STOCKS
Phil Priddy won Ocean’s
late-model stock car 20-lap
feature. Promoter John
Prentice finished second,
followed by Ken Gregg and
Mike Meazell. Prentice won
the heat race.
The life of late-model
stock car racing at the
speedway is in critical condition. Only four cars made
up Friday night’s field.
“Late model stock car
racing has been a mainstay at the speedway for
decades,” Prentice said.
“I know cars and drivers are out there. We just
need to get more of them
here. I hope that happens
soon.”
Next Friday night is
Round 1 of Ocean’s 360
winged sprint car series
sponsored by Taco Bravo.
The winged warriors will
be joined by the Bay Area
dwarf cars, Ocean’s nonwing sprint cars, IMCA
sport modifieds and American stocks. Gates open at
4:30 p.m. and racing starts
at 6 p.m.
second in the 50 butterfly
in 29.3, Michael Shields won
the men’s 100 butterfly in 54.8
and Cody Gilbert took third
in the 200 butterfly in 2:15.7.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Evan Miller knocked in
the winning run as the Mid
County Marlins beat the
Santa Cruz Braves 6-5. Miller finished with three RBIs.
HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE
Nick Wameling scored four
goalstoleadAptostoa16-6win
over Scotts Valley on Friday.
Noah Wolf and Blake
Kennerson added hat tricks
for the Mariners (7-1, 3-0
SCCAL), who host Stevenson at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Mara Arroyo was 3-for-4
with two runs and an RBI
but Monte Vista Christian couldn’t hold off North
Monterey County in a 13-4
loss Friday.
Hillary Guerrero was
2-for-4 with a triple and an
RBI for the Mustangs (6-5, 1-1
Monterey Bay League), who
host Seaside on Monday.
STATE BASKETBALL
Mitty
boys fall
short
By DARREN SABEDRA
Bay Area News Group
SACRAMENTO — Aaron
Gordon’s brilliant high school
career ended Saturday night
without the third consecutive state championship and
victory over Mater Dei he so
coveted.
Under the bright lights of
the state’s first boys Open
Division championship game,
Gordon and Archbishop
Mitty battled to take the lead
early in the second half. But
Mater Dei and its own superstar, Stanley Johnson, hoisted
the championship trophy at
Sleep Train Arena after holding off Mitty 50-45.
For G ordon, his high
school career ends with two
Division II state titles and
countless records. But like
his brother, Drew, he did not
beat Mater Dei with a state
title on the line.
Gordon led Mitty with 22
points and 20 rebounds. But
Johnson had an even better
scoring performance, leading Mater Dei with 26 points
and 12 rebounds.
“I hate it, I can’t stand it,”
Gordon said. “I’m leaving
high school on a loss. They’re
the only school in the state
Open Division to go out on
a win, and I hate that feeling
with all my heart.”
D2 SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013
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LOCAL ROUNDUP
Silver surpasses 45-year-old mark
Aptos volleyball
wins gold division
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MEN’S TENNIS
UCSC vs. Middlebury
TIME
3 p.m.
PLACE
Claremont
ON THE AIR TODAY
MLB SPRING TRAINING
TIME
A’s vs. Dodgers
1 p.m.
Giants at Angels
1 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Arizona St. at Oregon St.
noon
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St. John’s at Virginia
8 a.m.
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Iowa St. vs. Ohio St.
9 a.m.
Temple vs. Indiana
11:30 a.m.
UNC vs. Kansas
2 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Florida
3 p.m.
Fla. Gulf Coast vs. SDSU
4 p.m.
La Salle vs. Mississippi
4:30 p.m.
Illinois vs. Miami
5:30 p.m.
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6:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
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Rotating coverage
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11:30 a.m.
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2 p.m.
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4:30 a.m.
BOWLING
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10 a.m.
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SaberCats at Talons
3 p.m.
GOLF
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6 a.m.
Arnold Palmer Invitational
9:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Miss. Gulf Resort Classic
2 p.m.
Kia Open
4 p.m.
NHL
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4:30 p.m.
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9 a.m.
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11:30 a.m.
SKIING
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9 a.m.
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3 p.m.
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Raymond Silver snapped
Watsonville High’s 45-yearold high jump record Saturday at the De Anza Invitational in Cupertino.
Silver’s leap of 6 feet, 6
inches put him atop the podium and above Steve Johnson
in the record book. Johnson
set the record in 1968. Silver
also took fifth in the triple
jump (40-10½).
In the distance events,
Justin Carrancho took second in the 3,200 meters (10
minutes, 15.20 seconds) and
third in the 800 (1:59.42).
Kasem Green finished sixth
in triple jump (40-7¾).
■ San Lorenzo Valley’s
Cody Johnson won the 800
at the Garlic Invitational.
Johnson crossed the finish
line in 1:57.73. Lucas Sinnott
was fourth in the 400 with
a personal record of 52.37
and Jacob Hicks took fifth in
the 1,600 in a personal-best
4:34.84.
■ Aaron McAnerney won
the pole vault for Aptos at
the Garlic Invitational.
MacAnerny cleared the
bar at 13 feet and also competed on the third-place
4x400 relay team. Elijah
Marta, who was also on
the 4x400 squad, turned in
podium finishes in the discus
(133-0) and shot put (50-7).
Marta swept three events
for Aptos in a SCCAL meet
among four schools Thurs- (12:14.80) and Jessica Jensen
day at Santa Cruz High.
took ninth (12:40.12).
■ Clare Peabody won the
1,600 at the Garlic InvitationGIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Watsonville’s Sonya Cer- al to head an Aptos 1-2 finish
vantes lowered her own in the event.
Peabody clocked in at
school record on her way to
winning the 100 high hurdles 4:56.08, followed by Nikki
(16.81) at the De Anza Invi- Hiltz at 4:59.37.
tational in Cupertino, one
of three events in which she BOYS VOLLEYBALL
took first. She also won the
Aptos won the gold divilong jump with a personal sion at the NorCal Invitationrecord of 16-7½ and helped al in San Anselmo, avenging
Marisa Magana, Alexa Car- a pool play loss to Oakridge
rillo and Nadyne Vargas win by beating the same team in
the 4x100 relay (51.42).
the final.
Brianna Cueva took two
The Mariners went 2-1
victories, winning the shot in the prelims, then beat
put (36-8½) and discus host Sir Francis Drake in
(121-6). Meanwhile, Marisa the semis before taking the
Magana finished sixth in the championship with an 11-25,
200 (27.67).
25-22, 15-12 victory.
■ Anna Maxwell led a
Aptos (10-6) visits Harbor
quartet of SLV runners in at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
the 3,200 meters by setting a
meet record at the Garlic Invi- HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
tational at Christopher High.
Billy Mullins pitched a
Maxwell ran a time of complete game and allowed
10:30.02 — also the second- two earned runs on seven
fastest mark in state this hits as SLV edged visiting
year — to win the event. Merrill West 4-3 in a nonTeammate Claire MacMillan league game.
was third in 11:12.80, while
Mullins struck out five to
Summer Wallen was seventh earn the win for the Cougars
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nine after spinning out in
turns 3-4. He worked his
way through the field to
capture a third-place podium finish.
Pettit and Salinas’ Robert Marsh were heat-race
winners. Pettit recorded
the division’s fastest race
lap of the night, turning a
15.062-second lap during
the first heat race.
SPORT MODIFIEDS
Ocean’s IMCA sport
modified division picked up
five new entrants for 2013.
Alexander Mead, the 2012
Micro 600 champion; San
Jose’s Matt Kile, last year’s
American stock division
champion; 4-Banger and
American stock graduate
Bobby Huckaby Sr.; former
USAC Ford Focus driver
Dennis Simunovich of Hollister and Antioch Speedway 4-Banger champion
Sara Leslie of Campbell.
Leslie joins Adrian DeSousa of Gilroy as the two
female champions, and they
not only add diversity to the
class but are real threats in
this male-dominated sport.
Stephen Hopf opened his
second sport modified season with his first career win
in the 20-lap feature. Mike
Shapiro and Simunovich
finished second and third.
Alex Wilson and Huckaby
completed the top five.
“I owe this win to my family
and sponsors for their belief
and support,” Hopf said. “I
especially thank Clay Daly
forhisguidanceandhelpwith
chassissetup.Thecarworked
great and felt great. It was a
perfect car for the night.”
SPRINT CARS
In the world of sprint cars,
Nick Larson won Ocean’s
traditional non-wing 20-lap
feature, holding off veteran
Tommy La Liberte and Nate
Washam. La Liberte won
the heat race with Washam
and Larson second and
third. Brian Grier and Nick
Foster exchanged the lead
in the early laps. Foster
finished fourth with Grier
completing the top five.
Washam, who will be a
rookie starter in this week’s
Taco Bravo-sponsored season opener, recorded the
fastest race lap of the night
with a 14.698-second lap
during the heat race. He
and La Liberte were the
only two to break into the
14-second bracket.
AMERICAN STOCKS
Tony Oliveira started
where he left off, winning
the American stock main
event Friday night. Oliveira,
second in last year’s standings, won the final race of
the 2012 season. He was
the only Ford driver in the
series to win for features
last year.
The oldest driver at 66,
Oliveira finished ahead of
the two youngest drivers in
the division, Matt Hagio, 15
and Joe Willoughby, 17. Ron
Bonnema and Jerry Supernaw finished fourth and fifth,
respectively.
4-BANGERS
Andy LaVerne, five-time
feature winner in 2012, won
round one in the 4-Banger
division competition. Ryan
Fischer and Robert Gallahar joined him on the
podium.
KEVIN JOHNSON/SENTINEL PHOTOS
ABOVE: Tri-County Gladiators
wide receiver Marco Asazedo
slips past Pacifica defense for
a 9-yard gain and second down
during the third quarter of
their home opener Saturday at
Santa Cruz High.
LEFT: Gladiators linebacker
Angilo Harmon slams into Pacifica Islanders wide receiver
Michael Gates during the final
seconds of the second quarter
of the game at Santa Cruz
High.
(6-5), who will host Aloha of
Beaverton, Ore., on Tuesday
at 4 p.m.
Jordan Peabody was 3-for3 with an RBI and Bryce
Nunes went 2-for-3 with two
runs and two RBIs for SLV.
■ Aptos’ third-inning rally held up in a 4-1 nonleague
win over Los Altos.
The Mariners scored all
four runs in the frame, getting an RBI each from Houston Roberts, Steven Eichhorn, Zach Egan and Brian
Bucher. Jonathan Bol earned
the win with three innings of
scoreless ball.
Aptos (4-7) visits St. Francis at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
■ Santa Cruz only managed two hits in a 13-0 nonleague loss to Bellarmine.
COLLEGE SWIMMING
Cabrillo College’s Michelle
Shields took second in two
events at the Coast Conference Invitational on Friday
at DeAnza College.
Shields swam the 50-meter
freestyle in 25,7 seconds
and the 100 breaststroke in
1:14.41.
Katie McGlucklin was
“We had a pretty good
year in 2012,” LaVerne
said. “The goal is to win the
championship. With the
help of my son and the rest
of my family, I think we’re
off to a good start.”
Robert Huckaby Jr., winner of three features last
year, finished fourth, followed by Al Sotomayor.
Aptos High sophomore
Luke Babcock turned the
fastest race lap in the division. His 18.054-second lap
was just one of a few laps that
moved him from the back
of the field to finish sixth.
LaVerne and Fischer were
heat race winners.
LATE-MODEL STOCKS
Phil Priddy won Ocean’s
late-model stock car 20-lap
feature. Promoter John
Prentice finished second,
followed by Ken Gregg and
Mike Meazell. Prentice won
the heat race.
The life of late-model
stock car racing at the
speedway is in critical condition. Only four cars made
up Friday night’s field.
“Late model stock car
racing has been a mainstay at the speedway for
decades,” Prentice said.
“I know cars and drivers are out there. We just
need to get more of them
here. I hope that happens
soon.”
Next Friday night is
Round 1 of Ocean’s 360
winged sprint car series
sponsored by Taco Bravo.
The winged warriors will
be joined by the Bay Area
dwarf cars, Ocean’s nonwing sprint cars, IMCA
sport modifieds and American stocks. Gates open at
4:30 p.m. and racing starts
at 6 p.m.
second in the 50 butterfly
in 29.3, Michael Shields won
the men’s 100 butterfly in 54.8
and Cody Gilbert took third
in the 200 butterfly in 2:15.7.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Evan Miller knocked in
the winning run as the Mid
County Marlins beat the
Santa Cruz Braves 6-5. Miller finished with three RBIs.
HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE
Nick Wameling scored four
goalstoleadAptostoa16-6win
over Scotts Valley on Friday.
Noah Wolf and Blake
Kennerson added hat tricks
for the Mariners (7-1, 3-0
SCCAL), who host Stevenson at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Mara Arroyo was 3-for-4
with two runs and an RBI
but Monte Vista Christian couldn’t hold off North
Monterey County in a 13-4
loss Friday.
Hillary Guerrero was
2-for-4 with a triple and an
RBI for the Mustangs (6-5, 1-1
Monterey Bay League), who
host Seaside on Monday.
STATE BASKETBALL
Mitty
boys fall
short
By DARREN SABEDRA
Bay Area News Group
SACRAMENTO — Aaron
Gordon’s brilliant high school
career ended Saturday night
without the third consecutive state championship and
victory over Mater Dei he so
coveted.
Under the bright lights of
the state’s first boys Open
Division championship game,
Gordon and Archbishop
Mitty battled to take the lead
early in the second half. But
Mater Dei and its own superstar, Stanley Johnson, hoisted
the championship trophy at
Sleep Train Arena after holding off Mitty 50-45.
For G ordon, his high
school career ends with two
Division II state titles and
countless records. But like
his brother, Drew, he did not
beat Mater Dei with a state
title on the line.
Gordon led Mitty with 22
points and 20 rebounds. But
Johnson had an even better
scoring performance, leading Mater Dei with 26 points
and 12 rebounds.
“I hate it, I can’t stand it,”
Gordon said. “I’m leaving
high school on a loss. They’re
the only school in the state
Open Division to go out on
a win, and I hate that feeling
with all my heart.”