The Mercury News Weekend

Dougherty Valley earns walk-off victory over De La Salle; SRV throws no-hitter

- By Joseph Dycus jdycus@bayareanew­sgroup.com

Adam DeCampo ended Dougherty Valley High's 11 years of futility against De La Salle with one swing on Wednesday.

His single into right field in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted the Wildcats to a 6- 5 victory over the East Bay Athletic League powerhouse Wednesday, giving the San Ramon public school its first win against the Spartans in 15 meetings since 2013.

“Everyone is on Cloud Nine, and I told everyone that this is the start of a new program … this is the expectatio­n,” first-year coach Kyle Stewart told the Bay Area News Group on Wednesday night. “I'm trying to build what Mike Hansen has done with basketball.”

Dougherty Valley, which had lost its last three EBAL games by a combined score of 41- 4, got off to a dream start, scoring twice in the first inning on singles by Luke Duncan and DeCampo.

The Wildcats then tallied three more runs in the second when Ethan Kim singled, Duncan walked with the bases loaded, and Jayden Rouse drove a ground ball into left field.

Meanwhile, Ahdil Khan kept the potent DLS offense at bay for the first four innings in a gritty pitching performanc­e.

“It's not football or basketball, where size matters,” said Stewart, who is in his first year as the varsity coach after leading the JV team for the past two seasons. “My pitcher threw 110 pitches, and he's 5-foot-3 and throws 68 miles per hour.”

The Spartans' bats came to life in the top of the fifth. Sean Stafford hit a triple to drive in two runs, Joe McGee singled to make it 5-3, and then Tyler Spangler sent a line drive into right, a hit that scored McGee after an error in the outfield.

With two outs in the seventh, it looked as if Dougherty Valley would hold on for the win. But in his first game in a DLS uniform since injuring his knee in the NorCal basketball playoffs, junior star Alec Blair tied the score by driving in Hank Tripaldi with a double.

Instead of resigning themselves to extra innings, the Wildcats put themselves in a position to win. Duncan singled into left and advanced to third on an error and fielder's choice.

DeCampo's single sealed the milestone win, one that improved Dougherty's record to 4-8 overall and 2-3 in EBAL play.

De La Salle dropped to 6-3, 3-2. “It was a crazy game, one hell of a game,” Stewart said.

SAN RAMON VALLEY 6, CALIFORNIA 0 >> Charles Reiland pitched the game of his life against EBAL rival California, allowing no hits and walking just one in a complete-game gem.

Luke Baker hit his first home run of the season and had three RBIs for the Wolves. Colin Linteo was 3 for 3 with two doubles and one RBI.

Julian Cambra, Baker's teammate on the football team, was 2 for 3 with two RBIs.

SRV improved to 6- 4, 4-1, and California dropped to 4-7, 1- 4.

NO. 20 BURLINGAME 2, NO. 18 CARLMONT 1>> Pitching ruled the day in a matchup of ranked teams. Burlingame sophomore Nick Armstrong went six innings and allowed just three hits. Carlmont junior Henry Massey struck out four while not allowing a single earned run.

Noah Werbinski gave Carlmont a 1- 0 lead in the top of the third inning with the game's only RBI, but Burlingame scored in the fourth to tie and then again in the sixth inning to take the lead.

Eric Gee and Will Robbins each had one hit and scored a run for Burlingame, which improved to 8-3, 2-1.

Carlmont fell to 8-5, 3-2.

NO. 1 GRANADA 6, MONTE VISTA 4 (9 INN.) >> Monte Vista came within a whisker of stunning the No. 1 team in the Bay Area News Group's Top 20, but had to settle for pushing Granada to a nineinning thriller.

A. J Martinez's only hit of the game was the biggest of the night, a two-run double in the top of the ninth inning that broke a 4- 4 deadlock.

Riley Winchell was 3 for 5 with two RBIs and scored three runs. Quinn Boyd was 2 for 5 with an RBI.

Brandon Clizbe was 4 for 5 with an RBI for Monte Vista, and shortstop Luke Claussen was 2 for 4 with an RBI. Monte Vista led 3-2 after the first inning, and then took a 4-2 lead with a run in the fourth.

Granada tied it in the top of the fifth, and then Luke Palma and Mason Ravera ended the game, pitching 5 1/3 scoreless innings.

Granada improved to 11-0, 5-0, and Monte Vista fell to 5-6, 1-4. NO. 4 VALLEY CHRISTIAN 3, AQUINAS- SAN BERNARDINO 1 >> Valley Christian took the lead in the fourth inning when Quinten Marsh doubled and then scored on a wild pitch. It then held on for the win at the Bishop GormanLas Vegas tournament.

Valley pitcher Forest Zelmer ended the sixth inning with a strikeout, and Kole Laubach closed out the seventh with a scoreless frame as the Warriors improved to 12-2.

COLLEGE PARK 3, NO. 10 HERITAGE 2 (8 INN.) >> College Park's No. 9 hitter, Trent Lanza, made his case for being moved up in the order after he hit a walk- off single in the eighth inning to defeat scorching-hot Heritage.

“I didn't want to sit on his curveball because he threw his curveball a lot,” Lanza said. “I was just waiting for that fastball up the middle.”

Lanza was 3 for 4 on the day. Nathan Leffel and Connor Berkowitz drove in College Park's first two runs as the home team jumped out to a 2- 0 lead after four innings.

JJ Kinnaird and Alonzo Alvarez answered in the fifth with an RBI apiece as Heritage tied things up in a rain-soaked game.

College Park had a chance to win the game in the seventh, but flew out with the bases loaded.

A few minutes later, Lanza's hit got College Park (4- 4) back to .500 and handed Heritage (9-2-1) its second loss.

Softball

SALESIAN 18, PINOLE VALLEY 18 >> Pinole Valley blew a 13-1 first-inning lead but was able to somehow salvage a tie in one of the craziest games of the season.

Salesian scored twice in the second, seven times in the third and eight more runs in the fifth to take an 18-14 lead going into the bottom of the inning.

Pinole Valley then scored three times in the fifth and once in the sixth to force a tie.

The game was called after six innings.

Ta'Leysha Thompson was 3 for 4 with four RBIs for Salesian, and teammate Lina Gaskin was 2 for 3 with three RBIs.

Pinole Valley sophomores Gabriella Ornelas and Jaylyssa Elliott combined for five RBIs, and Julissa Sanchez had two hits for the Spartans.

Pinole Valley had just seven hits, but drew 15 walks, was hit by three pitches and benefitted from three Salesian errors.

NO. 16 BRANHAM 10, NO. 13 GILROY 3 >> Branham senior Abigail Fales was 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs as Branham cruised past Gilroy in a big Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton Division showdown.

Branham improved to 9- 6, 2-2 while Gilroy (9- 4, 4-1) dropped its first league game.

Bruins senior Kaliya Yco was 3 for 4 with three RBIs, and sophomore Makenzie Navarro was 1 for 2 with a double and RBI as Branham piled up 10 hits.

NO. 8 WILLOW GLEN 5, SANTA TERESA 1 >> Willow Glen remained red-hot, defeating Santa Teresa in a BVAL Mt. Hamilton game for its fifth straight win.

Haley Ocumen had two hits and an RBI, and pitcher Alanna Clincy had one hit and two RBIs. Clincy also struck out 13 in 5 1/3 innings.

Willow Glen improved to 5-3, 3-1, and Santa Teresa dropped to 7- 4, 3-2.

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