LOS ANGELES -- USC pitcher Stephen Tarpley scattered six hits over eight innings with 10 strikeouts as the Trojans completed a three-game series sweep over CSU Bakersfield Sunday with a 6-0 win at Dedeaux Field.

USC (12-3) won the first two games of the series by coming from behind with two-run, game-winning rallies in the ninth inning.

LOS ANGELES -- USC pitcher Stephen Tarpley scattered six hits over eight innings with 10 strikeouts as the Trojans completed a three-game series sweep over CSU Bakersfield Sunday with a 6-0 win at Dedeaux Field.

USC (12-3) won the first two games of the series by coming from behind with two-run, game-winning rallies in the ninth inning.

It's not "The Big Dance" as coach Rod Barnes says, but it's a "dance" nonetheless.

CSU Bakersfield has accepted a bid to participate in the men's basketball CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).

It's not "The Big Dance" as coach Rod Barnes says, but it's a "dance" nonetheless.

CSU Bakersfield has accepted a bid to participate in the men's basketball CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).

A half-lap lead with seven laps to go evaporated due to a caution flag, but that only delayed Tony Toste's run to victory in the Late Model main event Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.

Toste of Pismo Beach simply repeated what he did for the first 23 laps as he pulled away from his competition to easily win the 30-lap race on the third-mile clay oval.

A half-lap lead with seven laps to go evaporated due to a caution flag, but that only delayed Tony Toste's run to victory in the Late Model main event Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.

Toste of Pismo Beach simply repeated what he did for the first 23 laps as he pulled away from his competition to easily win the 30-lap race on the third-mile clay oval.

NEW YORK -- The Stockdale High boys 4-mile team of Cameron Miller, Connor Fisher, Curtis Kelly and Blake Haney finished third Saturday in the New Balance Indoor Nationals at the New Balance Track and Field Center, and set a state indoor record in the process.

Their time was 17 minutes, 30 seconds, and it broke Stockdale's school record of 17:59 set in the 2011 Arcadia Invitational. It also is the 11th-best mark all-time in the U.S., and the Mustangs were honored at NSSF Indoor Track and Field All-Americans based on their top-six finish.

NEW YORK -- The Stockdale High boys 4-mile team of Cameron Miller, Connor Fisher, Curtis Kelly and Blake Haney finished third Saturday in the New Balance Indoor Nationals at the New Balance Track and Field Center, and set a state indoor record in the process.

Their time was 17 minutes, 30 seconds, and it broke Stockdale's school record of 17:59 set in the 2011 Arcadia Invitational. It also is the 11th-best mark all-time in the U.S., and the Mustangs were honored at NSSF Indoor Track and Field All-Americans based on their top-six finish.

MISSION HILLS -- As Independence coach Val Mancera called a timeout 2 minutes into the Falcons' CIF state playoff game against MissionHills-Alemany, it was clear his team's chances were going to rely heavily on its ability to limit its mistakes.

Independence guard Vanessa Mancera, had just been smothered by two trapping Alemany defenders and picked up her dribble. Not wanting to let the play become his team's fifth turnover of the night, the Independence coach asked for a timeout.

MISSION HILLS -- As Independence coach Val Mancera called a timeout 2 minutes into the Falcons' CIF state playoff game against MissionHills-Alemany, it was clear his team's chances were going to rely heavily on its ability to limit its mistakes.

Independence guard Vanessa Mancera, had just been smothered by two trapping Alemany defenders and picked up her dribble. Not wanting to let the play become his team's fifth turnover of the night, the Independence coach asked for a timeout.

The past few weeks have been a lot of fun, but also an eye-opening experience to the business side of professional baseball.

Everything from the way you dress and how you arrive at the park to the way you talk to people and conduct yourself in public. We represent the organization in everything we do.

The past few weeks have been a lot of fun, but also an eye-opening experience to the business side of professional baseball.

Everything from the way you dress and how you arrive at the park to the way you talk to people and conduct yourself in public. We represent the organization in everything we do.

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Central California Showcase

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Central California Showcase

It goes down as the worst season in CSU Bakersfield's 11-year history of women's basketball.

But Saturday's dramatic come-from-behind 89-87 win over Seattle University in the Icardo Center will be used as a springboard to the future, not the wrap up of a long season.

It goes down as the worst season in CSU Bakersfield's 11-year history of women's basketball.

But Saturday's dramatic come-from-behind 89-87 win over Seattle University in the Icardo Center will be used as a springboard to the future, not the wrap up of a long season.

Casey Pierro-Zabotel scored an extra attacker goal with under a minute remaining, on an assist credited to Erik Burgdoerfer and Kyle Calder, and the Bakersfield Condors were perfect in a shootout as they stunned the Idaho Steelheads 6-5 Saturday at CenturyLink Arena.

The Steelheads took a 1-0 at 5:40 of the first period.

Casey Pierro-Zabotel scored an extra attacker goal with under a minute remaining, on an assist credited to Erik Burgdoerfer and Kyle Calder, and the Bakersfield Condors were perfect in a shootout as they stunned the Idaho Steelheads 6-5 Saturday at CenturyLink Arena.

The Steelheads took a 1-0 at 5:40 of the first period.

LOS ANGELES -- USC scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday to rally past CSU Bakersfield, 9-8, the second straight game the Trojans beat the Roadrunners with a two-run ninth.

USC (11-3) took advantage of wildness by CSUB relief pitcher James Barragan.

LOS ANGELES -- USC scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday to rally past CSU Bakersfield, 9-8, the second straight game the Trojans beat the Roadrunners with a two-run ninth.

USC (11-3) took advantage of wildness by CSUB relief pitcher James Barragan.