PHS picks up two wins in tournament

Porterville’s softball team defeated Orosi 21-1 in their final game of the Strathmore tournament Saturday. The team also defeated Lindsay 14-13 on Thursday before losing to Central Valley Christian 3-2 on Friday.

Josie Rios pitched all three games for the Panthers and in their game against Lindsay Cloey Loflin hit a triple.

Freshmen Cloey Loflin, Aleiza Lopez, Myranda Ledesma, Uniese Carrillo, and Trinity Soliz all played exceptionally well for their first varsity tournament.

SHS goes 1-2 in tournament

Strathmore’s softball team fell 21-8 to Bakersfield Christian on Saturday in their week-long tournament that they hosted.

Diana Medina did excellent behind the plate and Riley Sullins had great defense at first base.

The Spartans beat Robert F. Kennedy 21-1 on Wednesday after losing 21-4 to Granite Hills.

Against RFK, Diana Medina went 4-for-4, Kenzie Milhous while went 2-for-4 with a triple. Makayla Trujillo pitched five innings against Granite Hills and had nine strikeouts.

LHS drop two but win final game

Lindsay’s softball team defeated Farmersville 23-9 on Saturday but lost to Central Valley Christian 7-3 and Porterville 14-13 earlier in the week.

Natalie Fries went 3-for-4 with four RBIS and Sierra Torres went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIS against Farmersville.

After getting many of his players back from basketball season, head coach Izzy Torres said he’s very impressed with where his team is at.

BASEBALL Granite Hills splits doubleheader

Brandon Clingerman only gave up three earned runs and one walk while striking out five batters in Granite Hills’ baseball team’s 14-3 win over Strathmore Saturday.

On offense, Clingerman went 3-for-4 with an RBI, while Calvin Duran went 1-for-1 with three walks. Duran and Clingerman each scored three runs.

Alonso Badillo

scored two runs and went 1-for-2.

Ronan Carabay went 2-for-2 with three RBIS and Paul Hererra was 1-for-3 with two RBI’S.

The team played really good defense and had good pitching for their first win of the season.

In their previous game, GHHS fell 2-1 to Robert F. Kennedy and Derek Steidley took the loss after striking out eight batters in 3 2/3 innings to start the game.

Paul Herrera had the Grizzlies lone RBI and went 1-for-3, while Steidley went 1-for-2.

The defense played an errorless game but couldn’t get a timely hit.

Monache 17 Mendota 1

Monache’s baseball team had nine RBIS and 10 hits in Saturday’s 17-1 win over Mendota.

Ben Smotherman had four RBIS while both Marlon Johnson and Lane Page each had two.

Page also had a single and Khris Takahashi went 2-for-4.

Reed Passmore got the win for the Maruders after striking out five batters and giving up one earned run.