Eagles baseball, softball teams open league campaign with wins

Cloverdale High School baseball and softball teams began the league season in winning fashion last week, with each team logging key victories.
The varsity baseball Eagles kicked off the NCL-1 campaign with a disappointing, 14-0 loss to Clear Lake on March 24, but finished up in a 6-2 win over Kelseyville on March 27.
The Eagles (7-4, 1-1) will resume league action this week with a scheduled outing at Willits on March 31 (after press time), before returning home to host Lower Lake this Friday, April 3.  Cloverdale will wrap up the home stand next Tuesday, April 7 when it entertains visiting Middletown. All games begin at 4 p.m. at City Park.
Meanwhile, the Lady Eagles (6-1, 2-0) followed up a strong preseason with a pair of league-opening home wins over Clear Lake (2-0, March 24), and Kelseyville (8-0, March 26). Next up for the ladies is a road visit to St. Vincent on April 1 (4 p.m.), followed by participation in the Standley Cup Tournament in the East Bay on April 2-4. Cloverdale will be back on the league diamond on April 7 when they host Middletown in a 4 p.m. tilt.  
Eagles gain split  
The Cloverdale baseball squad saw its three-game win streak snapped in the NCL-1 opener against visiting Clear Lake on March 24, as the Cardinals pounded out 13 hits and rode the arm of complete-game pitcher Dillon Williams in powering to a 14-0 win.  The Eagles committed six errors in the game.
Eagles starting pitcher Greg Scaramella (1.2 IP, 5 hits, 4 ERs) took the loss, while Jared Hibbeln (1.1 IP, 1 hit, 1 ER) and Jon Alvarez (4.2 IP, 3 hits, 2 ERs, 3 Ks) closed it out in relief. Collecting Cloverdale’s three hits were Chris Harms (1 for 2), Scott Richardson (1 for 1), and Scaramella (1 for 3).
The home-standing Eagles were back in the win column three days later in a clash with Kelseyville, erasing a 2-0 deficit with a four-run uprising in the third inning en route to a 6-2 victory.  
Harms enjoyed a stellar inning on the bump, going the distance in spinning a seven-inning, four-hit, nine-strikeout gem. Pacing the Cloverdale bat attack were David Watson (2 for 3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs), Scaramella (1 for 2, 3 RBIs), Hibbeln (1 for 3, run), Angel Vega (1 for 4, run) and Alvarez (1 for 2).
Ladies dominant
The defending NCL-1 champion Lady Eagles made a statement regarding their desire for an encore performance in 2015, opening league with a 2-0 shutout win over visiting Clear Lake on March 24.
Junior ace Teanne Edens was terrific in her NCL-1 debut, tossing seven innings and scattering three hits while fanning 13 batters in a dominant outing. Jordyn Turner (1 for 1, HR, run, RBI) provided all the runs Cloverdale would need with a two run bomb in the opening frame to score Monica Lemley (3 for 3, 2 2Bs, run), who hit safely in all three of her plate appearances. Sierra Morse (1 for 3) also collected a hit for the Eagles.
Cloverdale played host to Kelseyville two days later, erupting for 16 hits in a ferocious offensive attack. Edens was equally dominant, limiting the Knights to just one hit on the day in a complete-game,13-strikeout effort. Cloverdale took a 1-0 lead in the first and never looked back in an eventual, 8-0 win.
Swinging hot bats were Edens (3 for 4, 2 runs, RBI), Shalynn Mancini (2 for 4, run), Morse (2 for 4, run, RBI), Bailey Stewart (2 for 4), Bailey Creager (2 for 4, RBI), Turner (2 for 2, 2 2Bs, 2 runs, 2 RBIs), Josie Marrufo (2 for 3, RBI) and Amber Adams (1 for 3, 2B).