Alhambra High School advanced to the semifinals of the Arcadia Elks Tournament with an 8-3 victory over San Marino Tuesday.

Greg Saldate hit a 2-run home run in the first inning and went 2 for 3 to lead the way for the Moors (3-0), who host Arcadia at 3:15 p.m. Thursday at Moor Field. The championship is at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Saldate also pitched the first 3 2/3 innings, striking out seven. After running into trouble, Ralph Barrios worked out of that jam and finished up to get the win.

Juan Crespo went 2 for 3 with three stolen bases and Vai Peko had a double, triple and two RBIs.

The Moors won their first two games in the tournament over the weekend.

They defeated Hoover, 9-3 Friday and Beverly Hills, 5-4 Saturday.

Against Hoover, Crespo went  3 for 4 with a double and two RBIs, Isaiah Marin and Saldate were each 2 for 3 and Juan Morales had a double and three RBIs for Alhambra. Jonathan Beltran picked up the win with five innings of 3-hit ball.

Marin, Morales and Crespi all had a hit and RBI against Beverly Hills. Sophomore Gary Acuna, who retired 14 in a row at one stretch, got the win by pitching five innings.

Montebello Tournament

Rich Rios went 4 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs and Daniel Moriel went 2 for 3 with a two-run homer to lead El Rancho past Cantwell Sacred Heart, 12-1 Monday in the Montebello Tournament. Michael Espinoza struck out five in four innings to get the win.
The victory put the Dons into the semifinals against H.H. Wilson.

Montebello (2-0), which hosted South El Monte Wednesday in the other semi, scored three in the first inning and two in the fifth and went on to defeat West Covina, 5-2 Monday in its own tourney.

The Oilers blanked Bosco Tech, 4-0 last Friday as Anthony Millian drove in three runs with a home run and single and Alex Guerrero  went 3 for 3. Millian pitched the first five innings for the win and Guerrero finished up on the mound.

Newport Elks Tournament
Segerstrom defeated Schurr, 3-1 Monday in the Newport Elks Tourney.

The Spartans, now 0-2, were led by Christian Madrid, who was 3 for 4, Carlos Arredondo, 2 for 2, and Robert Scothorn, 2 for 2 with an RBI.

Warren topped Compton, 8-6 in another Newport Elks game Monday. Christian Rodriguez struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings of 1-hit ball for the Bears (1-1).

El Segundo Tournament
Cathedral blasted South East, 16-5 Monday in the El Segundo Tournament.

Javier Escamilla went 2 for 3 with a double and RBI for South East (1-1).

Prep softball
Lincoln’s softball team, which has split its first four games, resumes play in its own Lincoln Classic Saturday with a pair of games.

The Tigers host Verdugo Hills at 8:30 a.m. and L.A. Baptist at noon.

In the early going, the City Section’s Northern League school has been led by Angelica Felix, who is batting .700 with six RBIs, and Jenny Ly, hitting .556 with four RBIs. Pitcher Emily Krantz is 2-2 with a 2.33 ERA.

In their 2-1 nonleague loss to South East Monday, Felix went 3 for 3 with a double and run scored and Andrea Acosta had a single and RBI. Krantz pitched a 6-hitter with five strikeouts and two walks.

After opening the season with a 17-9 nonleague loss to Westchester, Lincoln defeated Banning, 8-3 and Long Beach Cabrillo, 10-0 in the first two rounds of its tournament.

Felix and Jessica Zapata each had two hits and two RBIs against Banning.

Against Cabrillo, Vanessa Hernandez went 2 for 3 with a home run and four RBIs and Ly went 3 for 3 with two doubles, a triple and two RBIs. Krantz threw 1-hit ball over five inning, striking out six and walking one.

In other Lincoln Classic action Monday, Narbonne routed Bell, 10-1.

Priscilla Herrera went 1 for 3 with an RBI and Vanessa Cortez was 1 for 3 to account for the Eagles’s  two hits. Bell is 1-2.

Elia Lizarraga struck out nine in a 2-hit effort for Narbonne (4-1). She helped her own cause with two hits and two stolen bases. Brittney Guy hit a 3-run homer and Rachel Samoa had two hits for the Gauchos.