Athletes of the week

(Published during the high school sports season)

(For the week of March 30 through April 5)

Boys

Sawyer Smith (Sr.) Clear Lake High School baseball

Sawyer Smith figured prominently in both of Clear Lake’s wins over Cloverdale in North Central League I action during the past week. In a 10-6 win at Lakeport on Monday, Smith pitched 5 2/3 innings for the victory, striking out 12. He also went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs. When the two teams met again on Friday in Cloverdale, a 14-3 Clear Lake win in five innings, Smith went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs as the Cardinals improved to 4-0 in the NCL I standings.

Girls

Heidi Ortega (So.) Lower Lake High School softball

Heidi Ortega had a productive week for the Lower Lake Trojans, who were involved in a pair of one-run games during North Central League I play. On Tuesday, she went 3-for-4 with a double in an 11-10 road loss to Fort Bragg. Three days later Ortega singled home the winning run in Lower Lake’s come-from-behind 8-7 home win against Middletown. Lower Lake rallied for five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to win it, Ortega’s RBI single capping the rally.