LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

   It was a classic match up between Torrey Pines's power pitcher Cole Swanson and La Costa Canyon's star Junior short stop Phillip Evans which was won by Phillip blasting a double into the left center field gap to score Bobby Zalud from second base with the game winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Mavericks scored in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead on Evans' first rbi hit, the Falcons tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the 4th and the Mavericks retook the lead 2-1 in the bottom half of the 4th on Kyle Durrschmidt's rbi single. The Falcons tied the game again in the top of the 7th to force extra innings before the Mavericks put the game away in the bottom half of the 8th inning. Trent Swart let the save get away from him in the 7th but picked up his 7th win of the year by shutting down the Falcons in the 8th inning.  Max McNabb pitched a strong 5 innings allowing only 1 earned run on 5 hits, walking 1 and striking out 5.  Jake Webb held the Falcons scoreless in the 6th inning.

   La Costa Canyon completed the three game sweep of Torrey Pines to clinch sole possesson of the Avocado League Championship with a record of 14-1, and 26-4 overall while Torrey Pines fell to 12-3 in league and 22-7 overall.  The win also probably secured the number one seed in the CIF Playoffs and a bye for the Tuesday May 25th Play In round.  La Costa Canyon will probably host a First Round CIF Playoff Game on Wednesday May 26th at 3:30 pm.

  In a well played game between District rivals the difference really came down to the one error committed by Torrey Pines in the bottom of the 8th inning which allowed Bobby Zalud to reach first and move to second on a walk to Kevin Hill. The Mavericks turned the tables on the defending league champs who in 2009 had swept the three league games from the Mavericks to win the 2009 league championship.

  The Maverick defense continued to be absolutely stellar, with Bobby Zalud making two diving catches in center field, Phillip Evans vaccuming up every chance at short, Justin Graeber, Kevin Hill and Jake Webb combining for a 5-4-3 double play,  Kyle Durrschmidt making a great throw from right field and Will Swanner blocking home plate long enough to tag out a Torrey Pines runner at home plate in the top of the 6th inning.

  After winning 14 games in a row Torrey Pines looses three close games in a row to the number one ranked Mavericks and can only hope to face the Mavericks once again in the CIF Playoffs.