THE DAY IN PREPS: ALEMANY UPSETS NO. 2 HIGHLAND.

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Unranked Alemany, held to one hit for six innings by Highland's Kelly Presten, rallied to beat the No. 2 Bulldogs 3-2 in a nonleague softball game Tuesday at Highland.

Alemany bunched two singles with a hit batter, sacrifice and error to score two seventh-inning runs and knock Highland from the undefeated ranks. Winning pitcher Kim Deiner yielded six hits, two apiece by Melissa Rawson and Keri Pulcifer, but checked the Bulldogs (8-1) to two fourth-inning runs as the Indians improved to 7-3.

Westlake by a whisker: Marmonte League kingpin Westlake just did outlast Notre Dame and the elements at Lakeside Golf Club, where the Warriors edged the Knights 204-206 in a nonleague match threatened by constant rain. Junior J.T. Kohut of Westlake took medalist honors at 1-over-par 36, while Chris Darnell and sophomore Chad Wensel shot 41 and freshmen Lee Krieger and Chris Finefrock shot 43 in the closest win of the season for the Warriors (14-1-1). Tommy Barber and Kevin Coghlan led Notre Dame (7-3) at 41 apiece.

In other prep golf, North Hollywood (6-0) outlasted the rain and Monroe for a 216-226 City 3-A win at par-36 Hansen Dam. The six-team Foothill League match at De Bell in Burbank got under way but could not finish because of rain and is tentatively rescheduled as part of the league final at Griffith Park.

Toledo takes title: The No. 2-seeded Toledo Cherokee, making a second straight appearance in the Junior B national hockey title game, defeated top-seeded Suffolk, N.Y., 4-2 Tuesday night at Easy Street Arena in Simi Valley.

Junior golf: A field of 460 golfers has entered the 48th Los Angeles Junior Championships, which will be played at area courses Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The tournament, for players ages 7-17, offers competition in boys' championship, A and B divisions at Wilson and Harding in Griffith Park. Girls' championship, A and B divisions, also will be played at Wilson and Harding.

Palmdale takes Golden lead: Jason Gorman and Mike Arellano hit three-run homers to lead Palmdale (7-2, 3-0) to a 9-4 win over visiting Quartz Hill (7-2, 2-1) in a meeting of Golden League co-leading baseball teams at Palmdale. Ryan West hit his seventh home run for Quartz Hill.

Cougars keep pace: Jeff Toon had 15 kills, Danny Brookshire eight kills and Andrew Choy 29 assists as No. 8-ranked Kennedy (7-1, 4-1) defeated Chatsworth 15-4, 15-12, 15-12 in boys' volleyball to keep pace with No. 5-ranked Northwest Valley Conference leader Taft. The Toreadors (7-0, 5-0) swept Cleveland 15-2, 15-3, 15-4.

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PHOTO Jonathan Taylor and his Burbank golf team were rained out of Tuesday's match at De Bell.

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