• Evergreen Valley's softball squad began play this weekend in the Charlie Miguel Tournament at Pioneer High School. The Lady Cougars defeated Los Gatos on Friday afternoon 6-0, but split their two games on Saturday, beating Valley Christian 1-0 and falling to San Benito 3-1. They will begin their league campaign this Thursday at Westmont.
• In a non-league match up against cross-town rival Silver Creek, the baseball team defeated the Raiders 3-2. Right fielder Alejandro Madrid broke his hitting slump with two hits and two RBIs, including the eventual game winner in the fourth inning. Alex Resendez threw four innings of three-hit ball to earn the win while Alex Lagman took over for the game's final five outs for the save.
  

• In its first league dual meet of the season, the Evergreen Valley track team defeated Willow Glen in both the varsity boys and varsity girls divisions. The girls were lead in their 102-25 victory by sophomore Jennifer Espinoza (winner of 800m and 1600m) and junior Lia Randazzo (winner in 100m and 300m hurdles). Derion Taylor won the 110m hurdles, triple jump, and set a new school record in the high jump at six feet, two inches, as the varsity boys won by the score of 81-46. The Cougars will compete at the West Valley Relays this weekend at Westmont High School.
• The Lady Cougar softball team routed Mountain View 14-2. Pitcher Bianka Molina threw a complete game two-hitter and also went 4-for-4 at the plate to drive in two runs.
  
• Both boys and girls swim teams suffered losses to a high-powered Pioneer squad on Thursday. The boys fell 127-56 while the girls were defeated 119-76. The team's next meet will be on Friday, March 27 versus Leland.
• Baseball will face non-league opponent Silver Creek on Saturday at noon.
  

• Evergreen Valley's swim team opened up its season on Friday afternoon at home against Westmont. The varsity boys team edged the Warriors 87-83. Sophomore sensation Michael Ngo won the 200m invidual medley in 2:03.43, the 100 fly in 57.09, and led the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay to victory.
• On the girls side, the Cougars defeated Westmont by the score of 177-106. Evergreen was highlighted by Chloe Rasmussen winning the 50 free in 25.20, the 100 back in 1:03.59, and both 200 medley relay and 400 free relay.
• The track and field team took a few athletes to the K-Bell Invitational on Saturday at Los Gatos High School. Derion Taylor made his 2009 debut in the triple jump with a victory, jumping a CCS-best 43 feet, 6 inches. Kevin Liao set a personal best in the 3200 meters in 9:52.17 for fourth place and Ryan Thomas led the first 600 meters of his 800 race, but finished fourth in 2:00.74. Erica Arenas ran 59.83 for second in the 400 meters.
• At the Circle of Champions tournament in Salinas, the Lady Cougars softball team fell to Piedmont Hills 2-1. Lauren Clark drove in Janel Salanoa in the 5th inning for Evergreen's lone run.
  

• Behind a strong offensive effort, the Evergreen Valley baseball team defeated Lincoln 8-6 to sweep the early season two-game series. Jose Gonzalez and Chris Gallegos both homered, with Gallegos going 3-for3 with 4 RBIs and Mark Milioto hitting 2-for-3, scoring two runs and driving one in. Alex Lagman got the win and Gallegos earned the save. Evergreen will next face Prospect at the Cougar diamond on Tuesday at 3:30 PM.
• In another pitching duel, the Lady Cougars softball squad scored an early run and rode the flawless pitching of senior Bianka Molina to beat Milpitas 1-0. Ashlee Velez scored the game's sole run in the 1st, while Molina held the Trojans to three hits on nine strikeouts.
  

Lively crowds at the baseball and softball diamonds Tuesday afternoon saw both Cougar varsity squads earn victories.

• The baseball team earned a close win against league rival Lincoln. Trailing 2-1 heading into the bottom of the 6th inning, the Cougars scored four runs to gain a three run cushion. The Lions scored one run in the 7th against Evergreen's closer, but was able to hold onto the victory by the final score of 5-3. The Cougars improve to 2-1 in league play and will travel to Lincoln on Thursday for the final game of the two-game set.
• The Lady Cougars defeated 2008 CCS Division I runner-up Gilroy 1-0 in a tough non-league match-up. First baseman Lauren Clark drove in Bianka Molina, the eventual winning run, in the second inning. Molina had a gem of a pitching outing, throwing a 4-hit complete game shutout. Evergreen will face Milpitas at home tomorrow at 3:30 PM at the softball diamond.

• The track team participated in its first meet of the season at the Willow Glen Invitational. The Varsity Boys scored 65 team points, good enough for second place to Willow Glen's dominating 93 points. Seniors Jeremy Roberts and Domenic Casil went 1-2 in the 200 meter dash with times of 23.16 and 23.29, respectively, and senior Emmanual Scott placed second in the shot put with a school record throw of 44 feet, 4 inches. The boys relays also excelled. The 4x100 (Kevin Le, Jeremy Roberts, Kevin Nguyen, and Domenic Casil) finished second in 45.33 seconds and the 4x400 (Roberts, Nguyen, Casil, and Ryan Thomas) won in 3:38.35.
  
• On the Varsity Girls side, Erica Arenas was second in the 200 meter dash and third in the 100 meters, while Lia Randazzo won the 100 meter hurdles. The girls won both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays (Randazzo, Arenas, Jalisa Taylor, and Bernice Fernandez) in times of 53.10 and 4:26.75. These performances capped a team victory, as the team's 53 points just edged out Leland and Mountain View.
• The Lady Cougars softball team continued play in the Circle of Champions tournament in Salinas with two victories on Saturday. In game one vs. Pacific Grove, shortshop Janel Salanoa and second baseman Ashlee Velez each went 3-for-4 with one RBI. Bianka Molina drove in three runs while also earning the pitching victory in Evergreen's 8-3 win. The Cougars took game two against Hillsdale by the score of 7-3. Molina and Salanoa both had two RBIs as Lexi Medina scored two runs. The team will continue with round-robin games in Salinas throughout the course of the week.
• Evergreen's baseball team was blown out by Gilroy 12-2. Mark Milioto and Chris Gallegos each hit a home run to score the Cougars' lone runs.
  

• The girls basketball team will be taking on Santa Teresa tonight at 6:15 in the quarterfinals of the CCS Division I playoffs at Milpitas High School. The sixth seeded Saints defeated Independence on Thursday night by the score of 60-44. Santa Teresa was fourth in the BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division this season, but lost twice to the Cougars during league play.
  
• The Lady Cougars softball team fell to Fremont 3-2 in the non-league match-up Friday. Senior shortstop Janel Salanoa led the team with an impressive 4-4 day at the plate. Evergreen will next travel to Mountain View on Wednesday for anther non-league tune-up.
• On Thursday, the baseball team earned its second consecutive win vs. San Lorenzo Valley at the Mission City Classic tournament in Santa Clara. Catcher Mark Milioto had two doubles and one RBI and senior hurler Chris Gallegos earned the win, going five innings and giving up two runs on three hits. The Cougars will play their final game of the tournament today at 1:00 PM.
  

Wednesday's headlines:

• Cougar baseball team upset A league squad Leland 10-5.
• Softball team tied traditional powerhouse Archbishop Mitty 4-4.

More details to come later.

• The Evergreen Valley baseball team fell to defending CCS Division II champions Wilcox by the score of 3-0. The Cougars were saved by a no-hitter thrown by Wilcox pitcher Andrew Herrera by a 7th inning hit by third baseman Jose Gonzalez. Junior pitcher Alex Lagman threw a solid four innings, but earned the loss for giving up all three Wilcox runs. Senior Alejandro Madrid came in relief to throw a scoreless 5th, 6th, and 7th innings.
• The Lady Cougar softball team will open up their season by hosting defending CCS Division II champs Archbishop Mitty tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 PM.