Baseball

Senior Patrick Herrera struck out the side and jumped into catcher Issic Cortes' arms, setting off a 15-player pileup on the infield. After more than 20 years without a postseason victory, the Santa Clara High baseball team didn't need to ...

Thousand Oaks High junior running back Nathan DeBeikes, expected to be among the county's top seniors next fall, has accepted a full scholarship from Brigham Young University, his father Dan said.

The Camarillo High baseball team will have the whole offseason to ponder ... what if? The Scorpions trailed visiting Corona 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning with the bases loaded and top hitter Robert Ortiz up to bat. ...

There were two aces in play, but only one Luke Eubank. No matter the stakes, that's been an unbeatable hand for the Newbury Park High baseball team all season. Matched up against Long Beach Wilson and standout pitcher Chase DeJong, ...

With the one-and-done nature of CIF playoffs, a fortuitous bounce can make the difference between a first-round exit and an extended playoff run. The St. Bonaventure High baseball team was the beneficiary Thursday in a 5-3 win over visiting San ...

No head coach, no problem for the Camarillo High softball team. Pitcher Sarah Shadinger helped emphatically ensure that was the case. The senior threw a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts and only one walk as second-seeded Camarillo opened its CIF-Southern Section ...

Robert Ortiz just wanted to be able to go outside and play in the sun. So the 18-year-old senior exchanged the Puget Sound for the Channel Islands, bringing a different type of sunshine with him.

This couldn't have been a rarer sighting if the Abominable Snowman ambled up the dugout steps and took a stroll along the third-base line. On the playing field at Newbury Park High, in the closing game of the Marmonte League ...

Jarek York picked the perfect time to hit the Ventura High baseball team's first home run of the season. York belted a three-run home run over the right-field fence in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat visiting Burroughs, ...

If the game started in the second inning, the Buena High baseball team would still be alive in the CIF-Southern Section playoffs. But the Bulldogs will have several months to ponder what might have been if not for a disastrous ...

Playoff dreams don't only belong to league champions.

Al Tarazon thinks the furor has subsided.

Sometimes rivalry games don't disappoint. In a high school baseball classic, Ventura High utilized a masterful performance by senior left-hander Reed Nothwang and a first-inning RBI double by Shayne Distlto defeat Buena 1-0 and clinch a playoff spot in the ...

There are pressure spots, then there was the Atlas-with-the-world-on-his-shoulders load that Agoura's Tyler Cohen had to bear Wednesday afternoon.