Ceres High’s track and field program hosted Western Athletic Conference rivals Lathrop and Pacheco earlier this month.

Central Valley challenged Beyer and Livingston on the road.

Ceres High’s boys team swept Lathrop (51-31) and Pacheco (53-29) on April 8 at CUSD Stadium.

The first-place Bulldogs improved to 5-0 in the WAC standings.

Ceres High’s 4x100 relay team of Reis Smith, Joseluis Arreola, Nathaniel Macias and Tre Karriem placed first (44.04).

Alexander Vas Dinis placed first in the shot put (47-7) and discus (154-2).

Kyle Phongsa placed first in the triple jump (39-91/2).

Cashton Almeida placed first in the 200 (23.22) and 400 (51.51), and second in the high jump (5-6).

Karriem placed first in the 100 (11.29) and long jump (20-10), and third in the triple jump (38-51/2).

Jaiden Boss placed first in the 110 hurdles (15.35) and sixth in the long jump (18-61/2).

Ceres High’s 4x400 relay team of Smith, Almeida, Phongsa and Sergio Torres placed second (3:36.26).

David Rodriguez-Ochoa placed second in the 110 hurdles (16.15) and 300 hurdles (42.24).

Torres placed second in the 800 (2:01.76) and third in the 1,600 (4:38.67).

Ceres High’s 4x800 relay team of Martin Bolanos Aleman, Alex Rodriguez, Andrew Alfaro and Manuel Serrano placed third (10:40.29).

McCoy Adams placed third in the pole vault (11-0).

Smith placed third in the 200 (23.48) and fifth in the long jump (18-8).

Sam Nieto placed fourth in the shot put (36-10).

Adrian Fuentes placed fourth in the discus (124-10).

Jasandeep Singh placed fourth in the 300 hurdles (46.09), sixth in the 110 hurdles (18.91) and eighth in the pole vault (8-6).

Macias placed fourth in the 100 (11.71) and seventh in the 200 (24.08).

Calen Adams placed fourth in the pole vault (10-0) and 10th in the long jump (17-10).

Ulisses Ramirez Ochoa placed fifth in the shot put (36-3).

Serrano tied for fifth in the high jump (4-10).

Josiah Martinez tied for fifth in the high jump (4-10) and placed sixth in the pole vault (8-6).

Arreola placed fifth in the 100 (11.74) and eighth in the 200 (24.16).

Somil Bansal tied for sixth in the pole vault (8-6) and placed seventh in the 400 (56.16).

Von Tigner placed sixth in the triple jump (36-9) and 11th in the long jump (17-10).

Ceres High’s girls team beat Pacheco (47-16) and lost to Lathrop (62-11).

The third-place Bulldogs moved to 3-2 in the WAC standings.

Jayden Garcia placed first in the 300 hurdles (50.94) and 400 (1:04.22), and fifth in the 200 (28.96).

Alanize Moreno placed first in the discus (95-0) and second in the shot put (28-4).

Ceres High’s 4x100 relay team of Brooke Kiser, Mariah Zamora, Emily Esparza and Genevieve Villasenor placed second (54.04).

Ceres High’s 4x400 relay team of Garcia, Kiser, Alyssa Rodriguez and Roe Monroe placed second (4:37.98).

Zamora placed second in the long jump (15-41/2) and triple jump (33-3), and sixth in the 200 (29.04).

Kiser placed third in the 200 (28.59) and 400 (1:05.90), and fifth in the high jump (4-2).

Brianna Luna placed third in the 800 (2:51.39) and fifth in the 1,600 (6:45.72).

Madeline Schultz placed third in the discus (69-6) and fifth in the shot put (23-6).

Sovannary Carter placed third in the 100 hurdles (20.62), fourth in the triple jump (31-31/2) and sixth in the 300 hurdles (57.96).

Marissa Pacheco placed fourth in the pole vault (5-0) and seventh in the 800 (3:09.34).

Savannah Weese placed fifth in the 100 hurdles (21.43).

Esparza placed fifth in the long jump (14-1), ninth in the 100 (14.44) and 13th in the 200 (29.76).

Nehemiah Valenzuela placed sixth in the long jump (13-8).

Villasenor placed sixth in the 100 (14.13), seventh in the triple jump (28-10) and 11th in the 200 (29.54).

Central Valley traveled to Modesto on April 9 to compete against Livingston and host Beyer.

Central Valley’s fifth-place girls dropped to 1-4 in the WAC standings after losing to Livingston (77-37) and Beyer (99-25).

Cristina Carmona took first in the shot put (29-0) and sixth in the discus (62-5).

The Hawks’ 4x100 relay team of Sophia Alvarez, Payton Meta McConnell, Damaris Cisneros and Eliana Tamayo took second (55:07).

Central Valley’s 4x800 relay team of Milianna Rios, Alexa Gudino, Destiny Casique and Alyssa Ontiveroz took second (13:09.12).

Tamayo took second in the 100 (13.52) and 200 (28.46).

Central Valley’s 4x400 relay team of Meta McConnell, Kaur, Cisneros and Gudino took third (5:12.46).

Brianna Espinoza took third in the discus (77-2) and fourth in the shot put (25-9).

Tarnjot Kaur took third in the long jump (13-01/2) and seventh in the 800 (3:07.10).

Meta McConnell took fourth in the 100 (13.96).

Alvarez took fifth in the 100 (14.07).

Valeria Garcia Morales took fifth in the 100 hurdles (22.34).

Gudino took fifth in the long jump (12-5) and 13th in the 200 (32.28).

Karla Sarabia took fifth in the 300 hurdles (1:04.20) and 14th in the 100 (14.76).

Jocelyn Rivera took sixth in the 400 (1:11.94).

Central Valley’s sixth-place boys team dropped to 1-4 in the WAC standings after losing to Beyer (89-43) and Livingston (102-34).

Damian Olivares took first in the shot put (44-8).

He set a personal record in the shot put.

David Alvarado took first in the discus (109-2) and sixth in the shot put (34-31/2).

Jackson Stokes took first in the pole vault (10-0) and 10th in the 400 (1:01.50).

The Hawks’ 4x100 relay team of Massimo Catalano, Ernesto Martinez, Daniel Leon and Antonio Burgos took second (46.64).

Leon took second in the 110 hurdles (18.52) and third in the 300 hurdles (45.61.

He set personal records in both events.

Central Valley’s 4x400 relay team of Martinez, Burgos, Xavier Banta and Steve Duran took third (3:55.45).

Central Valley’s 4x800 relay team of Alexis Landa, Frankie Klino, Joshua Michelena and Benjamin Gill took third (9:28.96).

Adam Victorino took fourth in the 100 (11.97).

Burgos took fourth in the 400 (57.19).

Elijah Plasencia took fourth in the shot put (37-8) and seventh in the discus (96-11).

Sebastian Maldonado took fifth in the 300 hurdles (53.62).

Martinez took fifth in the 400 (57.20) and 10th in the long jump (14-21/4).

Angel Franco took sixth in the discus (98-6).

SOFTBALL

Ceres High’s third-place softball team kept its Western Athletic Conference title hopes alive last week after topping Grace Davis and Pacheco by a combined score of 39-9.

Central Valley remained in fifth place following its domination of Johansen and loss to Livingston.

The Bulldogs will claim their third straight WAC championship if they win out and second-place Beyer knocks off first-place Livingston.

“I’m hoping we can get first,” Ceres High senior pitcher Alize Cole said. 

“I don’t think anybody is satisfied with where we’re at,” Hawks’ head coach Jimmy Bates said. “I really believe in our ability. We’re very young. We have seven underclassmen on our varsity team. I have to get the girls confident in themselves”

Ceres High improved to 14-7 overall and 10-2 in the WAC standings with a 17-0 mercy-rule victory over Grace Davis on April 16 in Ceres.

The sixth-place Spartans dropped to 4-14 and 2-10.

“We played as a team again,” Cole said. “We’re having a lot of fun.”

Cole filled a major role in helping Ceres High secure its sixth straight victory.

She gave up no runs and three hits with eight strikeouts and two walks in five innings.

“I was hitting my spots,” she said.

Cole received plenty of runs support.

The Bulldogs totaled 13 hits.

“My teammates always have my back,” Cole said. “It takes a lot of pressure off me. I have more confidence.”

Cole helped her own cause by batting 1-for-4 from the plate with one run.

Bella Bravo batted 2-for-3 with one homer, one double, three RBIs and two runs.

Ava Montesdeoca batted 2-for-3 with one double, two RBIs and three runs.

Ceres High defeated Pacheco 22-9 in five innings on April 14 in Los Banos.

The Bulldogs collected eight hits versus the last-place Panthers (3-16, 0-11).

Elizabeth Figueroa batted 4-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs.

Montesdeoca batted 1-for-2 with one triple, three RBIs and three runs.

Tatianna Ortiz batted 1-for-1 with three RBIs and two run.

Ceres High has won by the mercy-rule 10 times this season.

Central Valley’s softball team improved to 12-8 overall and 6-6 in the WAC standings with a 22-1 five-inning, mercy-rule win over Johansen on April 16 in Modesto.

The seventh-place Vikings dropped to 2-13 and 2-10.

The Hawks set a program-record for runs scored in a single inning with 16 in the top of the second versus the Vikings. 

“It’s hard to believe when something like that happens,” Bates said. “The girls were confident and having fun.”

Central Valley pounded 18 hits during the game.

Reylena Herrera batted 3-for-4 with three RBIs and four runs.

Gabriela Delatorre batted 2-for-4 with one double, four RBIs and three runs.

Monster Prudhel batted 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and two run.

Delatorre and Brooklynn Steeley both pitched.

Delatorre allowed no runs and two hits with five strikeouts and one walk in three innings.

Steeley surrendered one run and one hit with three strikeouts and no walks in two innings.

Central Valley lost 11-1 to first-place Livingston on April 14 in Ceres.

The Hawks had more errors (6) than hits (4) against the Wolves (16-6, 10-1).

“We need to be more competitive with teams that are higher up in the standings,” Bates said. 

Steeley collected two of Central Valley’s hits as she singled twice.

Abigail Krauss doubled.

Delatorre singled.