<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=26SMJQ_0rwrTv8r00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=26SMJQ_0rwrTv8r00" width="1200" height="630" >Orcutt Academy sophomore right-hander Lylah Garcia faced 15 batters Thursday. She retired all 15.Garcia pitched a perfect game in the Spartans' 17-0 softball home win over Santa Ynez at Lakeview Junior High School in the Ocean League opener for both teams. The game was called after the top of the fifth inning because of the run rule.Garcia struck out nine in her perfecto. Valerie Gonzalez had three of Orcutt's four hits. Gonzales went 3-for-3 and drove in three runs. The Spartans took advantage of nine walks and six Pirates errors.At press time, both teams were slated to play home league games Tuesday, Santa Ynez (0-4 overall) against Morro Bay at 3:30 p.m., and Orcutt Academy (5-2) against San Luis Obispo at 4:30 p.m.Lompoc 7, Paso Robles 2Teagan Thompson and Natalie Aguilar both homered, and Thompson went 3-for-4 as the Braves beat the Bearcats in a Mountain League game at Paso Robles Friday.Thompson hit a two-run home run. Aguilar hit a solo home run in the third for the Braves.Lompoc starter Bella Barbosa earned the win. Barbosa pitched five innings and gave up two runs on five hits. Both Bearcats runs came on solo homers, by Shelby Griffith in the fourth inning and Madison Paz in the fifth.St. Joseph takes three at tournamentThe Knights won all three games they played over a two-day span at the Clovis Buchanan Tournament, beating Fresno Clovis North 4-0 Friday, and Hanford West 13-2 and Fresno Bullard 5-0 Saturday.Taylor Mediano and CharliRay Escobedo handled all the pitching for the Knights. Mediano blanked Clovis North in a four-hit complete game. Escobedo pitched a complete game against Hanford West. That one was called after the top of the sixth inning because of the time limit.Mediano and Escobedo combined on a four-hit shutout against Bullard. Mediano, the starter, pitched first four innings. Escobedo pitched the last three.Mediano doubled in three runs against Clovis North. Kaycie Gavlak doubled in three against Bullard, and Desirae Marroquin homered. Seven Knights had at least one RBI against Hanford West, and Annalyssa Cota and Jade Salazar drove in two runs each.St. Joseph will play at Righetti Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in a Mountain League game. BaseballLompoc 9, Pioneer Valley 2Michael Gomez, Stone Kubasiewicz and Matt Kovach all homered, and the Braves (4-5, 1-0) started their Sunset League campaign with a win at home over the Panthers (8-2, 0-2) at Lompoc Friday.Lompoc left-hander Jack Jones earned the win. Pioneer Valley has dropped its first two league games after starting the season 8-0.SwimmingCabrillo teams beat Orcutt AcademyThe Cabrillo boys and girls teams defeated their Orcutt Academy counterparts in a Sunset League meet.Several Orcutt Academy swimmers swam automatic or consideration times for the CIF Central Section Championships. Raymond Pettit won the boys 200 individual medley in an automatic qualifying time of 2 minutes, 16 seconds.Pettit and teammate Stuart Wineman went 1-2 in the 500 freestyle. Pettit won in an automatic qualifying time of 5:09.84. Wineman was second in 5:28.97.The Cabrillo boys 200 freestyle relay team won in 1:39.09 and edged the Orcutt quartet of Pettit, Sebastian McLaughlin, Vincent Velazquez and Edward Wallace by .01. Both teams swam automatic qualifying times for the sectional meet.Wallace won the 100 backstroke in 1:02.80, a consideration time for the sectional meet. Vincent Velazquez took the 200 free in 2:04.30, another consideration time.Orcutt's Kiley Maloney and Ella Edds went 1-2 in the girls 200 free. Maloney's 2;20.65 was a consideration time for the sectional meet. Maloney finished second in the girls 100 breaststroke in another consideration time.Lompoc girls edge NipomoIn a meet that went down to the final race, the 400 freestyle relay, the Braves won and moved to 4-0.Northern Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table (NSBCART) Athlete of the Week Clara Ainsworth gave the Braves a big boost by winning the 100 butterfly in 1 minute, 5.17 seconds and swimming a leg for two winning relay teams. She anchored the winning 400 freestyle relay team in the last race of the day. Boys tennisMission Prep 6, Santa Ynez 3The Royals beat the Pirates in a Mountain League match.Cooper Haws and Jeremy Shehab gave Santa Ynez its singles points. Haws pulled out a 4-6, 7-6 (7), 10-5 win at No. 3 singles and Shehab won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6.Matthew Wolfe and Adam Angle won 8-2 at No. 3 for the Pirates' doubles point.Boys volleyballBishop Diego Cardinal ClassicSanta Ynez finished 3-2 Saturday and wound up in third place.The Pirates went 2-1 in pool play, beating Oxnard and Pioneer Valley and losing to eventual tournament champion San Juan Capistrano San Juan Hills.In the championship bracket, Santa Ynez defeated Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 25-21 then lost 25-16 to defensive-minded Oxnard Rio Mesa.Nate Biron led Santa Ynez will kills on the day, 28. Biron also served 11 aces. Anders Dietenhofer posted 16 kills and five aces.Ben Steurman racked up 15 kills and eight blocks for Santa Ynez. Grant Hodgdon served four points and had 14 kills. Junior Pirates setter Manny Sanchez had 80 assists, 12 digs and four aces.Pacifica Christian is ranked No. 1 in the CIF Southern Section's Division 3. San Juan Hills is No. 1 in Division 4 and Rio Mesa is top-ranked in Division 5. Nipomo 3, Mission Prep 1 The Titans beat the Royals in Nipomo's non-league finale.Jack Ferra (14 kills) and Quinn Hetland (11) led a balanced Nipomo attack. Will Heidinger had seven kills for the Titans.Nipomo setters Max Fystro and Chase Spicer racked up 17 and 16 assists respectively. Fystro amassed five digs and four aces.</div></body>

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Orcutt Academy's Lylah Garcia pitches perfect softball game

Orcutt Academy sophomore right-hander Lylah Garcia faced 15 batters Thursday. She retired all 15. Garcia pitched a perfect game in the Spartans' 17-0 softball home win over Santa Ynez at Lakeview Junior High School in the Ocean League opener for both teams. The game was called after the top of the fifth inning because of the run rule.

Orcutt Academy's Lylah Garcia pitches perfect softball game

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