The third and final game of this week's Western State Conference series between local rivals Cuesta and Allan Hancock has been moved up to a Noon start on Thursday. 

The Cougars have taken the first two games the three-game series, after beating the Bulldogs, 6-3, in Santa Maria today.  The Cougars offense was led by Outfielders Ethan Royal and Alex Hagen, who both enjoyed three-hit days in the victory.  Royal, who is the Cougars' leadoff, went 3-for-4, including a Double, and scored twice, while Hagen came off the bench for his third start of the season to power the Cougars' victory.  He went 3-for-4, including a pair of Doubles and a Triple, and drove in four of Cuesta's six runs.  On the mound, Freshman Luigi Albano-Dito went the distance for his second win of the season. Albano-Dito struckout six Bulldogs, while scattering seven hits.  The Bulldogs scored all three of their runs in the first three innings, before Albano-Dito settled down to hold the host team to only two more safeties over the last six innings.  The victory puts the Cougars a half-game ahead of the Bulldogs in the WSC standings, so the winner of tomorrow's game at high Noon will take control of the WSC circuit.