West Hills Spots Encino a 5, Then Rallies to Win

West Hills rallied from an early five-run deficit and held on the defeat Encino, 6-5, in an American Legion District 20 winners’ bracket game Wednesday at Birmingham High.

Tony Castleberry and Kevin Lohman each had three hits for West Hills (21-2). Lohman’s double highlighted a three-run seventh inning for West Hills.

Scott Schubeck (4-0) pitched six innings of relief for West Hills, allowing five hits and striking out four.

Chris Crawley had three hits and scored two runs for Encino (14-9).

In another District 20 game, Amador Solis hit a two-run home run with two out in the bottom of the ninth to give Glendale (15-8) a 7-6 victory over Van Nuys East (15-8) in an elimination game at Burroughs High.

Football

Former Cal State Northridge defensive tackle Oscar Wilson, second on the Matadors’ all-time sack list, was waived by the Green Bay Packers.

Auto Racing

Woodland Hills driver Nick Joanides is in stable condition at the Sherman Oaks Burn Center with third-degree burns on his hands after a five-car collision at Mesa Marin Speedway in Bakersfield.

During Saturday night’s Super Late Model feature race, Ray Hooper Jr. blew an engine. Hooper lost control of his car, which careened into one driven by Joe Bean, causing a chain reaction that involved three other cars.

Hooper and emergency crews pulled Joanides, who was trapped in his car, to safety.

Joanides was the most-seriously injured driver. All five cars involved in the accident were declared total losses.

Contributing: Michael Lazarus, Bryan Rodgers.