{"id":6312,"date":"2026-04-16T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=6312"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:52:47","slug":"mountain-vista-mtown-notch-softball-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=6312","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Vista, M&#8217;town notch softball wins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Mountain Vista edges Lucerne 3-1 in pitcher&#8217;s duel; M&#8217;town rolls past Upper Lake 11-0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LUCERNE &gt;&gt; Mountain Vista pushed across two runs in the top of the sixth inning to beat Lucerne 3-1 in middle school softball action Wednesday afternoon in Lucerne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was the best and most fun game of the year so far,\u201d Mountain Vista head coach David Kennedy said. \u201cIt was a great pitcher\u2019s duel, and it was great see our players battle. We came up with some huge and timely hits, and our defense got us out of some jams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aliana Gomez doubled to right-center field in the top of the sixth to drive home what proved to be the winning run. She later scored on a two-out error. Lucerne (1-3 league, 3-3 overall loaded the bases in the bottom half before grounding out to end the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyleigh Drinnon (1-for-3) knocked in Lucerne\u2019s only run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaitlyn Tarin went 2-for-3 with a double for Mountain Vista (3-0, 5-5) while Gomez (1-for-3) and Aubrey Mullen (1-for-3) added doubles. Nevaeh Davis went 1-for-3 with a RBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maylee Antoni earned the win in relief. She didn\u2019t allow a hit in her two innings of work, striking out two and walking three. Angelina Gozony pitched all six innings for Lucerne, striking out eight and walking one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there weren\u2019t many offensive highlights for Lucerne, head coach Fred Miller said the play of first baseman Ally Abreu definitely stood out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlly Abreu\u2019s first time starting at first base and she contributed to eight of the 10 outs that weren\u2019t strikeouts,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mountain Vista is right back at it Thursday with a home game against Upper Lake in Kelseyville at 4:30 p.m. Lucerne hosts Terrace School on Monday at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Middletown 11, Upper Lake 0 (4 inn.)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Middletown, Peyton Beehler tossed a three-hitter, striking out seven and walking one, as the Middletown Broncos shut out the Upper Lake Wildcats in a four-inning game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaelani Becerril went 2-for-2 and drove in three runs for the Broncos, now 4-0 in league play and 6-1 overall. Beehler (2-for-2), Stella Brand (2-for-2) and Heather Warren (1-for-1, double) drove in two runs apiece. Sophie Stetson (2-for-2, double) also had a RBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Middletown hits the road Monday to play Mountain Vista in Kelseyville at 4:30 p.m. Both teams are undefeated in league play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lucerne2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6314\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lucerne2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lucerne2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lucerne2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photos courtesy of Cherish Holcomb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mountain Vista edges Lucerne 3-1 in pitcher&#8217;s duel; M&#8217;town rolls past Upper Lake 11-0 Lake County Sports on Facebook LUCERNE &gt;&gt; Mountain Vista pushed across two runs in the top of the sixth inning to beat Lucerne 3-1 in middle school softball action Wednesday afternoon in Lucerne. \u201cThis was the best and most fun game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,92,40,49,89,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6315,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6312\/revisions\/6315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}