LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

The Mavericks beat Poway 8-4 to advance to the second round of the double elimination tournament on Thursday at Rancho Buena Vista. In last year's CIF Playoffs Poway edged the Mavericks 4-3. This year Tyler Ryan limited the Titans to 3 runs through six innings to pick up his tenth win of the year against no losses. Paul Oseguera led the offense with 3 for 3 performance, while Casey Sterk, Andrew Nacario and Will Stoffel each added two hits apiece, and Nick Diehl knocked in two runs in the bottom of the 5th inning when the Mavs scored 4 times to put the game out of reach. Andrew Logan pitched the 7th inning, allowing one run on a single two walks and an infield ground ball out before he settled in to strike out the final two Poway batters to close out the game. The defensive highlights included a sliding catch in foul territory by Joey Burke and a diving catch of a sinking line drive in right field by Casey Sterk. On Thursday May 23rd the Mavs travel to play second ranked Rancho Buena Vista at their field, with a 4:00 start time.