Maxwell 11 – Pierce 3 (3/16)
Maxwell 6 – Redding Christian 5 (10 inn) (3/19)
Coming off a second place finish at their home tournament that left a bitter taste in their mouths, the Panthers bounced back to win two games last week.
Against visiting Pierce, Maxwell put crooked numbers up in the first two innings then ended the contest with five more in the final frame.
Levi Velasquez got the nod on the mound and went five innings, yielding just two hits and striking out nine before giving way to Luke Pearson, who closed out the game.
At the plate, Yahir Alcaraz finished 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles and three RBI, while Pearson and Colt Montgomery knocked in two runs apiece.
On the road in Palo Cedro, the Panthers needed extras before finally prevailing in the tenth inning.
Vincent Orozco swung a hot bat going 4 for 6 as did Alex Krug who was 3 for 3, while Montgomery picked up a pair of hits.
Wyatt Roach went the first four on the hill, while Orozco put in five innings in relief. Together the duo yielded seven hits and fanned a combined six batters.
Maxwell (7-3) closed out the preseason this week with a doubleheader against Mt. Shasta on Friday.
Pierce 3 – Maxwell 11 (3/16)
Pierce 12 – Live Oak 9 (3/17)
Following its loss to the Panthers, the Bears brought their eight-game slide to an end with a victory in Live Oak.
In Maxwell, a double off the bat of Mikey Acevedo and a hit by Nathan Gomez were the only knocks of the game for Pierce.
However, against the Lions, the Bears got some timely hitting as Acevedo tripled and drove in three, Thomas Murphy doubled and drove in a pair of runs, while Alex Ramirez finished 2 for 4.
Freshman Fabian Paiz shouldered the load on the mound, putting in six and two-thirds innings of work in which he struck out seven and surrendered four unearned runs, while Colin Dye came in and retired the only batter he faced to end the game.
Pierce (1-8, 0-1) completed its Sacramento Valley League series with East Nicolaus in Trowbridge on March 27.
Colusa 0 – Paradise 12 (3/18)
Colusa 8 – South Fork 7 (3/19)
Colusa 1 – Fort Bragg 11 (3/20)
After being no hit by visiting Paradise, the RedHawks made their way to Fort Bragg’s Bill Pavoni Tournament where they went 1-2.
Statistics from the win over South Fork and the loss to Fort Bragg were not made available.
Colusa also fell in a second game on March 20, but no other information was provided.
This week the RedHawks (2-8, 0-1) rounded out the preseason when they hosted Oroville on Tuesday, then faced SVL rival Durham at home on Wednesday before completing the series with the Trojans on the road today.