Baseball posts wins

Kicking off their season with some big wins, the Escalon varsity baseball team put four victories on the books this past week. They were at Beyer and took a 6-3 decision from the Patriots, then defeated Grace Davis by a 13-2 final. In a doubleheader against Linden at home on Friday, March 6, the varsity Cougars won 16-10 and 12-3.

“Zach Wells had a very big week,” said head coach Gino Franceschetti. “He was 7-for-11 with five RBI and had a good pitching outing against Linden in game one.”

Also, Wyatt Riesenbeck went 6-for-10 for the week, driving in seven runs.

“We have had good pitching performances from all our pitchers, Brody Abbott, Lorenzo Teixeira, Ethan Haskin, Andrew Armosino and Aiden Ramirez,” Franceschetti said. “We are currently 7-2 on the year.”

The boys will have two games as Trans-Valley League play gets underway this week, first traveling to Sonora and then hosting the Wildcats in Escalon for a Friday, March 13 contest.

Golfers hit greens

In their first tournament action of the spring season, the Escalon varsity golf boys traveled to the Yellowjacket Invitational hosted at Turlock Country Club. The Cougar squad finished 25th out of 34 teams at the event, said head coach Brandon Hoover.

Leading the team was senior Brenden Berchtold with an 84 on the day, followed by senior Donovan Martinez at 100, senior Matix Trimble carding a 108 and sophomore George Harding coming in with a 116. Sophomore Luke Gutierrez carded a 124 on the day.