Athletes of the week

(Published during the high school sports season)

(For the week of March 9 through March 15)

Boys

Sawyer Smith (Sr.) Clear Lake High School baseball

Sawyer Smith tossed a complete-game six-hitter Saturday afternoon as the Clear Lake Cardinals won their third straight game, beating the Branson Bulls 7-2 at College of Marin in Kentfield. Smith struck out eight and walked two as the Cardinals, after an 0-3-1 start to their season, improved to 3-3-1. Smith and teammate AJ Bruch give Clear Lake a formidable starting rotation again this season as the Cardinals look to win a league title and advance deep into the playoffs for a second year in a row.

Girls

Josie Keithly (Jr.) Kelseyville High School softball

Josie Keithly opened her week by going 2-for-3 with a run scored in Kelseyville’s 14-4 non-league loss to Cardinal Newman in Santa Rosa, but ended it with a bang, again going 2-for-3 but this time with two home runs and four RBIs in the Knights’ 6-3 non-league home victory over the Orland Trojans. Keithly slugged a pair of two-run homers, a shot to right-center field in the bottom of the first inning and a blast to straightaway center in the fourth, both clearing the fence with ease. She has three home runs in her first four games this season.