LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

La Costa Canyon jumped up to Number Two in the Nation according to this week's USA Today's National High School Baseball Rankings: No: 1 Chatsworth, California 28-1 No: 2 La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad Ca 26-1 No: 11 La Quinta, Westminister Ca 25-2 No: 12 Buchanon, Clovis Ca 25-4

The Cal-Hi Sports Web Site News Article Features La Costa Canyon High School's No: One Ranked Baseball Team. Click on the Links menu item and then click on Cal-Hi Sports link to access story. LA COSTA CANYON RETAINS IT'S NUMBER ONE RANKING IN THE CAL-HI SPORTS CALIFORNIA STATE POLL FOR THE FIFTH WEEK IN A ROW. Other teams listed in the overall State rankings were #9 Rancho Bernardo and #13 Mission Bay. LA COSTA CANYON MOVES UP TO 8TH IN THE LATEST NATIONAL POLL FROM BASEBALL AMERICA. See Links for web site. CAL-HI SPORTS AND USA TODAY had also listed La Costa Canyon in their National Top Ten Poll.

On Thursday afternoon the Mavericks were trailing 4-3 to the Oceanside Pirates. Andrew Nacario came to the plate with two outs and a man on. He then put a charge into a ball sailing over the center field fence to put the Mavericks up 5-4. The home run gave the Mavericks the needed spark to complete the three game sweep of Oceanside 6-4. Michael Kenney threw a complete game for the Mavericks earning his 7th victory on the season. Michael Scharbarth and Chris Fuller also contributed RBI singles for the Mavericks. The win moves the Mavericks record to 25-1 and 12-0 in league.

Due to the victory at Carlsbad combined with the Mt. Carmel (7-4) loss to Fallbrook (6-5) the Mavericks (11-0) with only four league games remaining, clinched at least a tie for their second straight Avocado league title. This is the fifth title in seven years for the Mavericks.

The Mavericks defeated Carlsbad High School yesterday 5-2 in a Avocado League matchup. The Mavericks fell behind 2-0 in the third, but responded in the top of the fourth thanks to Scott Clement. With Johnny Zepeda on first Scott hit a line drive over the center field wall to tie the game at 2-2. Then in the sixth inning Scott led off with a walk to be driven in by a blast to left field by Nick Diehl. The home run was his second of the year and came at a great time for the Mavericks. Drew Logan pitched a complete game 5 hitter striking out 7. It was the first time he has gone the distance this year. The win moves the Mavericks to 11-0 in league play.