RB, Poway High Baseball Teams on a Collision Course

With both the Rancho Bernardo High and Poway High baseball teams unbeaten in conference play with six games remaining on the Palomar League schedule, something's got to give, and that likely will happen next week.

That's when the Broncos and Titans square off in a three-game series that will go a long way in determining which team claims  the league crown. They both sport 9-0 records entering play on Wednesday, with RB having the easier schedule leading up to next week's showdown.

Rancho Bernardo (18-5 overall) plays at Westview (4-19, 1-8) on Thursday and hosts the Wolverines on Saturday. In the series opener Tuesday, the Broncos used a 10-run second inning to coast to a 13-1 victory.

Branden Berry went 3-for-4 with two home runs and five runs batted in. Max Homick went the distance on the mound to improve his record to 6-1. He has a sparkling 0.85 ERA and opposing batters are hitting just .199 against him.

Poway (19-4) has a pair of games against Torrey Pines (18-7, 5-4), at the Falcons' field Thursday and at home Saturday. The Titans pulled away to a on Tuesday with a pair of six-run innings. Connor Joe, Ryland Herr, Ryan Moreno and Kevin Newman each had a pair of RBI in the win.

Poway will host RB in a 3:30 p.m. game on Tuesday, and the teams will meet in a doubleheader at Rancho Bernardo beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 14.

Each team closes out the league schedule on Tuesday, May 17, with RB at winless Mt. Carmel (a team it has already beaten 18-0 and 35-4), and Poway hosting Ramona (13-10), which has lost twice to the Titans by identical 10-3 scores.

PHS softball team also coming up big

Hayley Steele had three hits and three RBIs and Nicole Johnson and Kathryn Duran each added two hits and two RBIs as the Poway softball team topped Westview 9-4 on Wednesday.

The Titans, who scored four runs in the first inning and five more in the third, improve to 20-5 overall and 6-1 in Palomar League play. Alayna Brenman went six innings for the win, her 13th in 14 decisions.