The Yucca Valley High School Trojans baseball team traveled to Granite Hills for a pre-season matchup in Apple Valley Wednesday. Coach Brian Schoenborn said they got off to a slow start, giving up three runs in the first inning. Pitcher Parker Jones settled in after that, striking out three batters in his five inning outing. Jared Hudson led the hitting going 1-3 on the day. The Trojans were unable to hit in any runs and stranded five runners and the Varsity lost by the score of 5-0.
Junior Varsity continued its winning streak by routing the Cougars. Winning pitcher was freshman Anthony Gutierrez who pitched a complete game. Final score was 13-2.
The Twentynine Palms Wildcat boys’ tennis team hosted the Banning Broncos on Thursday, March 26. The Wildcats secured another victory by a score of 16-to-2. In singles action, the Wildcats were led by Jarod Burks and John Lanza, sweeping all three of their sets and Sam Choi coming away with a win in the first round. In doubles action, Marcus Simon and Vincent Thomas swept all three sets. Jose Valdez and Raul Hernandez swept all three sets. Marquis Tarver and Franklin Muniz won two sets while Marquis and Justin Ornalez Perez won a set in the second round. The Wildcat boys did an excellent job to secure this victory. The Wildcats are now 4-2 overall and 1-0 in league.
The Twentynine Palms Wildcat golf team hosted Yucca Valley High School yesterday and came away with their third league win, defeating the Trojans 243-283. Standouts for the Wildcats are Brandon Steffins, 38; Justin Delarosa, 44; and Hayden Shupp, 48.
In high school sports tomorrow, the Yucca Valley High School Trojan swim team will travel away to Hemet. The meet begins at 9 a.m.
The Trojan track team will travel away tomorrow for a meet beginning at 9 a.m. at Azusa Pacific University.
