SANTA CLARA – It was the moment John Diatte had been waiting for. Mitty had done the unbelievable by stringing together two hits against a Valley Christian team that simply doesn't give up a lot of hits.
And with Waylon Walsh coming to the plate as the tying run,
They might be loud and chirpy. Annoying, some might say. Arrogant even.
But the Riordan Crusaders – a team that has had very little to beat its collective chest about in the last decade or two – are off to a 3-1-1 start.
On Friday, they used every ounce of their newfound
After hours of heated debate -- is it the shortstop from Serra or the one from Mitty? (both were also deserving) -- Valley Christian senior Quinten Marsh was our consensus pick.
Valley Christian rolled another shutout -- the Warriors have allowed just one earned run in four games -- as it advanced to Saturday night's title game of the Mike Hazlett tourney in Santa Clara.
Games Friday
Terra Nova 8 San Lorenzo Valley 4
El Camino 16 Jefferson 0
Capuchino 3 Santa Cruz 2
Hillsdale 3 Mills 2
Riordan 6 Sacred Heart Prep 3
Sequoia 16 Woodside 4
Jesuit 6 Bellarmine 5
Serra 15 Lincoln (Stockton) 5
Saint Francis 3 M0untain View 2
Priory 22
