BASEBALL: SPOT STARTER SPINS NO-HITTERThough not a regular starting pitcher,
Kevin Stevens filled in for Joe Molina - who had a collapsed lung - and fired a no-hitter with a school-record 15 strikeouts as Redlands East Valley (Calif.) blanked Miller, 4-0.
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Boone Grove (Valparaiso, Ind.) stole 12 bases – five by shortstop
Jake Wright – en route to a 15-3 victory over North Newton (Morocco, Ind.).
* Marin Catholic (Kentfield, Calif.) senior pitcher
Rob Woodcock (6-4, 220) put together a streak of 21 consecutive hitless innings earlier this spring. That included two full no-hitters, one with 15 strikeouts, for the Santa Clara recruit.
* Senior
Christian Lopes belted two homers and drove in eight runs to lead
Edison (Huntington Beach, Calif.) to an 11-9 victory over Fountain Valley (Calif.).
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Calvert Hall (Baltimore) routed Gilman (Baltimore, Md.), 15-5 as 6-6 senior outfielder
Matt Bosse slammed three home runs and drove in six runs.
* Ryan Wagner homered twice and drove in eight runs as
Wheat Ridge (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) routed Arvada (Colo.), 31-0, in five innings.
* Golden Valley (Santa Clarita, Calif.) pitcher
Scotty Barlow fanned 15 and scattered three hits during a 4-2 victory against La Quinta (Calif.).
* After losing to Fort Zumwalt East (St. Peters, Mo.) by a lopsided 19-7 margin in March,
Holt (Wentzville, Mo.) gained ample revenge with a 21-7 rout in a return engagement. Along the way, the winners set a state record by collecting 14 hits during a 15-run second inning.
* Canarsie (Brooklyn, N.Y.) senior
Debonair Bolling stifled Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 11-0, with 16 strikeouts and a six-inning perfect game.
* Westview (Portland, Ore.) junior
Carson Kelly was one strike from a perfect game when another junior,
Grant Taylor, singled on a 1-2 pitch. He had to settle for a one-hit, 7-0 victory over Lake Oswego (Ore.).
* Murray (Utah) slugger
Calob Aloi tied the state record by hitting three home runs during a 24-4 rout of Granger (West Valley City, Utah).
* Lake Highland Prep (Orlando, Fla.) nipped Lake Nona (Orlando, Fla.), 10-8, in 17 innings. The first 11 innings had been played on an earlier day before the game was suspended by darkness.
Tanner Stanley collected five hits and pitched nine innings for the winners.
* Valencia (Calif.) defeated Bishop Verot (Fort Myers, Fla.), 6-1, to win the USA Classic in Millington, Tenn. Valencia pitcher-infielder
Quincy Quintero, who is headed to Pepperdine University, was named MVP.
* Senior lefthander
Kevin Griffey piled up 19 strikeouts as Smithfield (Va.) shut out New Kent (Va.), 9-0.
* Owasso (Okla.) senior flamethrower
Dylan Bundy struck out 17 and allowed only a bloop single during a 5-0 victory over Red Oak (Okla.). Bundy has a 7-0 record with 95 strikeouts in 42 innings.
* West Perry (Elliottsville, Pa.) blanked Camp Hill (Pa.), 7-0, as
Jade Wilson struck out 16 while pitching his second no-hitter this year.
* Coaching milestone victories: Bob Zamora of
Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo, Calif.) notched No. 600; Mark Carroll of
Denham Springs (La.) and Lonny Cobble of
Santa Fe (Edmond, Okla.) each won No. 500; George Petik of
Pompano Beach (Fla.) won No. 400; Frank Bumbales of
Coral Springs (Fla.) and Dane Ilertsen of
Troy (Fullerton, Calif.) each picked up No. 300.
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