Pitchers Keaton Cablay and Cory Stowell kept the St. Hedwig bats at bay for most of the afternoon and were aided by some spectacular defensive support including shortstop Ryan McCulley’s two web gems in the fifth. Cory Stowell’s fifth-inning single scored Jack Rapillo putting Newport up 2-1, but that would be it for the scoring. Rapillo added two hits for Newport.
To get to Friday’s game against St. Hedwig, Newport handed the Fullerton All-Stars an 8-6 defeat on Tuesday. Blake Bauer was on base all four times he batted with three hits, a walk and two RBIs. Cablay, Steven Faulconer, Rigsby Duncan and Teddy Stuka all contributed with RBI hits. Stowell and Cablay limited Fullerton to one run over the first six innings. Though Fullerton mounted a rally in the bottom of the seventh, Garret Davis came in to close the game stranding the tying run on first base.
Newport finished the postseason strong, winning six of their last nine.
KILLER WHALES WIN AGAIN
Submitted by Martin Klein
As the largest warm blooded predator, Killer Whales have been known to feed on a wide variety of fish and mammals — even polar bears and moose. This past Saturday, Penguins were in their sights in Newport Beach waters, as the Newport Hills Killer Whales hosted the Pacific Sands Penguins in South Coast Swim Conference action, and swam to a strong 846-434 win.
Newport Hills was led by its under-6 boys, 7-8 girls, 11-12 boys and 13-14 boys. The Killer Whale under-6 boys took first in both the medley and freestyle relays, and grabbed first, second and third place honors in the 25-yard freestyle, the 25 breaststroke and the 25 backstroke, as well as first and second in the 25 back.
