DAY IN SPORTS: SINGLE IN NINTH WINNER FOR SIMI.

Byline: Daily News

Ben Orloff's two-out single in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Mario Colletto with the winning run as Simi Valley High outlasted Kennedy of Granada Hills 16-15 on Saturday in the first round of the Redondo baseball tournament.

The teams combined for 33 hits and five home runs, three by the Simi Valley (6-1) trio of Bryan Anderson, Mike Moscatello and Shane Ampe. Jon Kane homered and drove in a game-high five runs for Kennedy, which got a homer and four RBI from Rudy Alvarado.

Kane, Alvarado, Anderson, Moscatello and Colletto all had three hits in a game that saw Simi Valley overcome a five-run deficit in the eighth.

In other prep baseball:

--Chatsworth 10, Chaminade 8: Mike Fernandez and Jordan Sisson hit home runs, Sisson going 3 for 4 with four RBI, to lead second-ranked Chatsworth (7-0) past visiting Chaminade of West Hills (6-2) in the Chatsworth tournament. Casey Haerther homered and Jim Rapoport doubled twice for Chaminade, which led 3-0 in the first inning.

--Crespi 12, Westlake 3: Trevor Plouff homered twice and drove in six runs as visiting Crespi of Encino (7-0) got the nonleague victory over 10th-ranked Westlake (5-2). Winning pitcher Nick Clark went 3 for 4 and homered for Crespi (7-0).

In prep softball:

--Birmingham 11, Nordhoff 0: Winning pitcher Pauline Morquecho homered and struck out eight in a three-hitter and Valerie Montenegro hit her third triple of the day as Birmingham of Lake Balboa (8-2) finished 4-0 in the Lincoln tournament. Montenegro tripled twice during a 4-for-4, three-RBI effort in a 14-0 victory over Garfield of Los Angeles earlier, when Morquecho pitched a two-hitter and Candace Williams and Julie Garcia doubled.

--Canoga Park 6, Monroe 0: Christina Balady tripled and Riane Johnson, Angie Vargas and Savanah Webb doubled as Canoga Park (8-2) finished 3-1 in the Lincoln tournament. Stacy Milne got her second pitching victory of the day, after a one-hit, 10-0 win over Roosevelt of Los Angeles, and had two hits in each game.

--Burroughs 7, Lompoc 3: The second victory of the day earned Burroughs of Burbank fifth place in the Simi Valley tournament, after a 6-0 win over Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks. Val Rico led Burroughs, going 8 for 8 on the day with seven RBI. Ryanne Hodgins was 6 for 8 with six runs, and pitcher Dani Regan won both games with a combined 11 strikeouts.

In women's swimming:

--Trojans take third: USC had five swimmers earn All-America honors, leading the Trojans to a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships in Auburn, Ala.

USC finished with 284 points, behind Auburn (536) and Georgia (373). The best USC individual performance was a second-place finish in platform diving by sophomore Blythe Hartley.

PRIME-TIME PLAYERS

Baseball

--Rodney McMahon (ECR) Home Run

--Mario Colletto (Simi Valley) 3 hits, GW run

--Trevor Plouff (Crespi) 2 home runs, 6 RBI

Softball

--Val Rico (Burroughs) 8 for 8, 7 RBI (2 games)

--Valerie Montenegro (Birmingham) 3 triples (2 games)

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