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PREPS NOTEBOOK: Baseball Season Off and Running
Watsonville and Monte Vista Christian clash in early season league matchup.
The Watsonville High baseball team was nipped 2-1 by host Monte Vista Christian in a cross town league opener on Wednesday.
Despite the loss, the Wildcatz are 4-3 so far during the young 2011 campaign, already boasting wins over Silver Creek, Seaside, St. Francis-Watsonville and Trinity Christian-Monterey.
The MVC win over Watsonville was the Monterey Bay League opener for both schools.
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Nolan Rackley is off to a torrid start at the plate for the ‘Catz.
The senior shortstop/pitcher is hitting a whopping .529 with a team-high 10 runs and nine hits through seven games.
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Rackley, Steven Arajo, Aaron Rivera and James Duran all are tied for the team lead with five RBIs.
For MVC, the season started a long ways from home.
The Mustangs played their first four games of the year in a tournament held in Katy, Texas. MVC dropped three of four games on the trip, playing against some of the top teams in the baseball rich state of Texas.
Isaac Itamura recorded the lone RBI of the day in the 2-1 walk-off victory against Watsonville this week.
The junior outfielder went 3-for-3 at the plate, raising his average to a juicy .467 through five games.
Itamura, and fellow juniors Austin Daich (.438) and Sam Thorne (.412) are all red-hot to open the ’11 season.
These two teams will meet again on April 15 at MVC.
