Prep roundup: No. 11 St. Ignatius walks off No. 2 Valley Christian to extend winning streak to four

For the second straight competition St Ignatius determined a way to come up clutch in extra innings After beating Bellarmine in eight innings on Tuesday the Wildcats squeezed out a close - decision over Valley Christian on Friday in extras to climb to second in the West Catholic Athletic League standings one contest behind first place Serra With one out and runners on first and second junior DJ Delaney hit a line-drive single toward left field scoring Stanford commit Archer Horn to win the match The pitching trio of Finn Demuth Tycco Giometti and Eddie McCartney combined to strike out seven and give up six hits as Valley Christian s explosive offense was held in check The Warriors lone run came in the top of the fifth when Quinten Marsh scored Forest Zelmer The two teams will play each other on Saturday to finish the second of a two-game series St Ignatius improved to - - - Valley Christian dropped to - - - No Granada No Dublin Senior pitcher Tyler Kennedy turned in another outstanding performance to help Granada complete the season sweep of Dublin Kennedy struck out and allowed three hits and an earned run across six innings Senior Estevan Duarte was for and scored a run Granada - - sits a battle ahead of second place De La Salle in the East Bay Athletic League standings Dublin - - lost its fifth straight match No Los Gatos Gunn Los Gatos used a five-run second inning to blank Gunn at home Hudson Schrader and Justin Mazzaferro each knocked in two runs Ethan Williams and Matt Ludeman combined to strike out and allow two hits Ludeman picked up his fourth win of the season No Castro Valley Encinal Castro Valley moved one step closer to a West Alameda Foothill Division title with a key win over Encinal Nathan Canilao was in Alameda and has the story here Oakland Tech Skyline The Bulldogs erased a three-run deficit in the top of the fifth inning to beat Skyline and win the Oakland Athletic League regular season title Senior Hayden Burton hit a walk-off single to complete Tech s comeback in the home half of the seventh Burton finished Friday s challenge going for and had two RBIs Tech improved to - - Skyline dropped to - - Softball No Mills No Notre Dame-Belmont Mills avenged a loss to Notre Dame earlier this season as the Vikings scored on an error in the bottom of the seventh to seal the win Audrey Jang and Sofia Kwan each recorded an RBI in the win Notre Dame pitcher Allison Lui struck out eight across six innings in the loss Mills improved to - - Notre Dame is now - - No Alameda No Bishop O Dowd Alameda looked utterly dominant as the Hornets blanked Bishop O Dowd at home Aaliyah Soderlund was for with three RBIs and a home run Sophomore Mia Wong was a perfect for and knocked in four runs Alameda - - finishes the regular season with two road games against Castro Valley and Encinal O Dowd dropped to - - Related Articles Prep spotlight At this Peninsula school tennis success is rich tradition Prep roundup College Park scores late to edge Alhambra in pitchers duel Prep roundup Granada wins again as Alex Piscotty s pitching quiets Dublin Prep roundup Foothill scores Santa Clara tops Monta Vista Capuchino pitcher throws no-hitter drives in runs Prep spotlight East Bay pitcher lights up scouts radar guns dominates competition El Cerrito Kennedy-Richmond El Cerrito made quick work of its Tri-County Athletic League Stone Division opponent defeating Kennedy in five innings by mercy rule Freshman Arlie Tatum had two home runs and recorded four RBIs Fellow freshman Natalia Gawlikowski was for with a home run and six RBIs El Cerrito improved to - -