Prep roundup: Mitty softball beats St. Ignatius with senior day comeback; SI baseball wins on walk-off grand slam

SOFTBALL No Mitty St Ignatius A dramatic seventh-inning comeback gave Mitty a key West Catholic Athletic League win at home on senior day The Monarchs trailed - entering the bottom of the seventh but it didn t take long for them to make their mark Adelle Duncan led off the inning with a single to left then with one out Ellie Kleinheinz doubled to left scoring Duncan Wasting no time Alyssa Hahn the next batter roped her own double to left scoring Kleinheinz and giving the Monarchs the win Kyleigh Mace held the line in the circle for Mitty to give the Monarchs a chance allowing just one unearned run on six hits with strikeouts to put Mitty in position to make its resurgence Cassidy Chew took a tough loss for SI also going the distance while allowing seven hits and striking out five hitters Chew did not concede a single walk all match while Mace walked one hitter Mitty improved to - - this season and - in the WCAL keeping pace in third place behind St Francis - and Valley Christian - SI dropped to - and - in the WCAL No Live Oak Prospect Live Oak eked out a close one to remain unbeaten in the Blossom Valley Athletic League Santa Teresa Division play The Acorns got the big hit from junior Kayla Tulowitzki who homered to left field in the top of the sixth inning Senior Maya Medina and sophomore Julianna Altamirano combined for a strong performance in the circle sharing the full seven innings and allowing just five hits and one walk Live Oak improved to - - while Prospect dropped to - - No Hillsdale Aragon innings One day after a close loss to King s Academy Hillsdale picked up a nice bounce-back win to get back on track The Fighting Knights had to work for it as pitching was at a premium level in the circle from both clubs Hillsdale in the end broke through in the top of the ninth plating runs on RBI singles by Sammie Marinec and Paige Venezia Aragon responded by scoring its automatic runner with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the ninth but pitcher Lola Jones held the line and induced a popup from Aliyah Adle to end the championship The Dons were certainly close to tying it up Zoe Farrigan walked to lead off the inning and was stranded at third Jones pitched the final eight innings to get the win for Hillsdale conceding only the automatic runners and striking out seven Makayla Hafoka pitched the entire championship for Aragon and took a tough loss scattering eight hits Hillsdale improved to - - - Aragon fell to - - BASEBALL No St Ignatius No St Francis SI walked off St Francis in style on Friday night just in the nick of time The two teams were tied - entering the bottom of the seventh and had been since the Lancers tied the competition in the fifth until AJ Wineinger stopped up to the plate With the bases loaded and one out Wineinger ripped a drive down the left-field line and cleared the outfield fence giving the Wildcats a series sweep with a game-ending grand slam SI also beat St Francis - on Tuesday in Mountain View and is now - - overall this season The Cats improved to - in the WCAL getting them into a second-place tie with Valley Christian Only Serra - has a better league record St Francis fell to fourth place and is now - - Christopher No Leigh innings It took several time but Christopher absolutely beat Leigh in a major-league length contest down in Gilroy The Cougars trailed - after four innings but responded with three runs in the fifth They responded again in the bottom of the seventh scoring two runs to erase a - deficit and force extras In the bottom of the ninth they were ultimately poised to walk it off Aaron Mojica set the table with a one-out single and three-sport star Jaxen Robinson took it from there The Northern Arizona football commit blasted a two-run homer to center field giving Christopher a win it won t soon forget The Cougars improved to - and - in league play Leigh - dropped just its second loss of the league season and is now - in the Blossom Valley Athletic League s Mt Hamilton Division TRACK A number of athletes stood out as the West Catholic Athletic League held its championship meet on Friday at St Francis Ellie McCuskey-Hay led the way for St Ignatius on the girls side winning four events She topped the field in the -meter dash seconds -meter dash -meter relay school and meet record and long jump - meet record Maya Ifo Desai won two events for Mitty topping the shot put - and discus - On the boys side Sacred Heart Cathedral s Jasaun Mabrey SI s Noah Gonzalez St Francis Kyle Velasco SI s Joshua Haven and SI s Prince Babalola Buchango each had a pair of elite performances meeting tracking company MileSplit s US Second Unit standard Mabrey did so in the long jump - and triple jump - Gonzalez just outstretched Mabrey in the long jump - and the triple - Velasco ran the hurdles prelims in and the hurdles prelims in Haven was even better in the hurdles clocking a time of He tied Mabrey in the long jump finals with a mark of feet inches Babalola Buchango also put up a strong performance in the hurdles and topped the -meter prelims in GOLF A strong season for Bishop O Dowd boys golf will continue into the postseason The O Dowd boys won the West Alameda County Conference on Monday for the first time since Freshman Theron Amey shot a at Tilden Park Golf Discipline in Berkeley including a pair of eagles Junior Daniel Weiland shot Senior Adam Koceniak and freshman Theo Stoop both shot The Dragons finished the regular season with a - record and will next play at the NCS Division I championships on May at Rancho Solano Golf Program in Fairfield