Local sports roundup

The Panthers won their third straight Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division title, holding off the Bears Thursday.

Burlingame has not lost a dual meet in the pool in three years. The Panthers were forced to forfeit a win last season after using an ineligible swimmer. They tied for the championship with M-A two years ago, but beat out the Bears last year and this year.

Alessio Iacovone was the big winner for Burlingame, winning two individual events and swimming on the Panthers’ victorious 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams. Iacovone also took first in the 50 and 100 free.

He joined Walker Pease, Justin Sasano and George Popovic on the winning 200 free relay team, while Iacovone, Sasano and Popovic were joined by Ernie Ribera on the 400 free relay team.

Ribera also won a pair of races, taking first in the 200 free and 500 free. Walker Pease doubled in the 200 individual medley and the 100 breast.

Girls’ swimming

Burlingame 104, Menlo-Atherton 76

The Lady Panthers also captured the PAL Bay Division team championship, also over the Bears Thursday.

Leah Goldman, who will swim at Duke next season, took home four, first-place finishes, winning a pair of individual events and was also a part of two relay wins.

Goldman won the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly, while teaming with Theresa Tam, Marie Maxwell and Niki Reynolds to win the 200 free relay. Maxwell, Reynolds and Goldman were joined by Ashley Bianchi to win the 400 free relay.

Reynolds was also a two-time winner, capturing the 50 and 100 free. Reynolds, who will be attending UCLA next season to play water polo, was recently invited to try out for junior national water polo team.

Boys’ tennis

PAL individual finals set

Top-seeded Scott Morris from Menlo-Atherton and No. 3-seed Drew Davison of Half Moon Bay will meet in the championship match of the PAL singles tournament Friday.

On the doubles side, the top-seeded team from M-A, Nick and Reed Fratt, will take on teammates and No. 3-seed Saul Menjivar and Axel Brenner in the doubles final.

Morris had an easy time in advancing to the finals. He won his quarterfinal match 6-0, 6-0 over unseeded Michael Mendelsohn. He then won the first game of his semifinal match against Mills’ James Tanjuatco before Tanjuatco, the No. 4 seed, had to retire because of injury.

Tanjuatco advanced to the semifinals with a three-set win over unseeded Gabe Pizzolato of Half Moon Bay. Tanjuatco dropped the first set 6-4 before winning the second 6-1. The third set went to a tiebreaker with Tanjuatco prevailing 7-1.

Davison beat No. 6 seed Devon Hughes 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals, where he dispatched No. 2 seed Scott Taggart of Burlingame, 6-2, 6-4. Taggart had beaten No. 7 seed Drew Mathews of M-A 6-2, 6-4 before losing to Davison.

There will be no third place singles match because of Tanjuatco’s withdrawl, meaning Taggart in the automatic third-place finisher. Both Morris and Davison, by virtue of making the championship match, automatically qualify for the Central Coast Section individual tournament.

The doubles final with be an all-M-A affair. Nick Fratt, a senior, and younger brother Reed, a sophomore, have lost a total of eight games over three matches. After winning their second-round match 6-0, 6-0, they posted a 6-1, 6-1 win over No. 8 seed Mitchell Chang and Chris Hong of Carlmont in the quarterfinals, before beating Woodside’s Hal Tuttle and Jose Lopez, the No. 4 seed, 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals.

Menjivar and Brenner have been equally as impressive, losing eight games as well in three matches. They shut out their opponents 6-0, 6-0 in the second round, before beating Mills’ Kevin Reyes and Alex Ma in the quarterfinals, 6-0, 6-3.

In the semifinals, Menjivar and Brenner took out No. 2 seed Ben Knoot and Kevin Hutchaleelaha 6-3, 6-2 to secure a spot in the championship match.

Tuttle and Lopez will take on Knoot and Hutchaleelaha in the third-place match.

All match being at 3:45 p.m. Friday at Burlingame.

Baseball

King’s Academy 5, Sequoia 4

The Knights threw a major wrench into the PAL Ocean Division race by knocking off the Cherokees Thursday.

Sequoia’s loss, coupled with wins from Aragon and Hillsdale, forged a three-way tie atop the standings between those three teams.

King’s Academy (7-5 PAL Ocean, 11-14 overall) scored three runs in the top of the first, but Sequoia (8-4, 17-6-1) put up a four-spot in the bottom of the second, only to see the Knights score twice in the top of the fifth. They then held Sequoia off the rest of the way to secure the victory and move them to just a game behind the top three in the standings.

King’s Academy’s John Antonicic had the big hit in both of his team’s rallies, knocking in a pair with a single in the first and driving in both runs in the fifth with a two-out double.

Tommy Lopipparo led the Sequoia attack with two hits and a pair of RBIs. Cameron Greenough drove in a run with a double.

Aragon 13, Mills 5

The Dons’ Chris Davis had a big day as Aragon pulled into a first-place tie atop the PAL Ocean Division standings with the win over the Vikings.

Davis drove in five runs on three hits and also pitched two innings of scoreless relief. Brennan Carey and Chad Franquez also drove in a pair of runs for Aragon, while Steven Hughes had a double.

Kevin Hahn picked up the win for Aragon (8-4 PAL Ocean, 13-9-1 overall), going five innings, allowing seven hits and five runs — only one of which were earned as the Dons committed four errors.

Softball

Mercy-Burlingame 15, Notre Dame-SJ 5

After spotting Notre Dame to a 4-0 lead, the Crusaders came roaring back to end the game in the bottom of the fifth because of the 10-run mercy rule.

Trailing 4-2 entering the bottom of the fourth, Mercy (3-2 WBAL Foothill, 8-12 overall) exploded for eight runs, highlighted by a Sabrina Miller three-run home run.

Mercy added five more runs in the fifth to end the game. Erin Dougherty, Alanna Duffy and Kesaia Langi each drove in a run for Mercy in the fifth.