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B-2 Wednesday, May 9, 1990 Santa Cruz Sentinel Cats edge ahead in race for 2nd place Boys' baseball and scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Darren Pomeroy. Cougars are now taking aim at the Central Coast Section record of 20 straight victories, shared by four teams, the most recent Serra in 1984-85. Harbor 5, Soquel 2 SOQUEL Pitcher Ken Roggon-sack scattered six hits in going the distance as Harbor knocked Soquel out of contention for the CCS play, offs, which begin next week. Harbor led 3 0 after two innings, picking up two runs in the first on an error and Mike Martello's RBI single, and a run in the second on Hunter McPhcrson's RBI single. It was 5-2 after four innings when Chris Spencer replaced start er Greg Brazil and shut down the Pirates the rest of the way, allowing only two runners over the final three innings.

But Roggensack was just as tough, allowing Soquel only two runners over the final throe innings. By ANDREAS SAMSON Sentinel correspondent CASTROVILLE Jake Botts of the North Monterey County High Condors and David Tafoya of the Watsonville Wildcats went to the mound on Tuesday in a must win game for both teams in the race for second place in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. Both pitchers were up to the task, allowing no runs through seven innings. Then Watsonville scored three runs in the top of the eighth (first extra) inning to prevail 3-0 and establish a toe hold for a chance to qualify for the Central Coast Section playoffs. Watsonville has finished the regular season with a record of 8 4, while North County is 7-4, and can still tie for second with a victory in its final game Fridayagainst Santa Cruz.

In the Cats and Condors tie, they both could wind up going to the playoffs, because Watsonville is Gonzales, plnch-running for Seeger, advanced to third on an infield error and then scored on a ground out to second by Matt Murphy. Cardinal starter and losing pitcher Stan Pillsbury kept the Cougars, who entered the game with a .341 batting average, off-balance with his slow curve ball. "Pilsbury deserves a lot of credit," said Kenworthy. "That was the best game anyone has pitched against us all season." SLV pitcher Chris Lee ran his scoreless streak to 18 innings before he was relieved by Ross Par-menter in the sixth. Although Par-menter allowed Santa Cruz's only run, he was credited with the win.

Daniel Cada pitched the seventh. Santa Cruz scored its run in the sixth when pinch-runner Andrew McGraw scored from third base on a wild pitch by Parmenter. SLV took a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Gary Flynn doubled, advanced to third on a single by Cada worked himself out of a Jam in the second, getting a forceout at home and then a double play with the bases loaded and no one out. Relying on a high number of breaking pitches, Botts used his fastball sparingly, and retired the next 15 hitters in order, striking out the last four he faced. Though not as overpowering, Tafoya equaled Botts performance, forcing the Condors to hit ground balls that his teammates gobbled up in the infield.

"I had a lot of confidence in my defense," said Tafoya, who scattered four hits in eight innings, struck out seven and walked only one. "I didnt feel a lot of pressure. We came out and had fun." The Condors had a chance to score in the sixth, with Jacob Ran-some on second base and one out. But Ransome was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a single to right field. In the top of the eighth, Watson- ville's Eric Montalbo hit a fly to deep center field to drive In Manuel Diaz from third base to put the Wildcats ahead.

The Wildcats kept at it and added two more runs on a single by Jesse Flores. SLV 2, Santa Cruz 1 SANTA CRUZ The Cardinals gave the Cougars a solid scare, but in the end San Lorenzo Valley was able to escape with the victory to remain undefeated in league play and for the season. SLV, now 11-0 in the SCCAL and 21-0 overall, broke the mark of 22 wins in a row set by the 1987-88 Harbor Pirates. "I thought our time was up tonight," said SLV Coach Tim Ken-worthy. "We needed a scare and we got a good one tonight." Santa Cruz tied the score at 1-1 with an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth, but SLV bounced back to score the game-winner in the top of the seventh when Shane Seeger singled with one out.

Steve classified as a Class 4A schools (en-rollemnt more than 1,289) while North County is a 3A school. Each divison of the CCS tournament takes league champions and runners-up, plus at-large teams based on a points system. Neither Watsonville Coach Bob Bivins nor North County's Wayne Roberts are sure which team would have more points. "Of course I'm hoping both North County and Soquel will lose," Bivins said. "Two years ago, we had the second highest total points in the (Central Coast) section and we didn't get invited to the playoff tournament.

Normally 8-4 will win this league, but not this year." Botts was good enough to win Tuesday, striking out 10 and allowing one hit in regulation. Me fe'i v) Greqq Press Ken House Paul Ramos Toast of the Coast ALL-COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL TEAM FIRST TEAM Hawks earn top honors Seven players picked to all-conference team APTOS Cabrillo College landed five baseball players on the All-Coast Conference first team four of them unamimous selections. Ken House, Gregg Press, Paul Ramos and Aaron Jones were marked on all the coaches' ballots while Tige McSwain was also named to the first team. Keoki Farrish, a sophomore from Ohlono, was named the conference's Most Valuable Player. Farrish batted .405 in conference play this season and is to play this week in the first round of the Northern California Community College Playoffs, as are the Cabrillo players.

Opponents and dates for the games have yet to be determined. House, a first baseman and relief pitcher from Soquel High, was honored as the best utility player in the conference. At the plate, House batted .358 with four home runs, five doubles, two triples and 20 runs batted in. On the mound, he compiled a 3-1 record with a 3.15 earned run average in Coast play. For the entire season, House has a v-' vv t4t ri i iv" '( Jf rSr 1 i 5" w.t Player, School Position Ken House, Cabrillo Utl Raji Kashvap, OWone IB Matt Wollaston, Gavilan IB Paul Ramos, Cabrillo DH Rick Bolev, Los Medanos Todd Blackwell, Canada Mark O'Brien, DeAnza IN Greg Noble, Ohlone IN Bob Freschi, Skyline IN Jim Singleton, Gavilan IN Aaron Jones, Cabrillo OF wl A 7 Year Sooh Fresh Suort Soph Frps.l 'yjph Soph.

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Fresh. Soph. Fresh. Soph. Opt' F-esh Soph Fresh I i.mf.i.1 SECOND TEAM Player, School Position Kraig Constantino, Mission uti Mark Borchard, Hartnell OH John Nora, Foothill Justin Tiumalu, Ohlone Carlie Roman, Los Medanos IN Tony Slyvestri, Skyline in Andy Moran, Hartnell IN Jess Lopez, Gavilan in Donovan Marshbanks, Cabrillo IN Rodney Taylor, Skyline OF Robert Reed, Ohlone OF Gary McNamara, Canada OF Ratael Gomez, Mission OF Zach Raney, Cabrillo Scott Hoy, Los Medanos Pete Sredanovich, Mission Albert Perez, Ohlone Most Valuable Player Keoki Farrish, Ohlone Harbor Aaron Jones Girls' Softball to the second team with pitcher Zach Raney, a sophomore from Santa Cruz.

Marshbanks batted .325 with two homers, five doubles and 15 RBI. Raney. a right -ban der, was 3 1 in conference games team high 43 RBI and a .366 average, while compiling a 3.37 ERA. Press, a freshman from Santa Cruz High, had the distinction of being the only pitcher in the conference to be a unanimous choice. He was 5 1 as a starter 8 2 overall so far with a 2.98 earned run average and 46 strikeouts.

One of his victories was a two hit shutout of conference-champion Ohlone. "I was expecting better hitters at this level," Press said of his transition from high school to community college. "There weren't really that many good hitters." On his success in Coast play this year, Press credited the Cabrillo defense. "I had great defense behind me every time I pitched," he said. Ramos, a sophomore from Aptos, was dubbed best designated hitter on the all-conference team.

Ramos hit .421 for the Seahawks with 12 RBI, seven doubles, one triple and one homer. The other unanimous choice for the Hawks was Jones. The outfielder from San Francisco led the conference in homers (six), doubles Continued from Pane Iil championship. And what the Cougars, 7-4, can do with a win Friday night is grab the league's top seed lng to CCS. SLV beat Harbor, 7-6, on April 17.

"Friday that's our showdown," said Bianconi, whose team scori'd eiht runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to knock out Soquel. "The girls are up for that one. They beat on three walks in the bottom of the seventh last time. These girls want another shot at them." Soquel dropped to 0-11 in league play and 0 19 overall. "I'm surprised about Harbor.

I'm surprised about the quality of their new kids," said Soquel Coach Ron Brady. "I knew when I saw some of their kids last year that they'd be inning to eliminate the Wildcats from league-championship contention. Veronica Mercado was 3-for-4 and Marie Mata moved her pitching record to 5-0 with the win over the Wildcats, who dropped to 7-5. Carina Jimenez doubled home two runs to tie the score at 4 4. Donna DeAmarl scored the winning run on Laurie Nunley's bunt down the third-base line.

"I guess mathematically we're still in line for a playoff spot," said Watsonville Coach Brad Hubbard, "but we don't feel like a playoff team. North County made some nice defensive plays in the final few innings and did a good job pulling this off." Jodi Koda and Bernie Soriano had RBI singles for Watsonville. North County improved to 6-5 in the SCCAL. inexperienced, but they're right there. I guess they learned a lot." Harbor pitcher Emily Krovetz allowed six hits and improved her season record to 4 6.

Freshman Marci Bei, who was recently brought up from the junior varsity team, had two singles in the fourth inning, and drove in two runs on her second hit. Maria Clayton also slapped a two-run single in the inning. Soquel pitcher Tory Tupper did not give up a hit through three innings, but Harbor collected a 4 1 lead via walks and errors. N. County 5, Watsonville 3 WATSONVILLE The Condors rallied for four runs in the sixth hy Drive Over-The-Hill When You Can Get The Best Deal In Santa Cruz? Playoffs The NBA Shintom cm-7600 hondsFrae 96 Phone- Memory electronic Saotrti Pud I 1 oVjit IX Display electronic lock Hornfllert (optional) (10) and RBI (34), and batted .432.

Overall, Jones has nine homers and 42 RBI. McSwain, who was also an all-conference selection in football for the Hawks, batted .400 to earn first-team honors. McSwain, the lead-off batter in the lineup, leads the Hawks in steals (16) and hits (50) over the season. Former Harbor High standout Donovan Marshbanks, Cabrillo's regular third baseman, was named tons' best playoff defensive effort and also was the lowest total ever for the Knicks in the postseason. Detroit held the Chicago Bulls to 77 points on May 15, 1989.

New York, which scored 70 and 71 points in the second halves of its last two games against Boston in the first round, had a previous playoff low of 79 against the Capital Bullets in 1974. All tubct lo Stock on Hand All Prlcot Eiplr S-12-B0 PflNflSONIC TP500 Transportable Cellular Phone Stejb Olive', unction DuqI tot jle elf hor 40 Number Memory Signal Strength Indie otor 5UJortsfiuilt In Hattery OexrronK I txn liroir Continued from Pane HI Fitzsimmons, whose long string of losses at the Forum came with Kansas City, Atlanta and San Antonio as well as Phoenix, said there really was nothing mysterious about his past team's failures in Inglewood. "The streak has nothing to do with this building," he said. "The Streak has do do with the fact that the Lakers had good players and my players weren't so good." Eddie Johnson and Kevin Johnson led the Suns in the waning moments of the game as the Lakers went 3'j minutes without a field goal and center Mark West was an uexpected force for Phoenix in the game. "Mark West was an unbelievably dominant force," Fitzsimmons said of the center who had 24 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocked shots.

Lakers Coach Pat Riley, who said he wasn't pleased with his team's shot selection in the final minutes of the game, also said he wasn't surprised by the outcome. "This is the way all the games are going to be against Phoenix, competitive," he said. After Orlando Woolridge's jumper gve the Lakers a 101-98 lead with 3:37 left, they didn't score again until Magic Johnson made a free throw with 4 seconds remaining. Since that left the Lakers trailing by two, Magic intentionally missed the second free throw, but Kevin Johnson rebounded and time ran out. Last year, the Lakers swept Phoenix 4 0 en route to the NBA Finals, where they lost in four games to Detroit.

Trail Blazers 122, Spurs 112 PORTLAND, Ore. Terry Porter and Clyde Drexler keyed a 24-8 third quarter outburst as the Portland Trail Blazers beat San Antonio 122 112 Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference semifinal series. Porter finished with 27 points and 7 assists, while Drexler had 22 points as the Blazers won their fifth playoff game in as many tries. Terry Cummings scored 33 for San Antonio, and David Robinson added 31. But 17 of Robinson's points came after Portland built a 20 point lead with 1:41 left in the third period.

The best of 7 series shifts to San Antonio for Game 3 Thursday night. An 11-4 run to end the second quarter gave Portland a 63-55 half-time lead, then the Blazers took control of the game with a devastating third quarter. Led by the tenacious defense of Porter and Drexler and the shot blocking of Wayne Cooper, Portland outscored the Spurs 24 8 to start the quarter, opening an 87-63 lead with 4:25 left in the period. Cooper had four blocked shots in the period, including a memorable one against a stuff attempt by Robinson. Pistions 112, Knicks 77 AUBURN HILLS, Mich.

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