March 7 high school roundup
By The Bakersfield Californian
Basketball
Southern California playoffs
Division III boys
No. 3 Independence 60, No. 14 Compton 58
At IHS
CHS (20-11): Lewis 5, Lake 6, Harris 1, Swint 2, Sweeney 8, Bailey 19, Hill 6, Cartwright 9, Pritchett 2.
IHS (33-1): Henderson 2, Check 18, Clark 17, Ntui 2, Robinson 5, Johnson 12, Allmon 4.
D-II boys: No. 2 Redondo Union 64, No. 15 Garces 48
Division II girls
No. 1 Ridgeview 64, No. 16 Redondo Union 47
At Ridgeview
RUHS (19-13): Maimot 1, Hall 5, Enriquez 11, Mohr 4, Smith 4, Noa 3, Nyingifa 19.
RHS (27-3): Green 14 (4 steals), Wilkerson 14 (5 steals), Gonzalez 9, McCall 19 (13 rebounds, 11 blocks, 5 steals), Powell 8.
OTHER SCORE: No. 2 Lynwood 74, No. 15 Garces 45
D-III girls: No. 5 Reseda 57, No. 12 Tehachapi 40
Baseball
Mira Monte 9, Shafter 3
At MMHS. W: Ruiz (1-2). L: Parson. 3B: MMHS (Soto). Notes: MMHS (Salas 2-4, 2 runs, sb; Mendoza 2-3, 2 runs, sb; Soto 2-4, 4 rbis; McDermott 2-3, run, rbi, sb; Ruiz 6 ip, 11 ks, 2 h). W-L: MMHS 2-4. JV: SHS 6, MMHS 1; FS: SHS d. MMHS.
Taft 6, Frazier Mtn. 0
W: Rodriguez (2-0). L: Penner. W-L: THS 7-1; MHS 2-5
Softball
Wasco 2, McFarland 1
At WHS. W: Wedel (3-3). 2B: WHS (Romero). W-L: WHS 3-3.
Mira Monte 10, Shafter 9, 8 innings
At MMHS; W: Paradez (1-0). L: Gonzalez. 3B: MMHS (Alderete). Notes: GVHS (Gutierrez game winning walkoff single). W-L: MMHS 2-0. JV: MMHS d. SHS. FS: SHS d. MMHS
Tennis
Taft 8, Arvin 1
At THS
SINGLES: Cabaloza, A, d. Arreguin, 6-0, 6-2; Gutierrez, T, d. J. Moreno, 6-3, 6-4; Iakopo, T, d. Hernandez, 6-2, 6-0; Bunch, T, d. Lopez, 6-0, 6-0; Miranda, T, d. Dominguez, 6-0, 6-0; Herrera, T, d. E. Moreno, 6-0, 6-0.
DOUBLES: Iakopo-Bunch, T, d. Cabaloza-Hernandez, 8-2; Herrera-Fields, T, d. J. Moreno-Lopez, 8-2; Martinez-Magana, T, d. Ikram-De La Cruz, 8-0.
W-L: THS 8-1, 3-0 SSL; AHS 6-3, 1-2 SSL; JV: THS 9, AHS 0
Golden Valley 5, Highland 4
At GVHS
SINGLES: Varella, H, d. Contreras, 6-1, 6-3; Acevedo, G, d. Maneses, 6-2, 6-3; Taamneh, H, d. J. Medina, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); Godinez, G, d. Miranda, 6-4, 4-6, 10-6; Magana, G, d. Ramirez, 6-3, 6-2; Dean, G, d. Parker, 6-0, 6-0.
DOUBLES: Varella-Maneses, H, d. Herrera-Correa, 8-6; O. Medina-Perez, G, d. Parker-Ramirez, 8-3; Salas-Patel, H, d. Baeza-Ponce, 6-4, 6-4.
W-L: GVHS 1-1
Golf
SEYL tornament
(Tuesday) At Rio Bravo; par-72
GARCES (409): Sanders 74, Villani 78, Naworski 83, Hathaway 87, Rudie 87.
HIGHLAND (484): Faulkner 87, Bochat 93, Collins 96, Baker 103, Scott 105.
TEHACHAPI (494): Barton 85, Mitchell 96, Barba 96, Sherwood 103, Thacker 114.
NORTH (542): Hopkins 96, Houston 97, Britt 107, Baker 111, Hobbs 131.
EAST (568): Medina 104, Wylie 105, Najera 112, Rocha 122, Atkins 125.
FOOTHILL: Miles 103, Salcido 110, Felix 132.






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