The Crescenta Valley High School varsity baseball team blanked host Burbank with a 7-0 Pacific League victory on April 16. Junior Colin Moore pitched a complete game shutout with eight strikeouts, four hits and no walks.
Senior Jake Rendo registered a double, two RBIs, a run and a walk, senior Brandon Kwon finished with a hit, two runs, two stolen bases and a walk, and sophomore Dante Cerecedes recorded a hit, two RBIs and a walk. Senior Jacob Deno tallied two runs, an RBI and a walk, junior Chris Torres was credited with an RBI and a walk, and junior Dashiell Schultz and freshman Cole Richards each walked once and scored a run.
The Falcons overwhelmed visiting Muir High of Pasadena with a 10-0 league victory on April 12. Junior Sam Sellars pitched a six-inning complete game shutout with eight strikeouts, three walks and one hit.
Deno went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a run and a stolen base, Cerecedes went 2-for-3 with a run and a stolen base, and Rendo recorded a double and an RBI. Richards tallied a hit, two runs, an RBI and a walk, sophomore Brock Robeson finished with a hit and an RBI, sophomore Travis Phillips produced a hit and a run, and senior Dominic Costa registered a base hit. Kwon was credited with two walks, two stolen bases, an RBI and a run, while freshman Gunner Herman walked once, scored a run and stole a base. Freshman Mike Herman scored twice and stole a base, Schultz scored a run, and junior Jimmy Spears walked once.
Crescenta Valley (18-5 overall, 10-1 in league) will host Arcadia for a league game on April 23 at 7 p.m. before visiting the Apaches for its regular-season finale on April 26. The CIF Southern Section playoff brackets will be released on April 29 at 10 a.m.
GLENDALE
The Nitros lost to visiting Muir High of Pasadena 3-1 in a Pacific League game on April 16.
Junior Ace Baker pitched four scoreless innings with three strikeouts, while senior Jason Martinez, who had a base hit at the plate, pitched three innings with one strikeout.
Senior Sheantell Cruz finished with a hit, two stolen bases and a run, senior Aaron Aguayo walked twice, senior Austin Aldrete walked once, and senior Alex Idolor stole a base.
Glendale lost to visiting Arcadia, 9-1, in a league game on April 12.
Aldrete pitched three innings with one strikeout, while Martinez pitched four innings with two strikeouts.
Junior Joseph Tapia recorded a hit and a run, Idolor tallied a hit and an RBI, and junior Derek Chalian registered a base hit. Senior Jacob Hyde walked once and stole a base, while Aguayo walked once.
The Nitros (7-16, 2-9) will visit Cathedral High in Los Angeles for a league game on April 22 at 3 p.m. before hosting Hoover High on April 23.
HOOVER
The Tornados lost to visiting Pasadena 4-2 in a Pacific League game on April 17.
Senior Julian Corral pitched six innings with 11 strikeouts, while sophomore Owen Marks pitched one scoreless inning with a strikeout. Freshman Kieran Sinta went 2-for-3 with an RBI, while senior Isaiah Alvarado recorded a triple, two runs and a stolen base. Sophomore Daniel Cano finished with a double and an RBI, while junior Gabriel Flores and freshman Alex Weimar each tallied a base hit.
Hoover lost at Pasadena 2-0 in a league game on April 16.
Sophomore Jordan Mahler, who had a base hit at the plate, pitched three innings with two strikeouts and no walks, while freshman Jesse Carbonneau pitched three innings with one strikeout. Corral tallied a base hit, while Flores walked once.
The Tornados lost at Burbank 30-0 in a league game on April 12.
Junior Jude Maldonado pitched one inning, Marks pitched two-thirds of an inning and senior Isaiah Alvarado pitched one-third of an inning with a strikeout. Cano and Weimar each recorded a hit, while senior Josh Keim and Corral each walked once.
Hoover (3-18-1, 0-12) will visit Glendale for a league game on April 23 at 3:45 p.m. before traveling to Vasquez High in Acton on April 25.
First published in the April 20 print issue of the Glendale News-Press.
