GLENDORA -- Two days after failing to collect hits in key situations, the Bakersfield College baseball team blasted 21 hits and romped past Citrus College 17-9 on Thursday.

The game was decided early. BC (21-9 overall, 9-6 Western State Conference South) had an eight-run second inning and led 16-2 after four innings.

GLENDORA -- Two days after failing to collect hits in key situations, the Bakersfield College baseball team blasted 21 hits and romped past Citrus College 17-9 on Thursday.

The game was decided early. BC (21-9 overall, 9-6 Western State Conference South) had an eight-run second inning and led 16-2 after four innings.

Baseball

Bakersfield 10, Independence 2

Baseball

Bakersfield 10, Independence 2

John Austin finished 9th and Doug Denesha finished 22nd in their respective flights in the 78th SCGA Amateur Net Championship at Industry Hills Golf Club this week.

Both were medalists in their respective flights in qualifying but the Industry Hills course proved to be a bit tougher for most of the field in all four flights, except for the few who finished in the top five or so.

John Austin finished 9th and Doug Denesha finished 22nd in their respective flights in the 78th SCGA Amateur Net Championship at Industry Hills Golf Club this week.

Both were medalists in their respective flights in qualifying but the Industry Hills course proved to be a bit tougher for most of the field in all four flights, except for the few who finished in the top five or so.

Andy Varner told himself he wouldn't get emotional about the end of Natrelle Demison's high school wrestling career, but the last month pretty much rendered that impossible.

And so, as Varner spoke Wednesday about Demison at a signing ceremony for four Division I-bound athletes at Bakersfield High, his voice cracked a few times. Demison, for his part, got a tissue from his mother and dabbed his eyes.

Andy Varner told himself he wouldn't get emotional about the end of Natrelle Demison's high school wrestling career, but the last month pretty much rendered that impossible.

And so, as Varner spoke Wednesday about Demison at a signing ceremony for four Division I-bound athletes at Bakersfield High, his voice cracked a few times. Demison, for his part, got a tissue from his mother and dabbed his eyes.

Liberty High's Kaulyn Lee-McNeill deserves an asterisk -- the good kind -- for this performance.

Not only did Lee-McNeill break her personal record by nearly a second in the 300-meter hurdles at the Southwest Yosemite League track and field meet Wednesday at Liberty, but she did it in wet, rainy conditions that caused many of the SWYL's coaches to pull out their stars.

Liberty High's Kaulyn Lee-McNeill deserves an asterisk -- the good kind -- for this performance.

Not only did Lee-McNeill break her personal record by nearly a second in the 300-meter hurdles at the Southwest Yosemite League track and field meet Wednesday at Liberty, but she did it in wet, rainy conditions that caused many of the SWYL's coaches to pull out their stars.

The hardest part, Tony Bernardin said, was the vow of silence.

Bernardin, who still worked at Frontier High School but had been hired as the women's golf coach at Cal State Bakersfield, knew he wanted two of his first recruits to be Michelle Martel and Lexi Keeter, part of the group that helped the Titans to three straight Central Section championships under Bernardin.

The hardest part, Tony Bernardin said, was the vow of silence.

Bernardin, who still worked at Frontier High School but had been hired as the women's golf coach at Cal State Bakersfield, knew he wanted two of his first recruits to be Michelle Martel and Lexi Keeter, part of the group that helped the Titans to three straight Central Section championships under Bernardin.

UCLA freshman pitcher Grant Watson, a 6-foot, 180-pound left-handed pitcher from Centennial High School, is off to a 7-1 start with the UCLA baseball team.

Watson, an All-Area selection as a senior last year, has appeared in 17 games with nine starts at UCLA. He has allowed 48 hits and 17 walks with 27 strikeouts in 48 innings. His ERA is 5.06.

UCLA freshman pitcher Grant Watson, a 6-foot, 180-pound left-handed pitcher from Centennial High School, is off to a 7-1 start with the UCLA baseball team.

Watson, an All-Area selection as a senior last year, has appeared in 17 games with nine starts at UCLA. He has allowed 48 hits and 17 walks with 27 strikeouts in 48 innings. His ERA is 5.06.

Track and field

SWYL mini-meet

Track and field

SWYL mini-meet

SANTA BARBARA -- UC Santa Barbara swept Cal State Bakersfield in a softball doubleheader Tuesday, winning the opener 3-1 and the second game 4-3 in eight innings.

The Roadrunners (10-30) had a 2-0 lead when Santa Barbara (18-25) scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth in the second game.

SANTA BARBARA -- UC Santa Barbara swept Cal State Bakersfield in a softball doubleheader Tuesday, winning the opener 3-1 and the second game 4-3 in eight innings.

The Roadrunners (10-30) had a 2-0 lead when Santa Barbara (18-25) scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth in the second game.

Aren't relievers suppose to provide relief? That's what you'd think.

But despite a solid 5 1/3-inning outing, Blaze starter Daniel Renken was denied his second win of the season as Bakersfield's bullpen was unable to protect a seven-run lead Tuesday in a 10-9 loss to the Stockton Ports at Sam Lynn Ballpark.

Aren't relievers suppose to provide relief? That's what you'd think.

But despite a solid 5 1/3-inning outing, Blaze starter Daniel Renken was denied his second win of the season as Bakersfield's bullpen was unable to protect a seven-run lead Tuesday in a 10-9 loss to the Stockton Ports at Sam Lynn Ballpark.