Goddard returns to mound in Westmont win

By RON SMITH WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

Westmont Baseball, ranked 13th in the NAIA, improved to 2-1 on the young season by taking the rubber game of a three-game series with Saint Katherine (1-2) on Saturday by a score of 14-8.

“I told the guys it is hard to win on the road, let alone win a series on the road,” said Tyler LaTorre, Westmont’s head coach. “I was happy that we closed out the series victory and happy with how we came out swinging the bats today. We got an early lead and continued to add on and had big hits up and down the lineup.”

Chase Goddard made his first appearance on the mound for the Warriors in 20 months after sitting out last year with an injury. The red-shirt sophomore pitched four innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits, He struck out four and did not surrender a walk.

“We got a great start out of Chase and that was important to us – getting the game going in our direction.

“Chase handed the ball off to Parker O’Neil who gave us three good innings. We were excited to get Ryan Humphreys back from injury and back on the bump in a game. Then we were able to close it out with Carlos Moreno.”

DP girls basketball loses to Oxnard

The Dos Pueblos High girls basketball team lost to Oxnard on Saturday, falling by a score of 6439. Gianna Nichols and Lauren Robles led Dos Pueblos in scoring, providing ten points each.

“Credit to Oxnard again for playing hard and coming out with the win,” said Dos Pueblos Coach Manny Murillo. “I think we did some things better than we did the last time we played them. But we didn’t execute on offense and didn’t get many secondchance opportunities … our defensive communication has to really improve these last two games.”

Dos Pueblos falls to a 10-15 overall record and a 5-7 mark in league play with the loss. The team will next play Buena.

Cate girls basketball annihilates La Reina

The Cate girls basketball team played its penultimate Frontier League game on Saturday, crushing La Reina 58-11. Strong defense held a rebuilding La Reina to eight points in the first half and just three in the second. Defensive standouts included Nicole Teh, Desi Flores, Talia Tom, Mary Foster, Riley Pan and Kedall Thorne.

Offensively, Sophia Ospina led the way with 18 points while Ada Hansen contributed 17. Teh