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Photograph by Douglas Rider
A Fremont player dives safely back into first despite a pick off attempt by the Cupertino pitcher in a recent league game.
Mustangs roll to three straight wins
Verstegen, Capizzi star on the track
By Dick Sparrer
It was a slow start for the Homestead baseball team. But it looks like the Mustangs are starting to get hot.
Homestead rolled to three wins last week--beating Lynbrook 12-4, Mountain View 4-3 and Monta Vista 9-3--to improve to 6-4 in the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL).
The Mustangs, now 11-7 for the season, wrapped up the week with the convincing 9-3 win over the Matadors on Saturday.
Senior Bryan Beres belted four hits and Brandon Dougherty ripped a triple to lead a 13-hit assault for the Mustangs in the win over the Mats.
Chris McKim came on in relief of starter Brian McLaughlin to pick up his fourth save of the season. The two hurlers combined for a six-hitter, and the win helped even McLaughlin's mound record to 2-2.
The Mustangs scored a run in the first to take the early lead, then took command of the game with four runs in the third and three more in the fourth.
Monta Vista slipped to 0-8 in the division with the loss.
Brian McGee and McKim teamed for an eight-hitter in the 4-3 win over Mountain View a couple of days earlier.
McGee started on the hill for the Mustangs and claimed the win, running his record to 3-1. McKim got his third save in that one.
Bryan Silverman was the hitting star for Homestead with a single and a double to drive in a pair of runs.
Homestead jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innings and led 4-1 heading into the last of the sixth before the Spartans made things interesting with two runs to cut the lead to 4-3. But McKim put down the side in the seventh to help secure the victory for Homestead.
The Mustangs had started the week with a 12-4 win over Lynbrook, and McKim was the winning pitcher in this one for Homestead. His mound record is now 1-2.
Gavin Hayes led the offensive attack for the Mustangs with a double and a triple to drive in three runs.
McKim, Brian Maihack and Silverman had two hits each for the Mustangs and Matt Whiteman ripped a double. Homestead belted 11 hits in the win.
In other local action, Fremont had a hot and cold week, losing 9-1 to Los Gatos in a De Anza Division game and winning one of three games in the Valley Christian Crown Classic tournament.
Tyler Duran homered and singled twice to drive in five runs in Fremont's 15-6 win over Santa Clara in the tournament's consolation semifinal game.
Brett Bonetti and Jack Chapman each ripped doubles for Fremont in the win, and Scott Boardman was the winning pitcher, punching his record to 2-0.
Fremont scored four in the first, but Santa Clara tied it with four in the second and went up 6-4 in the third. But the Firebirds broke the game open with six runs in the fourth, then put the game away with five in the sixth.
Fremont had lost to Leigh to slip into the consolation bracket, but moved into the tourney's third place with the win over Santa Clara.
The Firebirds lost that ballgame 11-1 to host Valley Christian to slip to 7-12-1 for the year.
Fremont also dropped a 9-1 nod to Los Gatos in league play last week.
The Firebirds will be looking to get back on the winning track this week when they visit Wilcox on April 10 and host Milpitas on April 12 in a pair of 3:30 p.m. De Anza Division games. Fremont will head to Milpitas on April 13 for a noon game.
Track
Seniors Ben Verstegen and Anthony Capizzi led the Homestead boys track team to a tight 65-62 win over Cupertino in El Camino Division action last week.
Verstegan ran a season best 40.3 to win the 300 intermediate hurdles, and Capizzi hurled the discus 132-8 and heaved the shot put 43-0 for a double victory. Capizzi is unbeaten this year in the shot.
Pat Rugo was another double winner for the Mustangs, taking the 100 in 11.31 and the 200 in 23.84. He also helped Homestead to a win in the 4x100 relay in 45.5.
William Faules raced to a first in the 110-meter high hurdles and Steven Nichols flew to a first in the long jump at 19-2.
The Homestead girls also pulled out a 67-54 win over Cupertino, with freshman Jennifer Hiramoto and junior Britteney Reynolds leading the effort.
Hiramoto was a double winner, taking the 100 hurdles in 18.35 and the 100 in 14.28, and Reynolds also took two events, winning the 200 in 29.9 and the long jump at 15-3.
Sandra Kiel, another frosh, was first in the shot put at 34-3.5 and second in the discus. Rebecca Boyle was first in the 800 in 2:44 and Mariko Caster took the 400 in 1:06. Homestead also won the 4x100 relay in 55.75.
Freshmen Emily Linkin (second in the high jump), Megan Brady (second in the 300 hurdles) (34-3 1/2) and Jillian Luu (second in the 400) also performed well in the meet along with senior Amy Stoddard (third in the 1600).
Faules helped Homestead to a pair of places at the Stanford Invitational the previous weekend. Faules was sixth in the 110 high hurdles in 14.91, and he teamed with Nichols, Rugo and Eddie Sumpter for a sixth in the 4x100 relay in 43.18.
Volleyball
Juniors Lance Lesui and David Evans each had killer nights, and because of it the Fremont boys volleyball team pulled out a thrilling five-game win over Santa Clara last week.
Lesui, an outside hitter, and Evans, a middle blocker, nailed 21 kills apiece to lead the Firebirds to an exciting 15-7, 10-15, 14-16, 15-6, 15-8 win over the Bruins.
The win helped the Firebirds improve to 5-2 in the SCVAL.
Josh Cadin knocked a dozen kills the same night to lift the Homestead volleyball team to an easy win over Saratoga. The Mustangs rolled past the Falcons 15-1, 15-4, 15-10 to push their league record to 6-1 and their season mark to 13-3.
The Firebirds and Mustangs will take on each other this week when Fremont heads to Homestead for a 7 p.m. match on April 10. A night later Fremont is at Wilcox for another 7 p.m. start.
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