Alhambra Easter Classic (April 16)

Championship
Alhambra 4, Arroyo 3
Arroyo        100  020 0-3 4 0
Alhambra 400  000 x-4 4 1
Arroyo-Plotz and Smith.
Alhambra-Waterman, McAlpin (5), Ward (7) and Bezayiff.
WP-Waterman. LP-Plotz.
2B: Arroyo-Leyten; Alhambra-Ward.
3B: Alhambra-Heeb.

Third-Place Game
El Cerrito 1, Albany 0
Albany       000 000   00-0 3 2
El Cerrito  000 000  01-1 3 0
Albany-Petri, Supple (7) and Hicks.
El Cerrito-Kolding, Winter (8) and Clough.
WP-Winter. LP-Supple.

Fifth-Place Game
College Park 17, St. Mary's 6
College Park 0(10)1 110  4- 17 16  0
St. Mary's      000     015  0- 6    6   7
College Park-Gardner, Lubycik (5) and Tostado, Meyers (5).
St. Mary's-Kneafsey, Moore (2) and Malatesta.
WP-Gardner. LP-Kneafsey.
2B: College Park-Kinoshita, Basker, Duenas; St. Mary's-Allen, McCree.
3B: St. Mary's-Richard.

Seventh-Place Game
Pittsburg 6, Las Lomas 4
Pittsburg    300 110 1-6 9 2
Las Lomas 000 210 1-4 6 1
Pittsburg-Lewis, Luna (7) and Valle.
Las Lomas-Torggino, Tamchin (5) and Colombo.
WP-Lewis. LP-Torggino. Save-Luna.
2B: Pittsburg-Lewis; Las Lomas-Villa, Maiuri, Matthew.
3B: Pittsburg-Luna.

Albany JV Baseball Easter Tournament (April 16)

Albany 6 Skyline 2
Skyline   000 000 2-2 7 2
Albany    204 000 x-6 8 2
Skyline-Rathod, Hill (4), Austin (4) and Kary.
Albany-Crowley, Wu (5), Kennedy (6), Chiang (7) and Tannahill.
WP-Crowley; LP-Rathod.

Albany (pictured) completed a three-game sweep at the Albany JV Baseball Easter Tournament and improved to 11-4 overall with a 6-2 win over Skyline on the final day of tournament play at Cougar Field. The Cougars jumped out quickly, opening the bottom of the 1st inning with four straight singles by Garrett Freeberg, Irvin Quach, Paul Kennedy and Adam Lieber. Albany broke the game open with four runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning on a single by Sean Piedra, groundout by Freeberg and two-run single by Quach. Robert Crowley pitched four scoreless innings to get the win. Kyle Tannahill threw out three baserunners from behind the plate.

(Photo: top row -- Coach Izumizaki, Goldschmidt, Tannahill, Xu, Freeberg, Uemura, Piedra, Love, Quach, Yovanovich, Chiang, Coach Marthinsen; bottom row -- Lieber, Crowley, Rosenblum, Wu, Posner, Kennedy.)

Willie Stargell Classic (April 15)

Championship
Alameda 6, Concord 4
Concord 013 000 0-4 4 0
Alameda 041 001 x-6 11 0
Concord-Morales, Lovejoy (3) and Highberger.
Alameda-Nelson and Ruck.
WP-Nelson. LP-Morales.
2B: Concord-Alexander; Alameda-Norton.
3B: Alameda-Leong.
HR: Concord-Starnes; Alameda-Krinks.

Third-Place Game
Berkeley 101 010 0-3 4 2
Acalanes 300 000 1-4 8 5

Fifth-Place Game
Encinal 3, Granada 2 (11 innings)
Granada 001 000 000 01-2 7 2
Encinal   000 100 000 02-3 6 2
Granada-Bonde, Carney (7) and Lenhardt.
Encinal-Ogata, Boyd (8), Skinner (9) and Cole.
WP-Skinner. LP-Carney.
2B: Granada-Bonde, Encianl-Fukuba.

MVP:
Kyle Krinks (Alameda)

All-Tournament:
Brian Nelson (Alameda)
Kyle Leong (Alameda)
Cory Galindo (Concord)
Kelly Starnes (Concord)
Dan Camporeale (Acalanes)
Jake Carsen (Acalanes)
Geoff Mahley (Berkeley)
Matt Lawrence (Berkeley)
Nate Cole (Encinal)
Adam Boyd (Encinal)
Ty Stevenson (Granada)
Kyle Kearney (Granada)

West Sonoma Tournament

Semifinals
Novato 7, St. Joseph Notre Dame 5
SJND   002 000 3-5 6 7
Novato 010 501 x- 7 6 3
SJND-D. Ratto, Kachiu (6) and Alvarez, Connacher (6).
Novato-Menvelson, Navar (6), Zamberrin (7), Barron (7) and Kraft.
WP-Menvelson. LP-D. Ratto.

Albany JV Baseball Easter Tournament (April 15)

Results:
Saturday, April 11
Albany 4, Acalanes 3
El Cerrito 4, Skyline 3
Monday, April 13
El Cerrito 3, Acalanes 2
Tuesday, April 14
Albany 13, El Cerrito 1 (5 innings)
Wednesday, April 15
Acalanes 6, Skyline 3

Standings:
*Albany (2-0)
El Cerrito (2-1)
Acalanes (1-2)
Skyline (0-2)
*Clinches championship.

Schedule:
Thursday, April 16
4 pm -- Albany vs. Skyline

Alhambra Easter Classic (April 14)

Semifinals
Alhambra 10, El Cerrito 2
El Cerrito 000 200 0- 2 6 1
Alhambra 303 112 x-10 9 2
El Cerrito-McDonald, Leonard (5) and Clough.
Alhambra-Casella, Ward (7) and Bezayiff.
WP-Casella. LP-McDonald.
2B: Alhambra-McAlpin.
3B: Alhambra-Waterman 2, Bezayiff, Baer.

Arroyo 9, Albany 6
Albany 003 200 1-6 11 2
Arroyo 000 720 x-9 7 3
Albany-Stephney, Supple (5), Petri (7) and Hicks.
Arroyo-Camacho, Johnson (4) and Smith.
WP-Johnson. LP-Stephney.
HR: Albany-Yiadom.

Willie Stargell Classic (April 14)

Semifinals
Alameda 8, Berkeley 6
Berkeley 100 030 2-6 8 3
Alameda 013 211 x-8 8 1
Berkeley-Farb, L.Calhoun (4), Lukas (5), Mahley (7) and Schain.
Alameda-Flores, Norton (6) and Ruck.
WP-Flores. LP-Farb. Save-Norton.
2B: Berkeley-N.Calhoun; Alameda-Flores.
3B: Alameda-Higuchi.
HR: Alameda-Krinks.

Concord 12, Acalanes 4
Acalanes 000 202 0-4 6 2
Concord 006 042 x-12 13 0
Acalanes-Carson, Updegraff (3), Griffin (6) and Camporeale.
Concord-Alexander, Junta (6) and Highberger.
WP-Alexander. LP-Carson.
2B: Acalanes-Lahonta, Welland; Concord-Starnes, Acosta, Galindo.
3B: Concord-Starnes.

Schedule:
Thursday

Championship: Alameda vs. Concord, 3 p.m.
Third-place game: Berkeley vs. Acalanes, 12:30 p.m.
Fifth-place game: Encinal vs. Granada, 10 a.m.

West Sonoma County Tournament (April 14)

First Round
St. Joseph Notre Dame 3, Arcata 2
Arcata 000 100 1-2 2 2
SJND  201 000 x-3 6 0
Arcata-Nelson and Cunha.
SJND-Republicano and Alvarez.
WP-Republicano. LP-Nelson.
2B: SJND-Ratto.

Albany JV Baseball Easter Tournament (April 13-14)

El Cerrito 3 Acalanes 2
For the second game in a row, El Cerrito rallied to win in its last at-bat. Trailing 2-1, El Cerrito tied the score when Tyler DeMartini was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Jamarrio Harris singled home Shea Harrison with the winning run. Robert Clemons homered for Acalanes.

Acalanes 010 100 0-2 3 0
El Cerrito 010 000 2-3 8 2
Acalanes-Carda, Sondel (6), Marchesani (7) and Clemons.
El Cerrito-Harrison, Harris (4), DeMartini (5) and Hodgson.
WP-DeMartini; LP-Sondel.

Albany 13, El Cerrito 1
Lucas Yovanovich pitched a one-hitter to give the Cougars' their second win. El Cerrito leadoff batter Shea Harrison scored in the top of the 1st inning, but Yovanovich pitched to only 17 batters over five innings, striking out seven and getting help from infielders Patrick Xu and Kyle Tannahill, who threw out runners at home. Albany tied the score in the bottom of the 1st when Yoshi Uemura singled home Paul Kennedy. In the 2nd inning, Marcellus Love and Robert Crowley set the table with a single and bunt single, respectively, for Albany to score four runs on an RBI groundout by Tannahill, RBI single by Xu, catcher's error and triple by Zachary Chiang. The Cougars broke the game open in the 3rd inning on a triple by Avi Rosenblum, RBI double by Love, two-run single by Tannahill and two-run double by Kennedy.

El Cerrito 100 00- 1 1 3
Albany       137 1x-13 11 1
El Cerrito-DeMartini, Harrison (3), Harris (3), Hodgson (4) and Hodgson, Florez (4).
Albany-Yovanovich and Love.
WP-Yovanovich; LP-DeMartini.

Standings:

Albany (2-0)

El Cerrito (2-1)

Skyline (0-1)

Acalanes (0-2)

Schedule:

Wednesday, April 15
4 pm -- Acalanes vs. Skyline
Thursday, April 16
4 pm -- Albany vs. Skyline

Alumni Watch (East Bay Players in College)

Batters:
Brandyn Adney (Albany '08), Trinity, Texas medical redshirt.
Fred Atkins (Albany '06), Jackson State (24-13) AB-H: 95-32. BA: .337. 2B: 6. HR: 3. RBI: 22.
Zach Babitt (Albany '07), San Diego State (25-13) AB-H: 14-1; BA: .071, RBI: 1.
Coley Crank (Pinole Valley '08) Michigan (19-13). AB-H: 46-12, BA: .261, 2B: 3, HR: 1, RBI: 9.
Matt Flemer (St. Mary's 08), California (14-10) AB-H: 5-1. BA: .200. RBI: 1.
Brian Guinn (Berkeley '07), California (15-18) AB-H: 117-42; BA: .359. 2B: 8. 3B: 2. RBI: 20.

Guinn is second on Cal in batting.
Kenny Lin (Head-Royce '08) MIT (15-8) AB-H: 60-22. BA: .367, 2B: 3, RBI: 10.
Ben Manlove (Berkeley '08), Chico State (24-19) AB-H: 0-0; BA: -.
Kyle Shipley (Albany '08), Claremont McKenna (13-18) AB-H: 1-0. BA: .000.
Marcus Simeon (St. Mary's '08), California (15-18) AB-H: 46-8 BA: .174. 2B: 1. 3B: 1, HR: 1, RBI: 4.

Pitchers:
Dixon Anderson (Piedmont '07), California (15-18), GP: 13, GS: 0, IP: 26.2, W-L: 0-0 ERA: 3.38, SO: 24, BB: 9.

Tyler Bremer (Berkeley '08), UC Davis (6-24) GP: 6, GS: 3, IP: 12.0, W-L: 0-1: ERA: 2.57. SO:
20, BB: 4.
Matt Flemer (St. Mary's '08), California (15-18) GP: 8, GS: 7 IP: 36.0, W-L: 2-2. ERA: 7.25. SO: 36, BB: 6.
Mario Hollands (El Cerrito '07), UC Santa Barbara (19-10), GP: 8, GS: 7, IP: 49.0, W-L: 4-2, ERA: 3.86, SO: 32, BB: 18.

Chris Lamb (Berkeley '08), Davidson (13-16), GP: 9, GS; 5, IP: 29.2, W-L: 1-2: ERA: 4.55. SO: 19, BB: 19.
Lamb ranks fifth among Southern Conference pitchers with 4.55 ERA.

Jordan Pries (Alameda '08), Stanford (14-13), GP: 7, GS: 5, IP: 35.0, W-L: 3-0, ERA: 4.11. SO: 21, BB: 11.

Kyle Shipley (Albany '08), Claremont McKenna (13-18), GP: 12, GS: 4, IP: 31.2, W-L: 0-4: ERA: 5.97. SO: 23, BB: 20.
(Stats through Tuesday, April 14.)

Alhambra Easter Classic (April 11)

First Round
Albany 4, Pittsburg 2
Pittsburg 000 002 0-2 3 3
Albany     100  030 x-4 5 0
Pittsburg-Lewis and Valle.
Albany-Supple and Hicks.
WP-Supple. LP-Lewis.
2B: Albany-Hicks 2, Yiadom.
3B: Pittsburg-Lewis.

Arroyo 12, College Park 1
Arroyo ........ 303 020 4-12 12 0
College Park 010 000 0- 1 1 0
Arroyo-Boyson, Johnson (6) and Smith.
College Park-Hagon, Rouse (4), Gardner (5) and Tostado.
WP-Boyson. LP-Hagon.

Alhambra 5, St. Mary's 1
St. Mary's 100 000 0— 1 5 1
Alhambra 102 200 x— 5 3 1
St. Mary's-McMahon, Allen (3) and Malatesta.
Alhambra-Waterman, Ward (6) and Bezayiff.
WP-Waterman. LP-McMahon.
2B: Alhambra-Heeb.
3B: St. Mary's-Syren, Elliot.

El Cerrito 10, Las Lomas 4
El Cerrito    101   161 0-10 9 1
Las Lomas  000 100 3-4 5 6
El Cerrito-Winter, Parra (5), and Clough.
Las Lomas-Gaubert, Gorton (5), Gardner (5), Christiansen (7), and Colombo.
WP-Winter. LP-Gaubert.
2B-Las Lomas-Snook.
3B: El Cerrito-Lipson, Kolding; Las Lomas-Matthew.
HR: El Cerrito-Van Hook.

Willie Stargell Memorial Easter Classic (April 11)

First Round
Concord 12, Liberty 1
Liberty   100 000-1 6 1
Concord 113 007-12 7 1
Liberty-Overly, Smith (3), Alexander (6) and Humphry.
Concord-Morales, Lovejoy (4) and Highberger.
WP-Morales. LP-Overly.
2B: Liberty-Flint, Humphry.
3B: Liberty-Roe.

Berkeley 5, Washington 3
Berkeley        201 000 2-5 10 0
Washington 200 100 0- 3  8 3
Berkeley-Lawrence and Schain.
Washington-Yagi and Carlie.
WP-Lawrence. LP-Yagi.
2B: Berkeley-N. Calhoun, Mahley; Washington-Bagoja.
3B: Berkeley-Mahley.

Alameda 8, Encinal 2
Alameda 130 300 1-8 10 3
Encinal   100 000 1-2 7  2
Alameda-Nelson, Flores (7) and Ruck.
Encinal-Penrose, Skinner (2) and Cole.
WP-Nelson.
LP-Penrose.
2B: Alameda-Krinks 2; Encinal-Skinner, Thomas.

Acalanes 6, Granada 3
Acalanes 101 200 2-6 11 0
Granada 100 001 1-3 6 1
Acalanes-Treat and Beritzhoff.
Granada-Quinzon, Love (4) and Lenhardt.
WP-Treat. LP-Quinzon.
2B: Granada-Fogle, Kerney, Lenhardt.

Albany JV Baseball Easter Tournament (April 11)

Albany 4 Acalanes 3

Patrick Xu singled home Robert Crowley with his third hit of the game to give host Albany the win in the bottom of the 7th. • Yoshi Uemura struck out 12 batters to get the win. After Acalanes went ahead on Spencer Henderson's single. Albany tied the score on Crowley's single to score Avi Rosenblum in the 2nd inning. • The Cougars went ahead when Paul Kennedy drove in Garrett Freeberg with an RBI single, and Uemura scored Xu with a sacrifice fly. • Acalanes tied the score with two outs in the top of the 7th inning when the Dons scored two runs on Zac Schoenrock's infield single.

Acalanes 100 000 2-3 4 2
Albany      012 000 1-4 9 4
Acalanes-McArthur, Karp (4), Henderson (5) and Clemons.
Albany-Uemura and Love.
WP-Uemura. LP-Henderson.
2B: Acalanes-Hornsby.
3B: Albany-Xu.
SF: Albany-Uemura.

SH: Albany-Love.

El Cerrito 4 Skyline 3
El Cerrito rallied for three runs with two outs in the top of the 7th inning to beat Skyline, 4-3. The big hit was Shea Harrison's double that scored two runs. Harrison took third base on a wild pitch and scored the winning run on a throwing error by the catcher.

El Cerrito 100 000 3-4 5 2
Skyline     002 001 0-3 4 1
El Cerrito-Harris, DeMartini (6) and Hodgson,
Skyline-Stocker and Kary.
WP-DeMartini. LP-Stocker.