HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Simi Valley Marches Into Soccer Final

Simi Valley High, ranked No. 1 in boys’ soccer in the 4-A Division, moved into the Southern Section final by defeating Don Lugo, 1-0, on Tuesday in Chino.

Junior forward Brian Weaver scored with two minutes left on an assist from Andre Markarian. Simi Valley is 28-1-0.

Senior goalie Angelo Macano recorded three saves en route to his 16th shutout of the season, breaking the school record of 15 set by John Petritz in 1988.

Simi Valley will play defending champion Palos Verdes in the final on Friday night at 8 at Gahr High in Cerritos. Palos Verdes defeated Edison, 1-0, in the other 4-A semifinal Tuesday.

In another boys’ semifinal:

Cerritos 3, St. Francis 0--The Golden Knights were issued four red cards, including one to assistant coach Hugo Bustamante, in a Southern Section 3-A Division loss at Cerritos.

Midfielder Erik Franken was ejected for tackling with 20 minutes to play, leaving the second-ranked Golden Knights three players short until a Cerritos player was red-carded 10 minutes later. When a player is ejected from a soccer match, he may not be replaced.

Forward Kevin Hurley was penalized for aggressive play and Kevin Caberto received a red card for tackling. Bustamante was ejected for protesting Caberto’s dismissal.

GIRLS’ 1-A SOCCER

Mayfield 4, Oak Park 0--The Eagles (15-7-1) were eliminated in a semifinal match at Mayfield (20-2-2).

BASEBALL

San Fernando 12, Franklin 4--Junior left-hander Canto Franco pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings to lead the host Tigers in a third-round game of the San Fernando tournament.

Richard (Shorty) Sanchez was two for two with a double, and Octavio Serrano and Fernando Ortega were both two for two with two runs batted in for San Fernando.

San Fernando (2-0-1) will play host to Poly (2-1) today at 3 p.m. in a game that could decide the championship of the round-robin tournament.

Grant 4, Granada Hills 3--Grant scored twice with two out in the bottom of the sixth, and reliever Gary Rosoff pitched out of a two-on, no-out jam in the seventh as the Lancers (1-2) won a third-round game of the San Fernando tournament. Granada Hills is 0-3.

In the sixth, with Grant trailing, 3-2, Granada Hills reliever Bryan Martin hit Jim Guth with two out and Shane Williams followed with a double. Petur Georgesson singled home Guth, and Williams scored on the tail end of a double steal.

Poly 8, Birmingham 0--Senior right-hander Eddie Castellanos won his second game in as many starts in a third-round San Fernando tournament game at Poly.

Castellanos (2-0) walked two, struck out six and scattered six hits. He also drove in a pair of runs with a sacrifice fly and a single.

Poly’s Jonathan Campbell had three RBIs and Rodrigo Dorame drove in two runs.

BOYS’ TENNIS

Kennedy 4, Harvard 3--In a season-opening intersectional battle, Kennedy’s Josh Etting defeated Oliver Gellis, 7-5, 6-2, in the deciding singles match at Kennedy.

In the premier match of the day, Kennedy’s Bobby Butler came from behind to defeat Harvard’s Raj Vaswani, 0-6, 6-2, 7-6, in No. 1 singles play.

Glendale 15, Alhambra 3--Glendale swept all nine singles matches in its opener at Alhambra.

SOFTBALL

Sylmar 24, Verdugo Hills 0--Catcher Regina Hernandez was two for four with a double and had six RBIs to lead Sylmar in a nonleague opener at home.

Krystina Moore threw a one-hitter and struck out 12.

BOYS’ SWIMMING

Crespi 97, Calabasas 62--Jason Michel swam legs in both of Crespi’s relay victories and also won the 200-yard individual medley in a nonleague opener.

Crespi’s Rusty King won the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle. Skip Seeder (100 backstroke and 50 freestyle) and Mike Litter (100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly) were Calabasas’ multiple-event winners.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL

Newbury Park d. Buena, 15-11, 16-14, 15-4--Junior outside hitter David Kadosono had 11 kills for host Newbury Park in a nonleague match--the first boys’ match in school history.