San Mateo County local sports roundup

Mills 1, El Camino 0

The Vikings nearly saw their bid for an undefeated PAL Ocean Division campaign fall by the wayside, but they did just enough to hold off the Colts.

Mills (11-0 PAL Ocean, 15-3 overall) scored an unearned run in the first inning and Vikings’ pitcher Sofia Mosqueda made it stand up as she threw a complete game, scattering seven hits.

The Vikings scored the game’s only run in the bottom of the first. With one out, Olivia Williams and Sammi Yeung had back-to-back singles to bring up Cassandra Stanley. She hit a sharp grounder to third that the third baseman back handed and stepped on the third-base bag for the second out. Her throw to first to try and complete the double play sailed up the line, however, allowing Yeung to score.

El Camino (5-4, 7-6) had its shot to tie the game in the top of the sixth when Divina Moreno doubled, but was cut down at the plate on a Ruby Nagaya single, as Mills rightfielder Nicole Boie threw a strike to get Moreno at the plate.

Baseball

Carlmont 6, Sacred Heart Prep 3

The Scots kept their hopes alive of catching Burlingame for the top spot in the PAL Bay with a must win over the Gators.

Carlmont (7-4 PAL Bay, 13-10 overall) took control of the game with four runs in the top of the second inning. The Scots then tacked on two more runs in the fourth.

SHP (5-6, 10-12) scored single runs in the second, third and seventh innings.

College swimming

CSM qualifies two to state meet

Hana Wong and Joey Maffei each qualified for the state meet after capturing a pair of Coast Conference championships last weekend.

Wong captured the 200 breaststroke title, with a time of 2:35.01. She finished second in the 100 breast (1:10.44) and 200 individual medley (2:18.47).

Maffei was the champion of the 100 fly in a time of 51.52. He was second in the 100 free (46.91) and third in the 50 free (21.58).

The state meet is at De Anza College in Cupertino, beginning today and running through the weekend.

TUESDAY

Boys’ golf

Aragon secures CCS berth

The Dons locked up the PAL’s second automatic team berth into the CCS tournament by winning a four-team playoff.

Aragon posted a scored of 454 to outdistance Woodside (471), Sequoia (485) and Half Moon Bay (509) at Crystal Springs Golf Course.

Aragon was led by Alex Kao, who finished with a 789. Ethan Matin shot an 86 and Michael Kilcullen came in with a 90.

Softball

San Mateo 8, Carlmont 5

The Bearcats completed the season-sweep of the Scots, adding Tuesday’s PAL Bay Division win to a 3-1, nine-inning decision March 28.

San Mateo (8-3 PAL Bay, 13-4 overall) jumped on the Scots early, with five runs in the bottom of the second. Carlmont (9-2, 13-9) tied the game with a five-run fourth, but the Bearcats answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning.

Giuliana Selvitella went 2 for 4 with three RBIs to lead San Mateo offensively. Isabelle Borges added a pair of RBIs for the Bearcats.

Sage Hager wobbled her way through the Scots’ lineup to earn the victory in the circle for San Mateo. She pitched a complete game, allowing five runs on eight hits, while striking out nine.

Carlmont was led by Amanda Kondo and Ashley Trierweiler. Both homered and combined for all five Scots’ RBIs.

Half Moon Bay 9, Burlingame 2

The Cougars picked up their first PAL Bay Division win of the season with the victory over the Panthers.

HMB (1-10 PAL Bay, 7-11-1 overall) scored four runs in both the third and sixth innings. Genevieve Belmonte and Chloe Moffitt each drove in two runs to lead the Cougars. Abby Claudius and Moffitt each had three hits, while four others had two hits each.

Brianna Grossman and Sydney Fleming each drove in a run to lead Burlingame (4-7, 10-8), which also got three hits from Sydney Crespo.

Aragon 10, Woodside 0

Aragon 4, Woodside 3

The Dons picked up two wins to stay a game back of first-place Carlmont.

First, the two teams completed a rain-suspended game. Picking up in the fourth inning, the Dons finished off a 10-0, mercy-rule win.

In the regularly scheduled game, the Dons scored single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to pull out the 4-3 win.

Aragon (8-3 PAL Bay, 15-5 overall) 3-0 with a run in the top of the third, but Woodside (5-6, 6-13) tied it with three runs in the bottom of the inning.

Hillsdale 6, Capuchino 3

The Knights kept alive their hopes of chasing down a PAL Bay Division title as their win over the Mustangs keeps them two game back of division-leading Carlmont.

Hillsdale (7-4 PAL Bay, 11-6 overall) took control of the game with a five-run first inning.

Capuchino falls to 2-9 in Bay Division play and 7-15 overall.

Baseball

Half Moon Bay 6, San Mateo 2

The Cougars used a five-run fifth to overcome an early 1-0 deficit to keep pace with Aragon atop the PAL Ocean Division standings.

Jack Mettam and Peter Popiel each drove in two runs for HMB (8-3 PAL Ocean, 18-5 overall), with Popeil going 3 for 4 at the plate.

Danny Guevara earned the win, pitching five innings, allowing two runs and striking out four.

Elijah Shih and Tommy Ozawa paced the offense for San Mateo (4-7, 10-13), finishing with two hits apiece.

Aragon 1, Woodside 0

The Dons snapped their two-game slide in Ocean Division and stayed in a first-place tie atop the Ocean Division standings after the taut win over the Wildcats.

Cam Grant supplied the game’s only run, a solo home run in the third inning, his sixth of the season. Conor Hourigan had three hits for Aragon (8-3 PAL Ocean, 15-5 overall).

Adam Bever earned the win on the mound, holding Woodside (7-4, 13-8) to just three hits while striking out seven in a complete-game win.

Menlo-Atherton 15, Sequoia 11

The Ravens scored a combined six runs over the final three innings, but it was not enough to offset 11 runs scored by the Bears in the opening two innings.

The first two innings were wild. Sequoia (6-5 PAL Ocean, 9-12 overall) opened with two runs in the top of the first, but M-A (7-4, 9-12) answered with five runs in the bottom of the inning.

The Ravens added a third run in the top of the second, but the Bears came back with six more for an 11-3 lead after two innings.

Max Coupe went 2 for 4 for M-A, with three RBIs and two runs scored. Kyle Hartmanis drove in a pair for the Bears and also scored twice.

Max McLellan and Davin Leathers each had three hits and two RBIs to lead Sequoia.

Girls’ lacrosse

Sacred Heart Prep 14, Castilleja 5

SHP scored nine goals in the first half on their way to an easy WBAL Foothill Division win over Castilleja.

Genna Gibbons led the attack for SHP (11-0 WBAL Foothill,14-5 overall), scoring four times. Allison Carter, Ingrid Corrigan and Ava Shenk all scored twice for SHP.

Boys’ volleyball

Carlmont 3, Capuchino 0

The Scots wrapped up the Bay Division championship with a 25-17, 25-19, 25-14 sweep of the Mustangs.

Miles Ozorio guided the Carlmont attack, finishing with 16 assists. Joshua Ahn led the Scots with six kills, while Ezekiel Licudine had four digs.

Only a win over Hillsdale Friday stands between Carlmont (13-0 PAL) and an undefeated PAL season.

San Mateo 3, Mills 2

The Bearcats rebounded from a first-set loss to beat the Vikings 20-25, 25-15, 25-20, 23-25, 15-7.

Landon Finn finished with 18 kills to lead San Mateo (11-5 PAL, 14-9 overall), with Jason Wu chipping in 13. Jayce Gispan dug up 19 balls in the win.