The Valencia softball team rallied in the fifth inning and beat Orange Lutheran, 5-3, in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs.

Caitlin Rooney drove in two runs with a single to give her team a one-run lead in the fifth. Bethany Kemp added an RBI single as Valencia moves on to the semifinals of the Division I playoffs.

Orange Lutheran scored three runs in the first inning and was up 3-1 in the fifth when Valencia started its rally.

After a shaky start, Valencia starter Carly Mortensen held Orange Lutherna scoreless for the last six innings of the game. She had eight strikeouts and scattered six hits.

Rooney was 1-for-2 and drove in three runs. Melissa Fundora added an insurance run, scoring in the bottom of the sixth inning to give her team a 5-3 lead.

Valencia will play Santa Margarita in the semifinals on Tuesday.

The Hart softball team lost to Corona, 3-0, in their Division I playoff game.

Corona scored a run in the first inning and another in the third to go up 2-0 early in the game. Chelsea Crawley hit a home run in the sixth inning to give her team a 3-0 lead.

Corona starter Loie Kesterson held Hart to four hits. Emili Escamilla got one of Hart’s hits. She also pitched six innings and gave up five hits.

In high school track and field, the CIF-Southern Section Masters Meet is today at Cerritos College in Norwalk. Several track and field athletes from the Foothill League are in the meet, including Jenna Vincej from Saugus, the Southern Section Division II champion in the 400, and Canyon’s Kevin Enge, the Division II champ in the high jump.

In auto racing, the two cars for Bryan Herta Autosport will start 12^th and 13^th in today’s Indy Lights Firestone Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Sebastian Saavedra will start 12^th and Stefan Wilson will start 13^th.

Saavedra will be only the third driver in the Firestone Freedom Indy Lights race and the Izod IndyCar Series Indianapolis 500 on the same weekend. Saavedra will start 32^nd in the Indy 500 for Bryan Herta Autosport on Sunday. Valencia’s Bryan Herta is the owner of Saavedra and Wilson’s cars.

Pippa Mann, driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, won the pole for the Firestone Freedom 100. She is the first woman to win a pole for a race in the 101-year history of Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The Lakers needed a last-second shot to beat the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. Ron Artest knocked in the game-winner as time expired to give the Lakers a 103-101 win.

Artest made only two shots in the game. His putback at the buzzer was the difference in an otherwise dreadful game for Artest.

The Lakers were leading 101-98 when Jason Richardson hit a 3-pointer with 3.5 seconds left to tie the game. On the ensuing possession, Kobe Bryant missed his shot, but Artest grabbed the rebound and made an off-balance shot to win the game.

Bryant scored 30 points, had 11 rebounds and nine assists.

The Lakers lead the series three games to two. Game 6 is Saturday in Phoenix.

The Dodgers and Cubs matched zeroes for seven innings. The Cubs finally broke the scoreless streak with a run in the eighth inning and beat the Dodger 1-0.

Dodgers starter John Ely was the hard-luck loser again. He pitched into the eighth inning and gave up only four hits.

Cubs starter Ted Lilly pitched seven shutout innings. Tyler Colvin drove in the only run of the game with an RBI double in the eighth.

The Dodgers will be in Colorado tonight to start a three-game weekend series with the Rockies. Carlos Monasterios will make his first start of the season for the Dodgers. He will go against Jeff Francis for the Rockies. Pregame starts at 5:30 on AM 1220, KHTS.