Vikings' CCS dreams still alive

This wasn't the way it was supposed to unfold for the Vikings, who had their ace on the mound and ended up getting into a shootout.

Aiden Brown's single up the middle scored Nick Lafon and delivered Mills with a walk-off victory that vaulted the Vikings into sole possession of third place in the PAL Ocean Division.

The Viking have won four straight games and find themselves still alive for a CCS playoff berth. It would take a sweep of Terra Nova in their season-ending series next week, but stranger things have been known to happen.

Heck, they've been happening lately in Millbrae.

This was supposed to be a bit easier. Nate Lafon was taking the mound on senior day with his dominant right arm. He ended up lasting just two innings and departed with the Vikings trailing, 6-2.

El Camino's lead grew to six, 9-3, before the Mills chipped away at the lead with three in the third and three more in the fourth. Matt Juul had a home run for Mills in the fourth.

El Camino took a 10-9 lead in the fifth, but Mills seemingly took charge of the game with a five-run inning in the bottom of the fifth to go up 14-10.

Not so fast. The Colts (6-17) scored four runs in the top of the seventh. The big hit came on a two-run game-tying double by Adrian Iniguez with two outs.

Nick Lafon led off the bottom of the seventh with a single. He stole second and, after a fly out, scored on Brown's base hit to center field.

W: Chan. L: Bullentini. 4 hits- Jang (EC). 3 hits- Nick Lafon (M), Reyes (M), R.Bromaghim (EC). 2 hits- Osorio (EC), Iniguez (EC), Janke (M), Choi (M), Brown (M), Juul (M). 3 RBI- Jang (EC), Alcala (EC), Reyes (M). 2 RBI- Brown (M), Choi (M), Iniguez (EC). HR- Juul (M). 2B- Reyes (M) 2, Nick Lafon (M), Jang (EC) 2, R.Bromaghim (EC) 2, Inguez (EC), Alcala (EC).

Terra Nova 12, San Mateo 2

Brothers week continued on the Peninsula. On Tuesday it was Serra Minton brothers, who combined for seven hits and a no-hitter in Serra curb stomp of Riordan. On Wednesday's the Ostrander boys at Sequoia had two hits each.

On Thursday, it was Terra Nova's turn. JT Snead, Austin Snead and Trevor Snead, who was recently brought up to the varsity, each collected a hit in the Tigers' 12-2 victory.

The Snead brother combined for six hits – three of them by JT, the oldest – six runs and four RBI as Terra Nova won its sixth straight game in the series sweep of San Mateo.

Terra Nova (17-5-1), which clinched a CCS tournament berth on Tuesday, remains a game behind Menlo School in the PAL Ocean Division standings.

The Tigers scored four runs in the second and broke it open with an eight-run fifth inning that saw 13 batters comes to the plate. In the inning, they collected three doubles, four singles and three walks. JT Snead had the big hit in the frame with a two-run double.

It was in the second inning that the Tigers took the lead for good. Brody Finale and JT Snead led off with walks and Aiden James followed with a three-run homer. Two outs later, Austin Snead singled, Wes McDougal was hit by a pitch and Luke Ornelas lined a run-scoring single to make it 4-0.

That was all Jesse Martinez needed to notch his seventh victory of the season. The sophomore went five innings and allowed three hits and a run. He struck out three and raised his record to 7-2 while lowering his earned-run average to 2.31.

W: Martinez. L: Olivas. 3 hits- JT Snead (TN). 2 hits- Ornelas (TN), T.Snead (TN), Olivas (SM). 3 RBI- Ornelas (TN), JT Snead (TN), James (TN). HR- James (TN). 2B- JT Snead (TN) 2, Finale (TN), Donati (TN).

Menlo School 23, Woodside 9

The Knights exploded for their biggest scoring output of the year to move a step closer to clinching the PAL Ocean Division crown. Menlo School can clinch a tie with a win over Aragon on Tuesday.

Chuck Wynn had four hits, including two home runs, and drove in four runs. Jack Freehill hit a seventh-inning garbage time grand slam and finished the game with five RBI.

Renner Barnett and KC Chavinson had three hits each for the Knights (16-8), who collected 17 hits.

The Wildcats scored seven runs in the seventh inning. Jeremiah Arias-Torres had a grand-slam home run in the inning Woodside (10-14).

W: Plamondon. L: Hohl. 4 hits- Wynn (MS). 3 hits- Barnett (MS), Chavinson (MS). 2 hits- Freehill (MS), Torres (W). 5 RBI- Freehill (MS). 4 RBI- Arias-Torres (W), Wynn (MS). 2 RBI- Torres (W), Cahill (MS), Chavinson (MS). HR- Wynn (MS), Freehill (MS), Torres (W), Arias-Torres (W). 2B- Chavinson (MS), Tran (MS), Majalya (MS).

Half Moon Bay 6, Aragon 4

Trailing, 4-2, the Cougars scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to record the come-from-behind victory.

Brady Miller walked and Clark Colucci and Kai Kung each singled to load the bases. Miller scored on a wild pitch to bring Half Moon Bay to within a run. Ian Erhardt followed with a two-run double that gave the Cougars the lead for good.

Erhardt would eventually steal home with the Cougars' sixth run.

W: Hipkins. L: Kane. S: Lemen. 3 hits- Lemen (HMB). 2 hit- Colucci (HMB), Kung (HMB). 2 RBI- Ehrhardt (HMB). 3B- Kiaaina (A). 2B- Colucci (HMB), Ehrhardt (HMB).