Seahawks soar into quarterfinals

Golden West League co-champion Ocean View High advanced to the

quarterfinal round of the CIF-Southern Section Division III playoffs

Tuesday after rolling past visiting Nogales, 12-4, in a second-round

game.

Ocean View will travel to top-seed Crespi of Encino on Friday for

a quarterfinal showdown at 3:15 p.m.

Nogales led, 1-0, after two innings and again at 4-1 through 3

1/2 innings. But the Seahawks took control in the bottom-half of the

fourth inning when they erupted for six runs.

“Even when we were down 4-1, there was no letdown in our kids,”

Ocean View Coach Aaron Kavanagh said. “They knew they could come back

and that six-run inning really got us going. We just added on, from

there.”

The big hits in the six-run inning came from Brett Burda and Jeff

Roth, each of whom clubbed a two-run home run.

It was the first career home run for Burda, Kavanagh said.

Ocean View tacked on four more runs in the bottom of the fifth to

up its lead to 11-4.

Roth drove in four runs, overall, and Ocean View racked up 16 hits

off three Nogales pitchers.

Bear Wurts also had another productive game. The senior first

basemen went three for three with an RBI and three runs scored.

“Bear had another big game for us,” Kavanagh said. “He’s our

catalyst.”

John Vega doubled with an RBI for the Seahawks.

The pitching win went to junior Robert Purpura, who overcame early

jitters to complete six innings.

During his time on the mound, Purpura struck out eight.

He was relieved in the seventh by senior Joe Jameson, who held the

Nobles scoreless in their final at-bat.

“I’d call his performance gutsy,” Kavanagh said of Purpura. “He’s

got good stuff. All he needs to do is learn to relax a bit more. He

came back nicely, though, after that rough start.”

In Division I baseball second-round playoff action Tuesday,

defending champion Marina was eliminated by host Long Beach Wilson,

9-6, and Sunset League champion Huntington Beach had its season ended

by host Arlington, which squeezed out a 3-2 victory.

In first-round CIF-SS baseball action, Ocean View rode a

complete-game effort by junior Jeff Roth to down host Sonora, 4-1.

Roth, who limited the Raiders to five hits in improving to 7-2,

also had three hits on offense, including an RBI single in the sixth.

Derek Walsh’ home run in the second inning had given Ocean View a

1-0 lead. In the sixth, Robert Purpura’s single drove in two more

runs.

Huntington Beach began the playoffs with a 1-0 first-round home

victory over visiting Redlands.

Ace Colin Balester didn’t allow a walk and struck out 11 for the

Oilers, who scored their only run in the fourth inning when Hank

Conger came home on a balk.

Marina began defense of its Division I title with a 9-1 pounding

of visiting Redlands East Valley.

The Vikings, who led just 1-0 through three innings, blew the game

open with an eight-run fourth inning.

The win went to starter Brandon Parillo, who ran his record to

9-2.

Parillo also had two of the Vikings’ seven hits.

In CIF Division I softball action, visiting Marina saw its season

come to an end in a 1-0 loss to Rosary, which scored the game’s lone

run in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Marina earned a first-round date with the Royals by defeating Long

Beach Wilson, 2-1, in a wildcard game.