High school roundup: Berkeley continues late run to claim league title
When Berkeley lost to Piedmont in the first of a two-game baseball series last week, its margin for error had reached the edge of the cliff.
The Yellowjackets — ranked 12th by the Bay Area News Group — had to win their final three regular season games to finish atop the West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division standings.
No small task, for sure.
But Berkeley met the challenge.
The Yellowjackets beat Piedmont and then swept Bishop O'Dowd, which began this week with a two-game lead over the Yellowjackets.
On Thursday, Berkeley spotted O'Dowd four runs in the visitor's half of the first inning, then chipped away with a run in the first and another in the third.
A five-run fourth inning completed the scoring as the Yellowjackets won 7-4 to pull even with O'Dowd for first place.
Coupled with its 6-2 win at O'Dowd on Tuesday, Berkeley owns the tiebreaker and will be the No. 1 seed in the league playoffs next week.
O'Dowd will be seeded No. 2.
Seddrick Henderson pitched a complete game one-hitter on Thursday with 11 strikeouts for Berkeley (19-4-1, 7-3). The four runs he allowed were unearned.
Miles Mino and Enrique Sotelo each had two hits for the Yellowjackets, including a double. Both scored a run and knocked in two. Berkeley also got two hits, including a home run, from Akanni Owodunni and two hits each from Isaiah Mays and Tahj Neal.
Sam Rittenberg had the only hit for O'Dowd, which fell to 15-9, 7-3.
Terra Nova 3, Sacred Heart Prep 2: Aiden James pitched six solid innings and had two hits and an RBI to lead Terra Nova to a win over first-place Sacred Heart Prep in a Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division game.
The Tigers scored two in the fourth to reclaim the lead — and finish the scoring — as they improved to 15-10, 8-4.
SHP is 18-6, 10-2.
No. 13 Willow Glen 9, Leigh 1: Willow Glen remained perfect in the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Mt. Hamilton Division behind two hits, including a triple, and three RBIs from Zack Koontz and two RBIs apiece from Joshua Kaminski, Gavin Holmes and Jack Rudd.
The host Rams pulled away with three runs in the fifth and three in the sixth as they improved to 20-2-1, 12-0.
Leigh is 15-9, 6-6.
No. 9 Los Gatos 18, Los Altos 0: Chase Frolich went 4 for 4 with six RBIs and Ethan Williams pitched five innings with eight strikeouts as Los Gatos rolled to another victory in Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division play.
The host Wildcats led 9-0 after two innings and widened the margin to 18 with two in the fourth and six in the fifth.
Los Gatos improved to 21-3, 14-1. Loa Altos is 12-12, 9-6.
No. 5 Clayton Valley Charter 7, Alhambra 0: Everet Flannagan pitched six scoreless innings, Josiah Morris homered and Jack Campbell knocked in two runs as Clayton Valley cruised past visiting Alhambra in Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division play.
The first-place Ugly Eagles took command with five runs in the first. They added another run in the fourth and one more in the sixth as they improved to 19-3, 7-1.
Alhambra dropped to 13-8, 4-4.
No. 6 College Park 10, Benicia 0: Jayden Auld went 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs and Nicholas Motta had two doubles and two RBIs to lead College Park to a win at home in a DAL Foothill game.
College Park (18-4, 6-2) scored three in the second and broke it open with seven in the fourth.
Three pitchers — Chase Tarter, Nathan Glieden and Anthony Caruso — combined on a two-hitter with five strikeouts.
Benicia is 11-11, 1-7.
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No. 14 College Park 6, No. 10 Clayton Valley Charter 2: Tied 2-2 after four innings, College Park scored a run in the top of the fifth and three in the sixth to win a matchup for first place in the DAL Foothill Division.
Alexis Weiler led the way with three hits, including a home run, and two RBIs. The Falcons also got two hits and three RBIs from Mia Pfeiffer and eight strikeouts from pitcher Savannah Wilson as they improved to 15-6, 7-1.
Maleeya Valencia had a home run among her three hits for Clayton Valley, which fell to 15-3, 6-2.
No. 1 Livermore 11, No. 12 Granada 1 (5 innings): Kaci Norton struck out eight without a walk and Gianna Willes and Isabella Kelton each had three hits and two RBIs to power Livermore to a mercy-rule rout at home over crosstown rival Granada.
Livermore put the game away with five in the fifth as it upped its record to 23-1 overall and 13-0 in the East Bay Athletic League.
Granada slipped to 13-11, 9-4.
No. 13 California 4, No. 15 Carondelet 2: Gabriella Nudo pitched a complete game and Bella Bagneschi and Kayla Steel each knocked in a run as California edged visiting Carondelet in an EBAL game.
The Grizzlies (14-10, 8-5) scored two in the sixth to break a 2-2 tie.
Norie Umene had three hits and scored a run for Carondelet, which dropped to 15-9, 8-5.
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This story was originally published May 8, 2026 at 7:23 AM.