Prep sports roundup: Granada Hills upsets Chatsworth in volleyball showdown
Granada Hills boys' volleyball defeats Chatsworth in five sets, with RJ Francisco recording 19 kills.
With more than 40 years of coaching experience, Tom Harp of Granada Hills sure knows how to pull off upsets in boys volleyball. His team created some uncertainty for the City Section playoffs by knocking off the likely No. 1 seed, Chatsworth, on Monday with a five-set victory, 24-26, 23-25, 25-18, 25-21, 15-12.
"It was an amazing match," Harp said. "It was some of the hardest spikes I've seen in a long time from both teams. " RJ Francisco of Granada Hills had 19 kills and setter Shawn Meza contributed 46 assists.
Granada Hills pulled into a first-place tie with Chatsworth in the West Valley League after losing to the Chancellors earlier this season. Baseball Sylmar 7, Sun Valley Poly 0: The Spartans moved two games ahead of the Parrots in the Valley Mission League race. Matthew Torres threw a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts.
Rickee Luevano had two hits and three RBIs. Tim Sepulveda added two hits. El Camino Real 6, Chatsworth 2: It was a big day for JJ Saffie, who had a home run, double and two singles for the Royals.