SACRAMENTO 7 There was quite a turn of events at the Tournament of Champions for Righetti softball pitcher Jenna Maiden Saturday.

"She was hit by a pitch against Clovis West in the second inning, and we had to pull her," Righetti coach Richard Cornejo said.

While she was out, a Clovis West player hit a two-run home in the second, and Righetti lost 2-1.

Then Maiden pitched a perfect game in the Warriors/ 8-0 win over Oak Ridge of Sacramento for third place.

The Warriors are 4-1.

After Maiden was hit, "We had to bring a pitcher in from the junior varsity, Lauren Batiste, because our other starter, Carissa Segura, is on a recruiting trip to La Salle," said Cornejo.

After the home run, "Jenna came in the third inning and shut /em down."

Cornejo said Clovis West was ranked 19th in California going into the game.

The Warriors routed the fifth-rated team in Northern California for third place. Righetti had 16 hits, and Maiden had two of those.

Krista Sua had two hits, including an RBI triple. Antoinette Hernandez doubled for one of her two hits. Tabitha Taylor and Kari Overholtzer also had two hits.

Cabrillo Tournament

VANDENBERG VILLAGE 7 After taking an 11-0 thumping from Atascadero, Santa Maria defeated St. Joseph 5-3 for third place.

The Knights outhit the Saints 10-5, but Santa Maria (3-3) prevailed, thanks in part to freshman Liz Melena/s two-run single in a three-run fifth.

Sophia Beltran went 2-for-2 for the Saints. Santa Maria starting pitcher Erika Amarillas worked a complete game to earn the win.

Atascadero won the championship by beating Cabrillo 1-0.

Baseball

Paso Robles 14-18, SJ 5-13

The Knights (0-5) dropped two high scoring non-league games at home.

Josh Meagher/s grand slam home run in the third inning accounted for most of the Knights/ scoring in the opener. In the second game, St. Joseph came up well short despite a seven-run seventh inning.

Paso Robles put on quite a home run hitting display in the second game, with four. The Bearcats had two grand slams, and two back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning.

Speaking of home runs, Meagher hit two two-run home runs, one in the fifth inning and one in the seventh.

Cabrillo 3-10, Carpinteria 2-7

VANDENBERG VILLAGE 7 Jason Hansen and Chris White combined on a three-hitter the first game and Derek McCloud drove in three runs in the second as the Conquistadores swept a non-league doubleheader.

Cabrillo squared its record at 2-2.

Lydell Sargeant gave Cabrillo a lift in the opener by hitting a solo home run in the fifth inning. McCloud hit a solo home run in the sixth inning of the second game.

Brian Stieber went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs for Cabrillo in the second game. Jason Hansen was 2-for-4 for Cabrillo in that one.

Volleyball

Laguna Blanca Tournament

CARPINTERIA 7 The Knights (1-1) defeated Cate 25-14 at Cate before losing by the same score to eventual champion Oaks Christian at Cate in the semifinals.

St. Joseph did not make it out of the consolation round at the Laguna Blanca Tournament last year. This year, the tourney did not count toward St. Joseph/s season record.

Wrestling

All-Tri-Counties Team

Jaime Rocha and Adam Wilson of Righetti, along with Miles Apodaca of Arroyo Grande all made the All-Tri-Counties Wrestling Team First Team.

The Tri-Counties Wrestling Association named the team at its meeting Friday night. Rocha wrestled at 119 pounds. Wilson competed at 140, and Apodaca wrestled at 160.

C.J. Domingues (103), Geoff Malm (135) and Dustin Monte (140) of Righetti made the second team, along with Joe Diaz (112) and Gabriel Rodriguez (125) of Santa Maria and Tyler Scheidt (130) of Nipomo.

Golf

PR 372, SLO 375, SJ 383 (Tuesday)

PASO ROBLES 7 At The Links, the Knights came up short.

Ryan McConnell led St. Joseph with a 70. Bryan Woodruff (71), Marc Castillejo (72), Cameron Rau (81) and Andy Lee (82) followed for the Knights.

Chris Jackson of Paso Robles was the medalist with a 67 on the par 72 course.

March 14, 2004