West Valley remained atop the rugged Coast Conference standings with a 12-3 win over Cabrillo in Aptos Thursday. Viking batters pummeled Seahawk pitchers for 20 hits, including five doubles and a homer, while a trio of WVC pitchers limited Cabrillo to three singles. The win improved West Valley to 28-1 overall, 5-0 in the Coast, while Cabrillo fell to 2-23-1 and 0-5.

Rylee Gomez remained on fire at the plate with a two-run double in the top of the 1st that drove in Jasmine Mixco, who reached on a walk, and Andrea DeJesus, who had singled up the middle. Gomez went to work again two innings later, keying a six-run Viking 3rd with a viscious blast over the centerfield fence that brought home Brianna Chambers Lee, who had led off the frame with a double off the left field fence. The long ball was a team-leading fourth of 2025 for Gomez, who would knock in her 5th run of the game with a single to left in the 7th.  

The 7th was a prototyplical inning for the Vikings. They scored four runs on six hits that included a leadoff single from Raylene Cruz, followed, in order, by a Jessalyn Casillas double, and RBI-singles from Gabriella Diotalevi and Marissa Rodriguez.  Mixco then ripped a one-out RBI-single, followed by the two-out, run-scoring Gomez single. The Seahawks went down in order in the home half of the 7th, capped by a game-ending three-pitch strikeout of Brisea Rivera by Ashlie Nakano.

Gomez finished 3-for-4 with five RBI, while DeJesus was 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, and Casillas was a pefect 3-for-3 with a pair of runs, two doubles and an RBI. Chambers Lee, Diotalevi and Mixco each had two-hit outings. Alexis Bojorquez-Nava roped the fifth WVC double. West Valley's pitching "A-Team" of Amelia Sizemore, Anastasia Marquez and (Ashlie) Nakano scattered three singles over seven innings and struck out seven. Starter Sizemore improved to 4-0 on the year with the win in the circle. Nakano was particularly effective, giving up no runs, one hit and striking out six in 3.2 innings of work.

West Valley returns to Viking Field Tuesday (3/25) for a stern test against Hartnell (13-9-1, 4-1), winners of eight of their last nine. First pitch is 3:00pm.