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Hawks drop pair of duals to Wolves
CHS, CV ball teams falter
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Robert Garcia and Central Valleys varsity baseball team will compete against Los Banos tomorrow in Ceres. The WAC contest will get underway at 4 p.m. - photo by DALE BUTLER/The Courier

Central Valley's varsity boys track and field team lost to Livingston during the opening week of the Western Athletic Conference dual-meet season.

The host Wolves posted a 110-26 win against the Hawks on Wednesday.

Central Valley's Enrique Martinez finished first in the 3,200, and sixth in the 1,600 and 800.

Sergio Garcia finished first in the pole vault and sixth in the 400.

Chase Winchester finished second in the 100 and 200.

Chase Bogart finished second in the 800 and 1,600.

Andres Rojo finished second in the 400 and fourth in the high jump.

Sebastian Pena finished third in the 200 and fourth in the 100.

Favio Gonzalez finished fourth in the 800 and 3,200.

Emmanuel Murillo finished fourth in the 1,600.

Nasson Sanchez finished fourth in the triple jump.

David Lezama finished fourth in the shot put.

Patric Senesom finished fourth in the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles, and fifth in the 400.

Estevan Barragan finished fourth in the 200 and fifth in the 100.

Raquesh Hernandez finished fifth in the shot put and sixth in the discus.

Angel Lopez finished fifth in the high jump and long jump, seventh in the 100 and eighth in the 200.

Javier Cuevas Sanchez finished sixth in the 3,200.

Wolves 92, Hawks 39
Central Valley's varsity girls track and field team dropped its WAC dual opener, 92-39, to Livingston last week.

BASEBALL
Ceres High's varsity baseball team dropped a pair of Western Athletic Conference games to Los Banos last week.

The Bulldogs challenged the unbeaten Tigers, who improved to 11-0 overall and 6-0 in the WAC standings.

Ceres High totaled 23 hits, but contributed to its own demise by committing seven errors.

The Bulldogs dropped to 10-4 and 3-3.

The visiting Tigers battled back from a two-run deficit en route to edging out Ceres High 12-9 on Thursday at Art McRae Field.

Down 4-2, Los Banos exploded for seven runs in the top of the sixth inning.

The Bulldogs had five errors during the game.

Ceres High totaled 11 hits.
Ricky Lopez batted 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and one run.

Blane Abeyta batted 2-for-5 with three RBIs and one run.

Gabe Jimenez batted 2-for-3 with one double and three runs.

Dalton Durossette batted 1-for-3 with two RBIs.

Steven Brown batted 1-for-1 with one RBI and one run.

Brock DeWitt batted 2-for-4 with one run.

Ismael Ontiveros scored twice.

Adrian Lujan singled.

Durossette, Ceres High's starting pitcher, surrendered three earned runs, allowed 12 hits, struck out four and walked two in 51/3 innings.

Ceres High collected 12 hits during its 6-4 loss at Los Banos on March 28.

Abeyta batted 2-for-4 with one double, one RBI and two runs.

Durossette batted 1-for-4 with one RBI and one run.

DeWitt batted 1-for-3 with one run.

Ontiveros batted 1-for-4 with one RBI.

Zach Kommavong batted 2-for-4 with one double.

Lopez, Lujan and Eric Davis all singled.

The Bulldogs made two errors on defense.

Adrian Magdaleno pitched a complete game for Ceres High.

Magdaleno gave up five earned runs and 10 hits with three strikeouts and no walks in six innings.

Los Banos snapped Ceres High's five-game winning streak.

The third-place Bulldogs will play at second-place Patterson (8-6, 4-2) tomorrow at 4 p.m.

CV winless in WAC
Central Valley's varsity baseball team lost twice to Livingston in Western Athletic Conference play last week.

The Hawks dropped to 2-11-1 overall and 0-5 in the WAC standings following Thursday's 7-1 setback to the Wolves in Ceres.

Livingston improved to 8-5 and 4-2.

Central Valley contributed to its own downfall by committing six errors.

The Hawks totaled four hits on offense.

Alexis Solis batted 1-for-3 with one double and one run.

Andrew Badillo and Jason Perez both singled.

Ahead 1-0, Central Valley allowed six runs in the top of the fifth inning and one in the sixth.

Livingston defeated visiting Central Valley 7-1 on March 28.

The Wolves limited the Hawks to just two hits.

Gabriel Quezada batted 1-for-3 with one homer, one RBI and one run.

Gabriel Campos doubled.

The Hawks tallied their lone run in the top of the seventh inning.

Livingston scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, two in the second and one in the fourth.

Central Valley made one error.

The Hawks have lost nine straight games.

Central Valley will play host to first-place Los Banos (11-0, 6-0) tomorrow at 4 p.m.