In the Freeway League on Friday:
The Freeway League baseball race has suddenly tightened up.
Heading into this week, Fullerton looked to be on cruise control, headed toward an easy first-place finish.
However, that was before Sonora swept a two-game series from the Indians, finishing it with an 8-2 victory Friday at Fullerton High.
Here are Carlos Arias' 21-25 teams in the O.C. power rankings:
(Quality victories are victories over top-25 teams or top non-county teams)
21. EL TORO (Sea View) 8-14
Streak: 2 L
Quality victories: Ayala (Chino Hills) 6-5; Cienega (Vail, Ariz.), 7-0; O'Connor (Glendale, Ariz.), 3-1; Aliso Niguel, 6-3; Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.), 3-2; Valencia (Valencia), 3-2; and Long Beach Wilson, 4-3.
Friday's Freeway League highlights:
La Habra 4, Sonora 0: Jake Garvey (5-0) pitched a three-hit shutout as the Highlanders (11-5, 5-2) beat the visiting Raiders (10-8, 4-3) to take sole possession of second place in league.
The second meeting between the Freeway League rivals. This time, La Habra hosts Sonora who rides a 18 Game W Streak. The Raiders are playing without Marcus Farrand, and Jordan Sachs is looking to break out. Jonathan Khamis, OCVarsity.com, 2-4-09. (Click here to read the game story.)
La Habra (13-5, 1-0) at No. 3 Sonora (15-1, 1-0)
Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Outlook: Is La Habra in the house? The first meeting in the city rivalry has Jordan Sachs and the Highlanders traveling to face Sonora, which is led by guard Chris Bearden.
La Habra opened league play with a 79-53 victory over Buena Park that included a 30-point effort by Sachs.
Here are the teams ranked first through fifth in the new O.C. media poll for boys basketball:
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