LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

The 2005 College Baseball Season finds Chad Addison(LCC-1998,UCSD-2002)and Mike Oseguera(LCC-1999,USD-2003) now helping out for the second year as Assistant Baseball Coaches at University of California San Diego. Victor Yoshida (LCC-1998) who played baseball at Palomar and Cal Poly Pomona has returned to the La Costa Canyon campus to coach the Freshmen baseball team.

The Mavericks suffered their second loss of the tournament with a 5-0 loss to the Fallbrook Warriors. The game which was played at Escondido High School turned into a pitchers duel. For the Mavericks Russ Lowell had a complete game three hitter with seven K's. It was the third inning which spoiled the outing for Lowell. With one out Russ walked four consecutive batters before allowing one of the hits. The one bad innning resulted in five runs on one hit. Offensively the Mavs could not get anything going. Grant Allgire was the lone Maverick to get a hit. The Mavericks will host Silverado at 2:00 on Thursday to finish out the Lions Tournament.

The Mavericks will play Silverado (Las Vegas) at 2:00 today 3/24 at La Costa Canyon. It is the final game in the Classic Division of the Lions Tournament.

The Mavericks erased a 7 run deficit to defeat Green Valley Las Vegas 11-9. Trailing 7-1 in the fourth the Mavs strung together 5 hits, 3 walks, and scored eight runs. In the inning the Mavs sent 14 hitters to the plate. The Mavericks were led offensively by Cole Duccey (3 1b, 1 2b, 2 rbi's), and Brett St. Amour (3-5, 2 1b, 1 2b, 2 rbi's). On the mound the Griffin Waller started and was relieved by Jimmy Voaklander in the second inning. Jimmy started slow allowing two in the second but turned things around pitching six innings to secure the win. The win is Voaklanders second win within a couple of days. The victory moves the Mavs record to 1-1 in the Classic Division and 7-1 overall.

The Mavericks opened the Classic Division with a 7-5 loss to Granite Hills. The Mavs suffered their first loss of the year after surrendering a five run inning in the third and two more in the fourth. Trailing 7-1 the Mavs showed some come from behind spirit pushing a four more runs across. The loss moves the Mavericks to 6-1 on the season and 0-1 in the tournament.