YOUTH SPORTS

TRACK AND FIELD

Courson wins three: Newport Heights Elementary sixth-grader Katie Courson achieved the trifecta in the shot put recently.

Courson, 12, started the youth track and field season by winning the shot put competition at the Newport Beach Youth Track and Field Championships in April.

She followed that by winning the shot put event in the Orange County Championships at Trabuco Hills High in May.

Then capped it all off by capturing the shot put title in the Super Regionals at Long Beach City College.

Courson, who throws left-handed, is trained by Newport Harbor High track and field star Bo Taylor, who is going to UCLA on an athletic scholarship. Taylor won the boys’ discus throw event at the prestigious Golden West Track and Field Invitational at Folsom High School June 11 and is preparing to compete in the Nike Outdoor Nationals June 16-17 in North Carolina.

Courson had a distance of 25 feet, 2 inches at the Newport Beach meet, 26-1 at the Orange County meet and 28-0 at the Super Regionals.

BASEBALL

COSTA MESA NATIONAL

LITTLE LEAGUE

MINOR A

Astros 12, Reds 0: Garrett Deutsch and Sammy Borkton combined on a five-inning perfect game June 3 to help the Astrons clinch a spot in the District 62 Tournament of Champions. Deutsch pitched three innings, striking out five. Borkton hurled two innings and tallied four strikeouts.

Catcher John Barr did a stellar job behind the plate for the Astros. Joshua Godwin, Robert Marone, Fernando Ortega and Nick Halloran all put in strong defensive performances to help secure the shutout.

At the plate, Borkton went three for three to lead the charge. Mitchell Clevidence, Erik Rasmussen, Jackson Letterman and Nate Stephens all had solid at-bats for the Astros in the lopsided victory.

Astros 2, Giants 0: Matt Thomas hurled a complete-game three-hitter with 11 strikeouts for the Giants in a losing cause. Brandon and Christian Arceyut each had two hits for the Giants. Brandon Arceyut ripped two doubles and both of Christian Arceyut’s hits were singles.

Giants catcher Eric Molina had a single and gunned down two potential base-stealers. Zach Shafer made two good defensive plays at second base in the tight baseball game.