Page 8 March 20, 2014 Joe’s Sports Hawthorne Hangs on to Top Lawndale Hawthorne pitcher Andrew Banuelos prepares to throw to a Lawndale batter during last Friday’s non-league baseball game. Photos by Joe Snyder. By Joe Snyder Hawthorne High’s baseball team was able to hold off host Lawndale for a 9-7 non-league win last Friday. The Cougars held leads of 4-0, 6-2 and 9-5, but the Cardinals had threats that included two runs in the top of the fourth inning, three in the sixth and two in the seventh. Hawthorne, which improved to 3-1-1, started out with two runs in the top of the first inning behind a leadoff single by Steve Leyva and walks to Jonathan Juarez, winning pitcher Andrew Banuelos and Javier Martinez. The Cougars made it 4-0 in the fourth on a two-run double by Mike Henderson to drive in Max Riley and Carlos Robles. Banuelos, meanwhile, started off well with two perfect innings before the Cardinals’ Noe Tapia reached first on a passed ball after he apparently struck out. Lawndale then scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth behind a run-scoring base hit by Tyler Bonsky and an RBI double from Jesse Garcia. Hawthorne came back with two unearned runs in the top of the fifth, but the Cardinals continued to pound a tired Banuelos for three runs (two unearned) off three Cougar errors and four hits. A run-scoring base hit by Tapia highlighted the inning. The Cougars scored three important runs in the top of the seventh behind an RBI hit by Jose Sandoval and run-scoring sacrifice flies from Martinez and Riley. Lawndale threatened back in the seventh with a two-run single by Garcia, but reliever Juarez was able to get Tapia to ground out to him for the final out. “We probably left him [Banuelos] a bit too long,” Hawthorne assistant coach J.C. Randolph said. “Henderson and Martinez played well.” Leyva scored two runs for the Cougars. Garcia was two for four with two RBIs for the Cardinals, who fell to 2-4. Tapia went two for four, drove in a run and scored once. George Escobedo went two for three and scored twice. A day earlier at Hawthorne, the Cougars topped Bishop Diego High from Santa Barbara 8-6. Martinez pitched four and two-thirds innings and had two hits. One of those was a bases loaded double. Hawthorne played a non-league game at Bishop Montgomery in Torrance last Tuesday and visit rival Leuzinger Friday at 3:15 p.m. Lawndale hosts Culver City in a non-league contest Friday at 3:15 p.m. and remain at home against Chadwick from Rolling Hills Estates next Wednesday at the same time. Leuzinger Routs Hawthorne MSA In most games in recent years, Leuzinger High’s baseball team has been used to getting embarrassed in five-inning mercy rule games. At Leuzinger last Thursday, the Olympians went the opposite direction by crushing a smaller Hawthorne Math and Science Academy squad 29-1 in a five-inning mercy rule contest for their first victory of the season. Winning pitcher Angel Vital, a returning all- Bay League junior, had a fine game with his arm and bat. Vital went three innings, striking out seven batters. With the bat, he was two for three with four stolen bases, three RBIs and four runs scored. Sergio Hernandez went four for five with a double, six RBIs and four runs. Edgar Gutierrez was three for four with two triples, five RBIs and five runs. Leuzinger (1-5) faces Animo Leadership at Darby Park in Inglewood today and hosts rival Hawthorne Friday in 3:15 p.m. non-league games. The Olympians then host Animo on Monday at 3:15 p.m. and Compton Dominguez on Tuesday at the same time. Animo Fals in Regionals The CIF-Southern Section Division VI champion Animo Leadership High’s boys’ soccer team from Inglewood was pitted against topseeded Los Angeles Cathedral in the Southern California Regional Division II playoffs on March 11 at La Salle High in Pasadena. The Phantoms, the Southern Section Division IV champions, proved too much for the defending Southern California Division III champions in a 3-0 shutout. The loss ended Animo’s season at 16-7-6 overall. Kris Nunez, Miguel Lorenzo and Daniel Huizar each had one goal for Cathedral. The Phantoms, though, were upset in the semifinals 2-1 by eventual champion Southwest of San Diego. Southwest topped Simi Valley Royal for the title on Saturday at Warren High in Downey. With most of its top players back, Animo hopes to return to Southern California championship form next season. Lady Sents Fal in Regionals Inglewood High’s girls’ basketball team lost in the first round of the Southern California Regional Division III playoffs to Selma High from the Central Section 58-53 on March 12 at Inglewood. The loss ended the Lady Sentinels’ season at 14-19, while Selma finished at 28-6 after a quarterfinal loss on Saturday. Inglewood was the CIF-Southern Section Division IIIA finalist, losing to Santa Margarita 53-41 on March 7 at Godinez High in Santa Ana. • Hawthorne’s Max Riley scores a run in last Friday’s non-league rivalry against Lawndale. The Cougars outlasted the Cardinals 9-7. The Cougars visit Leuzinger in another Centinela Valley rivalry Friday at 3:15 p.m. INGLEWOOD And we’d love to get you enrolled today! Through Covered California™ and the A ordable Care Act. You’re invited to the L.A. Care Covered™ Enrollment Fair! Open enrollment ends March 31st, 2014. Don’t miss your chance to get a ordable, quality healthcare for you and your family – with the health plan for all of L.A. Join us on March 22nd for FREE and con dential one-on-one assistance. If you can, please bring your social security number, last income tax returns and proof of citizenship or legal residency. We expect a high turnout for this event, so call today to secure an appointment. 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