The King’s Academy

Declan Mendel strikes out 10 and delivers his second straight shutout as the Mustangs hand Menlo-Atherton its first Bay Division loss.

After beating Bellarmine on Saturday, Carlmont had another big win on Wednesday, this time a 10-7 victory over The King's Academy in Sunnyvale.

Games thru April 13. OPS is on-base percentage combined with slugging percentage.

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.

Serra remains atop the heap in the PeninsulaPrepBaseball.com poll, but Valley Christian is poised to make a run in the second half of the season.

The Scots are hopeful that Saturday's victory over Bellarmine Prep -- and the fact that they are getting healthy again -- will serve as a springboard to the rest of the season.

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.

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.