• 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.

On Tuesday Night, a trustees meeting for the East Side Union High School District took place at Independence High School (San Jose, CA). On top of laying off 80 district teachers, along with 116 personnel that work for the district, the district took a large step into determining the existence of high school sports next year. The trustees agreed on a principle to charge students $200 a year to play after school sports. This would help balance the school's $23 million deficit. A more formal plan will be laid out in the future.

Earlier this year, Superintendent Bob Nunez said that he would consider shutting down the pools at various high schools, and thus eliminating aquatic sports. On Tuesday, Nunez then announced that he is considering for pools to be open part time during the school year.

For a more detailed description, go to http://www.mercurynews.com/sportsheadlines/ci_11884400.

The Lady Cougar Basketball team ended their season by falling to the Sheldon Huskies (Sacramento,CA) 53-39 in the out bracket game in the California Interscholastic Federation Northern California Division I Tournament.

Evergreen Valley led off the game with their traditional aggressive and scrappy defense, which led to steals and easy baskets as the Lady Cougars took a 9-4 lead into the second quarter. However, when Sheldon put on a zone defense in the second quarter, the Lady Cougars could not stop the Huskies' momentum. The Huskies outscored the Lady Cougars 22-7 in the second quarter and took a 10 point lead going into halftime. The Lady Cougars kept fighting in the second half with their tenacious defense but could not overcome the deficit as the Huskies' lead stretched to 20 points midway through the 3rd quarter.

Lanyssa Fiaui led the Lady Cougars with 12 points as Jennifer Le added 11.

The Lady Cougars finish the season with a record of 23-7 while also claiming the BVAL A-League Title.

The Lady Cougars basketball team will travel to Sacramento tonight to face Sheldon High School in round one of the Northern Californian championships. Sheldon is the San Joaquin Section runner-up, falling to Kennedy in the section championships 54-48. The Huskies finished the season 20-11 and are ranked 10th in the SJS.

The winner of this match will face Monte Vista-Danville, the North Coast Section champions.

Coming into the CCS Division I championship game, few expected the Evergreen Valley Cougars to have much of a shot against number one ranked San Benito. The Haybalers had three players over six feet tall and had outscored their opponents during the CCS playoffs by an average of 25.5 points.

The Cougars started the game sluggishly as San Benito opened with a 7-0 run and led after the first quarter 11-4. Evergreen's perimeter game came to life in the second quarter. Guards Jennifer Le, Alyssa Prudencio and Jezelle Cutia hit clutch threes to bring the Cougars to a one point deficit at the half. After a back and forth third stanza, Evergreen claimed a one point lead, but was unable to hold on in the final quarter. The Haybalers' two centers, Lauren Adamek and Victoria Aguilera, came up with a number of timely rebounds while guard Vanessa Farias hit four clutch free throws in the game's final minutes to wrap the game up for San Benito, 48-37.

Evergreen will advance to the Northern California championships on the merit of its second place finish in CCS. The opponent and location of the game is to be determined.

• 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.