BOYS GOLF
Aptos High golfer Sean Elser advanced out of the Central Coast Section regional tournament in Carmel on Tuesday to next week’s section-championship round.
Elser shot a 2-over 73 at Rancho Canada Golf Club’s West Course to move on.
Mountain View’s Adam Ichikawa shot a 2-under 69 for medalist honors.
The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League-champion Mariners, minus sick starter Drew McCauley, shot a 419 total to finish 10th of the 11 teams competing in the first of two regionals. The second regional takes place today.
James Waggoner [85], Eric Ichtertz [86], Nolan Hatton [86] and Spencer Cook [88] also had their scores count for the Mariners, who went 12-0 in SCCAl play.
Santa Cruz’s Kevin DiTano, who qualified for the event as an individual, shot an 83, failing to advance in his first CCS appearance.
The top four teams Tuesday advanced to next week’s championship, as will be the case in today’s regional. Menlo-Atherton shot a 385 for the low total, followed by Mountain View [388], Carmel [394] and St. Francis [395].
Last year, Aptos senior Nick Ragsac won the CCS individual crown.
The championships will be May 13 at Rancho Canada’s West Course at 8 a.m.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Santa Cruz 16, SLV 5
Derek Mori, Justin Torchio, and Dylan Gavin all homerd as the Cardinals had 15 hits, inlcuding a nine run second inning, and thumped SLV. The Cardinals and remain one game behind Aptos in league.
Aptos 12, Harbor 0
Kyle Anderson took care of the pitching duties for the Mariners going five innings while giving up just three hits and striking out seven Pirates.
The rest of the Mariners [21-4, 10-1 SCCAL] took care of the offense. Bobby Crocker was 4-for-5 with three stolen bases and scored five times. Tyler Raymond was 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs and Nick Agnello was 3-for-4.
For Harbor, Billy Jesberg was 1-for-2 and Patrick Furtado and Cody Dickerson were each 1-for-3.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Harbor 3, Scotts Valley 2
All five of the game’s runs were scored in the seventh inning as Carra McParkland knocked in two in top of the final frame to give the Pirates the lead. Scotts Valley’s Erica Houseman drove in two in the bottom half, but it wasn’t enough.
Dona Smith pitched seven strong for Harbor and Nikki Owens went the distance for the Falcons.
Seaside 7, Monte Vista Christian 4
Willa Vo was 1-for-4 with three RBIs for Seaside, and Taylor Bokariza drove in two for the Mustangs in their final game of the season.
SLV 22, St. Francis 5
Kendra Salangsang and Rachel Gregory had five hits each as the Cougar offense rallied for 22 runs.
HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE
Aptos 10, Soquel 8
Matt Callahan and Luke Murtha each scored four goals to lead the Maeriners to a win in both teams’ season finales.
