CERRITOS -- Bakersfield College freshman Chris Schwartz finished third in the 1,500 and 5,000 at the state track and field championships at Cerritos College on Saturday.

Schwartz, a Foothill High graduate, finished just one hundreth of a second behind second-place Christian Soratos of Hartnell in the 1,500, with a 3:47.04. Matt Airola of American River won in 3:45.80.

CERRITOS -- Bakersfield College freshman Chris Schwartz finished third in the 1,500 and 5,000 at the state track and field championships at Cerritos College on Saturday.

Schwartz, a Foothill High graduate, finished just one hundreth of a second behind second-place Christian Soratos of Hartnell in the 1,500, with a 3:47.04. Matt Airola of American River won in 3:45.80.

Central Section MastersChampionships

At Clovis Buchanan

Central Section MastersChampionships

At Clovis Buchanan

IRVINE -- Andrew Letourneau went 2-for-3 with three RBI's to lead Cal State Bakersfield to a 5-4 victory Saturday over UC Irvine.

CSUB (21-28) scored three runs with two outs in the seventh to get back on top. Letourneau broke the tie with a two-run double, followed by a Kevin Younger RBI-double that scored Letourneau.

IRVINE -- Andrew Letourneau went 2-for-3 with three RBI's to lead Cal State Bakersfield to a 5-4 victory Saturday over UC Irvine.

CSUB (21-28) scored three runs with two outs in the seventh to get back on top. Letourneau broke the tie with a two-run double, followed by a Kevin Younger RBI-double that scored Letourneau.

Maybe you'd think this wasn't what East High senior D.J. Johnson had in mind, when he came back to play high school tennis instead of focusing on the Southern California junior circuit.

Here's Johnson, playing doubles with a partner who isn't in the same stratosphere, and so the opposition is trying to hit every single shot away from him. But Johnson is racing from doubles alley to doubles alley, trying to hit every ball himself. The result often is a manaical game of two-on-one tennis, and Johnson usually wins anyway.

Maybe you'd think this wasn't what East High senior D.J. Johnson had in mind, when he came back to play high school tennis instead of focusing on the Southern California junior circuit.

Here's Johnson, playing doubles with a partner who isn't in the same stratosphere, and so the opposition is trying to hit every single shot away from him. But Johnson is racing from doubles alley to doubles alley, trying to hit every ball himself. The result often is a manaical game of two-on-one tennis, and Johnson usually wins anyway.

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.