Peninsula Prep Baseball

Games Thursday Burlingame 11, San Mateo 0 Carlmont 2, Sacred Heart Cathedral 1 Hillsdale 12, Westmont, 3 Terra Nova 4, Riordan 4 Westmoor at Burton, 3:30 p.m. The King’s Academy, 7, Wilcox 6, 8 innings The Battle for Atherton                Los Gatos 11, Menlo School 2                Menlo-Atherton 7,

Top-ranked Valley Christian leaned on its strong pitching staff Wednesday in a season-opening 2-0 victory over Elk Grove at Santa Clara University.

Sacred Heart Cathedral 5, Mills 1 Los Altos 3, Saint Francis 2, 8 innings Mountain View 11, Half Moon Bay 4 Santa Clara 3, Sequoia 0 Aragon 5, Washington 0 Valley Christian 2, Elk Grove 0 Priory 11, Overfelt 0 University 13, Harker 4 Capuchino 16, Evergreen Valley 1

Our season – and yours – starts now. This is our favorite time of year. My brother Pat and I loved our formative years because they were simple: Sports, school, family dinners, and lots of friends gained throughout. We grew up in Pacifica. We played every sport available to us, but baseball

Date Matchup Time Friday, May 16 Sequoia 8, Carlmont 0 4 p.m. Terra Nova 3, Mills 1 4 p.m. The King’s Academy 3, Sacred Heart Prep 1 4 p.m. Menlo-Atherton 11, Hillsdale 0 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24 Branham 5, Hillsdale 2 3:30 p.