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Herald photos by Romeo Guzman
Trevor Jones (first photo) scattered six hits while allowing just one earned run and striking out eight and Miguel Frias (second photo) homered and doubled as Lake Mary defeated Lake Brantley, 4-2, Friday night. Elias Tejada (third photo), who drove in a run on Friday, was the lone bright spot on Monday as he had both of the Rams’ hits, a home run and a single, as Lake Mary lost to University, 12-2.
Jones only allowed one earned run, while striking out eight and walking three, as the Rams improved to 5-7 on the season.
Frias finished the game 2-for-3, scored a run and drove in two to pace a 7-hit Lake Mary attack.
Also contributing were Danny Cortes (2-for-3, double, two runs scored), Leo Ulliana (1-for-2, double, RBI), Neal Hunter (1-for-3, double, run) and Elias Tejada (1-for-3, RBI).
Things did not go as well on Monday, however, as the Rams (5-8) were blitzed, 12-2 in four innings by University, a team they had beaten earlier in the season.
Tejada was the lone bright spot for Lake Mary as he had both of the Rams’ hits; going 2-for-3, with one hit being a two-run home run, a run scored and two RBI. Christian Kamka scored the other run for the locals.
In other Seminole Athletic Conference action from Friday:
Oviedo (3-6) doubled up Seminole (3-6), 6-3, behind the five strike out pitching of Josh Voyles and the hitting of Mac Metcalf (two doubles) and Mitch Reeves (double).
Lake Howell (9-2) continues to be the class of the local big schools as the Silver Hawks blanked Hagerty, 6-0, as Julia Valdez hurled a 2-hitter with eight strikeouts and Nathan Ventura went 2-for-3.
Winter Springs has also gotten hot recently and the streak continued with a 5-0 whitewashing of Lyman with John Sebelle hurling a 3-hitter while striking out 10. Alex Overbay was strong in relief for the Greyhounds, striking out five over four innings.
The Bears (8-3) picked up another shutout on Saturday as James Simpson struck out 10 over five innings and Will Owens went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs in a 10-0 triumph over Sunrise-Piper.
The Huskies (5-5) also claimed a win over Piper (3-6), 3-2, on Monday as Alex Faberlle and Sam Bates had two hits each.
Lyman saw its offensive woes continue on Monday as the Greyhounds were shutout by Bishop Moore (7-4), 9-0.
Two of the top Private School programs in the county had big wins over the weekend as Orangewood Christian improved to 8-0 with a 10-0 whitewashing of Mount Dora Bible (5-3) on Friday behind a five-inning 1-hitter by Andrew Cobb in which he struck out eight and Christian Magno had a big double.
Trinity Prep ran its record to 4-6 with a 16-0 pounding of Pine Castle Christian (1-6) on Monday in which Andrew McThenia struck out seven over five innings and Kyle Cavanaugh double twice and drove in four runs.
Meanwhile on the softball diamond:
Oviedo is starting to flex its muscles as the Lions picked up a pair of SAC wins to get to 9-6 on the season.
On Friday, Paige Matthews struck out 13 in hurling a complete-game 5-2 victory over Seminole, despite Raven Hartsfield going 2-for-3 with a double for the Fighting Seminoles.
Matthews then bettered herself on Monday, striking out 16 in a 4-0 shutout of Lake Brantley (5-8). Katie Sillman paced the offense with two hits and two RBI.
Lyman improved to 5-11 on Monday as Cassie Boggs went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs and Hawley Ill chipped in with two doubles and a single in a 12-2 thrashing of Freedom on Monday.
The Master’s Academy has been one of the stronger softball teams in the early going this season, but the Eagles fell to 8-3 on Monday as they were blanked by Lake Highland Prep, 10-0, despite Hayley Ritter going 2-for-3.