The Sea Kings Varsity scored a season-high eleven runs on their way to an 11-0 shutout of the La Quinta Blackhawks. The Blackhawks had no answers for Sea Kings starter Stevie Jones (‘26), who was simply dominant. Jones fanned eleven of the nineteen batters he faced while pitching five and two-thirds innings and allowing two hits.
The Sea Kings got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning when Brady Gadol (‘25) led off the game with a double and eventually scored on a wild pitch.
After a scoreless second inning, the Sea Kings pushed across four runs in the bottom of the third inning. Jones got a one-out single and was joined on base by Ganon Overfelt (‘25), who walked, and JJ Haley (‘28), who singled. William Chiechi (‘25) then cleared the bases with a double to left field and the Sea Kings were up 4-0. The Blackhawks gifted a fifth run to the Sea Kings when Chiechi scored on a wild pitch.
The Sea Kings broke the game wide open in the bottom of the fifth inning by posting five runs on the scoreboard. Chiechi was again in the middle of the action as he started the rally with a one-out single. After a walk to Marc Solomon (‘25), Brody Dahlquist (‘25) singled to score Chiechi. Another walk was followed by a Gadol single that plated Solomon. A bases-loaded walk to Jones forced in the third run of the inning and two more Sea Kings scored when the Blackhawks’ third baseman misplayed Overfelt’s ground ball that would have ended the inning.
The bottom of the sixth inning saw the Sea Kings score their final run when Ben Stone (‘26) singled home Solomon, who had doubled.
Gadol, who ended the regular season on a nine game hitting streak, was once again a stat sheet stuffer. Against the Blackhawks, Gadol was three for five with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI.
Third baseman Chiechi ended the regular season in scorching fashion as well with an eight game on-base streak and a five game run scoring streak. The Blackhawks got the full Chiechi experience, as he went two for three with a double, while scoring two runs and driving in three.
Jones helped his own pitching effort by going one for three at the plate, and adding a walk, a run and an RBI.
Haley’s single in the third inning extended his hitting streak to four games and his on-base streak to five games.
The Sea Kings Varsity now awaits word on a possible at-large bid to the CIF-Southern Section Championships.