CdM clinches outright crown

* Corona del Mar High clinched the outright Pacific Coast League

baseball championship in impressive fashion Tuesday as junior Josh

Bradbury and senior Nick Karpe had huge offensive days and senior

Nick Rhodes was sharp on the mound in a 12-2 triumph at Tesoro.

Bradbury launched two home runs, his seventh and eighth of the

season, including a grand slam in the fifth. He also doubled to

finish 3 for 5 with five RBIs.

Karpe was 3 for 5 with a pair of doubles and a two-run dinger.

Sophomore Wess Presson was 3 for 4, and junior Blake Contant was 2

for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs.

CdM’s 12-hit attack was more than enough to give Rhodes his third

win in as many decisions. The third-year varsity standout, who has

seen limited innings due to a sore arm, scattered six hits in five

shutout innings. He struck out four and walked one.

“Nick looks stronger than he has all year,” said CdM Coach John

Emme, who also said his team was happy to clinch the outright crown

with just one league game remaining.

“We decided to make sure there was no co- in front of the word

champions,” Emme said.

The Sea Kings improved to 16-8, 11-3. The Titans fell to 7-17,

3-11.

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Pacific Coast League

CdM 12, Tesoro 2

Score by Inning

CdM 002 141 4 -- 12 12 0

Tesoro 000 011 0 -- 2 8 3

N. Rhodes, Dunzer (6), Bradbury (7) and

Presson; Hill, McLarty (6) and Jacobs. W

-- N. Rhodes, 3-0. L -- Hill. 2B -- Karpe

(CdM) 2, Bradbury (CdM), Contant (CdM) 2.

HR -- Bradbury (CdM) 2, Karpe (CdM)

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