WILLITS >> Logan Barrick pitched a complete game and drove in three runs as the Kelseyville Knights knocked off the Willits Wolverines 13-7 in a North Central League I slugfest on Tuesday afternoon in Willits.
Barrick threw only 89 pitches while striking out seven and walking none. He allowed 10 hits and three earned runs.
“We were kind of due for that,” Kelseyville coach Lou Poloni said of the Knights’ breakout on offense. “It was one of those games where we needed to keep scoring. Willits kept chipping away at our lead.”
The Knights (4-2 league, 8-8 overall) scored three times in the top of the first inning and never looked back although Willits closed to 4-3 after three innings. A five-run top of the fourth that featured two-run singles by Noah Lyndall (3-for-5, 3 RBIs) and Brandon Huber (1-for-3, 3 RBIs) broke the game open. Barrick finished 2-for-4.
“We came out and swung it real well in the first inning and in the second,” Poloni said. “It’s a big win.”
Willits (3-2) entered play just one game behind undefeated Clear Lake in the league standings.
Kelseyville, a winner of three straight in league, travels to St. Helena on Friday.
In other baseball action:
Middletown 17
Lower Lake 0
At Lower Lake, Middletown sent 13 batters to the plate during a seven-run second inning and rolled past Lower Lake in NCL I action. The win moves Middletown to 3-1 in league play and 6-7 overall.
Winning pitcher Albert Ruske and reliever Tyler Holt combined on the two-hit shutout. Ruske struck out six and walked four in three hitless innings while Holt struck out four and walked one over the final two innings.
John Kelly powered Middletown’s 14-hit attack by going 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Brett Pike (2-for-3, double RBI), Chris Davis (2-for-4, RBI) and Travis Williams (2-for-2, double) had two hits apiece.
Middletown led 10-0 after three innings.
William Isaacs and David Rank had the only hits for Lower Lake (0-7, 3-12).
Upper Lake 7
Technology 0
At Upper Lake, Cody Rybolt tossed a three-hit shutout and struck out 11 as the Upper Lake Cougars won their first NCL II game, beating Technology of Rohnert Park.
Rybolt, a freshman, allowed only one Tech runner to reach third base. He also helped himself out by going 1-for-3 with a double and a RBI.
Upper Lake’s defense committed just one error behind its pitcher.
“Our defense finally held together for him today,” Upper Lake coach E.J. Crandell said.
William Santos had a big day at the plate for the Cougars (1-2, 3-7), going 2-for-2 with a walk, double and four stolen bases. Anthony Percival went 1-for-3 with a RBI and a stolen base.
Upper Lake hosts Calistoga on Friday at 4 p.m.
Softball
Kelseyville 13
Willits 3
At Willits, Riley Goff went 3-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs to lead the Kelseyville Knights to a five-inning NCL I victory over the Willits Wolverines.
Kelseyville (3-4, 5-8) had a 13-0 lead before Willits (0-3) scored its first run in the bottom of the fourth.
Winning pitcher Morgan Profitt went the distance, allowing three hits, striking out three and walking six.
Goff just missed a home run while doubling to the base of the fence in right field in the second inning, knocking in two runs in the process.
Freshman catcher Taylor Paulich provided the defense by picking off one runner and throwing out two would-be basestealers in the first two innings.
“She’s been working real hard to get better and it showed today,” Kelseyville coach Jeff Bour said.
Kelseyville travels to St. Helena on Friday.
Clear Lake 3
Fort Bragg 0
At Lakeport, Clear Lake’s Rachel Wingler and Fort Bragg’s Jamie Mertle locked up in a pitcher’s duel on Tuesday, Wingler and the Cardinals prevailing.
Wingler struck out 10 and allowed only two hits. She worked out of a jam in the top of the sixth by striking out Fort Bragg’s cleanup hitter with two runners on base.
“That girl has a couple of home runs this season,” Clear Lake coach Gary Pickle said. “Rachel got her with a changeup.”
Wingler, who has struggled at times for the Cardinals this season, threw all of her pitches well against Fort Bragg, according to Pickle. She allowed singles in the third and sixth innings
“Her and Anessia (Jack, the Clear Lake catcher) have put two of their better games together back to back,” Pickle said.
Clear Lake (4-1, 8-5) scored a run on a Fort Bragg throwing error in the bottom of the first. The Cardinals added two more in the fourth on a Wingler sacrifice fly and a Mina Werner RBI single.
Werner, Emily Psalmonds and Aliza Atkins had two hits apiece for the Cardinals. Atkins tripled and scored in front of Winger’s sacrifice fly in the fourth.
Clear Lake hosts undefeated league leader Cloverdale on Friday at 4 p.m.
St. Vincent 16
Upper Lake 2
At Upper Lake, playing their first game in almost three weeks, the Upper Lake Cougars were routed by NCL II leader St. Vincent.
One of the few bright spots for the Cougars (0-1, 7-3), who were making their league debut, was Sierra Fugate’s two-run home run to center field in the bottom of the fourth.
St. Vincent led 15-0 until Fugate homered.
Losing pitcher Julia Mooney pitched all five innings, striking out five and walking seven.
Tennis
St. Helena 4
Middletown 1
At Hidden Valley Lake, in a tennis match much closer than the final score indicates, the Middletown Mustangs (5-1) fell to St. Helena (7-0) in a battle of undefeated Coastal Mountain Conference leaders.
Middletown’s lone win came in No. 3 singles where Robert Amante beat Sophia Sakopoulos 6-0, 6-3, however, each of the Mustangs’ two doubles teams won their first set before losing in three sets to the Saints.
Gus Alfaro and Andrew Raunegger rallied to beat Middletown’s Ari Diaz and Christian Nikolov 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 in first doubles while Easton Ellis and Lucas Lyons were 0-6, 6-4, 7-5 winners over Johnny Nance and G. Gonzalez in second doubles.
“Both of the doubles matches went down to the very end,” Middletown coach Vic Wroobel said.
In other singles play, Natalie Stanton beat Chris King 6-0, 6-1 in No. 1 singles while Rory Winters defeated Trevor Smith 6-1, 6-2 in No. 2 singles.
“I’m very happy with how they played … very happy,” Wroobel said.
Middletown travels to Lakeport on Thursday to play Clear Lake before closing out its regular-season schedule Friday in St. Helena. The Mustangs can earn a co-championship if they beat the Saints in the rematch.
Kelseyville 3
Clear Lake 2
At Kelseyville, Kelseyville won all three singles matches while Clear Lake swept the two doubles matches, giving the host Knights (2-5) their second conference victory, both against the Cardinals (0-7).
“My doubles played the best they’ve ever played, so I’m happy,” Kelseyville coach Laurie Vargas said.
In singles, it was Drew Ashby over Ethan Jones 6-2, 6-4 in No. 1 singles, Claire Vargas over Liam Stahl 6-0, 4-0 (retired) in No. 2 singles, and Mary McCallister over Arturo Olmedo 6-3, 6-4 in No. 3 singles.
In doubles action, Bailey Elkington and Chris Vincent beat Milly Cacho and Merin Rixen 6-3, 6-4 in first doubles, and Sereno Domingues and Subhagya Joshi defeated Fernie Garcia and Summer Brown 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 in second doubles.
Kelseyville closes out its regular-season schedule Friday at home against Cloverdale. Clear Lake wraps it up Thursday at home against Middletown.
JV baseball
Lower Lake 7
Middletown 6
At Middletown, the Lower Lake Trojans survived a two-run Middletown seventh to beat the Mustangs and improve to 6-0 in the NCL I standings. Winning pitcher Eric Graves, working in relief of starter Hokulani Wickard, pitched the final two innings for the victory, allowing two unearned runs on one hit, striking out one and walking none.
Ethan Watson went 2-for-3 with two RBIs to lead the Trojans at the plate while Tony Padilla went 2-for-2.
Lower Lake is 8-3 overall.
Clear Lake 14
Fort Bragg 3
At Fort Bragg, winning pitcher Ryan Damiata pitched a six-inning complete game and had a big day at the plate as the Clear Lake Cardinals routed Fort Bragg in NCL I action.
Damiata went 3-for-5 and doubled twice with the bases loaded, driving in a total of five runs. Alex Adams (3-for-3) also knocked in five runs for Clear Lake (5-2, 6-3) while Isaac Maize went 2-for-5 with two triples and two RBIs.
Damiata scattered seven hits, allowed just one earned run, struck out four and walked none.
