DAY IN SPORTS: Q.H. WARES DOWN PALMDALE.

Byline: Daily News

Matt Ware can beat you with his arm and his bat, as he proved Wednesday.

The junior threw seven strong innings and went 2 for 4, including a home run, as visiting Quartz Hill defeated Palmdale 4-2 to clinch the Golden League championship.

Ware allowed five hits.

``He kept us in check,'' Palmdale coach John Liverhold said. ``Then they got the key hits.''

Catcher Alex Massari also was 2 for 4, with a homer, for the Rebels (17-3, 12-0).

- Nathan Brown 

In other prep baseball:

--Camarillo 14, Channel Islands 5: Pinch hitter Andrew Brewer had the key hit - a three-run, two-out double - in a nine-run eighth inning for visiting Camarillo (18-3, 11-0) in a Pacific View League game.

The Scorpions extended their winning streak to 18 games.

--Thousand Oaks 5, Calabasas 4: Brian Bird drove in the game-tying and game-winning runs in the fifth inning for host Thousand Oaks (18-6, 8-4), which climbed to a half game behind Westlake (14-6 ,8-3) in the Marmonte League.

--North Hollywood 5, Grant 2: Mike Rodriguez hit a three-run home run in the third inning to help move host North Hollywood (9-4, 8-2) past Grant of Van Nuys (15-11, 9-3) and into first place in the Sunset Six League.

--Royal 6, Simi Valley 5: Derrek Lund hit a first-inning grand slam and D.J. Smith hit a two-run homer in the third as visiting Royal of Simi Valley (9-11, 5-6) completed a Marmonte League season sweep over its crosstown rival.

--Newbury Park 4, Moorpark 1: Matt Eisenstein hit his ninth home run of the season in the fifth inning of a Marmonte League game at Newbury Park, tying the school's single-season record set by Barry Toli in 1998.

In prep softball:

--Chaminade 2, Notre Dame 0: Veronica Barth threw her first-no-hitter of the season and also drove in Christine Craighead with the game-winning run in the second inning as Chaminade of West Hills (8-7-1, 5-2-1) pulled to within 1 1/2 games of first-place Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (10-7, 5-1) with three Mission League games left.

--Camarillo 11, Channel Islands 0: Melanie Douglas, Katelyn Miller and DeAnn Young each hit home runs for host Camarillo (16-5, 8-0), which has a two-game lead in the Pacific View League standings with two more to play.

In boys' golf:

--Rio Hondo League Finals: La Canada's Chris Henley made par on the second hole of sudden death, capping a two-round total of 153 that clinched her an automatic berth in the Southern Section individual regionals on May 20.

--Foothill League Match No. 5: Valencia's Brandon Christianson shot an even-par 72 at Wilson Golf Course to earn medalist honors, but Hart of Newhall (379) won the team title, qualifying for the Southern Section team prelims at Soule Park on Monday along with second-place Valencia (383) and third-place Saugus (412).

In college baseball:

--Biola 19, The Master's 5: The Master's pitching staff gave up 17 runs in the first six innings of a NAIA Regional playoff game and now must battle its way out of the losers bracket, beginning today at 11 a.m.

Also:

Agoura High is hosting a home-run-derby fund-raiser for baseball player Brandon Quinn, who is battling leukemia. All area players are invited to participate for $5. The derby begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Agoura baseball field. ... Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's James Thayer will attend Emory University, in Atlanta, Ga., next fall, where he will walk on the men's tennis team. ... Lynne Wetmore of La Reina of Thousand Oaks has committed to play softball at Occidental College next season.