A split of its opening-round doubleheader at the Wilcox
Tournament on Saturday gave the Live Oak High baseball team its
first victory of the young season and guaranteed the Acorns at
least two more games this week.
A split of its opening-round doubleheader at the Wilcox Tournament on Saturday gave the Live Oak High baseball team its first victory of the young season and guaranteed the Acorns at least two more games this week.
Live Oak (1-2) plays Santa Clara on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Washington Park in Santa Clara, and plays Archbishop Mitty on Friday at 4:30 p.m., also at Washington Park.
On Saturday, the Acorns beat Saratoga 6-5 on Jared Kwock’s tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. Kwock knocked in Dave Newton, who had singled, stole second and went to third on a passed ball.
Newton had two hits, scored two runs and had an RBI, while Daniel Salinas added a pair of hits including a solo home run, and two RBIs for the Acorns.
Dylan Regan started and Eric Abbott finished up, picking up the victory in relief.
In the nightcap, Live Oak was shut down by one of the top pitchers in the section, Wilcox lefty Donald Brandt, who tossed a two-hitter to beat the Acorns 5-1.
Andrew Cummins and Kwock had the only hits, both doubles, off Brandt, who has already signed with Santa Clara University.
Newton went five innings and allowed four runs, three earned, with eight strikeouts.
LO rugby
The Live Oak High rugby club team evened its record at 2-2 this season with a 48-0 thrashing of the Aptos “B” side last week.
Leading the scoring for Live Oak was senior center Miguel Ayala with 23 points, sophomore wing Dustin Muhn with 15 points, and junior standoff Ben Frates and senior scrum half Brian Crane with five points each.
Live Oak plays powerful East Palo Alto, the defending Skyhawk Conference champions, this week.
LO tennis
A blast from the past visited the Live Oak High tennis courts last weekend as the Alumni took on the Acorn boys tennis team.
The Alumni, led by Doug Webenbauer, beat the current Acorn team by a 7-1 score, then donated $275 for the program.
Live Oak’s Erick Matsumoto picked up the lone varsity win over Leo Higoshi in three sets, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Other alumni on hand included Scott Stotler, Dennis Riley, Dave Johnson, Dave Whalen, Mike Melene, Rich DelaRosa, Dave Rose, Jimmy Herrera and Bob Frey.
Live Oak’s varsity plays its TCAL opener at Palma on Tuesday, then hosts Hollister-San Benito in its home opener on Wednesday and hosts Salinas on Thursday.
