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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 lC
SPORTS AND RECREATIC00
Portola
baseball
advances
in playoffs
Shannon Morrow
Sports Editor
sports@piumasnews.com
The Portola High School
baseball team, see'ded
fourth in the Division IV
playoffs, eliminated fifth-
seeded Biggs 15-0 in five in-
nings last Friday, May 13.
"The boys have worked
hard," said Portola coach
Tim Brubaker. "It's been an
interesting year with ups
and downs, but the boys' fo-
cus was really good. In play-
off baseball, that's what it
takes."
Pitcher Clinton Morris
earned the win for the Por-
tola Tigers, allowing just
two hits over five innings
and claiming the shutout.
"He battles hard," said
Brubaker. "I was really
happy for him."
On offense, the Tigers bat-
ted .500 as a team, with 10
hits and 13 RBIs.
Portola took an early lead
with two runs in the bottom
of the first inning, and then
the second and third in-
nings went scoreless.
The game was blown wide
open in the fourth inning,
when the Tigers brought 13
runs across the plate.
Senior outfielder Harley
Sears came out of a hitting
slump to lead Portola's of-
fense with three hits and
three RBIs.
"He had a good game for
us," saidBrubalte ". "It was
nice."
Billy Broad and Morris
delivered two hits apiece,
while Broad and Kyle Hes-
kett each claimed two RBIs.
With the win, Portola ad-
vanced to the semifinals
and faced top-seeded Hamil-
ton Tuesday, May 17. The
results were not known at
press time.
When the Tigers played
Hamilton last month they
lost 5-2, but Brubaker said
his team didn't play partic-
ularly well.
"If we play our baseball,
we have a pretty good shot,"
said Brubaker. "We'll battle
and see what happens."
Harley Sears watches a high pitch go by. Sears registered three
hits and three RBIs in Portola's playoff win last Friday. •
After reaching third base and driving in two RBIs, Portola's Kyle Heskett is commended by coach
Tim Brubaker. Photos by Shannon Morrow
Facing 18 batters over five innings, senior Clinton Morris registered a shutout in Portola's 15-0 home playoff win against Biggs May 13.
The Plumas Mudslingers
took on the Reno Roller
Girls in a roller derby
bout at the fairgrounds
last Saturday, May 14.
The fundraiser was well
attended, and the
audience loved all the
intense action. In the
black uniforms, from left:
Wolveirene, Tazmanian
Rebel and Toxic Roxie.
Photo
by
Shannon Morrow