A lot of teams like to say they can deal with adversity when the time comes.

For Frontier's softball team, adversity had come -- and been dealt with -- long before Friday's 6-5 home victory over North in the Central Section Division II quarterfinals.

A lot of teams like to say they can deal with adversity when the time comes.

For Frontier's softball team, adversity had come -- and been dealt with -- long before Friday's 6-5 home victory over North in the Central Section Division II quarterfinals.

Based on the teams' records, it looked like a mismatch.

Only it didn't turn out that way.

Based on the teams' records, it looked like a mismatch.

Only it didn't turn out that way.

Josh Eagle threw a complete-game shutout as Sierra College beat Orange Coast 4-0 in opening round action of the CCCAA Baseball State Championship on Friday at Gerry Collis Field.

The Wolverines (26-15-1) scored two runs in the first and two more in the third on a Kaden Kamoe homer to back Eagle (11-2), who struck out seven.

Josh Eagle threw a complete-game shutout as Sierra College beat Orange Coast 4-0 in opening round action of the CCCAA Baseball State Championship on Friday at Gerry Collis Field.

The Wolverines (26-15-1) scored two runs in the first and two more in the third on a Kaden Kamoe homer to back Eagle (11-2), who struck out seven.

IRVINE -- Andrew Thurman threw a complete-game one-hitter as UC Irvine defeated Cal State Bakersfield 7-0 at Anteater Ballpark.

Thurman (8-2), a sophomore, struck out six and walked four. Tyler Shryock tripled for CSUB's lone hit. He threw 100 pitches in the game.

IRVINE -- Andrew Thurman threw a complete-game one-hitter as UC Irvine defeated Cal State Bakersfield 7-0 at Anteater Ballpark.

Thurman (8-2), a sophomore, struck out six and walked four. Tyler Shryock tripled for CSUB's lone hit. He threw 100 pitches in the game.

Baseball

Division II quarterfinals

Baseball

Division II quarterfinals

LAKE ELSINORE -- Bakersfield reliever Brooks Pinckard allowed five runs in the seventh inning as the Lake Elsinore Storm topped the Blaze 6-3 on Friday night at The Diamond.

The Blaze entered the seventh with a 2-1 lead, as starter Tony Cingrani struck out 12 Storm batters in the first six innings.

LAKE ELSINORE -- Bakersfield reliever Brooks Pinckard allowed five runs in the seventh inning as the Lake Elsinore Storm topped the Blaze 6-3 on Friday night at The Diamond.

The Blaze entered the seventh with a 2-1 lead, as starter Tony Cingrani struck out 12 Storm batters in the first six innings.

VISALIA -- Frontier High certainly did it the hard way in winning the school's first Central Section boys tennis team title.

The Titans lost four of six singles matches, with three of the losses in gut-wrenching tie-breakers. That meant Frontier needed to sweep the three doubles matches to pull out the victory.

VISALIA -- Frontier High certainly did it the hard way in winning the school's first Central Section boys tennis team title.

The Titans lost four of six singles matches, with three of the losses in gut-wrenching tie-breakers. That meant Frontier needed to sweep the three doubles matches to pull out the victory.

Jake Varner enjoyed his last public appearance in Bakersfield before the London Olympics with a meet-and-greet Thursday in the Bakersfield High cafeteria.

Varner leaves Saturday for State College, Pa., where he trains with Penn State University. Later this summer he'll move to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., before heading to London in late July for the Olympics.

Jake Varner enjoyed his last public appearance in Bakersfield before the London Olympics with a meet-and-greet Thursday in the Bakersfield High cafeteria.

Varner leaves Saturday for State College, Pa., where he trains with Penn State University. Later this summer he'll move to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., before heading to London in late July for the Olympics.

Boys tennis

Division II championship

Boys tennis

Division II championship

The scene has become a familiar one. The Bakersfield Christian boys tennis team dumping a bucket of ice water or Gatorade on coach Frank Thiessen after collecting another section championship plaque.

That's how it played out once again as the top-seeded Eagles defeated visiting Chowchilla 6-3 to win their eighth straight Central Section championship.

The scene has become a familiar one. The Bakersfield Christian boys tennis team dumping a bucket of ice water or Gatorade on coach Frank Thiessen after collecting another section championship plaque.

That's how it played out once again as the top-seeded Eagles defeated visiting Chowchilla 6-3 to win their eighth straight Central Section championship.