Area Roundup: Granite Hills boys tennis tops Apple Valley, improves to 3-0

Jose Quintero, Victorville Daily Press
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The Granite Hills boys tennis team picked up its third victory of the season with an 11-7 victory Monday afternoon over crosstown rival Apple Valley.

Granite Hills High School.
Granite Hills High School.

Eric Poindexter led the way for the Cougars in singles action by sweeping 6-0, 6-0, 6-1.

Granite Hills also got sweeps by the doubles teams of Chris Grantham and Jace Esplin (6-4, 6-0, 6-1), and Angel Garcia and Anthony Castillo (6-1, 6-2, 6-1).

The Cougars (3-0) are back in action against Hesperia.

Granite Hills Singles

Poindexter 6-0, 6-0, 6-1; Patel 1-6, 2-6, 0-6; Irazaba 2-6, 1-6; Shin 2-6.

Granite Hills Doubles

Grantham-Esplin 6-4, 6-0, 6-1; Garcia-Castillo 6-1, 6-2, 6-1; Zelada-Whiting 6-0, 6-3, 1-6.

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Silver Valley 17, Trona 1

At Yermo, Tre Harvey allowed one run on two hits and struck out 11 batters Monday afternoon to lead the Trojans to their first victory of the season.

Harvey also hit a home run, drew two walks, drove in four RBI and scored two runs.

Lawson Talarico went 2 for 3 with a triple, three RBI and two runs, and Joseph Rippley went 2 for 3 with a walk and three RBI.

Trona 100 00 — 1 2 1

SV 002 (15)x — 17 9 0

Glendora 11, Oak Hills 2

At Oak Hills, the Bulldogs dropped to 3-3-1 on the season with a loss at home Monday afternoon.

For Oak Hills, Austin Allan went 1 for 3 with an RBI and a run.

The Bulldogs are back in action Friday at Victor Valley.

Glendora 310 024 1 — 11 11 1

Oak Hills 000 200 0 — 2 4 0

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Burroughs’ Sepulveda takes MRL Player of the Year

Lysette Sepulveda has been named the Mojave River League’s Player of the Year award after leading the Burros to a second-place finish.

Burroughs and Apple Valley shared the Sportsmanship award.

Oak Hills, which took first place in the league with a 10-0 record, saw three players named to the First Team, as did Hesperia.

All-Mojave River League

Player of the Year: Lysette Sepulveda, Burroughs

Sportsmanship: Apple Valley and Burroughs

First Team

Emma Drefs, Tiara Manns (Burroughs); Queen Allah, Kylee Edgar, Savannah Wynn (Hesperia); Moriah Burley, Nukera Reddic, Aspyn Capri-Roberson (Oak Hills).

Second Team

Cydney Browning (Burroughs); Karoline Ellison (Oak Hills); Destiny Munoz, Natalie Placencia (Serrano); Perci Lopez (Sultana).

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Alta Loma 247, Oak Hills 271

At San Dimas, the Bulldogs began the season with a loss Monday afternoon.

Alta Loma’s Alex Morales led all shooters with a 39.

Dominick Rivera led Oak Hills with a 48, followed by Nick Muro’s score of 49.

Daily Press reporter Jose Quintero may be reached at 760-951-6274 or JQuintero@VVDailyPress.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DP_JoseQ.

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