Sequoia hangs on to win Tamone title

One week into the new season, Sequoia has made a statement it plans to make some noise in the PAL-Bay Division.

The Ravens served notice on Saturday by jumping to a lead and withstanding a wild Wilcox rally in the seventh to post a 7-6 victory and win the Ted Tamone tournament at MacDonald High in Santa Clara.

Wilcox rallied from a 7-2 deficit to cut the lead to one run in the seventh with the tying run at third base before Garrett Johnson came on the close out the Chargers by striking out senior third baseman Dylan Jackson.

Amazingly, the Ravens are 3-0 and haven't had to use pitcher Morgan Winfield yet. Winfield, who had knee surgery in the summer, has been cleared for full activity, but coach Mike Doyle is taking is slow with the senior Saint Mary's College signee.

"I'm pretty happy to win a tourney without Morgan throwing on the bump," Doyle said, noting that Winfield has been shining defensively at third base in the early going.

Mays Pagnotta went 3 2/3 innings to pick up the win. The senior left the game in the fourth with a lead after surrendering just two runs.

Johnson and Cole Hymer had two hits each for the Ravens, while sophomore Ollie Connolly had two hits. Mario Fausto and Johnson drove in two runs each.

"We continued to swing it pretty good tonight," Doyle said.

Gilbert Padilla had two hits and drove in three runs for the Chargers. Samuel Martinez also had two hits.

W: Pagnotta | L: Cabildo | S: Johnson| 3 hits- Johnson (S), Hyner (S). 2 hits- Connolly (S), Padilla (W), Martinez (W). 3 RBI- Padilla (W). 2 RBI- M. Fausto, Johnson (S). 2B- Hymmer(S), Winfield (S), M.Fausto (S), Connolly (S).

Riordan 4, Santa Clara 1

The Crusaders claimed third place in the Tamone tournament, thanks to Santino Williams, who continued his hot start to the new season by collecting two more hits.

Keoni Ordonez got the start and the victory, while Logan Tuman, who had two hits, picked up the save. Dante Curmi also had two hits.

Zach Gallegos had two hits for the Bruins.

W: K.Ordonez | L: Denny | S: Tuman | 2 hits- Gallegos (SC), Williams (R), Tuman (R), K.Ordonez (R), Curmi (R). 2B- Williams (R), Tuman (R).

Mitty 5, Piedmont Hills 1

Austin Mak had two hits and drove in a pair of runs as Mitty captured the Milpitas tournament crown.

Mak, Brody Lacy and Derek Allen had doubles for the Monarchs, who got a strong pitching performance from Gabe Lopez.

W: Lopez | L: Linane | 2 hits- Mak (M). 2 RBI- Mak. 2B- Gilbert (PH), Mak (M), Lacy (M), Allen (M).

Aragon 5, Lynbrook 4

James Wright got the pitching victory for the Dons, who rebounded from Friday night's 6-1 loss to Capuchino with their first win of the season.

W: Wright | L: Chao | 2 hits- Chao (L).

Aptos 15, Los Altos 6

The Eagles were hanging in there in their season opener until the siixth inning unfolded.

Thirteen runs later, Aptos had a lopsided lead and control of the game. April collected 18 hits, including eight doubles and a home run in the contest.

The Eagles got two hits each from Derek Etherington and Mason Morgan. Morgan drove in two runs.

W: Espinoza | L: Wharton | 2 hits- Etherington (LA), Morgan (LA). 2B- Morgan (LA). 2 RBI- Morgan (LA)

Mills 11, Balboa 1

Sophomore Hagan Chan picked up the pitching victory and had two hits as Mills improved to 2-1 after one week.

The Vikings had nine hits and got two-hit games from Grady Lei and Tyler Yuan. George Campos and Lucas Wong drove in two runs each for Mills, which rebounded nicely from a lopsided loss to Hillsdale on Friday night.

W: Chan | L: Gwinn | 2 hits- Lei (M), Chan (M), Yuan (M). 2 RBI- Campos (M), Wong (M). 2B- Chan (M), Cafon (B).