LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Johnny Zepeda picked his former team mates to tune up on in pitching his best game of the year and notching his first win of the year against two losses, as he went the distance, allowed only two runs on 7 hits, 5 walks and striking out 6. The Maverick defense played flawless ball and when the Warriors did get a couple of runners on Zepeda was able to get that 3rd out. The Maverick's offense was led by Joey Burke, 2 for 3, 4 rbi's and a bases loaded triple; Paul Oseguera's 2nd Home Run of the year in the 3rd with one on, Andrew Nacario's two doubles and 3 runs scored, and rbi doubles by Diehl, Fuller, Chapalone and Stoffel. The Mavs had a total of 14 hits in increasing their record to 3-0 and 16-4 overall.

North County Times Weekly Baseball Poll 1. Montgomery (3) 18-2 89 2. Rancho Buena Vista(3) 15-3 76 2. La Costa Canyon (2) 15-4 76 2. Mission Bay (2) 15-2 76 5. Rancho Bernardo 15-4 70 6. El Capitan 12-4 57 7. Eastlake 12-5 30 8. Mira Mesa 13-3 22 9. Marian 11-4 12 10. St. Augustine 12-4-1 12

El Camino(1-2)upsets San Marcos(1-2)12-11, Carlsbad(1-1)edges Fallbrook(1-1)6-4; RBV (3-0) hands Rancho Bernardo(1-2)its 2nd league loss in the same week 5-2; as Peabody takes first loss; and Vista(1-2) upsets Torrey Pines(2-1).

Chris Fuller was one triple short of hitting for the cycle as he homered, doubled and singled in knocking in 5 runs. Casey Sterk hit a first inning home run over the right field fence, singled and hit a sacrafice fly for 4 runs batted in. Will Stoffel singled and doubled, scoring twice, and Andrew Nacario walked once and was hit by a pitch three times. Will Stoffel pitched 4 innings, allowing 5 earned runs, while striking out 2 and walking none. Michal Kenney pitched a strong 4 innings to up his personal record to 3-0, allowing the one tying run in the bottom of the 7th, 4 hits and striking out 3 and walking 1. Brian Brehm came into the game in the 9th to close out the game, allowing 1 HbP, 1 single, and no runs. Defensive high lights included a Fuller to Burke to Chapalone double play in the 4th, a couple of nice fielding plays by Burke including a shoe top catch in the 8th, and in the bottom of the 7th Stoffel's throw from left field to Alvarez to nail one runner at the plate. The Mavericks notched this key Avocado League win at San Marcos, upping their record to 15-4 and 2-0. San Marcos fell to 8-8 and 1-1 in league.

Tyler Ryan walked only one batter in the 5th while striking out 11 Wildcats and allowing no runs on NO hits. Tyler Ryan allowed only one ball out of the infield on a fly ball to Sterk in right. Joey Burke and Johnny Zepeda anchored the team defense as Burke had 5 assists and Zepeda 8 put outs. The Mavericks scored 4 runs in the first and 3 in the second to take a commanding lead. Burke was 3 for 3, 2 runs scored and 2 rbi's, Casey Sterk was 2 for 3 with 2 triples, 2 runs scored and 2 rbi's and Nick Diehl and catcher Matt Ryan each had an rbi triple. In the 6th inning Anthony Alvarez hit a two run home run. The only negative item was the loss of catcher Matt Ryan who broke a bone in his wrist sliding into second and he was unable to finish catching his brother's no hitter.