ALUMNI UPDATE

Mitch Walding

High school: St. Mary’s Sport: Baseball Professional: Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Phillies AAA)

Walding has started strong in his first tripleA season, with a six-game hitting streak since a 2-for-4 day against Scranton-Wilkes Barre on April 11. He was 4-for-5 with a double and three runs against Louisville on April 12, had a single and two runs the next day, a solo home run on Sunday and a single in the series finale on Monday. In Tuesday’s game against Norfolk, he went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs.

Gio Brusa

High school: St. Mary’s Sport: Baseball Professional: San Jose Giants (Giants AAdv.)

Brusa, a first baseman, was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs against Stockton on Sunday, had a home run and two RBIs against the Ports on Monday, and was 2-for5 against Visalia on Tuesday.

Alex Dentoni

High school: Tokay Sport: Baseball College: Sacramento State Dentoni, a redshirt sophomore right-hander, pitched a scoreless inning of relief in Sunday’s 5-2 loss to Northern Colorado.

Matt Richardson

High school: Tokay Sport: Baseball College: Hawaii Richardson, a senior right-hander, pitched an inning of scoreless relief in Sunday’s 9-2 loss to UC Riverside.

Alex Patterson

High school: St. Mary’s Sport: Baseball College: UC Santa Barbara Patterson, a redshirt junior right-hander, pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief in Sunday’s 94 win over UC Irvine, allowing one run on one hit with one strikeout. The next day, he allowed one run in an inning of work, with two hits and one strikeout.

Mason Blansett

High school: Lodi Sport: Baseball College: Whittier Blansett hit safely in two of three games against Caltech, going 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in a 15-4 win on Friday, then hitting a single with an RBI and a run in Saturday’s 15-3 victory.

Bryce Graddy

High school: Tokay Sport: Baseball College: Cal Poly-Pomona Graddy, a senior infielder, hit safely in all four games of a series against CSUMonterey Bay, going 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI in Friday’s 10-5 win, hitting a double in Saturday’s 6-2 loss followed by a single in a 4-2 win later in the day, and going 2-for4 with a run in Sunday’s 6-4 loss.

Brett Young

High school: Lodi Sport: Baseball College: Nebraska-Kearney Young, a junior outfielder who missed several games after a collision with another fielder, returned in Tuesday’s double-header against Northwest Missouri State, going 3for-4 with a double, two runs and an RBI in the first game, followed by a two-run home run to left field in the second game.

Brad Reeves

High school: Lodi Sport: Golf College: Arizona Reeves, a sophomore, tied for 19th at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational at Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz., with a 1-under 212 over the three-round tournament, carding a 71, a 73 and closing out with a 3-under 68 in the final round.

JR Kanemura

High school: Lodi Sport: Golf College: Doane (Neb.) Kanemura, a sophomore, shot a 162 over the two-day GPAC Spring Preview at Woodland Hills GC in Eagle, Neb., to tie for 41st.

Ali Smith

High school: Lodi Sport: Softball College: McPherson (Kan.) Smith, a sophomore outfielder, was 2-for-4 with a run in Thursday’s 6-2 win over Sterling College.

Britany Heinle

High school: Tokay Sport: Softball College: Vanguard University Heinle, a senior infielder, had a single in three straight games — a 7-0 win over Menlo College on Friday, then in both games of a double-header against William Jessup on Saturday.

Kelsey Connolly

High school: Lodi Sport: Softball College: Thomas University Connolly, a senior catcher, had a single and two RBIs in a 2-0 win over Coastal Georgia on Thursday, had a single in the first game of a double-header against Southeastern

(Fla.), a 1-0 win, and had a single and two runs in the second game, a 7-4 win.

Abbie Lewis

High school: Lodi Sport: Softball College: William Jessup Lewis, a freshman outfielder, went 2-for4 with a run in a win over San Diego Christian, then went 4-for-5 with a double, a triple, three RBIs and two runs in a 16-10 win later that day. In another game against SDCC on Tuesday, she had a single, an RBI and a run.

Lauren Garoutte

High school: Tokay Sport: Softball College: William Jessup Garoutte, a junior outfielder, had a single in the first game against San Diego Christian, then had a single, an RBI and a run in Tuesday’s first game, plus a double in the second game of the double-header.

Sam Martinez

High school: Galt Sport: Softball College: Delta

Martinez, a freshman infielder/pitcher, pitched 2 1/3 innings of relief in Thursday’s 8-2 loss to San Mateo, allowing 2 unearned runs on three hits. She had a single, an RBI and a run in Saturday’s 11-0 win over Santa Rosa, then had an inning of hitless relief later in the day in a 2-0 win.

Korina Krueg

High school: Tokay Sport: Softball College: Cosumnes River Krueg, a sophomore shortstop, had a single in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Diablo Valley.

Taelor Ford

High school: Tokay Sport: Softball College: Cosumnes River Ford, a sophomore third baseman, was 2-for-3 in Tuesday’s victory.

Cameron Schubert

High school: Lodi Sport: Baseball College: Delta Schubert, a sophomore infielder, had a single and a run in Friday’s 11-3 win over Cosumnes River.

Nick Dentoni

High school: Tokay Sport: Baseball

College: Delta Dentoni, a redshirt freshman right-hander, pitched 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in Friday’s win over CRC, then gave up three runs on four hits in an inning of work in Tuesday’s 10-6 win over American River.

Daniel Vitoria

High school: Galt Sport: Baseball College: Cosumnes River Vitoria, a sophomore right-hander, earned the save in Thursday’s 4-2 win over Delta, allowing two hits and a walk but no runs while striking out one in 3 2/3 innings.

Zack Stockton

High school: Tokay Sport: Baseball College: Santa Barbara City College Stockton, a sophomore catcher, went 2for-4 with two RBIs and three runs in Saturday’s 11-2 victory over Oxnard.

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