Riaan 
NgoLwesihlanu olupholile kusihlwa eLong Beach, abalandeli bagcwalise cishe zonke izihlalo e-Blair Field belindele umdlalo we-baseball ongasoze walibaleka we-Southern Section Division 1 phakathi kwezimbangi ze-Trinity League u-Santa Margarita no-San Juan Capistrano JSerra.
Ifinyelele emvuzweni yabangani abakhulu bebhekene bebhekene ngaphandle kokufuna ukuvumela. Izinga lokuqina lalibonakala ngakho konke ukuphuma okukhulu okwenza abadlali baveze imizwa yabo ngezibhakela ezibambayo noma ngokuklabalasa okukhulu.
Umdlalo ubungenamaphuzu kwaze kwaba umshayi ongunombolo-9 u-Dmitri Susidko we-JSerra eshaye i-line-drive eyodwa eya endaweni engakwesokunxele ukuze ashaye umgijimi omncane u-Jackson Summers ekugcineni kwe-inning yesishiyagalombili ngokunqoba ngo-1-0 ku-Santa Margarita.
“Umdlalo webhola onjani,” kusho umqeqeshi we-JSerra uBrett Kay. “Yeka impi yokuhlukunyezwa.”
U-Kay ucabange kafushane ukushaya uSusidko. “Angisakhumbuli ukuthi wagcina nini ukushaywa,” esho. “Ungumdlali kagesi. Kufanele nje ukholelwe kubafana bakho.”
Ihithi iqhamuke ku-Santa Margarita ace u-Collin Clarke, owayeseseduze nokungakwazi ukushayeka ingxenye enkulu yomdlalo. Uyeke ukushaya u-Dominic Smaldino kwi-inning yokuqala, wabe esethatha umhlalaphansi abashaya abangu-18 belandelana. Washaya isishiyagalombili wangahamba lutho. Umphetho wesishiyagalombili uqale nge-single eyodwa ka-Jordan Marian, kwase kuba umhlatshelo.
U-Clarke wayezama ukulingisa umgadli ovelele ka-Santa Margarita wesikhathi esedlule, uGriffin Canning, ohole i-Eagles esihlokweni sika-2014 Division 1 ngokunqoba ngo-3-1 ku-Santa Ana Foothill. Ukudlondlobala kukaClake kwenze umqeqeshi uChris Malec waziqhenya. “Waqhakaza futhi wakhula waba okuthile okukhethekile,” esho.
Ithuba elingcono kakhulu lika-Santa Margarita liqhamuke kwi-iningi yesihlanu lapho ukuhamba ngezinyawo nabashayayo ababili belayisha izisekelo ngokuphuma okukodwa. Kwaphuma umshayi ohamba phambili ka-Santa Margarita, u-Luke Lavin. U-Pitcher Matt Champion wamenza wadlala kabili.
I-baseball ye-Division 1 yehlukile ku-Southern Section. Ukulunguza okukodwa ohlwini kunikeze konke obudinga ukukwazi. Abashayi be-Santa Margarita bokuqala abayisithupha bazibophezele ku-UCLA, UCLA, Stanford, Washington, Ohio State kanye neSan Diego State. Abashayayo bokuqala abayisithupha be-JSerra bazibophezele ku-USC, Oregon State, Cal, UC Santa Barbara, Northwestern and Washington.
Pomona Ganesha 7, Fillmore 0: U-Gabe Smith ufake isandla ngama-runs amathathu kuma-runs amahlanu wesine futhi waqeda ngamahithi amathathu nama-RBI amane ukusiza u-Ganesha (22-0) awine umqhudelwano we-Division 7.
I-Castaic 7, i-Hesperia Christian 0: UTyler Hawn ushaye abayisithupha, akahambanga nelilodwa futhi wajikijela amagoli amane ukuze akhuphulele uCastaic emqhudelwaneni weDivision 6 ngesizini yawo njengohlelo lwasevarsity.
Isigaba Sedolobha
Granada Hills 2, Cleveland 1: Njengoba i-bases igcwele futhi yaphuma kabili phezulu kwesikhombisa, u-Andrew Cuevo uthole isisekelo sokusiza i-Highlanders ehlezi phezulu ibambelele futhi idlulele ku-semifinal ye-City Section Open Division e-USC. U-Easton Hawk ushaye ayisikhombisa kuma-innings ayisithupha. UJackson Lyons noMiles Ortiz ngamunye waba namahithi amabili. IGranada Hills izobhekana noCarson, onqobe ngo 2-1 ku-El Camino Real ekuhambeni kuka-JoJo Olloque endaweni yesishiyagalombili.
Birmingham 5, Narbonne 4: I-Patriots ithole i-wilk-off ku-inning yesi-10 kanye nokuphonswa kwempumuzo okukhethekile okuvela ku-Kaden Taque, oshaye oku-10 futhi wavumela ukushaywa okukodwa kuma-innings ayisithupha angenamaphuzu. IBirmingham izodlala nePalisades, enqobe ngo 9-1 kuGarfield, kowandulela owamanqamu ngoLwesithathu e-USC.
