By Pete Borello
As expected, the Mountain View High baseball team swept last-place Lynbrook last week. The Spartans beat the Vikings 13-0 April 29 and 8-2 Thursday in SCVAL El Camino Division play.
Starter Eric Cutler earned the win in Thursday’s road game, scattering six hits over six innings. Mountain View (6-7 league, 14-13-1 overall) took advantage of two Lynbrook errors in the third by scoring three runs, according to Spartans coach Gabe Stewart.
Mountain View led 5-2 in the seventh when Mark Good drilled a triple that drove in two more runs and secured the victory.
Two days earlier, the Spartans jumped to a 9-0 lead by the second and totaled 11 hits in the home rout of Lynbrook (1-12 league). Good, Chris Zittle and James Sierras each hit doubles.
Sophomore Kevin Goulette had two hits and relieved an injured Sierras in the third, striking out eight. Stewart said Goulette was “aided by stellar defense.”
St. Francis eked out an 11-10 West Catholic Athletic League win over visiting St. Ignatius Friday, scoring the winning run with two away in the seventh.
Nick Schulz had three hits, including a homer, and two RBIs for St. Francis (7-7, 19-10).
Softball
Mountain View crushed Los Gatos 10-0 Friday in an SCVAL De Anza Division game.
Natalie Warmbrodt slugged a grand slam as one of her two hits and drove in five runs for the visiting Spartans (5-6, 16-10-1). McColl Matthews and Victoria Hayward had three hits each. Moorea Matthews singled, stole three bases and scored three runs.
Kendra Vanek pitched a one-hitter to earn the win.
Los Altos fell to 1-9 in the El Camino Division with Thursday’s 8-3 home loss to Santa Clara.
Boys volleyball
Bellarmine topped St. Francis 25-22, 25-21, 25-22 Thursday in the finals of the WCAL playoffs. Matt Houlihan had a match-high 15 kills for the Lancers (31-5).
Badminton
Los Altos edged Milpitas 16-14 Thursday. The Eagles (9-2 El Camino Division) won the top boys and girls singles spots thanks to Felix Ong and Olga Lykova.
Golf
Mountain View placed second to Los Gatos at the SCVAL finals April 29 at San Juan Oaks Golf Course. The Spartans shot 400 and the Wildcats 389.
Contact Pete Borello at peteb@latc.com.
