Yuba City High School's Max Stassi and Vanden's Andrew Aplin helped the United States 18-and-under National Team to a silver medal at the International Baseball Federation's XXIII AAA World Junior Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.
The United States lost 7-0 to Korea in Sunday's championship game to finish 7-1 in the event, which featured the world's top 18-and-younger players from 12 countries.
Aplin, an outfielder, batted .333 in eight starts, and Stassi, a catcher, hit .130 in seven starts.
– Bill Paterson
• Davis High School outfielder Cody Keefer, who will be a senior this fall, has verbally committed to play at UCLA.
Keefer batted .492 for the Blue Devils last spring.
– Bill Paterson
• Paul Brock struck out 10 batters in going the distance, helping Fontanetti's beat the host California Cobras 6-2 in Sacramento to win the Stan Musial American Amateur Baseball Congress Western Region title Sunday. Luke Gadow led the Cobras with six hits in the playoffs.
– Bee Sports staff
Golf
Sacramento native Heather LeMaster shot a 5-over-par 77 in the first round of the U.S. Women's Amateur at the Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore.
LeMaster, who concluded her senior year at Sacramento State this past spring, is tied for 70th.
"I was definitely fighting my nerves at the start of the round," LeMaster said. "This tournament is like nothing else I have ever played. There are some of the best players in the country here, and it is set up just like a professional event."
NCAA Player of the Year Amanda Blumenherst from Duke shot a 6-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead over Alison Walshe, of Westford, Mass.
– Bee Sports staff and Associated Press
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