DAY IN SPORTS: T.O. BEATS SIMI VALLEY, OWNS FIRST PLACE.

Byline: Daily News

The Thousand Oaks High baseball team rallied from a two-run deficit Wednesday to defeat host Simi Valley 3-2 and move into sole possession of first place in the Marmonte League.

The Lancers (9-2, 4-1) pulled to within a run in the top of the fifth when Matt Lorenz scored on Nick Frank's single. Lorenz followed with a two-out, two-RBI single in the sixth, driving in David Iden and David Fonseca.

Brian Bird (4-0) struck out nine in a complete-game three-hitter. He did, however, make two mistakes, giving up solo home runs to Nick Giarraputo and Bryan Anderson.

The loss drops Simi Valley (10-2, 3-2) into a four-way tie for second with Moorpark, Westlake and Agoura.

OTHER PREP BASEBALL

Marmonte League

--Moorpark 2, Royal 1: Justin Bogeyevac led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a home run to clinch the victory for host Moorpark (8-4, 3-2).

Moorpark's Jason Breckley had given up five hits and struck out nine in six innings but didn't figure in the decision. His counterpart, D.J. Smith, pitched a complete game, yielding eight hits and striking out six.

--Westlake 8, Newbury Park 5: Michael Notaro homered and finished 3 for 4 with three runs and two RBI and teammate Jeff Harmala hit a grand slam for visiting Westlake.

Chuckie Fick doubled to extend his hitting streak to eight games for Newbury Park (2-7, 0-5).

--Agoura 1, Calabasas 0: Calabasas' Drew Saberhagen threw 77 pitches en route to a complete-game six-hitter, but Jonathan Fersht came away with the victory after giving up two hits and striking out eight for visiting Agoura.

Valley Mission League

--Sylmar 10, Reseda 0: Steve Luna pitched a five-inning perfect game, striking out eight for visiting Sylmar in a game that was called because of the mercy rule.

At the plate, Luna finished 2 for 4 with a double and two RBI. Teammate Sam Barron had two doubles and Ivan Gonzalez added another.

Golden League

--Quartz Hill 9, Antelope Valley 2: Matt Ware went 2 for 4 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI for host Quartz Hill (7-2, 4-0), which extended its league winning streak to 22 games.

PREP SOFTBALL

Sunset Six League

--Verdugo Hills 12, Grant 0: Tarrin Martin hit a home run and finished 4 for 5 with three runs and three RBI for host Verdugo Hills of Tujunga (4-7, 3-0), which stayed atop the league by scoring eight runs over the third, fourth and fifth innings.

--North Hollywood 23, Hollywood 2: Elizabeth Armenta and Jessica Rodriguez each had four hits and Carmen Navarrow had three for visiting North Hollywood (3-7, 1-2), which had 20 hits.

Armenta had two doubles and four runs, Rodriguez scored four times and Navarrow had three RBI. Teammate Yadira Lopez had a home run.

Nonleague

--Camarillo 6, San Marcos 0: Stephanie Byrne pitched a complete-game three-hitter and Lynsey LaRocca, Annissa Lagos each had extra-base hits in an 11-hit attack for host Camarillo (8-4).

--Grace Brethren 16, Providence 8: Breanna Palacio was 4 for 4 with a triple and seven RBI for visiting Grace Brethren of Simi Valley (6-7), which finished with 20 hits.

BOYS' GOLF

City 4-A League

--Kennedy 214, Van Nuys 269: Kennedy of Granada Hills' Kyle Kirkpatrick shot a 1-over-par 37 to narrowly defeat teammate Mat Shinm, who had a 38, for medalist honors at Knollwood Country Club.

Fellow Highlanders golfer Steve Choi tied Van Nuys' Nathan Nooppakoon for third as both had rounds of 40.

Mission League

--Harvard-Westlake 189, Crespi 213: Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's Alex Osborne shot a 1-under-par 35 at Encino Golf Course and teammates Elliott Gensengz and Brent Josepnson each shot 38 for the Wolverines (4-1, 4-1).

Pat Grimes was 5 over for Crespi of Encino and Austin Deutsch and Mike Baffoni each shot 42.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL

West Valley League

--Chatsworth d. Birmingham 3-0: Visiting Birmingham of Lake Balboa (2-7, 1-5) didn't put up much of a fight in a 25-9, 25-10, 25-11 loss to Chatsworth (9-0, 6-0).

Jeff Grella had six kills, Ramsey Darling had five kills and Bob Mason added four kills.