PPB Team

Nate Plata, who was called out for missing home plate on Wednesday, made sure he touched it on Friday when he scored the winning run for The King's Academy in walk-off fashion.

A Tip of the Hat -- an homage to the late Merv Harris, the San Francisco Examiner writing legend -- to the top hitting performances of the week.

Games Friday Hillsdale 6 Burlingame 3 Sacred Heart Prep 5 Capuchino 0 Menlo-Atherton 7 Pioneer 3 The King’s Academy 6 Sequoia 5 Serra 14 Mitty 3 Valley Christian 7 Riordan 1 Bellarmine 2 Saint Ignatius 0 Saint Francis 9 Sacred Heart Cath. 0 Soquel 7 Leigh 6

A Tip of the Hat -- an homage to the late Merv Harris, the San Francisco Examiner writing legend -- to the top pitching performances of the week.

Terra Nova won an out-of-league game on Thursday while Menlo School won its fifth straight game heading into Tuesday's series opener with the Tigers.

Ethan Johnson's apparent seventh-inning grand-slam home run was nullified when an umpire ruled that base runner Nate Plata missed home plate in Sequoia's 10-9 victory.

Games Thursday Aragon 8 Mills 4 Terra Nova 10 More 3 Menlo School 14 El Camino 2 San Mateo 7 Half Moon Bay 3 South San Francisco 7 Harker 0

The top batting averages on the Peninsula.