Baseball: Dorsey earns first City title appearance in 42 years

The Dorsey Dons haven’t won a City Section baseball championship since 1958 and haven’t appeared in a final since 1972. But one drought has definitely ended.

On Monday night at USC, the Dons earned a spot in Saturday’s 10 a.m. Division II championship game at Dodger Stadium with an 8-5 victory over South East.

Noah Whitney, the quarterback for the football team, allowed three hits in six innings. Dorsey had 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings and broke the game open with a five-run fourth inning, keyed by a two-run triple by Alex Aguirre. Lem Parker led the hitting attack with two singles and a triple. Aguirre also had three hits.

Whitney, who will play college football and baseball at Redlands, said of playing Van Nuys in Saturday’s final, “It’s going to be a great opportunity. That’s all L.A. players dream about playing at Dodger Stadium. We worked our butts off just to get here.”

The team has dedicated its season to Dorsey student Jennifer Bonilla, who died last April in a bus crash in Northern California of students headed to visit Humboldt State.

David Lamas came in to pitch the seventh to get the save. The Dons improved to 21-4.