Merced-area sports results for Thursday, March 9, 2017
Baseball
College
Merced College 17, Porterville 1
Porterville | 000 | 000 | 100 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Merced | 612 | 106 | 10x | — | 17 | 16 | 2 |
Gonzales, Vivanco (4), Bowers (6), Spann (6), Sharp (7), Dashner (8) and Reed. Evan Estes, Trevor Chaney (6), Nicholas Gonzales (7), Zach Wichman (9) and Coleton Horner, Omar Sanchez (6). WP – Estes 2-2. LP – Gonzales 0-3.
Porterville (3-16, 0-2 CVC) – Alvarez 3-4 (2B, RBI).
Merced College (9-7, 2-0 CVC) – Asuka Hashimoto 2 RBI, Ryan Frakes 2-3 (2B, HR, R, 3 RBI), Matthew McElroy 3B (2 R, 3 RBI), Sanchez 2-2 (2B, R, RBI), Jesus Duran 4-4 (3B, 2 R, 2 RBI), Lawrence Andrerson 2-3 (R, 3 RBI).
High school
Merced 4, Patterson 0
Patterson | 000 | 000 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Merced | 021 | 100 | x | — | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Tanner Pellissier, Garrett Stappenbeck (7) and Cole Huie. WP – Pellissier.
Merced (2-2) – Ryan Dancey RBI.
Central Tournament
Buhach Colony 1, Fresno 1 (10)
Fresno | 000 | 001 | 000 | 0 — | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Buhach Colony | 000 | 010 | 000 | 0 — | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Alex Kendrick, Michael Casso (5), Christian Witt (6), Nathan Ayala (8), Sotelo (9) and Ruben Garcia.
Buhach Colony (3-1-1) – Matt Ramirez 2-4 (RBI).
Central 8, El Capitan 4
El Capitan | 100 | 200 | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Central | 000 | 040 | 4 | — | 8 | 10 | 2 |
Chase Whitaker, Zack Pilkington (6) and Brendan Kemps. LP – Pilkington.
El Capitan (2-3) – Braiden Ward 2-4 (3B, R).
Golden Valley 7, Kerman 4
Kerman | 000 | 103 | 0 | — | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Golden Valley | 101 | 041 | x | — | 7 | 8 | 3 |
CJ Soza, Eric Diaz (6) and Brady Mello. WP – Soza. S – Diaz.
Golden Valley (1-3) – Joe Flores 2-4 (2B, R, RBI), Zack Castillo 3B (R, RBI), Mello 2-4 (R), Jack Solis 2B (R, 2 RBI).
Softball
College
Merced College 11, Cerro Coso 0
Cerro Coso | 000 | 00 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Merced | 901 | 1x | — | 11 | 13 | 1 |
Victoria Placentia and Kaitlin McGee. Brianna Lopez and Elizabeth Cuevas. WP – Lopez 5-4. LP – Placentia.
Cerro Coso – None.
Merced College – Adriana Granada 3-3 (R. 4 RBI), Lopez 2-3 (2B, 2 R), Jennifer Moreno 2B (R, 2 RBI), Brianna Flores 3-3 (2 R, 2 RBI).
Merced College 15, Cerro Coso 0
Cerro Coso | 000 | 00 | — | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
Merced | 512 | 7x | — | 15 | 12 | 1 |
Winter Sebourn and McGee. Flores and Peyton Minor. WP – Flores 4-3. LP – Sebourn.
Cerro Coso (1-6-1, 0-5 CVC) – Placentia 2B.
Merced College (10-7, 6-0 CVC) – Arisa Nishibe 2-3 (3B, 2 R, RBI), Marta Mitchell HR (2 R, 3 RBI), Lopez HR (RBI), Cuevas 3-3 (2 3B. 3 R, 3 RBI), Melanie Silva 2-3 (2 R, 2 RBI).
High school
Rainbow Fields Tournament
Pacheco 6, Merced 5
Merced | 100 | 040 | 0 | — | 5 | 7 | 0 |
Pacheco | 010 | 001 | 4 | — | 6 | 11 | 3 |
Autumn Randles and Sara Garcia. WP – Randles
Pacheco – Jennifer Bond 2B (R, RBI), Addy Costa 2B (RBI), Sammy Jacquez 2-4 (2B, 3B, R, 2 RBI), Alexis Parra 2-4 (R, RBI), Emma Hicks 2-4 (3B, R).
Hughson 7, Pacheco 3
Hughson | 101 | 050 | 0 | — | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Pacheco | 000 | 300 | 0 | — | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Hicks, Randles (5) and Alia Garcia. LP – Hicks.
Pacheco (2-3) – Yosselin Castillo 2B (2 RBI), Parra 2-3, Hicks 2B.
Volleyball
High school boys
Buhach Colony 3, East Union 1
22-25, 25-14, 25-10, 25-10
Buhach Colony (2-2) – Kills – Oscar Ramos 16, Daniel Navarro 9. Assists – Michael Silva 33. Blocks – Navarro 6. Aces – Navarro 6.
Golden Valley 3, El Capitan 0
25-14, 25-17, 25-16
Golden Valley (1-0 CCC) – Kills – Aaron Lee 8, Bryan Livesay 7. Assists – Touke Her 22. Blocks – Livesay 2. Digs – Vong Her 11, Livesay 11. Aces – Honun Thao 2, Livesay 2.
Tennis
High school boys
Merced 7, El Capitan 2
Singles – Oliver Calos (EC) d. Spencer Fluetsch (M) 7-5, 4-6, 10-5. Bode Chait (EC) d. Esteban Madrigal (M) 6-4, 5-7, 10-8. Andrue Orelllana (M) d. Rodrain Calos (EC) 6-1, 6-3. Jaymes Meister (M) d. Jesse Alvarez (EC) 6-3, 6-2. Adriyan Garcia (M) d. Jesus Rodriquez (EC) 6-0, 6-0. Alfonso Garcia (M) d. Hussan Huewaidi (EC) 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles – Emmanuel Vega/Omar Covarrubias (M) d. Kevin Vasquez/Carlos Lopez (EC) 6-0, 6-1. Andrew Berthleson/Jesus Nunez (M) d. Michael Anderson/Angel Vega (EC) 6-0, 6-3. Merced def.
Records – Merced 2-1 CCC; El Capitan 0-4 CCC.
Pitman 5, Buhach Colony 4
Singles – Andrew Roser (P) d. Adrian Gomes (BC) 6-2, 6-2. Jenzen Ballesil (BC) d. Lorenz Lat (P) 7-6, 6-1. Javier Benitez (P) d. Vedrick Xiong ( BC) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. Gabriel Moreno (BC) d. Ross Wheeler (P) 6-1, 6-1. Dennis (P) d. King Phompakdy (BC) 6-2, 6-2. Julian Gutierrez (BC) d. Lukas Faulder (P) 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.
Doubles – Robert Boster/Alex Lat (P) d. Devin Patel/Luis Bracamontes (BC) 7-6, 6-1. Joe Silveira/Brian Ochoa (P) d. Fernando Vang/Alex Ortiz (BC) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0. Joel Salas/Cesar Vega (BC) d. Michael Bassard/Riccardo Gonzales3-6, 6-3, 10-7.
This story was originally published March 10, 2017 at 6:00 PM with the headline "Merced-area sports results for Thursday, March 9, 2017."