Record-breaking day
Mike Sciacca
The story regarding Edison High track and field standout Tori Pena,
is beginning to sound like a broken record.
As in, broken record here, broken record there.
The junior was at it again at Saturday’s Orange County
Championships at Trabuco Hills High, where she shattered the school
record in the pole vault by clearing 12-foot-6 on her second attempt.
She finished second in the meet standings.
That vault bested the previous school mark of 12-3, set last month
by Pena during a meet at Huntington Beach High.
“I felt pretty good before the meet and am definitely excited
about setting the record again,” said Pena, who also ran a leg on
Edison’s 400-meter relay team.
Pena also does the long jump and high jump during the regular
season, but did not compete in either at Saturday’s countywide meet.
She said she’d like to break the school record again.
“I can do it,” she said. “There are a few things I need to do with
my vault in order to put it all together, but if I work hard, I can
do it.”
In a close boys’ 1,600 race, Edison’s Joe Gatel finished second to
Scott Smith of Dana Hills at the Orange County Championships. Gatel
finished the race in 4:14.06.
In baseball, Edison knocked Esperanza out of sole possession of
first place in the Sunset League by edging the visiting Aztecs, 3-2.
Sophomore Justin DeMarco and senior Garrett DeGrazio picked up
RBIs for the Chargers, and Thomas Marcin went the distance to pick up
the victory.
The win allowed Edison to avenge an 8-2 loss at Esperanza two days
prior.
Marina moved into a three-way tie for the Sunset lead by whipping
visiting Fountain Valley, 10-3.
Patrick Murray hit a two-run homer and finished with three RBIs,
Chris Torres had three RBIs, Torion Rayford drove in a run and Billy
Nowlin doubled for the Vikings.
It was the second Marina win over Fountain Valley in three days,
as the Vikings earlier upended the host Barons, 5-1. Jimmy Cooper got
the win, his fifth of the season without a loss.
Also tied for the Sunset’s top spot is Los Alamitos, which
defeated visiting Huntington Beach, 4-1.
Tony Katreeb hit a solo home run in the fifth inning, one of just
two hits the Oilers got off the Griffins’ Jason Schnitzer. Two days
prior, Los Alamitos blanked Huntington, 7-0, behind a perfect game by
Danny Farris.
In Golden West League action, Ocean View blanked host Estancia,
4-0, as Alex Burnett and Joe Roth combined on a one-hitter.
Burnett struck out four, didn’t allow a walk and gave up only one
hit in four innings. Roth threw the last three innings and struck out
the first eight batters he faced, before walking the ninth batter.
Roth then struck out the final batter he faced.
“Offensively, it was not a thing of beauty, but with this
pitching, we did not need a whole lot of runs,” Ocean View coach
Aaron Kavanagh said.
James Kang was three-for-four with two stolen bases, Matt Hughes
drove in the first run on a double-play grounder in the fourth
inning, Geoff Klein doubled in a run in the sixth inning, and Derek
Martin and Jason Walker each drove in a run in the seventh.
In softball, Brooke Thompson, who led off the inning with a
single, beat out a throw at home plate in the bottom of the 18th
inning as host Marina edged Esperanza, 1-0, in Sunset League play.
Thompson scored on an infield grounder by Katie Jordan.
Marina pitching star Krystal Heinle put on a terrific performance
by throwing all 18 innings.
In another league game, Fountain Valley defeated visiting
Huntington, 5-2. Fiona Fiaseu and Kara Rutkin each doubled for the
Oilers.
In boys’ volleyball, Huntington and Edison stayed tied for first
place in the Sunset League by winning matches against Marina and
Fountain Valley, respectively.
The Oilers swept the Vikings, 25-17, 26-24, 25-23, and the
Chargers did the same to Fountain Valley, 25-17, 25-15, 28-26.
In boys’ diving, Esperanza defeated Huntington, 10-3; Los Alamitos
defeated Fountain Valley, 10-3; and Marina defeated Edison, 9-7, in
Sunset League competition at Marina High.
Locals who have qualified for the upcoming CIF diving meet are
J.P. Salgado of Edison and Brad Arthur and Eric Kartchner, both of
Marina.
In girls’ diving, Huntington beat Esperanza, 13-3; Los Alamitos
beat Fountain Valley, 9-7; and Marina beat Edison, 11-5, in
competition at Marina.
Marina’s Jaclyn Funke, Shayna Soloman and Megan Morse, Selby
Werner of Huntington and Jenn Lappe all have qualified for the
upcoming CIF diving meet.
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