2011 season - Week 1

The first week of the high school season had its moments for the Saints team - both up and down. Like Coach da Luz says, "It's a long season. Heads up!"

Our first game was at home against Rancho Bernardo High School (March 8), which are ranked #2 in county #8 in state. It was a scoreless grind with great pitching on both sides, with VJ Asaro punching to right the game winning RBI in the bottom of the seventh. Saints win 1-0.

We travelled to Granite Hills High School on March 10^th, which is the school both former San Diego Padres Brian and Marcus Giles played at, and Nascar champ Jimmie Johnson attended. We jumped to an early 3-0 lead, closed an early inning with a triple play, but let it slip away late for a 6-9 loss.

The low point for me was our away game on Saturday against rival Cathedral Catholic High School (March 12). I was scheduled to pitch. I was also scheduled to take the SAT exam. Guess what I ended up doing? After trailing early, Saints battled back to take lead but gave it back in the bottom of the 7^th to lose 9-10.

The games last week and this coming week have been part of the Hilltop/Lolita’s Tournament. Our schedule this week has a home game on Tuesday against Bonita Vista High School on Tuesday, a bye on Thursday, and then the Finals/Consolation games on Saturday.