Birmingham never wins the West Valley League baseball championship. But the Patriots are certainly putting themselves within striking distance of first-place El Camino Real. They remained one game behind El Camino Real after an 8-0 win over Granada Hills on Tuesday in which Carlos Acuna gave up one hit in six innings and struck out…
Since he became head coach at Birmingham in 2007, Matt Mowry is 0 for 18 when it comes to winning a West Valley League baseball title. He’s won five City titles but the Patriots haven’t been able to figure out how to win a league title. A showdown against defending City champion El Camino Real…
A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the fifth week of the season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. ST. JOHN BOSCO (7-0): Five shutouts in seven games; 1 2. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (10-0): Big week for Malayke Matsumoto; 4 3. CORONA (7-0): Anthony…
Harvard-Westlake doesn’t drop too many series in baseball these days, but if there’s one coach who gives the Wolverines fits, it’s Randy Thompson of Bishop Alemany. The reminder happened years ago when Harvard-Westlake had three future first-round draft picks on the same team in Max Fried, Lucas Giolito and Jack Flaherty, and Alemany defeated that…
