TAFT -- The depth of Garces' boys golf team was tested Monday like it hadn't been before this season.

The Rams answered like never before, too, earning themselves the Central Section's South Area championship at Mifflin-Buena Vista Golf Course.

TAFT -- The depth of Garces' boys golf team was tested Monday like it hadn't been before this season.

The Rams answered like never before, too, earning themselves the Central Section's South Area championship at Mifflin-Buena Vista Golf Course.

LANCASTER -- Tony Cingrani allowed only one earned run and struck out eight in six innings of work to lead the Blaze to a 9-6 victory Monday over the Lancaster JetHawks at Clear Channel Stadium

Devin Lohman had two hits, including his third homer of the season, three runs and two RBIs for the Blaze, which totaled 12 hits off three Lancaster pitchers.

LANCASTER -- Tony Cingrani allowed only one earned run and struck out eight in six innings of work to lead the Blaze to a 9-6 victory Monday over the Lancaster JetHawks at Clear Channel Stadium

Devin Lohman had two hits, including his third homer of the season, three runs and two RBIs for the Blaze, which totaled 12 hits off three Lancaster pitchers.

The future looks promising for Kern County track and field.

Several meet records were broken Saturday at the Kern County Track and Field Champions at Liberty High.

The future looks promising for Kern County track and field.

Several meet records were broken Saturday at the Kern County Track and Field Champions at Liberty High.

The Modesto Nuts pulled away with a five-run eighth inning en route to an 8-4 victory over the Bakersfield Blaze at Sam Lynn Ballpark.

Nuts starter Josh Smith (1-4) earned the victory, allowing one run over six innings as Modesto took two-of-three from Bakersfield in the series.

The Modesto Nuts pulled away with a five-run eighth inning en route to an 8-4 victory over the Bakersfield Blaze at Sam Lynn Ballpark.

Nuts starter Josh Smith (1-4) earned the victory, allowing one run over six innings as Modesto took two-of-three from Bakersfield in the series.

There were no late-game dramatics from the Bakersfield College softball team this time.

None were needed.

There were no late-game dramatics from the Bakersfield College softball team this time.

None were needed.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina State finished a weekend sweep of Cal State Bakersfield with 2-0 and 10-7 wins Sunday.

In game 1, Roadrunners starter Spenser Messmore took the loss despite allowing two runs and nine hits over eight innings, striking out five. CSUB managed only four hits afatnst three N.C. State pitchers.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina State finished a weekend sweep of Cal State Bakersfield with 2-0 and 10-7 wins Sunday.

In game 1, Roadrunners starter Spenser Messmore took the loss despite allowing two runs and nine hits over eight innings, striking out five. CSUB managed only four hits afatnst three N.C. State pitchers.

As a full moon rose over turn three, it turned into one of those nights at Bakersfield Speedway.

The kind where nothing much goes as planned, where the flagman gets tennis elbow from repeatedly waving the caution flag in one race, then waves nothing but the green, white and checkered in another. Where a race that had been oh-so-smooth turns into a crash fest.

As a full moon rose over turn three, it turned into one of those nights at Bakersfield Speedway.

The kind where nothing much goes as planned, where the flagman gets tennis elbow from repeatedly waving the caution flag in one race, then waves nothing but the green, white and checkered in another. Where a race that had been oh-so-smooth turns into a crash fest.

All it took was a dramatic seventh-inning rally to overcome what had been a frustrating Saturday night for Bakersfield College softball.

The Renegades rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to stun College of the Desert, 6-5, in the first game of a best-of-3 Southern California playoff at BC.

All it took was a dramatic seventh-inning rally to overcome what had been a frustrating Saturday night for Bakersfield College softball.

The Renegades rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to stun College of the Desert, 6-5, in the first game of a best-of-3 Southern California playoff at BC.

Josef Terry hit a go-ahead RBI double in Bakersfield's three-run sixth inning as the Blaze rallied to defeat the Modesto Nuts 7-6 on Saturday night at Sam Lynn Ballpark.

Terry went 2-for-4, including the double that gave Bakersfield a 4-3 lead. Bryson Smith followed with a two-run single. Pat Doyle allowed one run over 22⁄3 innings to earn the victory. Bakersfield starter Chad Rogers allowed three unearned runs over four innings.

Josef Terry hit a go-ahead RBI double in Bakersfield's three-run sixth inning as the Blaze rallied to defeat the Modesto Nuts 7-6 on Saturday night at Sam Lynn Ballpark.

Terry went 2-for-4, including the double that gave Bakersfield a 4-3 lead. Bryson Smith followed with a two-run single. Pat Doyle allowed one run over 22⁄3 innings to earn the victory. Bakersfield starter Chad Rogers allowed three unearned runs over four innings.

Cal State Bakersfield's men's soccer team has added a final spring exhibition game that will be played today against the Under-20 all-star team from New Zealand.

Game time is 4 p.m. on the CSUB Main Soccer Field.

Cal State Bakersfield's men's soccer team has added a final spring exhibition game that will be played today against the Under-20 all-star team from New Zealand.

Game time is 4 p.m. on the CSUB Main Soccer Field.