Local sports roundup

The Gators scored all eight of their runs in the first four innings to win going away in the first round of the Peninsula Athletic League tournament Tuesday.

SHP starting pitcher Will Johnston worked five innings, allowing one run on three hits in picking up the win. Andrew Daschbach paced the offense, hitting a two-run home run in the fourth inning. Danny Cody and Charlie Boyden also drove in a pair of runs in the win.

Hillsdale took a 1-0 lead in the top of first, but the Gators responded with two in the bottom of the inning. They took a 3-1 lead with a run in the second before adding three runs in the third and two more in the fourth. Anthony Leary hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh for the Knights’ second run of the game.

With the win, SHP advances to the second round where it will face second-seeded Terra Nova at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Pacifica.

Half Moon Bay 11, South City 1

The Cougars teed off on Warriors pitching in the opening round of the PAL tournament Tuesday, scoring 11 runs on 18 hits.

Chet Silveria and Josh McKnight each drove in a pair of runs for Half Moon Bay, while Kyle Harwood had a triple and three hits. Brett Berghammer and Mike Rupert also hit triples.

Cougars’ starter Sam Vaughn worked four innings of no-hit ball in picking up the win.

Half Moon Bay advances to the second round where it will take on No. 4 seed Menlo School at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Atherton.

Aragon 6, Burlingame 0

The Dons scored four runs in the first two innings and that was enough for starting pitcher Kevin Hahn, who pitched a complete-game shutout.

Chad Franquez paced Aragon at the plate, scoring three runs, driving in two and hitting a double and a triple.

Steven Hughes also drove in a pair of runs for the Dons.

Aragon moves on in the PAL tournament and will play No. 3 Menlo-Atherton at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Atherton.

Bellarmine 3, Serra 1

Senior right-hander Matt Blais threw his sixth consecutive complete game but it was not enough as the Padres managed just three hits at Bellarmine Tuesday in the West Catholic Athletic League playoff opener.

Serra jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but Bellarmine eked out single runs in the second, fourth and sixth. Sean Watkins, Neil Sterling and Nolan Dempsey accounted for each of Serra’s three hits. Sterling produced the lone RBI to plate leadoff hitter Chris Papapietro.

Softball

Notre Dame-Belmont 6, St. Francis 5

After seeing the Lancers tie the score with three runs in the top of the seventh, the Tigers walked off with the win with a run in the bottom of the seventh to beat St. Francis in the first round of the West Catholic Athletic League tournament.

Danica Kazakoff led the Notre Dame offense by going 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles and a pair of RBIs. Sofia Magnani got the win in the pitcher’s circle, allowing five runs on eight hits.

Fourth-seeded Notre Dame took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, but fifth-seeded St. Francis came back for a 2-1 lead with two runs in the top of the third.

The Tigers scored four in the fourth to take a 5-2 advantage before the seventh-inning fireworks.

Notre Dame will now face top-seeded Mitty in the semifinals at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in San Jose.

Half Moon Bay 3, Woodside 0

Ally Sarabia fired a four-hit shutout Tuesday to lead the Cougars to a key win over Woodside.

Entering the day in a three-way tie with Hillsdale and Capuchino, HMB remains deadlocked in second place with Hillsdale after the Knights downed Cap 5-0.

The Cougars scored single runs in the second, third and fourth. In the second, Emma Alaimo tabbed an RBI single to plate Sarabia. In the third, Angela Brazil hit a solo home run to right-center. In the fourth, Harlee Donovan notched an RBI single to score Kailani Bowers.

Mills 2, Terra Nova 1

The Vikings got a splendid pitching performance from starter Sara Cisneros, who went the distance while striking out nine.

Terra Nova scored a run in the second and took a 1-0 lead into the seventh. But Mills rallied for two runs in its final at-bat. With two outs, Cisneros hit a double to drive home the tying run.

Gabriella Zucchiatti followed with an RBI single to plate Cisneros with the go-ahead run.

Swimming

Tam sets PAL record

San Mateo’s Larisa Tam won the Ocean Division 100 breaststroke title Saturday, setting a new school and Peninsula Athletic League record in the process.

Her time of 1:04.92 broke a 22-year-old record for San Mateo and also set a new PAL record — Bay or Ocean division.

Tam also took the title in the 200 individual medley and was also part of the Bearcats’ 200 medley and 200 free relay-winning teams. In the 200 medley relay, she teamed with Julia Hansen, Samantha Low and Natalie Ken. In the 200 free relay, Priscilla Law replaced Low.

College track and field

Five CSM athletes qualify for state meet

Zach Cantu, Scott Chiesa, Collin Luu, Moreen Pahulu and Aaron Volkman all qualified for the California Community College State Championships this weekend at Mt. San Antonio College after strong performance at the Northern California meet this past weekend.

Cantu finished fifth in the 800 with a personal-best of 1:55.16. The top-four finishers from Northern California and Southern California automatically qualify for the state meet, along with the fifth-best overall time. Cantu’s finish was more than a second faster than the fifth-place finisher in the SoCal championships.

Chiesa set a new CSM record in the javelin and he finished second to College of Siskiyou’s Alex Henderson. Chiesa’s throw of 214 feet, 7 inches was just the second CSM javelin thrower to eclipse the 200-foot mark under legendary throws coach Mike Lewis. Chiesa topped Ben Foget’s previous record of 211-2 set in 2000.

Collin Luu finished sixth in the discus to qualify for state, posting a throw of 151-6.

Pahulu, a Mills graduate, qualified for the state meet in three events: the discus, javelin and hammer throw. Pahulu won the Nor Cal discus championship with a throw of 141-11. She finished third in the javelin with a mark of 120-2 and was fifth in the hammer at 159-3.

Volkman also qualified for the state championships in multiple events: the shot put and hammer. He took home the Nor Cal title in the shot put with a distance of 54-10 1/4 and finished fifth in the hammer with a throw of 166-6.