HELENDALE — Hesperia’s Isaiah Wilson shot a 74 to pace all golfers at the Academy of Careers and Exploration Invitational on Monday.
Wilson had a one-stroke advantage over teammate Damien Aranda and University Prep’s Andrew Acosta at Silver Lakes Country Club.
Aranda and Acosta each shot 75, but Aranda had a birdie on the playoff hole to edge Acosta for second place.
Excelsior’s Wesley Wang shot 77, which helped lift the Eagles to the team title. Excelsior shot 359 as a team, besting Hesperia by four strokes. Oak Hills finished third, shooting 387. Eleven teams competed in the event including, Sultana, Serrano, Barstow CIMS and Riverside Prep.
Three teams were ranked in the latest CIF-Southern Section Division 6 poll released Monday.
Sultana is down a spot to No. 4 in the division, with Adelanto moving up two at No. 6, and Excelsior finally cracking the top-10, coming in at No. 10.
University Prep is up two spots at No. 3 in Div. 7.
In Div. 3, Oak Hills fell from the top 10 and was among teams receiving votes.
At Apple Valley, the Jackrabbits won their second Desert Sky League match of the season on April 4th, besting the Aztecs by 34 strokes and closing the gap for first place.
Victor Valley beat first-place Barstow 533-567 in the fifth DSL match of the season at Apple Valley Golf Course. Victor Valley’s Harrison Hill shot a 92 to take medalist honors. He bested Granite Hills’ Sebastian Barajas by seven strokes. Victor Valley’s Alex Castro shot 106 to take third place.
Barstow leads the standings with 23 points but Victor Valley is just one point behind the Aztecs.
Barstow won the fourth DSL match 545-575 over Victor Valley on March 28. Barstow’s Blaine Schiele took medalist honors, shooting 100.
The DSL tees off again Thursday at Green Tree Golf Course.
1. Barstow 545; 2. Victor Valley 575.
1. Schiele (B) 100; 2. Paolini (B) 101; 3. Hill (V) 102; 4. Padilla (V) 107; T5. Castro (V) 110; T5. Morris (B) 110; 7. Richardson (B) 113.
1. Victorville 533; 2. Barstow 567; 3. Adelanto 645.
1. Hill (V) 92; 2. Barajas (G) 99; 3. Castro (V) 106; 4. Paolini (B) 107; 5. Padilla (V) 108; 6. Peralta (A) 110; T7. McAllister (B) 111; T7. Sowards (V) 111; 9. Sedano (G) 113; 10. Morris (B) 114.
1. Barstow 23; 2. Victor Valley 22; T3. Adelanto 9; T3. Granite Hills 9.
At Oak Hills, the Diamondbacks held off the Bulldogs to remain in first place in the Mojave River League.
Nathan Patton helped led the way in singles, winning 7-6 (11), 6-1, 6-2.
Oak Hills led six of nine doubles matches, led by Tanveer Singh and Moises Cruz sweeping 6-3, 6-0, 6-4.
At 5-1, Serrano is tied with Sultana atop the MRL.
Serrano (8-3) is on the road against Burroughs on Wednesday.
Patton 7-6 (11), 6-1, 6-2; Seo 1-6, 6-4, 6-0; Garcia 1-6, Gonzalez 6-2, 6-2.
Macomber-Shihora 3-6, 3-6, 6-3; Yun-Kim 0-6, 2-6, 1-6; Ford-Patton 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Sanchez 6-7 (11), 6-1, 6-1; Gonzalez 1-6, 4-6, 2-6; Montalvo 2-6; Bronston 2-6; Mendoza 0-6.
Singh-Cruz 6-3, 6-0, 6-4; Ortiz-Thomas 6-3, 6-2, 4-6; Duque-Patty 3-6, 6-1, 3-6.
At Hesperia, Franciso Jaime and Chris Rivera each swept in singles as the Sultans beat the Scorpions.
Jamie and Rivera dropped just two games each.
Christian Salas and Nick Olea swept 6-0, 6-4, 6-1 for Hesperia in doubles.
Phung 0-6, 0-6, 3-6; Pineda 1-6, 2-6, 2-6; Gomez 1-6, 7-5; Rodriguez 0-6.
Cardenas-Stiber 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Salas-Olea 6-0, 6-4, 6-1; (Zavala-Cruz)-Morales 0-6; Vinson-Morales 1-6; Lopez-Monroy 1-6.
Jaime 6-0, 6-1, 6-1; Rivera 6-0, 6-2, 6-0; Crandall 6-3, 6-2, 5-7.
Bertz-Antunez 6-4, 0-6, 6-1; Orduno-Goforth 2-6, 4-6, 6-1; Ward-Caspary 4-6, 1-6, 6-0.
A handful of Serrano athletes had a strong showing at the Arcadia Invitational over the weekend.
On Friday, Serrano’s team of Maribel Aguilar, Marisol Aguilar, Elizabeth Martin and Madison Elliott finished 11th in the 4x1600 relay with a time of 21:21.34. There were 22 teams in the race. The Diamondbacks are now ranked No. 13 in the nation in the event.
In individual races, a couple of Serrano runners broke their personal records.
Ian Crocker broke his personal record in the 3200, with a time of 9:25.82, which was good for 36th out of 78 participants. And in the girls 3200, Maribel Aguilar shaved nine seconds off her personal best with a time of 11:00.97. She finished 21st of out 46 runners.
On Saturday, Tiani Goeson also set a personal record in the mile run, with a time of 5:15.98.
The girls distance medley finished seventh out of 38 teams with a time of 12:39.34. Maribel Aguilar, Elise Howard, Elliott and Martin ran the race, and finished second in the first heat.
Natalie Lin took 12th in the triple jump (36-05), out of 21 participants.