Canyons Gets Even With Glendale, 9-1

Doug Segraves and Hiram Damwijk each had three hits and three runs batted in for College of the Canyons in a 9-1 victory over host Glendale on Thursday, causing a three-way tie for first place in the Western State Conference baseball race.

The Cougars (26-11, 13-6 in conference play) pulled even with the Vaqueros (24-11, 13-6) and Bakersfield, which defeated Pierce, 7-2.

Canyons reversed a 12-7 loss to Glendale earlier in the season.

Segraves hit a two-out, two-run home run in the first inning.

Brett Niles drove in Glendale’s run on a fourth-inning double.

In other baseball games:

Cuesta 20, Ventura 7--Cuesta collected 21 hits against seven Pirate pitchers in a WSC game at Ventura.

Jeremy Pierce hit his 11th home run of the season for Ventura (20-13, 9-10) to tie the school record set by Darren Reed in 1984.

Mission 8, Valley 5--Jaime Cerna and Eli Albertson each had two RBIs and Jose Sandoval had two hits and an RBI for the Free Spirit (17-19, 8-11) in a WSC game at Mission.

Cerna earned a save by allowing one hit in three innings, striking out three.

Casey Roth had two hits and an RBI for Valley (6-27, 5-14).

SOFTBALL

Pierce 13, Santa Monica 2--Kelly Labor hit a bases-loaded triple to highlight a nine-run third inning for the Brahmas (16-20, 6-8) in a WSC game at Santa Monica.

Anna Calzada hit a three-run home run in the first and an RBI single in the third for Pierce.

GOLF

SCIAC tournament--Rick Brown of Cal Lutheran and Ben Higgins of Pomona-Pitzer each shot one-under-par 70 at Sunset Hills Golf Course in Thousand Oaks. Three Kingsmen finished in the top five to give Cal Lutheran a 12-stroke lead over Redlands.