Orange Lutheran sends top-ranked Villa Park to its first defeat in softball

After 16 consecutive victories to begin the softball season, No. 1 Villa Park suffered its first defeat on Friday when Orange Lutheran got here away with a 3-2 victory within the quarterfinals of the Michelle Carew match.

Villa Park was with out standout pitcher Sydney Somerndike, who can be sidelined two to a few weeks after injuring her ankle Thursday night time.

Brianne Weiss gained her eleventh sport for Orange Lutheran (14-6). Freshman Kai Minor went three for 3. Tessa Jerue had a two-run single.

In different Carew match video games, Anaheim Canyon superior to the semifinals with a 3-1 win over South Torrance. Mountain View St. Francis defeated Los Alamitos 4-3. Norco defeated Las Vegas Centennial 11-3.

Birmingham 2, Granada Hills 1: It was a giant week for freshman pitcher Kaitlyn Barba of Birmingham. She threw a four-hitter to beat the Highlanders in eight innings after throwing two shutouts earlier within the week. Danielle Diaz had the game-winning hit to attain Jessica Rose.

El Camino Actual 6, Esperanza 1: Sofia Fisher had three hits, Courtney Cohen had a house run and Brooke DeSmet threw a three-hitter for ECR.

San Pedro 4, Gardena 0: Lilly Gonzalez threw a four-hit shutout.

JSerra 7, Santa Margarita 0: Eva Hurtado allowed six hits in six innings for JSerra. Kaylee Layfield had 4 RBIs.

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Birmingham 8, Chatsworth 2: Robert Pitts hit a grand slam to energy the Patriots to the West Valley League win.

Granada Hills 8, Cleveland 1: The Highlanders accomplished a sweep of the Cavaliers in West Valley League play behind Zach Perez, who threw a one-hitter.

Taft 5, El Camino Actual 2: The Toreadors gained the West Valley League sport. Nick Tomack had two RBIs.

JSerra 5, Servite 4: The Lions picked up a three-game Trinity League sweep. Tristan Lamaison received out of a seventh-inning jam for the save. Dominic Smaldino had two hits and two RBIs.

Crespi 8, Loyola 0: Isaiah Magdaleno threw 5 shutout innings with six strikeouts for Crespi.

Chaminade 8, Bishop Alemany 1: Peter Michael struck out 9 in 5 innings for Chaminade. Teammate Hunter Essang had a house run.

Huntington Seashore 1, Edison 0: Ben Jacobs threw 4 scoreless innings and Aiden Espinoza had two hits for the Oilers.

Los Alamitos 11, Fountain Valley 4: River Danner and AJ Cappell every had three hits for Los Alamitos.

Saugus 13, Golden Valley 4: Carson Panarisi contributed three hits to steer the Centurions.

Hart 12, Castaic 4: Matt Quintanar had a house run, double and single to steer Hart.

West Ranch 7, Moorpark 3: Jake Schwartz completed with three hits and two RBIs for West Ranch.

San Clemente 3, Trabuco Hills 2: Rhyn Chambers had a walk-off hit within the backside of the seven for San Clemente. Caden Giles threw a whole sport.

Cypress 5, Valencia 2: Gabe Cobian had two hits and two RBIs and Matthew Thomas homered to steer Cypress.

Laguna Seashore 8, Newport Harbor 0: Nick Bonn struck out 9 in 5 scoreless innings.

Damien 8, Etiwanda 0: Seth Sumner struck out 10 in six innings for Damien.

King 4, Temescal Canyon 0: Andrew Campbell threw three shutout innings of aid, hanging out 4 for King.

Kennedy 9, Sylmar 6: The Golden Cougars handed Sylmar its first Valley Mission League defeat.

Calabasas 5, Oaks Christian 2: Sam Grunberg hit his sixth residence run of the season and had three RBIs to steer the Coyotes.

Westlake 6, Newbury Park 2: Paul Lizzul had two hits and two RBIs.

Yucaipa 5, Redlands 2: Jacob Reimer hit a two-run residence run for 13-2 Yucaipa.

Aliso Niguel 11, San Juan Hills 0: Brandon Tatch threw a no-hitter and hit a house run.