2002 ALL-EAST COUNTY SOFTBALL TEAM
EastCountySports.com staff report
EL CAJON - West Hills senior pitcher Lindsay
Sutton and Mount Miguel coach
Kathy Worley are the top award winners in the EastCountySports.com
softball
award winners for East County Softball in 2002.
Sutton, who will attend Redlands University
in the fall, pitched 11
consecutive shutouts - one short of the SDCIF season record. Sutton
compiled
a string of 83 scoreless innings and finished with an 18-8-2 record
overall.
She went 115 innings without allowing an earned run and finished
with a 0.41
ERA. She struck out 230 in 206 innings.
Worley led Mount Miguel to a share of the
Grossmont South League championship
and an 18-11-2 overall.
(06-14-02)
2002 ALL-EAST COUNTY SOFTBALL
TEAM
(Selected by EastCountySports.com staff)
FIRST TEAM Position Name School Year Pitcher Lindsay Sutton West Hills Sr. Pitcher Breanna Felix Mount Miguel Jr. Pitcher Rachel Kelly Granite Hills Sr. Pitcher Angela Leatherman El Capitan Sr. Catcher Crystal Miller West Hills Sr. Catcher Jenny Ray Christian Sr. Catcher Mallory Palmer El Capitan Jr. Catcher Jessica Miller Helix Sr. Catcher Lindsey Woods Grossmont Sr. Infield Jennifer Young Granite Hills Sr. Infield Shannon Peterson Grossmont Sr. Infield Whitney Holum Valhalla Jr. Outfield Amanda Beasley Mount Miguel Jr. Utility Tara Campbell Monte Vista Sr. - Player of the Year - Lindsay Sutton, West Hills Coach of the Year - Kathy Worley, Mount Miguel - SECOND TEAM Pitcher Lacey Wilson Valhalla Fr. Pitcher Heather Bientema Grossmont Sr. Catcher Savannah Brown Valhalla So. Catcher Michelle Rivera El Cajon Valley Sr. Infield Karli Buxton El Capitan Sr. Infield Ashley Lovelady Grossmont Jr. Infield Mary Seid Grossmont Sr. Infield Natasha Chouinard West Hills Jr. Infield Erin Short West Hills Sr. Infield Margeaux Bass Santana So. Outfield Donna Gonzales Mount Miguel Sr. Outfield Laree Oglesby Santana Jr. Outfield Ebony Thorpe Mount Miguel Jr. Outfield Taryin Casillas Grossmont So.
FIRST TEAM Pos. Name School Year Pitcher Lindsay Sutton West Hills Senior Pitcher Angela Leatherman El Capitan Senior Catcher Crystal Miller West Hills Senior Catcher Mallory Palmer El Capitan Junior Catcher Lindsey Woods Grossmont Senior Catcher Michelle Rivera El Cajon Valley Senior Infielder Karli Buxton El Capitan Senior Infielder Shannon Peterson Grossmont Senior Infielder Ashley Lovelady Grossmont Junior Infielder Margeaux Bass Santana Sophomore - Pitcher of the Year - Lindsay Sutton, West Hills Most Valuable Player - Crystal Miller, West Hills - SECOND TEAM Pos. Name School Year Pitcher Heather Beintema Grossmont Senior Infielder Natasha Chouinard West Hills Junior Infielder Erin Short West Hills Senior Infielder Mary Seid Grossmont Senior Infielder Tawni Macke El Cajon Valley Sophomore Outfielder Denise Triplett West Hills Junior Outfielder Tariyn Casillas Grossmont Sophomore Outfielder Heather Locher El Capitan Junior Outfielder Breanna Pinnick El Capitan Senior Outfielder Laree Oglesby Santana Junior - HONORABLE MENTION El Cajon Valley: Heather Mackin; Kara Jackson; Katie Allison; Michaela Crain El Capitan: Diane Ramos; Kim Whitlow; Alissa Unden Grossmont: Angelique Blackmon; Lisa Green; Alex Sobel; Brittany Garcia Santana: Rochelle Sandberg; Elisa Benitez; Aimee Benz; Domenique DeLuca West Hills: Kellie Bryan; Kasey Mytinger; Erica Torres; Amy Johnson
2002 ALL-GROSSMONT SOUTH LEAGUE SOFTBALL
Co-Champions: Mount Miguel and Granite Hills
(Selected by League Coaches)
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Year
Pitcher Breanna Felix Mount Miguel Junior
Pitcher Rachel Kelly Granite Hills Senior
Pitcher Tara Campbell Monte Vista Senior
Catcher Jessica Miller Helix Senior
Catcher Savannah Brown Valhalla Sophomore
Infielder Jennifer Young Granite Hills Senior
Infielder Whitney Holum Valhalla Junior
Infielder Meagan Hartung Granite Hills Senior
Infielder Michelle Batchelor Valhalla Junior
Infielder Amanda Beasley Mount Miguel Junior
Outfielder Donna Gonzales Mount Miguel Senior
Outfielder Alison Tino Granite Hills Junior
-
Pitcher of the Year - Breanna Felix, Mount Miguel
Most Valuable Player - Jennifer Young, Granite Hills
-
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School Year
Pitcher Lacey Wilson Valhalla Freshman
Catcher Jade Shipp Mount Miguel Junior
Catcher Carrie Melvin Monte Vista Senior
Infielder Lyndsay Calhoun Monte Vista Junior
Infielder Vanessa Moreno Granite Hills Junior
Infielder Anna Perrino Mount Miguel Senior
Outfielder Ebony Thorpe Mount Miguel Junior
Outfielder Jennifer Gomez Mount Miguel Senior
Outfielder Brandi Giles Granite Hills Junior
Utility Stephanie Sweat Valhalla Sophomore
-
HONORABLE MENTION
Granite Hills: Angie Asaro-Sr; Maegan Peterson-Sr
Helix: Danielle Downing-Sr; Megan Borunda-Sr; Adriana DeJong-Jr;
Sarah Alberts-So; Teresa Mange-Sr
Monte Vista: Melissa Barron-Jr; Sireenah Cruse-So
Mount Miguel: Heather Linder-Johnson-Sr
Valhalla: Kimberly Hayden-Fr; Corinne Krier-Sr
EastCountySports.com staff report
SAN DIEGO - West Hills senior Lindsay Sutton
rolled another set of quality
numbers, but she and her teammates could not solve the deliveries
of Mira
Mesa's Lisa Dodd in Saturday's (May 25) San Diego CIF Division
II finals at
UCSD.
Dodd retired the first 16 Wolf Pack hitters
she faced and only an infield
single by Erica Torres in the 6th inning denied her a perfect
game as Mira
Mesa (35-1) claimed the Division II title for the second year
in a row with a
3-0 victory.
"She was overpowering," West Hills
coach Steve Sutton said of Dodd, who
struck out 12 en route to her 7th straight shutout and 17th win
against one
loss. "None of the balls we hit were hit hard."
Dodd dropped her ERA to an unheard of 0.10 - 2 earned runs in 139 innings.
"She's that good," Sutton said.
"We knew that coming in, but I've never seen
her any better than she was today."
Lindsay Sutton's bid for a SDCIF record-tying
12th consecutive shutout was
dashed in the first inning as a two-out error left the door open
for Lyn
Morris. The Mira Mesa slugger blasted her 5th home run of the
season,
snapping Sutton's string of scoreless innings at 83.
All three Mira Mesa runs were unearned,
which enabled Sutton (18-8-2) to
extend her strand of innings without allowing an earned run to
115. She
fanned three to finish the year with 230 strikeouts in 206 innings,
while
lowering her ERA to 0.41.
One emotional plus for Sutton and the Wolf
Pack (20-11-2) was knowing that
they were able to snap Dodd's hitting streak at 29 games. Dodd
went hitless
in three at-bats, striking out once.
"I thought if we could keep Dodd off
base, we'd have a chance," coach Sutton
said. "But we couldn't get anything going on offense ourselves."
CHRISTIAN 1, MARIAN CATHOLIC 0 - Rene Henson fired a 3-hitter as the Patriots
(16-11) captured the SDCIF Division IV championship Saturday (May
25) at UCSD.
Catcher Jenny Ray singled, stole second
and third, and scored on Melissa
Owens' sacrifice fly in the first inning.
Henson, a senior, finished with three strikeouts and did not allow a walk.
Erin Ryan turned in an outfield assist, while Callie Murray had a diving stop and assist in the seventh.
"It was a great way to end out season," Christian coach Roma Dawson said. "We got the seven strong innings we needed and excellent defense made sure we got the victory."
The Crusaders rallied in the sixth, putting
two on with no out, but a pair of groundouts sandwiched around
a strikeout ended the threat.
(05-25-02)
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POWAY - The stage is set for a storybook
ending for West Hills and pitcher
Lindsay Sutton. If Sutton can muzzle top-seeded Mira Mesa in Saturday's
(May
25) Division II finals at UCSD she will tie the San Diego CIF
record for
consecutive shutouts and the Wolf Pack (20-10-2) will claim its
second SDCIF
title in 4 years.
"We will have to play a perfect game
to beat Mira Mesa," admits West Hills
coach Steve Sutton, the pitcher's father.
That will take some doing considering the
Pack was demolished 6-1 and 8-0 by
Mira Mesa (34-1) in an early-season doubleheader.
"We were way out of whack and their
lineup was set when we played those
games," Sutton said. "They are the same team they were
then and I think we
are a much better team now."
An unheralded senior right-hander bound
for Redlands University, Sutton
pitched her 11th consecutive shutout in Thursday's (May 23) SDCIF
Division II
semifinals as West Hills eliminated Grossmont North League rival
El Capitan
4-0 at the Poway Sports Complex.
Sutton retired the Vaqueros (17-13) in order
in 6 of the 7 innings,
permitting infield singles to Angela Leatherman and Mallory Palmer
in the 4th
frame. El Cap stranded runners at the corners when Heather Locher
grounded
out.
West Hills capitalized on an error to score
all 4 of its runs off Leatherman
- El Capitan's ace - in the first inning. Erin Chouinard blasted
a 2-run home
run over the left fielder's head to make it 2-0.
After Sutton kept the inning alive with
a two-out base hit, Denise Triplett
scorched a single to left. When the ball took a kangaroo hop over
the head
of the Vaqueros' left fielder, pinch runner Mandy Weaver scored
from first
and Triplett circled the bases to make it 4-0.
Leatherman would allow only 2 hits over
the final 5 innings, but it didn't
matter as Sutton had all the run support she needed.
The shutout stretched Sutton's string of
scoreless innings to 83, and left
her one shutout shy of the SDCIF record 12 set by Point Loma's
Cathy
Yamashiro in 1995.
While lowering her ERA to 0.42 - she has
allowed just 12 earned runs in 199
innings - Sutton raised her strikeout total to 227.
West Hills was seeded 5th when it beat the
odds to capture the 1999 SDCIF
Division I title.
(05-23-02)
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SANTEE - West Hills pitcher Lindsay Sutton
authored her 10th consecutive
shutout as the Wolf Pack eliminated Grossmont South League co-champion
Mount
Miguel 2-0 in Tuesday's (May 21) Division II quarterfinals of
the San Diego
CIF playoffs. Sutton can tie the section shutout record if she
can zero El
Capitan in Thursday's (May 23) semifinals and perennial power
Mira Mesa in
Saturday's II finals.
That's a tall order for a blue-chip pitcher,
who ranks second only to Point
Loma's Cathy Yamashiro in SDCIF record annals for consecutive
shutouts.
Yamashiro held 12 straight opponents scoreless in 1995.
Sutton was in control throughout as she
kept the Grossmont North
League-champion Wolf Pack (19-10-2) in the running for the Division
II crown,
limiting the Matadors (18-11-2) to 4 hits while striking out 13
and walking
none.
In the process, Sutton raised her East County-leading
season strikeout total
to 217 over 192 innings, while lowering her ERA to 0.39.
West Hills generated all the run support
Sutton would need in the 3rd inning
as catcher Crystal Miller drilled a two-run single. The Pack filled
the bases
on a walk, a slap bunt and a single by Erin Short. Miller finished
the job
with a shot into left-center field.
Breanna Felix (17-7) absorbed the loss for Mount Miguel.
Mount Miguel's Amanda Beasley, Donna Gonzales,
Jade Shipp and Felix had the
only hits - all singles - off Sutton.
LA COSTA CANYON 5, VALHALLA 1 - The Norsemen traveled north for the second
time this week and discovered that host La Costa Canyon was as
strong as
ever. The two-time defending SDCIF Division I champion Mavericks
were too
much for the visiting Norsemen as they maintained a course toward
a third
county crown in as many seasons.
For a while it looked as if Valhalla's trip
to North County would pay off as
the Norsemen (16-14-3) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning.
Whitney
Holum led off the game with a double over the head of the center
fielder and
came around to score on an RBI single by Savannah Brown.
Katie Erreca, Stephanie Sweat and Corinne
Krier chipped in singles along the
way for the Norsemen, but Valhalla could not find the scoring
formula
following its first frame tally.
The second-seeded Mavericks (24-5) came
right back to tie the game in the
bottom of the first. Led by Staci Falzon and Lindsey Dismuke with
2 hits
each, LCC added 2 runs in the 5th and 2 more in the 6th to put
the game away.
Katie Maroney (23-4) went the distance for
LCC, giving up 5 hits while
striking out 7.
Lacey Wilson (8-3) was the hardluck loser
for Valhalla. She gave up 5 hits, 1
earned run and struck out 6.
Nevertheless, it was a good year for the
Norsemen and first-year coach Doug
Hartung. They reached the CIF quarterfinals for the 3rd straight
season. This
team should be very good next year as everyone returns except
for seniors
Erreca and Krier.
EL CAPITAN 2, ESCONDIDO 0 - Mallory Palmer belted a 2-run home run in the
1st inning as the Vaqueros (17-12) eliminated host Escondido (20-8-1)
in
Tuesday's (May 21) San Diego CIF Division II quarterfinals.
Angela Leatherman (12-9) pitched a 3-hit
shutout.
(No other information was reported.)
BONITA VISTA 5, GRANITE HILLS 0 - Emily Turner (14-0) silenced the
hard-hitting Eagles (21-9) as the top-ranked Barons (31-0) breezed
to the
quarterfinal victory in Tuesday's (May 21) San Diego CIF Division
I contest.
Granite Hills ace Rachel Kelly (19-7) was denied a chance to become
a 20-game
winner.
No other information was reported by the Granite Hills coaches.
SOUTHWEST EL CENTRO 4, SANTANA 0 - (No information reported.)
CHRISTIAN 3, FRANCIS PARKER 1 - (No information reported).
(05-21-02)
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VISTA - Valhalla turned the one hour drive
north to Rancho Buena Vista into a
fruitful venture in Saturday's (May 18) opening round of the San
Diego CIF
Division I softball playoffs. As usual, the North County school
discounted
the East County entry, but the Norsemen came away with a 5-3 upset
victory.
The ball was really flying at the Longhorns
field as three balls were hit out
of the park. Three different girls celebrated their first home
runs of the
season. For Valhalla, Katie Erreca hit the first one in the second
inning.
RBV came right back to take the lead in the bottom of the inning
when Tesara
Liggins hit a 2 run shot. But Valhalla was not done.
The Norsemen started the 3rd inning when
Rebecca Hall whacked a stand-up
double with a shot to the fence in center field, but she would
be stranded
when the next three batters got out.
In the 4th inning the Norsemen came back
to tie it 3-3. Michelle Batchelor
hit a single up the middle and sophomore Jamie McNally followed
with a 2 run
home run over the fence.
In the bottom of the 4th inning, Valhalla
freshman pitcher Lacey Wilson sat
the Longhorns down in order.
Valhalla generated two runs in the 5th inning.
After Rebecca Hall singled,
Whitney Holum doubled to left center. Freshman Kimberly Hayden
got the game
winning RBI with a 2 run double over the head of the center fielder,
driving
in Hall and Holum.
Wilson collected her 8th win in 10 decisions.
The right-hander went the
distance, allowing 6 hits and 3 runs while striking out 6 and
lowering her
ERA to 0.79.
Valhalla next travels to #2-seed La Costa
Canyon on Tuesday (May 21) for a
3:30 quarterfinal game.
MOUNT MIGUEL 2, CASTLE PARK 0 - Ebony Thorpe relied on her power and speed
to propel Mount Miguel past the visiting Trojans and into Tuesday's
(May 18)
quarterfinal round of the San Diego CIF Division II playoffs.
Thorpe drove in both Mount Miguel runs with
a 5th inning, inside-the-park
home run.
Heather Linder-Johnson led off the key inning
with a single to right field.
She was advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Amy Ledford.
With two outs, Thorpe worked the count to
2-2. She lined the next pitch past
the Castle Park center fielder to the fence. While the Trojans
were
retrieving the ball, Thorpe poured on the speed to circle the
bases.
Mount Miguel pitcher Breanna Felix hurled
a 5-hitter in a complete game
effort for her 17th win while striking out 7. The junior southpaw
did not
allow a walk, nor did her counterpart Mari Corona for Castle Park.
The Grossmont South League co-champion Matadors
will face Grossmont North
League champion West Hills in Tuesday's quarterfinal in Santee
at 4 p.m.
EL CAPITAN 1, PATRICK HENRY 0 - Angela Leatherman pitched a 6-hit shutout to
notch her 11th win against 9 losses, as the Vaqueros eliminated
visiting
Patrick Henry in Saturday's (May 18) first round of the San Diego
CIF
Division II playoffs.
The Vaqueros (16-12), who will travel to
#2-seed Escondido (20-7-1) in
Tuesday's (May 21) CIF quarterfinals, scored the only run in the
opening
frame against Henry ace Kristin Sheriff.
Diana Ramos led off with a single, advanced
to second on Leatherman's
sacrifice, and scored when the Patriots' first baseman booted
Mallory
Palmer's groundball.
GRANITE HILLS 3, RANCHO BERNARDO 1 - Rachel Kelly won her 19th game in
Saturday's (May 18) opening round of the San Diego CIF Division
I playoffs,
scattering 5 hits and striking out 6 to send perennial power Rancho
Bernardo
packing.
Granite Hills (21-10) took a 2-0 lead in
the 3rd inning. Singles by Alison
Tino, Jessica Talman and Jennifer Young made it 1-0. Angie Asaro's
sacrifice
fly scored Talman to make it 2-0.
The Eagles tacked on an insurance run in
the 5th inning when Asaro tripled
and Brandi Giles singled.
Young finished the day 2-for-2 with a triple and two walks.
SCRIPPS RANCH 3, GROSSMONT 2 - Foothillers catcher Lindsey Woods went
3-for-3 with a double and an RBI, but it wasn't enough to save
Grossmont from
a first-round knockout in Saturday's (May 18) opening round of
the San Diego
CIF Division II playoffs.
Grossmont (19-9) tied the game 1-1 with
two outs in the bottom of the 1st
inning when Taryin Casillas singled, stole second and scored on
a base hit by
Woods.
Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the 6th, Grossmont
punched in a run to shave
the deficit. Woods doubled and Kellye Zollers ran for her. Two
outs later,
Tiffany Garcia doubled to make it 3-2. But the Foothillers' rally
fizzled
thereafter.
Grossmont second baseman Mary Seid executed
a double play, and Woods
curtailed a Scripps Ranch rally with a pick-off throw.
"It was a disappointing end to an otherwise
good season," said Grossmont
coach Jerry Lerud.
(05-18-02)
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EL CAJON - Eight East County softball teams
have qualified for the San Diego
CIF playoffs, which begin on Saturday (May 18) at various sites.
Three of the
eight Inland qualifiers draw first-round byes.
In Saturday's Division I first-round action,
Valhalla (14-13-3) travels to
#7-seeded Rancho Buena Vista (19-8), while Granite Hills (20-8)
hosts Rancho
Bernardo (12-14). Both games will begin at 9:30 a.m.
In Division II, Grossmont (19-8) hosts Scripps
Ranch (9-13) at 9:30 a.m. El
Capitan (13-12) entertains Patrick Henry (11-14) at 10 a.m., while
Mount
Miguel (17-10-2) welcomes Castle Park (13-10) at 9:30 a.m.
West Hills (18-10-2), the Grossmont North
League champion, is seeded #3 and
draws a first-round bye on Saturday. The Pack will play the Mount
Miguel/Castle Park winner on Tuesday (May 21) in Santee.
Santana (8-17) was awarded a #4 seed in
Division III, which entitled the
Sultans to a first-round bye. Same was true of Christian (12-11),
which
landed the #4 seed in Division IV.
(See link for Complete Schedule)
(05-16-02)
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SPRING VALLEY - Rachel Kelly fired a 4-hit
shutout and struck out 7 to lead
the Granite Hills Eagles past host Monte Vista 5-0 on Wednesday
(May 15) in
the Grossmont South League finale for both teams. The victory
allowed the
Eagles to share the league championship with idle Mount Miguel.
Meagan Hartung drove in 2 runs for the Eagles
(20-8, 9-3), while Angie Asaro,
Maegan Peterson and Vanessa Moreno each drove in one.
The Eagles meshed 6 hits and 5 walks to
score 5 runs off Monte Vista starter
Sarah Castillo, who pitched the first five innings. Melissa Barron
blanked
Granite Hills on one hit over the final two innings.
Melanie Massey had 2 hits for Monte Vista
(8-16-3, 3-8-1), while Tara
Campbell and Alysha Daigle each had one. The Monarchs were missing
starter
Lyndsay Calhoun (ill) and Carrie Melvin, who arrived late after
taking an
advanced placement exam.
Kelly's victory raised her season record
to 18-6.
(05-15-02)
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SANTEE - If Lindsay Sutton is tiring from
overwork it doesn't show. The West
Hills senior pitcher extended her string of scoreless innings
to 69 with her
9th consecutive shutout and her first no-hitter Tuesday (May 14)
as the
Grossmont North League-champion Wolf Pack beat the Braves 2-0.
Sutton (16-7-2) figures to be a shoe-in
for Grossmont North League Player of
the Year honors, and will receive serious consideration for the
EastCountySports.com East County Player of the Year award.
Only three El Cajon Valley runners reached
base against Sutton - all on
walks. She struck out 9, raising her East County-leading total
to 204 over
185 innings. Sutton's overall ERA is a sparkling 0.45, while her
league mark
is 0.36 along with a 10-2 record and 98 strikeouts in 97 innings.
The Wolf Pack (18-10-2, 10-2) did all of
its scoring in the first inning
against El Cajon Valley starter Michaela Crain.
Erin Short led off with a bunt single, advanced
to second on Kellie Bryan's
sacrifice and scored on Crystal Miller's single to center. Miller
took an
extra bag when the Braves' center fielder bobbled the ball for
an error.
Courtesy runner Kristina Matthews stepped in for Miller on the
base paths and
scored on an error by the shortstop.
West Hills totaled 11 hits as Short, Miller and Erica Torres each had a pair.
Sutton figures West Hills has earned a Top
4 seeding position in the San
Diego CIF Division II playoffs, but won't find out until that
information is
disseminated on Thursday (May 16).
Mira Mesa (30-1), ranked No. 2 countywide,
will be the No. 1 seed without
argument. West Hills, Escondido, Eastlake and Mount Miguel will
fight for the
Nos. 2,3, and 4 seeds.
MOUNT MIGUEL 3, HELIX 1 (8) - Donna Gonzales' 2-run single snapped a 1-1 tie
in the 8th inning Tuesday (May 14) at Helix to assure Mount Miguel
of at
least a share of the Grossmont South League championship.
The Matadors' Breanna Felix (16-7-2) pitched
a complete-game 3-hitter and
also contributed a key double in the decisive 8th inning.
After Ebony Thorpe reached base on an infield
error, Felix slapped a double
to left-center field setting the stage for Gonzales' game-winning
shot.
"We'll be holding our practice over
at Monte Vista today (Wednesday, May
15)," Mount Miguel coach Kathy Worley said.
They won't be toting along their bats, balls and gloves, however.
"We'll be there rooting for the Monarchs," Worley assured.
Granite Hills (19-8, 8-3), idle on Tuesday,
needs to beat Monte Vista to tie
Mount Miguel for the Grossmont South title. A Monarchs' victory
would saddle
the Eagles with runner-up status.
Mount Miguel narrowly escaped Helix and
the upset-minded Highlanders on
Tuesday.
Helix took the early lead with a run in
the 2nd inning. Jessica Miller
ignited the rally with a single to right field. Danielle Glenn
bunted her to
second and Lauren Brady sent a single shot to the right field
corner, scoring
Miller.
Mount Miguel answered back in the 3rd inning.
Amanda Beasley doubled to left
center, moved to second on a sacrifice by Amy Ledford and scored
on a single
by Thorpe.
Helix had another chance to score in the 4th, but left two runners on base.
Helix starter Jessica Smith was relieved
by Adriana DeJong in the 4th and
held Mount Miguel in check until the 8th.
There were no strikeouts for the Helix pitchers,
but Felix fanned 6.
(05-14-02)
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LA MESA - It took Helix 13 innings, but
the Highlanders finally got to Monte
Vista pitching ace Tara Campbell. The senior right-hander limited
Helix to 4
hits and struck out 13 in 12 1/3 innings on Monday (May 13) before
Jessica
Miller blasted a long drive with the bases loaded and the Monte
Vista defense
pulled in tight to give the Highlanders a 1-0 Grossmont South
League victory.
Helix batters struggled against Campbell's
pitching all day, going down in
order most innings. Helix (11-14-2, 2-7-2) wasted hits by Teresa
Mange and
Sipau Lee-Noa in the early innings before breaking through in
the bottom of
the 13th.
Danielle Downing reached base on Campbell's
only walk of the game. Downing
advanced to second on an infield error and to third on a single
by Megan
Borunda. With bases loaded and one out, clean-up hitter Miller
worked the
count to 2-2. She fouled off an outside pitch. Campbell's next
pitch was
inside and Miller was ready. She turned on it early and powered
a drive over
the left fielder's head that surely would have cleared the bases.
Since the
Highlanders needed only one run to win, Miller was credited with
a single and
the game-winning RBI as Downing scored.
Helix used all its pitchers in the victory.
Adriana DeJong started the game,
was relieved by Lauren Brady in the 4th, who was relieved by Sarah
Alberts in
the 7th. DeJong returned to the pitcher's circle in the 11th to
finish the
game and get the win.
Monte Vista got 10 hits - including 2 singles
and a double by Sarah Castillo
- but stranded 12 runners. Melissa Barron and Campbell also had
2 hits apiece
for the Monarchs (8-15-3, 3-7-1).
Monta Vista first threatened in the fourth
inning. Campbell got on with a
single, was moved to second by Carrie Melvin. Castillo's single
advanced
Campbell to third but the budding rally stalled after that.
The Monarchs came back in the fifth. Martha
Bisceglia walked, advanced to
second on a sacrifice bunt by Melanie Massey. With two outs, Lyndsay
Calhoun
singled to right. But right-fielder Teresa Mange fielded the base
hit and
fired a strike to Miller at the plate, who tagged Bisceglia attempting
to
score from second.
Monte Vista threatened again in the top
of the 11th inning. Castillo doubled
to right-center and moved to third on Barron's single. Starting
pitcher
DeJong returned to the circle. Zandra Ulloa hit a grounder to
third where
Megan Borunda fielded the ball and threw home to Miller for the
tag on
Castillo.
GRANITE HILLS 4, MOUNT MIGUEL 3 - The Eagles (19-8, 8-3) held on to beat the
Matadors on Monday (May 13) to create a tie for the Grossmont
South League
lead with one game remaining.
Mount Miguel (16-10-2, 8-3) closes the season
Tuesday (May 14) at Helix,
while Granite Hills (19-8, 8-3) is scheduled to play at makeup
game against
Monte Vista on Wednesday (May 15).
Rachel Kelly ran her East County-leading
victory total to 17 as she pitched a
3-hitter, struck out 7, walked 2 and hit 3 batters. Breanna Felix
(15-7)
surrendered 7 hits and struck out 3 for Mount Miguel.
In the top of the fourth inning, the Eagles
broke a 0-0 tie. Meagan Hartung
led off with a single, Angie Asaro doubled and Vanessa Moreno
hit a bloop
single to center field making it 2-0.
Granite Hills extended its advantage to
4-0 with two outs in the 6th inning
as Moreno, Brandi Giles, Kelly and Alison Tino all hit singles.
Mount Miguel staged a rally with three runs
in the bottom of the 6th. Felix
led off with a double to short left field. Donna Gonzales drew
a walk on an
illegal pitch that advanced Felix to third. Jennifer Gomez singled
to center
to score Felix. Ebony Thorpe drew a walk, and Heather Linder-Johnson
hit
into a 1-2-3 double play. Jade Shipp then singled off of Kelly's
leg to score
two runs.
Kelly, however, escaped further damage to leave the teams tied for first.
GROSSMONT 3, SANTANA 2 - The Foothillers (19-8, 9-3) concluded the regular
season with a victory over the visiting Sultans (8-17, 2-9) on
Monday (May
13), and can only hope that El Cajon Valley can upset West Hills
in the Wolf
Pack's Grossmont North League finale on Tuesday (May 14).
If the Pack should falter, Grossmont could
nab a co-championship. Regardless
of what happens on Tuesday, West Hills would still have the psychological
edge, having beaten the Hillers 2 of the 3 games.
Grossmont received a complete game 4-hit
pitching effort from Heather
Bientema (11-5) while pounding out 11 hits against Santana ace
Dominique
DeLuca.
The Hillers took a 1-0 lead in the third.
Shannon Peterson singled to right,
and then went to second when Brittany Garcia bunted and reached
base safely
at first. Lindsey Woods walked to load the bases, and Mary Seid
singled to
left center for the RBI.
In the fifth inning, Grossmont extended
its advantage to 3-0. Brittany Garcia
provided the spark with a leadoff walk, and scored when Ashley
Lovelady
doubled to left center. However, Lovelady was thrown out attempting
to
stretch her hit into a triple. The rally continued as Taryin Casillas
singled
to left and Woods singled to right. Seid grounded out to advance
the runners,
and Angelique Blackmon followed with a base hit to score Casillas.
Santana refused to fold, however. Laree
Olgesby keyed a sixth-inning rally
with a single to left. Two outs later, Margeaux Bass doubled to
score
Olgesby.
The Sultans did not go quietly in the 7th,
either. DeLuca reached base on a
leadoff walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and to third
on a fielder's
choice. She scored when Amy Benz grounded out. But that's where
it ended for
Santana, as Grossmont prevailed.
"It was a good end-of-the (regular)
season game for us," Grossmont coach
Jerry Lerud said. "We hit the ball well, and we were very
aggressive on the
bases - almost too aggressive at times. But that's OK. This is
the time of
the year, going into the (San Diego) CIF playoffs that I want
them to pick it
up a notch - and they did.
"Our defense was error-free again.
And it's really nice to see all the kids'
hard work paying off. Beintema pitched her way out of a few jams
like a
champ. But this wasn't just one individual effort, but one team
effort."
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LAKESIDE - Grossmont's Mary Seid and Angelique
Blackmon drove in two runs
apiece as the Foothillers rocked El Capitan 7-0 Friday (May 10)
in a
Grossmont North League game.
Grossmont scored all of its runs in the
final four innings as Heather
Beintema turned in a 4-hit shutout for the Foothillers (18-8,
8-3), who
remain one-game behind front-running West Hills.
In the fourth inning, Taryin Casillas singled
to center, Shannon Peterson
walked, and Seid loaded the bases with a bunt single with two
outs. Blackmon
beat out a fielder's choice grounder scoring Casillas.
Seid's two-run double and Brittany Garcia's
RBI in the 5th inning helped
extend Grossmont's advantage to 5-0 in the 5th.
Tiffany Garcia hit a double down the left
field line drawing chalk, went to
third on a sacrifice bunt by Lisa Green, and scored on a Ashley
Lovelady
single to make it 6-0 in the 6th.
Blackmon's RBI single closed the scoring in the 7th.
"Just an outstanding team effort, possibly
the best of our season," noted
Grossmont coach Jerry Lerud.
MONTE VISTA 1, VALHALLA 0 - Tara Campbell (4-8) blanked the visiting
Norsemen on three hits while striking out 7 Friday (May 10) as
Monte Vista
kept its slim playoff hopes alive with the Grossmont South League
victory.
Valhalla's Lacey Wilson was equally as stingy
to the Monarchs (8-14-3,
3-6-1), but Monte Vista managed to do a decent job of grouping
in the 2nd
inning.
Carrie Melvin singled to left, stole second
and scored on Melissa Barron's
double. That was it for the scoring.
GRANITE HILLS 3, HELIX 2 - The struggling Highlanders suffered from a case
of too much Rachel Kelly in Friday's Grossmont South League joust.
Not only
did the Granite Hills senior strike out 10, and allow just 5 hits
en route to
her 16th win in 22 decisions, she also keyed a 3rd inning rally.
After Kelly led off the inning with a walk,
moved to second by a Alison Tino
single, and to third by a Jennifer Young single, Maegan Peterson
hit a
sacrifice fly to right field to score Jessica Talman (who was
running for
Kelly).
Helix answered back in the top of the fifth.
Danielle Glenn started the
inning with a single to right field and was moved to third by
2 consecutive
sacrifice bunts by Sarah Alberts and Kristen Frosio. Danielle
Downing
brought Glenn home on a single to right.
Granite Hills (18-8, 7-3) came right back
in the bottom of the 5th. Tino
walked to start the inning. An error moved her to second. On a
long fly to
left field by Peterson, the runners tagged and moved up 90 feet.
Meagan
Hartung then delivered the key hit of the game when she doubled
to right
field to score both runners.
Helix (10-14-2, 1-7-2) did not hoist the
white flag. The Highlanders came
back for a run in the 6th. Jessica Miller started off the inning
with a
single and moved to second on a wild pitch. Megan Borunda hit
a double down
third base line to score Miller. But that's as far as the Highlanders
got as
Borunda was stranded at second base.
WEST HILLS 1, SANTANA 0 (8) - It's not like Lindsay Sutton has any margin
for error, but the senior right-hander continues to deal zeroes
to the
opposition. Sutton pitched her 8th consecutive shutout as Grossmont
North
League-champion West Hills edged its crosstown rival Friday (May
10) in a
Grossmont North League counter.
Sutton (15-7) pitched a 3-hitter, walked 4 and struck out 7.
The speed of Erin Short and confusion in
Santana's defensive ranks enabled
West Hills to push across the only run it needed in the 8th inning
to
maintain its one game lead over second-place Grossmont in the
Grossmont North.
West Hills' Denise Triplett was the only
player on either team to generate
more than one hit as she finished 2-for-3.
(05-10-02)
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SPRING VALLEY - The Mount Miguel Matadors
marched another game closer to
locking up the Grossmont South League softball championship Thursday
(May 9)
when left-hander Breanna Felix stopped host Valhalla 1-0 on a
complete-game
4-hitter.
Heather Linder-Johnson, Mount Miguel's strong-arm
right fielder, supplied
some key offensive punch when she doubled to left-center leading
off the
second inning. She advanced to third on Jade Shipp's sacrifice
and scored on
a ground ball to second base. The name of the player who drove
in the run was
not reported.
Corinne Krier pitched a strong game for
Valhalla, scattering 6 hits in a
route-going performance.
The Matadors (16-9-2, 8-2) are three games
in front of third-place Valhalla
(14-12-3, 5-5-1) in the South. Granite Hills is in second 1 1/2
games back.
(05-09-02)
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SANTEE - Lindsay Sutton is downright stingy.
Her motto is "Thou Shalt Not
Score." The West Hills senior pitched her 7th consecutive
shutout Wednesday
(May 8), blanking El Capitan 1-0 to keep the Wolf Pack (16-10-2,
8-2) in the
Grossmont North League lead.
Sutton twirled a 3-hitter and struck out
7 to raise her East County-leading
strikeout count to 188 in 175 innings. It was the second time
Sutton (14-7)
has shut out El Capitan (13-11, 6-3) this season.
The Pack pushed across the only run of the
game in the bottom of the 7th
inning to spoil an otherwise strong outing by Angela Leatherman
(9-8).
Natasha Chouinard singled, advanced to second
on Sutton's groundout. Denise
Triplett singled to center, and Natasha Lynch ran for her
at first base. Lynch stole second and Erica Torres walked to load
the bases.
Pinch hitter Kristina Matthews stepped to
the plate and took four consecutive
balls to force home Chouinard with the winning run.
West Hills needs one victory in its final
two games to assure itself of at
least a share of a fifth league title. A sweep guarantees the
Pack the crown
outright.
MOUNT MIGUEL 1, HELIX 0 - The visiting Matadors overcame a strong pitching
performance by Helix sophomore Sarah Alberts on Wednesday (May
8) to edge the
Highlanders and maintain their one-game advantage in the Grossmont
South
League.
Mount Miguel (15-9-2, 7-2) scored the only
run of the game in the top of the
7th inning.
With one out, Donna Gonzales and Jennifer
Gomez stroked back-to-back singles.
The duo executed a double steal. Amanda Beasley then hit a shot
to the
shortstop who attempted to throw out Gonzales at the plate. The
ball was
thrown in the dirt, enabling Gonzales to score.
That was enough for Breanna Felix (14-6),
who fired a 2-hit shutout for the
Matadors.
Helix had bases loaded in the 6th inning
but couldn't cash in. Felix struck
out five, and stranded five Highlanders on base.
Defensively, Helix performed well until
the 7th inning. The Highlanders
(10-13-2, 1-6-2) turned 2 double plays - one in the 1st inning
and another
in the 3rd to retire the side.
GROSSMONT 7, EL CAJON VALLEY 3 - A four-run first inning sparked the
Foothillers (17-8, 7-3) to the Grossmont North League victory
over visiting
El Cajon Valley on Wednesday (May 8).
Kellye Zollers went 3-for-3 and Lindsey
Woods was 3-for-4 with an RBI to
support the four-hit pitching of Alex Sobel (6-2).
Lisa Green started the Grossmont first inning
with a drag bunt for a single,
then went to second when Ashley Lovelady grounded out. Taryin
Casillas
walked, and Woods singled in Green for the GWRBI. Mary Seid reached
base on
an error that also allowed Casillas and courtesy runner Tawnie
Peterson to
score. Brittany Garcia capped the inning by driving in Seid with
a single.
Grossmont was back in business in the 4th
inning. Angelique Blackmon singled
to right with one out, Zollers singled to left and then Lovelady
tripled down
the left field line, scoring both runners to give Grossmont a
6-0 lead.
Casillas cracked a hard shot off the shortstop to drive in Lovelady.
El Cajon Valley spoiled Sobel's shutout
bid with three runs in the 7th
inning. Mary Mackin singled and eventually scored on Michaela
Crain's base
hit. Two errors and a wild pitch helped the Braves tack on two
more runs.
But the Foothillers extinguished the fire
with a game-ending double play.
Sobel initiated the action when she fielded a come-backer and
threw to first
base for one out. First baseman Blackmon then fired the ball to
Woods, who
made the tag on an El Cajon Valley runner at the plate for the
final out.
"We scored early and had a great day
in the field with three double plays,"
said Grossmont coach Jerry Lerud.
GRANITE HILLS 4, VALHALLA 1 - No information reported.
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SPRING VALLEY - The Mount Miguel Matadors
moved out to a one game lead in the
Grossmont South League on Monday (May 6) with a 2-1 victory over
the visiting
Valhalla Norsemen.
Mount Miguel (14-9-2, 6-2) broke a scoreless
tie in the 5th inning. Donna
Gonzales singled up the middle and took second on an error. Amanda
Beasley
hit a hard ground ball that went under the glove of the shortstop,
leaving
runners on second and third. Heather Linder-Johnson hit the first
pitch to
right field, but was thrown out at first base. Gonzales, however,
scored in
the process, giving the Matadors a 1-0 lead.
In the sixth inning, Amy Ledford led off
with a hit to right field and
advanced to second on an error. With one out, Breanna Felix hit
an infield
single up the middle to put runners at first and third. After
Felix stole
second base, Anna Perrino then hit a long fly ball to right center
to score
pinch runner Kelly Zoch.
Felix (13-6) gave up 5 hits - three of the
infield variety - and struck out 8
while walking one.
Valhalla freshman Lacey Wilson, who had
a perfect game going until the 5th
inning, was dealt her second loss as she gave up 3 hits while
striking out 3
and walking none.
Valhalla avoided the shutout when Rebecca
Hall singled to score Michelle
Batchelor.
WEST HILLS 12, EL CAJON VALLEY 0 - Lindsay Sutton spun a 3-hit shutout and
struck out 14 en route to her 6th consecutive shutout Monday (May
6) as the
Wolf Pack walloped the Braves in a Grossmont North League game
at El Cajon
Valley.
Sutton, who ran her season strikeout total
up to 181, was also a force at the
plate as she went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI for the first-place Wolf
Pack (15-10-2,
7-2).
Ericka Torres was also 3-for-5 for West
Hills, driving in 2 runs and scoring
2 more herself as West Hills totaled 15 hits in the game. Natasha
Chouinard
was 2-for-5 with one RBI and 2 runs scored, while Kellie Bryan
chipped in
with 2 runs and 2 RBI. Freshman catcher Kristina Matthews provided
West Hills
with its only extra base hit - a double - and scored twice. Denise
Triplett
also had 2 RBI for the Pack.
Michelle Rivera accounted for two of El Cajon Valley's 3 hits.
EL CAPITAN 8, SANTANA 3 - Karli Buxton went 4-for-4, and Angela Leatherman
did double duty in the pitcher's circle Monday (May 6) as the
Vaqueros kept
their Grossmont North League championship hopes alive by subduing
the Sultans
(8-15, 2-7) in Lakeside.
Leatherman pitched the first four innings
to earn her 9th win in 16
decisions, and then - after Alissa Unden pitched the fifth and
sixth innings
- returned to the mound to pitch a shutout seventh inning.
El Capitan (13-10, 6-2) totaled 14 hits,
including a 3-for-4 effort by
Leatherman. Mallory Palmer was also 2-for-4 for the Vaqueros.
GRANITE HILLS 4, MONTE VISTA 2 - The Eagles scored 2 runs in the bottom of
the 6th inning to give Rachel Kelly her 14th victory in 20 decisions
on
Monday (May 6). The Eagles (16-8, 5-3) remain tied with Valhalla
for second
place, one game behind Mount Miguel in the Grossmont South.
No other information was reported.
(05-06-02)
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EL CAJON - The Valhalla Norsemen beat the
Helix Highlanders 3-1 Friday (May
3) behind the combined pitching of Corinne Krier and Lacey Wilson.
Helix jumped out in front in the top of
the first with a walk to Kristen
Frosio, a single by Danielle Downing and a two-out single by Lauren
Brady.
Valhalla answered back in the bottom of
the inning. Whitney Holum started
the inning off with a double. Savannah Brown knocked in Holum
with a hard hit
single past the shortstop.
In the third, Holum again started things
with a single, and Stephanie Sweat
reached on an error. Brown then beat out a bunt single. Kimberly
Hayden drove
in Holum with a single up the middle. Michelle Batchelor finshed
the scoring
with an RBI single to right.
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MONTE VISTA 2, MOUNT MIGUEL 0 - Tara Campbell (3-6) pitched
a 5-hit shutout
and struck out 8 as the Monarchs handed the visiting Matadors
their second
straight loss Friday (May 3) at Monte Vista.
In her last three games Campbell has posted
28 shutout innings while striking
out 48.
Monte Vista (7-13-2, 2-5) collected its
only 2 hits off Breanna Felix in the
4th inning.
Alysha Daigle reached base on an error and
advanced to second on a sacrifice
by Lyndsay Calhoun. After Campbell walked, Carrie Melvin beat
out a bunt for
the Monarchs' first hit of the game to load the bases.
Martha Bisceglia singled to left, scoring
Daigle for the first run of the
game. Melanie Massey hit a one-bounce shot to right field, but
was thrown out
at first by the rocket arm of Heather Linder-Johnson. In the process,
Campbell scored, giving the Monarchs a 2-0 lead.
Felix (12-6) did not allow a hit in any
inning but the 4th, but nevertheless,
was saddled with the loss. She struck out 4, walked one, and hit
one.
The Matadors, who collected 5 hits off Campbell
- including two by Donna
Gonzales - was short-circuited on two occasions by Melvin, the
Monte Vista
catcher, who threw out one runner at second and another at third.
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WEST HILLS 1, GROSSMONT 0 - Lindsey Sutton pitched her
fifth shutout in a
row as the Wolf Pack moved into the Grossmont North League lead
via Friday's
(May 3) victory over the visiting Foothillers.
Sutton (12-7) struck out 6, walked none
and scattered 5 hits as West Hills
defeated Grossmont for the second time in three meetings.
West Hills, which has won four Grossmont
League championships and three of
the last four titles, scored the only run of the game in the fourth
frame.
Denise Triplett doubled to right field, advanced to third on Erika
Torres'
bunt, and scored on Amy Johnson's groundout.
"We had a chance to break the game
open twice in the first three innings,"
Pack coach Steve Sutton said. "We left the bases loaded in
the first inning,
had runners at first and second with one out in the third, and
left the bases
loaded in the fifth inning."
West Hills stranded 10 runners overall, compared to just five for Grossmont.
The Foothillers' Heather Beintema (10-6),
who pitched well enough to win most
games, limited the Wolf Pack to 6 hits. She struck out 4 and walked
2.
Natasha Chouinard was 2-for-3 for West Hills,
while Lisa Green had 2 hits in
3 at-bats for Grossmont.
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SANTANA 4, EL CAJON VALLEY 0
(No report by either coach)
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Late Report:
MOUNT MIGUEL 1, HELIX 0 (8) - Breanna Felix allowed only one
base hit and
one base runner in an eight inning shutout of the Highlanders
in a Grossmont
South League game on Thursday (May 2).
Mount Miguel had runners on in almost every
inning but did not score until
the eighth. Felix bunted for a base hit and advanced to second
on Anna
Perrino's sacrifice bunt. Jennifer Gomez then doubled to the left
field fence
to score Felix from second.
Helix had only one base-runner the entire
game, who reached on a blooper to
short center in the third inning with none out. Felix then struck
out the
next three batters.
(05-03-02)
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SPRING VALLEY - Tara Campbell turned in
another Ironman performance for Monte
Vista on Thursday (May 1), rationing the visiting Helix Highlanders
to 3 hits
while striking out 15 in a Grossmont South League game that was
suspended due
to darkness after 14 innings in a scoreless tie.
Sarah Alberts and Adriana DeJong pitched
7 shutout innings apiece for the
Highlanders, striking out 5 while allowing 5 hits between them.
Monte Vista (6-13-2, 1-5) had the best scoring
opportunity of the day. In the
11th inning Alysha Daigle singled up the middle and advanced to
second on a
passed ball. She hustled to third on Lyndsay Calhoun's sacrifice
bunt.
Campbell had a chance to win her own game
as she lifted a fly ball to right
field where Teresa Mange made the catch for the second out.
Daigle tagged up and raced for home, but
Mange fired to DeJong, who turned
and relayed the ball to catcher Jessica Miller. The ball beat
Daigle to the
plate and Miller, who will take a recruiting trip to UC Davis
this weekend,
blocked the Monarch runner and applied the tag to keep the game
scoreless.
Danielle Glenn accounted for two of Helix's
3 hits, while Calhoun was 2-for-5
for Monte Vista.
GROSSMONT 2, SANTANA 1 - The Foothillers' Alex Sobel and the Sultans
Domenique DeLuca were locked up in a scoreless pitching duel until
the 6th
inning, when Grossmont pinch hitter Jennifer Osborne broke the
spell with an
RBI single.
The Hillers (16-7, 6-2) held on to snub
the Sultans' upset bid on Thursday
(May 1) and now lead the Grossmont North by half a game over West
Hills and
El Capitan. Grossmont and West Hills square off Friday (May 3)
in Santee at 4
p.m.
Sobel (5-2) scattered 6 hits, walked 2 and
struck out 3, while DeLuca also
pitched a 6-hitter but was victimized by an unearned run.
In the 6th inning Ashley Lovelady sparked
the Grossmont rally with a single
and advanced to second on Shannon Peterson's bunt. After Lindsey
Woods walked
to load the bases, Osborne singled to score Lovelady.
Grossmont made it 2-0 in the 7th. Angelique
Blackmon reached base on an
error, stole second, moved to third on Lovelady's groundout and
scored when
Peterson hit the ball hard off the shortstop's glove.
Santana came storming back in the bottom
of the 7th. Krystal DeStefano
walked, and Amy Benz reached on an error with one out. Rochelle
Sandberg
smacked a double to center field, scoring DiStefano.
The Sultans' Margeaux Bass then drove a
fly ball to right field where
Brittany Garcia made the catch for the second out. Benz tagged
third and
attempted to bring the tying run home, only to be cut down on
a throw from
Garcia to Lovelady, who tagged Benz out to end the game.
"Our defense did a hero job again,"
Grossmont coach Jerry Lerud said. "Sobel
did a good job pitching, and Osborne's game-winning RBI was awesome.
But the
star has to go to Brittany Garcia for that 7th-inning defensive
show."
GRANITE HILLS 1, MOUNT MIGUEL 0 - Rachel Kelly (14-6) pitched a 3-hit
shutout as host Granite Hills edged the Matadors and Breanna Felix
(11-4) in
a Grossmont South League contest on Thursday (May 1).
No other information was provided by the coaches.
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EL CAPITAN 8, EL CAJON VALLEY 1 - Alissa Unden pitched
a 5-hitter, and
Mallory Palmer clubbed a 2-run homer, as the Vaqueros beat the
Braves in
Thursday's (May 1) Grossmont North League game.
No other information was provided by the coaches.
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LA MESA - Sarah Alberts and Adriana DeJong
(5-1) combined on a 4-hitter as
the Helix Highlanders made their first Grossmont South League
victory a big
one, upsetting Granite Hills 2-1 in eight innings on Monday (April
29).
The two Helix pitchers were under pressure
throughout, but frustrated the
visiting Eagles by stranding 13 runners on base.
Alberts allowed one unearned run on 2 hits
and struck out 6 in five innings.
DeJong was nicked for 2 more hits, but blanked the Eagles on 2
hits while
striking out 2 over the final three innings.
Rachel Kelly (12-6) fired a 4-hitter at
the Highlanders, but still wound up
on the short end of the score. She walked S. Lee-Noa, and Jessica
Miller
followed with a single to left field. The Highlanders (10-9, 1-3)
loaded the
bases on Megan Borunda's push bunt single, and Lee-Noa scored
the winning run
on a passed ball.
Granite Hills scored its only run in the
opening frame. Jennifer Young led
off with a walk, and Kyla Flynn singled up the middle. Young was
thrown out
at third when Vanessa Moreno popped up a bunt. Brandi Giles ripped
a hard
ground ball that was muffed by the Highlanders, allowing Flynn
to score in a
close play at the plate when she knocked the ball out of catcher
Jessica
Miller's glove.
Helix tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of
the first inning. Danielle Downing
walked and Teresa Mange hit into a fielder's choice for an out.
Lee-Noa
walked, and Mange scored when Miller hit a shot past the shortstop.
Miller accounted for half of Helix's 4 hits.
GROSSMONT 8, EL CAPITAN 2 - Pinch hitter Jennifer Osborne broke a 2-2 tie
with a 2-run double in the 4th inning as the Foothillers (15-7,
5-2) ousted
the Vaqueros from the Grossmont North League lead Monday (April
29) in La
Mesa. Grossmont and West Hills assumed the leadership in the North,
while El
Capitan (11-10, 4-2) fell a half game back into third place.
Taryin Casillas was 3-for-4 with 3 doubles
and 3 RBI to spark Grossmont.
Brittany Garcia was 2-for-3 and scored a run for the high-flying
Hillers.
Grossmont extended its 5-2 advantage in
the 5th inning on doubles by Casillas
and Mary Seid. The Foothillers tacked on two more runs in the
6th when
Angelique Blackmon singled, Kellye Zollers reached on a fielder's
choice, and
Ashley Lovelady singled to load the bases. One out later, Casillas
ripped a
2-run double.
"It was one of those days when everything
went our way," said Grossmont coach
Jerry Lerud. "We hit the ball better than ever, and in bunches,
too."
Heather Beintema (10-5) scattered 8 hits
and allowed one earned run while
striking out 6 and walking none.
Heather Locher went 3-for-3 with a double
and a triple for El Capitan. Karli
Buxton was 2-for-3 for the Vaqueros.
WEST HILLS 1, SANTANA 0 (12) - Lindsay Sutton pitched a 2-hitter, struck
out 13 and walked none as the host Wolf Pack (13-10-2, 5-2) won
Monday's
(April 29) Grossmont North League marathon from their crosstown
rivals.
Sutton (11-7), a senior right-hander, raised
her East County-leading
strikeout total to 161 in 144 innings while lowering her ERA to
0.58.
The Wolf Pack scored the only run of the
game in the 12th inning when Denise
Triplett smashed a long fly ball which sent the left-fielder crashing
into
the fence. Triplett wound up at second base with a double, and
Kristina
Matthews ran for her. Amy Johnson walked, and Ericka Torres singled
up the
middle to load the bases. With Erin Short at the plate, the second
pitch from
Dominique DeLuca went to the backstop - allowing Matthews to score.
Triplett accounted for two of West Hills'
6 hits off DeLuca (8-10), who
walked 6 and struck out 3. Natasha Chouinard also had a double
for West Hills.
The Pack stranded 11 runners on base.
Santana's best scoring chance came in the
opening inning when Amy Benz
reached base on a swinging bunt. Rochelle Sandberg laid down a
sacrifice bunt
attempt that the West Hills' first baseman fielded, and threw
away for an
error.
Sutton and the Pack escaped unscathed when
Lisa Carter's squeeze bunt
resulted in a force play at the plate. Then Laree Olgesby was
retired at
first base when Erin Short made a diving slap tag of the first-base
bag for a
bang-bang, controversial inning-ending out.
VALHALLA 2, MONTE VISTA 0 - Sophomore Stephanie Sweat twirled a 3-hit
shutout and struck out 8 as the Norsemen took over sole possession
of second
place in the Grossmont South League with Monday's (April 29) victory
over the
visiting Monarchs.
The Norsemen (13-12, 5-3) scored their first run in the fourth inning.
Kimberly Hayden started the inning off smacking
a shot off the leg of Monte
Vista hard luck pitcher Tara Campbell. After Michelle Batchelor
bunted Hayden
to second, Jessica Yonally delivered a two-out single that squirted
past the
left fielder, allowing Hayden to score.
Whitney Holum got things going again in
the fifth with her second double to
the fence in left-center. Sweat was able to lay down a sacrifice
bunt,
sending Holum to third. Savannah Brown knocked in Holum with her
second hit
of the game.
In addition to delivering the game-winning
hit, Yonally also made a
spectacular diving catch on a pop fly in the 6th inning.
In the 3rd inning both teams missed scoring
chances to break a scoreless
deadlock. For the Monarchs, Sireenah Cruse singled and advanced
to second on
a passed ball but was stranded when the next three Monarchs made
outs.
In the bottom of the 3rd Holum lead off
with a double. Sweat sacrifice-bunted
her to third and Brown hit a high fly ball to right fielder Zandra
Ulloa.
Ulloa fired the ball to catcher Lyndsay Calhoun for the tag on
Holum,
attempting to score.
Campbell (2-6) scattered 8 hits and struck
out 8 in a losing effort for the
Monarchs.
Monte Vista (6-13-2, 1-5) got hits from
Lindsay Calhoun, Carrie Melvin and
Cruse.
MOUNT MIGUEL 5, PATRICK HENRY 1 - Breanna Felix (11-4) scattered 5 hits and
struck out 5 as the visiting Matadors (12-7-2) skipped past the
Patriots
Monday (April 29) in a non-league encounter.
After allowing a run in the first inning,
Felix did not permit a Patriots
runner to advance past first base the remainder of the game.
Mount Miguel scored two runs in the top
of the third inning. Brittany
Plandor, playing second base, reached first on an error. Ebony
Thorpe drew a
walk and Felix advanced them both with a sacrifice bunt. Jennifer
Gomez then
hit a single to score both runners for a 2-1 Mount Miguel lead.
An RBI single by Donna Gonzales and an RBI
ground out by Amanda Beasley
extended Mount Miguel's advantage to 4-1.
Thorpe's RBI single stretched the Matadors lead to 5-1 in the 6th.
Defensive player of the game recognition
went to Mount Miguel right fielder
Heather Linder-Johnson, who made two diving catches and threw
out a runner at
first base from right field.
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EL CAJON - The Grossmont Foothillers rode
the strong arms of pitchers Heather
Beintema and Alex Sobel to sweep a non-league doubleheader from
visiting
Patrick Henry, 5-2 and 6-0 Saturday afternoon (April 27).
It didn't take the Hillers long to set the
tone as they scored 4 runs in the
first inning of the opening game. Lindsey Woods and Birtanny Garcia
keyed the
rally with RBI singles. Angelique Blackmon plated a third run
when she was
hit by a pitch, and the Patriots handed over a fourth marker when
they
committed the first of their two errors.
The Hillers tacked on a fifth tally in the
third inning as Mary Seid singled,
stole second and scored on Britanny Garcia's base hit to lift
the Grossmont
lead to 5-0.
That was more than enough for Beintema,
who limited Henry to one earned run
and 5 hits. She struck out 6 and walked 4.
Sobel scattered 10 hits en route to the
second game shutout. She walked only
one and struck out three for the Foothillers (14-7).
Grossmont scored its first 2 runs in the
second inning when Woods walked,
advanced to second base on Brittany Garcia's sacrifice bunt and
scored on an
error. Tawnie Peterson followed with the first of her two RBI
singles.
The Hillers broke the game open in the 6th
inning. After loading the bases,
they received RBI singles by Seid and Tawnie Peterson to make
it 4-0. Ashley
Lovelady slammed the door on the Patriots (7-11) with a two-run
scoring
stroke.
(04-27-02)
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LAKESIDE - Natasha Chouinard doubled over
the right-fielder's head to score
Kellie Bryan from second base with two outs in the 6th inning
Friday (April
26), as visiting West Hills tightened up the Grossmont North League
race by
knocking off first-place El Capitan 1-0.
Lindsay Sutton pitched a 4-hit shutout for
her 10th win of the season as the
Wolf Pack moved to within a half game of the front-running Vaqueros
(11-9,
4-1). Sutton struck out 3, walked one, and hit one.
El Capitan had Sutton on the ropes in the
first inning, loading the bases
with one out. That's when the Wolf Pack defense stepped up to
lend the senior
pitcher a hand. Third baseman Amy Johnson turned a sharp ground
ball into an
inning-ending 5-3 double play.
Actually, the Wolf Pack was returning a
favor. The Vaqueros stymied a budding
West Hills rally when third baseman Alissa Unden turned a groundball
into an
inning-ending double play to strand two Pack base runners in the
top of the
1st inning.
Angela Leatherman (8-6) limited the Wolf
Pack to 6 hits while striking out 5
and walking none.
Sutton went 2-for-3, including a double
in the 4th inning for West Hills.
Bryan was also 2-for-3, while Chouinard chipped in with her game-winning
double, and Erin Short accounted for the 6th West Hills hit.
Heather Locher, Mallory Palmer, Unden and
Leatherman generated El Capitan's
four hits.
GROSSMONT 5, EL CAJON VALLEY 3 - Lindsey Woods went 3-for-3, including an
RBI double, and Heather Beintema pitched four innings of hitless
relief
Friday (April 26) as the Foothillers (12-7, 4-2) rallied from
a 3-1 deficit
for the Grossmont North League victory.
Grossmont struck first as Ashley Lovelady
walked, advanced to second on Lisa
Green's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Woods' double.
But the Braves didn't back down, as they
rallied for three runs in the bottom
of the 3rd inning. Ashley Valencia singled and moved to second
on Shannon
Morin's sacrifice bunt. Michelle Rivera and Michaela Crain walked
to load the
bases.
That set the stage for Katie Allison's 2-run
double to right field, giving
the Braves a 2-1 edge. Cope followed with a single, scoring Crain.
Woods sparked a Grossmont comeback with
a single in the 4th inning. With
Kellye Zollers at first, running for Woods, Taryin Casillas and
Mary Seid
singled to load the bases. One out later, Jennifer Osborne singled
to score
Zollers. Casillas scored the tying run on an El Cajon Valley error,
making it
3-3.
Grossmont snapped the tie with a pair of
runs in the 5th inning, thanks to a
key breakdown in the Braves' defense. Green and Shannon Peterson
each reached
base on a fielder's choice before Woods singled to center to fill
the bases.
A throwing error by the Braves permitted Green and Peterson to score.
"We had another great day on defense,"
said Grossmont coach Jerry Lerud,
referring to the Foothillers' error-free effort in the field.
"We hit the
ball hard today, but didn't hit too many holes."
GRANITE HILLS 7, VALHALLA 4 - Rachel Kelly (12-5), East County's
winningest pitcher, turned in a complete game effort on Friday
(April 26) as
the Eagles moved into a second-place tie with the visiting Norsemen
in the
Grossmont South.
The Eagles (14-7, 3-2) took a 2-0 lead in
the bottom of the first inning on
hits by Kyla Flynn, Meagan Hartung, Vanessa Moreno and Maegan
Peterson.
The Norsemen (12-9-1, 3-2) didn't answer
back until the top of the 4th when
Michelle Batchelor hit a line drive triple to right field. Jamie
McNally
reached base when she was hit by a pitch. Jessica Yonally drove
in Batchelor
on a single. But the inning ended when the next two batters grounded
out.
Granite Hills broke the game open with 5
runs in the bottom of the 4th
inning.
Valhalla closed the gap with 3 runs in the
top of the 7th inning. Corinne
Krier reached base on an error, Lisa Woodend walked, Whitney Holum
hit a
single and Savannah Brown doubled to clear the bases.
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LA MESA - You can't pitch much better than
freshman Lacey Wilson. The
Valhalla right-hander owns a 0.14 ERA - permitting only one earned
run all
season - and a 7-0 record after the Norsemen blanked Helix 6-0
in a Grossmont
South League game Monday (April 22).
The hosting Highlanders (9-9, 0-3), however,
made an early run at Wilson,
loading the bases in the 1st inning on consecutive two-out singles
by Sipan,
Jessica Miller and Megan Borunda. But Wilson refused to buckle,
as she got
the final out to thwart the Highlanders' scoring bid.
Wilson's Valhalla teammates broke through
for their first three runs in the
second inning when Katie Erreca, Corinne Krier, and Whitney Holum
all singled
to load the bases against Helix sophomore Sarah Alberts.
The Norsemen (12-8-1, 3-1) didn't miss their
chance, as Savannah Brown ripped
a triple into the right field corner to clear the bases.
Valhalla doubled its advantage with 3 runs
in the 4th inning. With one out,
Rebecca Hall and Whitney Holum singled and Brown reached on a
fielder's
choice to fill the bases. With the Helix infield drawn in, Michelle
Batchelor
hit a sharp ground ball to the second baseman, who threw high
to the plate,
allowing Hall to score. RBI singles by Kimberly Hayden and Erreca
extended
Valhalla's lead to 6-0.
Wilson, who allowed 6 hits while striking
out 6 and walking one, was
supported by superb defense.
In the bottom of the 4th, Helix's Lauren
Brady singled to center with one
out, but the Norsemen turned a double play initiated by shortstop
Holum to
end the inning.
The Highlanders' Jessica Miller singled
for her second hit of the day in the
6th, but was cut down attempting to steal by Brown. Batchelor
made a nifty
defensive effort to take a hit away in the 7th.
Holum was 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored and
Erreca went 2-for-4 with one RBI and
a run scored for Valhalla. Hayden added a pair of hits and one
RBI for the
Norsemen.
It was a rough outing for Alberts, who gave
up 9 hits and was victimized by
four Helix errors. She struck out 3 and walked 1. Brady blanked
the Norsemen
on 1 hit over the final two innings.
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MOUNT MIGUEL 5, MONTE VISTA 0 - The Matadors (11-7-2, 4-0)
maintained their
one game lead over Valhalla in the Grossmont South as they defeated
the
Monarchs for the second time in a week behind the 3-hit pitching
of Breanna
Felix on Monday (April 22).
Unlike the 16-inning battle these clubs
waged at Monte Vista on April 16, the
Matadors jumped in front 3-0 in the opening inning. Ebony Thorpe
led off with
an infield single. She advanced to second when Felix hit a running
slap and
there was no play at second. The two runners advanced on a passed
ball.
Anna Perrino singled to right center field
to score Thorpe as Felix advanced
to third. Perrino then stole second base. A sacrifice fly by Jennifer
Gomez
and Amanda Beasley's RBI single pushed Mount Miguel's advantage
to 3-0.
In the third inning with one out, Heather
Linder-Johnson hit a crisp single
to left field. A two-out fielding error put Amy Ledford aboard,
and the
runners would up at second and third by the time the dust had
cleared. Thorpe
hit a single up the middle to score Linder-Johnson, and Felix
singled in
Ledford to make it 5-0.
Felix struck out 6 and walked none as she
notched her 10th victory of the
season.
Monte Vista's only threat came in the third
inning. With two outs, Alysha
Daigle hit a single up the middle and stole second base. Tara
Campbell
cracked a line drive single to right field where the Linder-Johnson
fielded
the ball and fired to catcher Jade Shipp. Realizing she would
probably be out
at the plate, Daigle elected to scramble back to third base. She
was too late
as Shipp's throw beat her to the bag.
Sarah Castillo had the only other hit for
Monte Vista (6-12-2, 1-4).
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WEST HILLS 1, GROSSMONT 0 - The Wolf Pack (11-10-2, 3-2)
clawed into a
second-place tie with Grossmont (11-7, 3-2) in the Grossmont North
League
behind the pitching and hitting of Lindsay Sutton in Monday's
(April 22) duel
of contenders on the Foothillers' field.
The only run of the game came in the 4th
inning. Sutton blasted the first
pitch from Grossmont's Heather Beintema into deep left field for
a double.
Courtesy runner Natasha Lynch took over for Sutton on the basepaths.
Meanwhile, back at the plate, Kasey Mytinger followed Sutton's
lead and
drilled a 1-2 pitch into the gap for a double and the game-winning
RBI.
Sutton spun a 6-hit shutout at the Foothillers,
striking out 5 and walking
only 1. Beintema was the hard-luck loser, as she surrendered only
six hits
and 3 walks, while fanning 4.
"It was a tough game," Grossmont
coach Jerry Lerud said. "We just couldn't
connect our six hits. We played great on the field, but we needed
to get
fired up at the plate. We only got two of our six hits together
in the 6th
and scattered the other four."
It was a good day for pinch hitters as they
collectively went 3-for-3.
Tiffany Garcia and Jennifer Osborne garnered hits in that role
for Grossmont,
while Kristina Matthews smacked a pinch single for West Hills.
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SANTANA 6, EL CAJON VALLEY 0 -
No information reported by either team.
(04-22-02)
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LA MESA - The Monte Vista Monarchs finally
put together a big inning. Well,
maybe more like a fair-sized inning. For sure, the four runs Monte
Vista
tallied in the fifth inning of Friday's (April 19) Grossmont South
League
game at Helix must have seemed like a luxury to senior pitcher
Tara Campbell
as she blanked the Highlanders 4-0.
It was only the second win in eight decisions
for Campbell, who scattered 5
hits, walked 2 and struck out 3 in a complete-game effort.
A pair of Helix errors jump-started the
Monarchs' scoring burst. After a
single by Lyndsay Calhoun loaded the bases, Zandra Ulloa singled
to right
field to score Sarah Castillo.
Helix (9-8, 0-2) turned the next two Monte
Vista grounders into force outs at
the plate, and it appeared that Alberts and the Highlanders were
going to get
out of the inning cheaply enough. But Alysha Daigle singled through
second
base side to drive in Ulloa giving Monte Vista a 2-0 edge. The
Highlanders
then committed a third error to allow two more runs to score.
All four of Monte Vista's runs were unearned,
which, of course, was of little
comfort to the Highlanders' Sarah Alberts, who is all-too-familiar
with lack
of support as her record tumbled to 3-5. She allowed 6 hits, struck
out 6 and
walked none.
Daigle went 2-for-4 and Calhoun was 2-for-3 for Monte Vista (6-11-2, 1-3).
GROSSMONT 2, SANTANA 1 - The Foothillers stayed on the heels of Grossmont
North League-leading El Capitan when they pushed across an unearned
run in
the bottom of the 7th to break a 1-1 tie and garner the victory
Friday (April
19) in El Cajon.
In the 7th, Shannon Peterson pounded a two-out
fly ball to right field that
the Santana defender misplayed for an error. Peterson stole second
and
eventually scored the decisive run when Ashley Lovelady smashed
a sharp
ground ball off the shortstop's glove.
This was no offensive field day for either
team. Fact is, Grossmont's first
run scored in the third inning came without benefit of a hit.
Angelique
Blackmon reached base on an error. Shannon Peterson walked and
both runners
advanced a base on a passed ball. After Lindsey Woods walked to
load the
bases, Taryin Casillas brought in Blackmon with a sacrifice fly
to center
field.
Santana did generate one major blow when
Laree Olgesby ripped a 3-2 pitch
from Heather Beintema for a triple to left field. Olgesby scored
what the
tying run when Lisa Carter singled to center.
Beintema walked none and struck out 8, as
she improved her season slate to
7-4 for the Foothillers (11-6, 3-1). She allowed only 4 hits.
"We played sound defense (no errors),"
noted Grossmont coach Jerry Larud.
"Beintema pitched a good game, but we still couldn't get
that one hit with
runners in scoring position."
The Hillers could muster only four hits
off Santana's Dominque DeLuca, who
walked 4 and struck out 2. The Sultans fell to 6-12, 0-4.
MOUNT MIGUEL 1, GRANITE HILLS 0 - Left-hander Breanna Felix grounded the
Eagles with the shutout, allowing just 3 hits, while walking none
and
striking out 5 in Friday's (April 19) Grossmont South League victory
that
kept the Matadors (10-7-2, 3-0) in first place.
Mount Miguel scored the only run of the
game in the bottom of the 3rd inning.
Jade Shipp walked and Amy Ledford hit a high bouncer to the third
baseman.
The Eagles failed to execute the play, leaving Matadors at the
corners.
With Ebony Thorpe at bat, Rachel Kelly,
the Granite Hills pitcher, threw a
wild pitch. But catcher Angie "Double-A" Asaro retrieved
the ball in time to
tag Shipp attempting to score. Ledford advanced to second on the
play. Kelly
then struck out Thorpe for the second out.
Felix helped her own when she put down a
running bunt that Kelly fielded, but
overthrew first base. Ledford scored on the error.
It was major victory for Felix (9-4-2) and
the Matadors, and a tough setback
for Kelly, who gave up only one hit while striking out 11. She
walked one and
hit 2 batters. Granite Hills (13-7, 2-2) committed 3 errors.
EL CAPITAN 4, EL CAJON VALLEY 0 - Angela Leatherman (8-5) pitched a
3-hitter, and the visiting Vaqueros scored all their runs in the
top of the
7th inning as El Capitan maintained its Grossmont North League
lead with
Friday's (April 19) victory at El Cajon Valley.
No other details were reported.
BONITA VISTA 2, VALHALLA 0 - The Norsemen got an example of why Bonita Vista
is undefeated and the top-ranked team in San Diego County in Friday's
(April
19) non-league loss to the visiting Barons.
Valhalla missed an early scoring chance
against 10-0 Emily Turner in the
opening inning when Savannah Brown singled to left field and stole
second
base with one out. But Brown was frozen in her tracks as Turner
retired the
next two Norsemen on a strikeout and a groundout.
That was the only Valhalla (11-8-1) hit against Turner, who struck out 14.
The Norsemen threatened again in the bottom
of the 4th inning. Whitney Holum
walked, and Kimberly Hayden bunted. The Barons pounced on the
bunt and threw
Holum out at 2nd base. Michelle Batchelor laid down a sacrifice,
and Hayden
and Batchelor were called safe.
With runners on first and second, Stephanie
Sweat hit a line drive down the
left field line, but it was ruled a foul ball. And that's as close
as the
Norsemen would get to scoring as Turner slammed the door with
a pair of
strikeouts.
Valhalla's Sweat limited the Barons (23-0)
to 4 hits in a complete-game
pitching effort. She gave up a triple to Eileen Minter leading
off the third
inning. Sweat was able to strike out Pino, and then coaxed a groundout
from
Hanono. But Minter came home on the groundout.
Sweat held the Barons in check until the
6th inning when Bonita Vista
parlayed a double by Hanono, a single by Vanessa Iapala and a
stolen base
into its second run.
MIRA MESA 3, CHRISTIAN 0 - Natalie Breeden had an infield single, but the Patriots didn't produce much offense against the tough Marauders' pitching.
Rene Henson went four innings for the Patriots
(3-3, 10-9). Christian meets Serra on the road and Scripps Ranch
at home this week.
(04-19-02)
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SANTEE - For senior catcher Crystal Miller,
13 is her lucky number. She wears
it proudly on her West Hills uniform. Miller continued her hot
hitting for
the Wolf Pack in Wednesday's (April 17) 2-0 Grossmont North League
victory
over host Santana (6-11, 0-3), as she went 3-for-3 - giving her
10 hits in
her last 12 at-bats.
Lindsay Sutton (8-7-2) pitched a 4-hitter
and struck out 9 for the Wolf Pack
(10-10-2, 2-2), which hammered out 14 hits against Santana pitcher
Dominique
DeLuca (6-8).
Erin Short went 2-for-5 with a double and
an RBI. The West Hills senior broke
up a scoreless deadlock in the 4th inning when she singled home
Amy Johnson
following a bunt single by Ericka Torres.
In the 5th inning Miller led off with a
single, and gave way to pinch runner
Kristina Matthews. Two outs later, after Matthews was advanced
on a wild
pitch, Kasey Mytinger singled to put runners at the corners. Denise
Triplett
followed with her second hit of the game to score Matthews, making
it 2-0.
Natasha Chouinard went 2-for-4 for the Wolf
Pack, while Margeaux Bass
accounted for 3 of Santana's 4 hits, including a pair of doubles.
EL CAPITAN 4, GROSSMONT 3 - Angela Leatherman
survived a 7th-inning scare,
but managed to shut down the visiting Foothillers Wednesday afternoon
(April
17), lifting the Vaqueros (10-8, 3-0) into the Grossmont North
League lead.
Leatherman (7-5) gave up 10 hits, but once
again came up with the key
delivery when she retired the Foothillers (10-6, 2-1) with the
tying run at
third base and the winning run at first in the final frame.
El Capitan scored all 4 of its runs in the
2nd inning against Grossmont
starter Alex Sobel (3-2). Base hits by Mallory Palmer and Karli
Buxton set
the wheels in motion for the Vaqueros. Ashley Sampo reached on
a fielder's
choice to load the bases. Alissa Unden drew a walk to force in
Palmer with
the first run of the game. Buxton scored when Brianna "The
Tracker" Pennick
hit into a fielder's choice, making it 2-0.
Leatherman singled in Sampo, and Heather
Locher plated Pennick with a base
hit.
Palmer went 2-for-3 to pace El Capitan's 7-hit attack.
Heather Beintema pitched 4 shutout innings
in relief for the Foothillers, but
no offensive highlights were provided by Grossmont.
VALHALLA 1, MONTE VISTA 0 - After a 16-inning
marathon just one day
earlier, the weary Monarchs worked the Norsemen for eight frames
on
Wednesday (April 17) before succumbing to Valhalla in a Grossmont
North
League game in Spring Valley.
The Norsemen, who had 8 hits but were held
scoreless, finally decided the
issue in the 8th inning. Michelle Batchelor led off with a single
to center
field. Sophomore Jamie McNally came in to run for Batchelor. One
out later,
Katie Erreca walked. Stephanie Sweat hit a ground ball into the
hole at
shortstop, scoring McNally with the only run of the game.
In the bottom of the 8th, the Monarchs'
Sireenah Cruse drew a walk and
Melissa Barron followed with a single, putting the potential tying
and
winning runs on base with nobody out.
Valhalla pitcher Corinne Krier struck out
the next batter for the first out
of the inning. Tara Campbell, who struck out 23 batters in the
16-inning game
against Mount Miguel on Tuesday, hit a short fly ball that appeared
as though
it would drop in for a hit.
Instead, the Norsemen turned it into a game-ending
6-8-5-4 double play
involving shortstop Whitney Holum, center-fielder Lisa Woodend,
third baseman
Michelle Batchelor, and second baseman Rebecca Hall.
Batchelor went 2-for-4 to pace the Norsemen
(11-7-1, 2-1), while Krier fired
a 4-hit shutout, striking out 5 and walking 3.
Barron was the hardluck loser as she struck out 10 and walked 2.
GRANITE HILLS 3, HELIX 1 - Vanessa Moreno
drilled a 2-run triple, giving the
Eagles a 3-0 lead in the 2nd inning. That would be all the offensive
support
Rachel Kelly would need, as she spun a 4-hitter at the visiting
Highlanders
for her 11th win in 15 decisions.
Kelly struck out 7 in Wednesday's (April
17) Grossmont South League pitching
duel with Helix sophomore Sarah Alberts (3-4), who struck out
9.
Granite Hills (13-6, 2-1) took a 1-0 lead
in the opening frame as Meagan
Hartung tripled to left and scored on Angie "Double A"
Asaro's single. Base
hits by Maegan "Pete" Peterson and Brandi "Hammer"
Giles got the Eagles
going again in the 2nd inning.
After Jennifer Young's fielder's choice
erased Peterson at third, Moreno
delivered what proved to be the knockout blow.
Giles went 3-for-3 for Granite Hills.
Helix, which left eight runners on base,
broke through for its only run in
the 4th inning. Jessica Miller led off the inning with a single
to left
field. Lauren Brady's sacrifice bunt moved Miller to second base.
She moved
up another notch on an error, and scored on Megan Borunda's single
up the
middle.
The Highlanders missed a chance for more, as they left the bases loaded.
Miller accounted for half of Helix's 4 hits.
(04-17-02)
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SPRING VALLEY - It took them two days and
16 innings to get there, but the
Mount Miguel Matadors are sitting alone in first place in the
Grossmont South
League race. Coach Kathy Worley's squad scored 3 runs in the top
of the 16th
inning on Tuesday (April 16) to defeat host Monte Vista 5-2 in
the completion
of a game suspended on April 10.
The Matadors capitalized on a fielding error
and a throwing error to break
the 2-2 deadlock with an unearned run in the 16th inning.
Amy Ledford reached base on an error and
advanced to second when Ebony Thorpe
beat out an infield grounder for a single. As Thorpe was reaching
first base,
Ledford rounded second and kept going to third. The Monte Vista
first baseman
fired the ball across the diamond in an attempt to nail Ledford,
but the
throw was wide of the mark and Ledford scored.
Mount Miguel all but sealed the victory
on Amanda Beasley's 2-run single to
left field in the top of the 16th inning, scoring Thorpe and Breanna
Felix to
make it 5-2.
Felix and Beasley divided the pitching chores
for Mount Miguel (9-7-2, 2-0),
with Felix (8-4-2) getting the win. A junior left-hander, Felix
totaled 8-1/3
innings, allowing one run and 7 hits while striking out 8 and
walking none.
Beasley was on the mound when the game picked
up where it had been suspended
- in the bottom of the 3rd with two outs, Monte Vista (5-10-2,
0-2) up and
the score tied 1-1.
The game remained tied until the top of
the 6th inning when Donna Gonzales
hit a 2-out single to right field for Mount Miguel. Ledford singled
to put
runners at the corners. A passed ball scored Gonzales to give
the Matadors a
2-1 lead.
Monte Vista workhorse Tara Campbell, who
pitched all 16 innings, came up with
a game-tying home run in the bottom of the 6th. Campbell's drive
to right
field rolled to the fence. The Matadors made a swift relay to
the plate, but
Campbell was able to avoid the tag with a nifty slide to make
it 2-2.
But the story of the game for Campbell was
her pitching. She struck out a
school record 23 batters, which is the 5th highest in San Diego
CIF history.
The SDCIF strikeout record is 31, set by Mount Miguel's Jenny
Stallard
against Oceanside in a 19 inning game in 1978.
Campbell (1-6) allowed 12 hits and no earned runs. She walked three.
This is the second longest pitching appearance
for the senior right-hander,
who pitched 18 frames in a first-round SDCIF 1-0 playoff victory
over Serra
two years ago.
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EL CAJON - Valhalla coach Doug Hartung handed
the ball to undefeated freshman
right-hander Lacey Wilson in Monday's (April 15) key Grossmont
South League
encounter against the visiting Granite Hills Eagles. It proved
to be a wise
decision, as Wilson pitched a 4-hitter to help the Norsemen snap
a five-game
winless streak with a 6-2 victory over their archrivals.
It should come as no surprise that Wilson
gave a strong performance for her
sixth win without a loss. She allowed the Eagles two unearned
runs, and has
surrendered only one earned run all year for a 0.19 ERA.
Valhalla (10-7-1, 1-1) erased a 2-1 deficit
with five runs in the bottom of
the 4th. Stephanie Sweat sparked the Norsemen's rally with a single
to left
field. One out later, Jamie McNally singled and Brittany Page
reached first
on an error, loading the bases.
Whitney Holum followed with a single, scoring
Sweat and McNally to put
Valhalla on top 3-2. Savannah Brown then singled to right, driving
in Page
and Holum, and took second on the throw home.
Eagles' pitcher, Rachel Kelly answered back
with her second strikeout of the
inning before Kimberly Hayden singled home Brown to complete the
5-run burst.
Valhalla capitalized on some free passes
to score first in the bottom of the
2nd inning. With one out, Katie Erreca and Sweat walked. After
a strikeout
McNally was hit by a pitch, loading the bases. Brittany Page then
hit an
infield single, scoring Erreca.
Valhalla maintained a 1-0 lead until the
top of the 4th. With bases loaded
and two outs, Granite Hills' Allison Tino hit a ground ball back
to the
pitcher, who overthrew first base, allowing two runs to score.
Suddenly the
Eagles were on top 2-1.
But the Norsemen refused to fold, as they
moved into a tie with Granite Hills
for second place in the Grossmont South.
EL CAPITAN 2, WEST HILLS 1 (12 innings)
- Ashley Sampo's single to the hole
at shortstop scored Stephanie Nulton from third base in the top
of the 12th
inning to break a 1-1 tie and give the visiting Vaqueros the Grossmont
North
League victory on Monday (April 15).
Mallory Palmer ignited the El Capitan (9-8,
2-0) rally with an infield
single. Nulton ran for her, and raced around to third when the
West Hills
first baseman threw Karli Buxton's bunt into right field.
With runners at first and third, Wolf Pack
pitcher Lindsay Sutton struck out
the next batter for what should have been the inning-ending out.
But due to
the throwing error, El Capitan was afforded one more chance -
and Sampo
delivered the game-winning hit.
Credit Angela Leatherman for pulling off
a "houdini" - including a tightrope
walk in the bottom of the 12th to protect the lead and secure
the El Capitan
victory.
Kellie Bryan singled for the Wolf Pack's
13th hit of the game to begin the
bottom of the 12th. Ericka Torres followed with a bunt, but the
Vaqueros
elected to go after Bryan at second base. The throw, however,
was late,
putting the potential tying and winning runs on first and second
with nobody
out.
Leatherman was up to the challenge, as she
retired the Nos. 3, 4 and 5
hitters in the West Hills' batting order to earn her 6th win in
11 decisions.
West Hills scored its only run of the game
on a two-out rally in the 5th
inning that broke a scoreless tie. Torres walked, and Crystal
Miller - who
was 4-for-6 in the game - singled. With runners at first and third,
Natasha
Chouinard singled to right-center field, scoring Torres.
The lead was short-lived, however, as El
Capitan tied it in the top of the
6th. Diana Ramos reached base on an error, advanced to second
on Leatherman's
sacrifice bunt. Ramos raced home when Palmer singled off the glove
of Pack
center fielder Torres, who attempted a diving catch.
It was another in a string of hardluck losses
for Sutton, who limited the
Vaqueros to 5 hits and no earned runs while striking out 12. Sutton's
7-7
record is misleading, as she has an 0.76 ERA and 131 strikeouts
in 111
innings.
GROSSMONT 6, EL CAJON VALLEY 0 - Heather Beintema fired a 3-hitter and
struck out 8 as the Foothillers (10-5, 2-0) bounced the visiting
Braves on
Monday (April 15) to remain in a tie with El Capitan for the Grossmont
North
League lead.
Grossmont took charge right away, scoring
two runs in the first inning. The
Braves contributed three errors and a passed ball as the Hillers
did not
generate a single hit in the opening frame.
El Cajon Valley (2-13, 1-2), which committed
six errors in the game, booted
an infield grounder to put Angelique Blackmon on base to start
the bottom of
the 3rd inning. Shannon Peterson followed with a single, and Ashley
Lovelady
doubled in both runners. Lovelady took third on the throw home
and scored on
Taryin Casillas' sacrifice fly to left.
In the 6th inning Grossmont loaded the bases
on an error and singles by Lisa
Green and Shannon Peterson. Kellye Zellers, who was a courtesy
runner for
pitcher Bientema, scored from third when Lovelady hit into a fielder's
choice.
"We hit the ball hard today, and got
hits with people on base," said
Grossmont coach Jerry Lerud. "Once again, we got a good pitching
performance
from Beintema, and played sound defense behind her (only one error)."
MONTE VISTA 3, LA JOLLA 1 - It had been almost a month since the Monarchs
(5-9-2) had tasted the fruits of victory, and that's what made
Monday's
(April 15) non-league victory over visiting La Jolla so sweet.
It was a cold and drizzly, windy afternoon
when the Monarchs posted their
first victory since March 20, snapping a winless string of seven
games.
An RBI double by Tara Campbell scored Melissa
Barron (walk) from second base
to break a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 5th. Monte Vista pitcher
Sarah
Castillo then drove in Campbell with a line drive single to left.
Castillo pitched a complete game 5-hitter
as she rolled her pitching record
to 2-1.
Monte Vista wiped out an early 1-0 La Jolla
lead in the bottom of the 3rd.
Donalee Lewis singled to center, stole second, advanced to third
on a base
hit by Barron, and scored on Alysha Daigle's sacrifice fly.
The Monarchs have a chance to make it two
wins in as many days, as they
resume a suspended Grossmont South League game with crosstown
rival Mount
Miguel on Tuesday (April 16). The game, which began on April 10th,
will pick
up where it left off - in the bottom of the 3rd with two outs,
a runner at
2nd base, Carrie Melvin at the plate with an 0-1 count, and the
score tied
1-1.
MOUNT MIGUEL at HELIX - Postponed on Monday (April 15) due to rain. Makeup
scheduled for Wednesday (May 15) in La Mesa at 4 p.m.
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EL CAJON (Updated) - El Capitan can consider
itself the Grossmont Conference
champion. Coach Rebecca Aase's Vaqueros vanquished Valhalla 3-0
in the
Grossmont North/South Tournament championship game Saturday (April
13) on the
Norsemen's field.
Angela Leatherman (5-5) blanked the Norsemen
on a 4-hitter while striking out
5 in the title tilt.
El Capitan (8-8), representing the Grossmont
North, took a 2-0 lead in the
1st inning against Valhalla starter Stephanie Sweat (2-2).
Diana Ramos ignited the Vaqueros' rally
with a double and advanced to third
on Leatherman's sacrifice bunt. When the Norsemen committed an
error on
Heather Locher's ground ball, Ramos scored and Locher was safe
at first.
After Mallory Palmer walked, Alissa Unden
hit into a fielder's choice and
Locher was forced out at third. But Karli Buxton came through
with a clutch
base hit, scoring Palmer to make it 2-0.
In the 3rd inning Palmer belted a solo home
run over the left-center field
fence for the final score of the game.
Leatherman was supported by a solid El Capitan
defense. Brianna Pennick made
three catches in center field, while Ashley Sampo hauled in three
balls in
right.
Valhalla (9-7-1) threatened to break through
in the 4th and 5th innings, but
Leatherman came up with the big pitch, and the Norsemen stranded
runners in
scoring position both times.
With one out in the bottom of the 4th, freshman
Kimberly Hayden hit a single,
followed by another single by Lisa Woodend. But runners were stopped
at
second and third when two consecutive outs were made.
In the bottom of the 5th and two outs, Savannah
Brown and Michelle Batchelor
hit back-to-back singles. But again the Norsemen could not come
up with the
key hit.
The victory enabled El Capitan to avenge
a 6-0 loss to Valhalla on March 22.
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SPRING VALLEY - Senior Anna Perrino celebrated
her 18th birthday with a
clutch RBI single to help the Mount Miguel Matadors upset visiting
Valhalla
1-0 in Friday's (April 12) Grossmont South League opener.
Perrino, who was 3-for-3, singled home Amy
Ledford with a line drive to right
field in the 3rd inning for the only run of the game.
Ledford ignited the rally with a leadoff
single in the 3rd. She advanced on a
base hit by Ebony Thorpe. The runners moved up on a sacrifice
bunt by pitcher
Breanna Felix. That set the stage for Perrino's game-winning hit
- sort of
frosting on the cake.
Felix (7-4-2), a junior southpaw, turned
in a brilliant pitching performance,
as she struck out 4 and walked 3 for her seventh win in 11 decisions.
"Breanna is a very underrated pitcher,
probably because we haven't given her
much run support," said Mount Miguel coach Kathy Worley.
"She has very good
control and excellent movement on her pitches. I think only one
of her losses
has come by more than a one-run margin."
Mount Miguel (8-7-2, 1-0) has been an all
but forgotten entity in the
Grossmont South League race. Instead of being upset by the oversight,
Worley
and her Matadors have used it as a motivational factor.
"I think we can play with anybody,"
Worley said. "If we stay focused, don't
make errors and play our game, I think we'll be right there at
the end."
Donna Gonzales accounted for 2 of Mount Miguel's 7 hits.
A 2nd inning single by Valhalla's Katie
Erreca and a 3rd inning base hit by
Whitney Holum were all that denied Felix a no-hitter. Jamie McNally
was
Felix's biggest problem, as she walked three times on 3-2 pitches.
Despite an 0-3-1 record over its last four
games, Valhalla (9-6-1, 0-1) will
host El Capitan for the Grossmont North/South Tournament championship
Saturday (April 13) at 10 a.m. The Norsemen earned the right to
represent the
Grossmont South by winning 4-of-5 pool play tournament games.
WEST HILLS 3, EL CAJON VALLEY 1 - Lindsey Sutton spun a 2-hitter and struck
out 9 as the visiting Wolf Pack reached the .500 mark for the
first time all
season with the Grossmont North League victory over the Braves
on Friday
(April 12).
West Hills (9-9-2, 1-1) took a 1-0 lead
in the opening frame when Ericka
Torres singled and stole second. That set the stage for the first
of Crystal
Miller's 3 hits, this one cashing in Torres for a 1-0 lead.
The Pack came right back for 2 runs in the
2nd inning. Kasey Mytinger
singled, advanced to second on a passed ball and scooted to third
when Denise
Triplett reached first on an error.
Freshman Kristina Matthews grounded out,
allowing Mytinger to score, and
giving West Hills a 2-0 lead. Amy Johnson then singled to left,
scoring
Triplett to make it 3-0.
El Cajon Valley (2-12, 1-1) avoided the
shutout in the 3rd inning. After
Sutton struck out the first two Braves, Tawni Macke singled. She
stole
second, and when the throw from the catcher went awry, Macke kept
on running
and scored the Braves' only run of the game.
Michaela Crain, who allowed 2 earned runs
and 8 hits in a complete game
effort, was tagged with the loss. She did, however, account for
the only
other El Cajon Valley hit.
EL CAPITAN 1, SANTANA 0 (8) - Courtney Bell (3-1) pitched a 5-hit shutout
as the Vaqueros edged the visiting Sultans in a Grossmont North
League game
on Friday (April 12) in Lakeside.
In the bottom of the 8th inning Briana Pennick
reached base on a missed 3rd
strike. Dianos Ramos walked. The runners advanced on a passed
ball.
Senior Angela Leatherman hit a line drive
over the second baseman's head to
score Pennick with the only run of the game.
El Capitan was able to maintain its shutout
victory due in part to superb
defense. Center-fielder Pennick and right-fielder Ashley Sampo
made key
catches.
GRANITE HILLS 4, MONTE VISTA 1 - Rachel Kelly (10-3) scattered 7 hits and
struck out 8 as the Eagles (12-5, 1-0) opened the Grossmont South
League
season by downing the visiting Monarchs on Friday (April 12).
RBI singles by Angie Asaro and Vanessa Moreno
staked the Eagles to a 2-0
first inning lead.
Monte Vista (4-9-2, 0-1) cut the deficit
in half in the 4th inning when
Carrie Melvin ripped a double down the third base line and scored
on Sarah
Castillo's single. Castillo advanced to third base with one out,
but was
stranded there.
Granite Hills' Jennifer Young dealt an inside-the-park
home run to make it
3-1 in the 5th inning. Kyla Flynn followed with a double to left
field, and
continued around to score when the Monarchs outfielders kicked
the ball
around.
Monte Vista's Tara Campbell, who was 2-for-3
at the plate, was tagged with
her fifth loss in six decisions, allowing 9 hits and 3 earned
runs. She
walked 3 and struck out 2.
Donalee Lewis was also 2-for-3 for Monte Vista.
The Monarchs play four games next week,
beginning with Monday's (April 15)
make-up game against La Jolla at 3:30 p.m. on the Monte Vista's
"meteor"
diamond.
Barring any craters, the Monarchs will host
Mount Miguel on Tuesday (April
16) (make-up), and Valhalla on Wednesday (April 17). Both games
begin at 4
p.m.
Granite Hills visits Valhalla in a Grossmont
South League game on Monday
(April 15) at 4 p.m.
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SAN DIEGO - Denise Triplett singled up the
middle to score Natasha Chouinard
from second base with the winning run in the 13th inning, as visiting
West
Hills defeated Patrick Henry 3-2 in a non-league marathon Wednesday
(April
11) afternoon.
Erin Short and Lindsay Sutton shared the
pitching chores for West Hills
(8-9-2), while Kristin Sheriff turned in a complete game effort
for Patrick
Henry (6-7).
Sutton was overpowering in relief, blanking
the Patriots on one hit while
striking out 10 and walking none in the final six innings.
Short held the Patriots to one earned run
and 5 hits while striking out 4 and
walking 2 in the seven-inning stint.
It was a come-from-behind effort for West
Hills. After falling behind 2-0 in
the first two innings, the Wolf Pack tied it in the 3rd on Crystal
Miller's
2-run single to right-center field.
Chouinard singled to ignite West Hills'
winning rally in the 13th frame. She
advanced to second on Sutton's sacrifice bunt, setting the stage
for
Triplett's game-winning hit.
Kellie Bryan was 3-for-6 to pace West Hills'
11-hit attack. Miller and
Triplett added 2 hits apiece.
West Hills returns to Grossmont North League
activity Friday (April 12) at El
Cajon Valley at 4 p.m.
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SANTEE - The defending champion Grossmont
Foothillers scored 5 runs in the
top of the 7th inning to defeat host West Hills 6-1 in Wednesday's
(April 10)
Grossmont North League opener for both teams.
The Foothillers, who edged the Wolf Pack
out of the North League title by one
game a year ago, were locked in a 1-1 tie after six frames in
this year's lid
lifter.
Taryin Casillas whacked a triple to the
right center field fence to set the
stage for the Foothillers' decisive inning. Ironically, Grossmont
(9-5, 1-0)
played a game of "little ball" after Casillas' big hit.
"We brought our infield in tight, to
cut the run off at the plate," West
Hills coach Steve Sutton said.
Definitely sound strategy, on paper. But
this time, the Foothillers refused
to follow the script.
Mary Seid hit a 2-2 pitch off the end of
the bat to put runners at the
corners with nobody out. Brittany Garcia blooped a single to right
field,
scoring Casillas for a 2-1 Grossmont lead. Tiffany Garcia grounded
a ball
deep into the hole at shortstop, allowing Seid to score. Lisa
Green's bunt
single loaded the bases. Shannon Peterson followed with an RBI
single, and
Ashley Lovelady then hit a fly ball to short center field that
went off the
glove of the diving Ericka Torres for a 2-run single.
Grossmont scored in its first turn at bat
on an RBI double to left by Lindsey
Woods.
West Hills tied it in the 4th on Kristina
Matthews' infield single, which
scored pinch runner Natasha Lynch.
Alex Sobel pitched a complete game 5-hitter
for the Foothillers to collect
her third win in four decisions.
West Hills' ace Lindsay Sutton was missing
her usual strikeout pitch, as she
fanned only 4 in seven innings. The Foothillers were able to bunch
their hits
in the final frame to defeat the Wolf Pack senior and take the
early lead in
the Grossmont North race.
HELIX 6, VALHALLA 6 (10-1/2) - Each of these teams produced a rare 5-run
inning in Wednesday's (April 10) Grossmont South League opener,
but - other
than that - the pitchers prevailed. Darkness eventually decided
the outcome,
as play was halted after 10-1/2 innings with score tied. The suspended
game
will be resumed at a date yet to be determined.
Helix sophomore ace Sarah Alberts had an
unusually rocky outing against the
Norsemen (9-5-1), who are arguably East County's top team. Alberts
gave up 4
earned runs and 6 hits in six innings, while striking out only
one.
The Norsemen received 8 overpowering innings
of shutout relief from Lacey
Wilson, who handcuffed the Highlanders on 2 hits while striking
out 10.
Helix (9-6-1) took 1-0 lead in the opening
frame when Kristen Frosio singled,
advanced to second on Danielle Downing's walk, and to third on
Jessica
Miller's fielder's choice. She scored on a wild pitch.
Valhalla erupted for 5 runs in the bottom
of the second inning. Savannah
Brown keyed the scoring burst with a 2-run double off the fence
in
right-center field. Lisa Woodend and Katie Erreca also had an
RBI-single
apiece. The 5th run scored on an error.
Talk about short-lived leads. . . The Highlanders
forged back in front with
5 runs in the top of the 3rd. The first two runs crossed the plate
on an
error and a wild pitch before Teresa Mange blazed a 2-run double
to left. The
go-ahead tally scored on an error as the Highlanders moved on
top 6-5.
Valhalla tied the game in the 5th inning.
Woodend singled and advanced to
third on Whitney Holum's double to left-center. Woodend scored
the tying run
on Brown's infield single, but Holum was thrown out at the plate
attempting
to give the Norsemen the lead.
MONTE VISTA 1, MOUNT MIGUEL 1 (2-1/2)
- An overreaction by the plate umpire
brought an abrupt halt to Wednesday's (April 10) Grossmont South
League
opener between the Spring Valley rivals at Monte Vista.
An errant baseball - not to be confused
with a meteor - landed in right field
in the bottom of the 3rd inning. The unwanted sphere that interrupted
the
proceedings came from the JV baseball field on the hill above.
According to Monte Vista coach Sig Chabrowski,
a group of Cajon Del Oro
Little Leaguers were conducting a practice session when a ball
was
inadvertently hit into the softball game below.
"The umpire cited a (CIF) rule involving
baseballs being hit onto a softball
field," Chabrowski said. "But it also said that if I
- as the home coach -
could modify the situation, the game would continue. I was all
ready to go up
and talk to the boys on the field above when the umpire decided
she was
leaving, and the game was over. Period."
Monte Vista had a runner at second base
with two outs in the bottom of the
3rd when the game was called. The game will be resumed from the
point of
stoppage at a date to be determined.
Chabrowski plans to file a protest with the San Diego CIF office.
"It's a simple case of the ump interpreting
the rules wrong. I was not given
a chance to intervene," Chabrowski said. "This game
has to be made up.
Anything less than that wouldn't be fair to the girls."
EL CAJON VALLEY 5, SANTANA 4 - Ashley Valencia and Michaela Crain divided
the pitching chores as the Braves upset host Santana in Wednesday's
(April
10) Grossmont North League opener.
Valencia was also 3-for-3 for the Braves
(2-11), who pounded out 13 hits in
the victory. Crain pitched the final three innings to earn her
second win.
The victory was a refreshing respite for
El Cajon Valley, which went 0-12 in
the Grossmont North last year.
Dominique Deluca was 3-for-3 for the Sultans
(6-9, 0-1), but was tagged with
the pitching loss.
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EL CAJON - The Granite Hills Eagles muzzled
the Grove City (Ohio) Greyhounds
in a non-league doubleheader 9-0 and 16-4 on Thursday (April 4).
GRANITE HILLS 9, GROVE CITY (Ohio) 0
- Granite Hills ace Rachel Kelly
(7-4)
shut down the Hounds on three hits while striking out 10 in the
opener.
Vanessa Moreno's 2-run double into the gap
in left center gave Eagles a 2-0
lead in the 4th inning.
Granite Hills broke the game open with 7
runs in the 5th inning. Leila
McClain led off with a single up the middle followed by a single
to left by
Jennifer Young. Then an error put Kyla Flynn aboard. Singles by
Meagan
Hartung, Angie Asaro and a triple by Kelly capped the 7-run inning.
GRANITE HILLS 16, GROVE CITY (Ohio) 4
- Scoring started early as the Eagles
(10-5) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Angie Asaro's sacrifice
fly.
Meagan Hartung ignited a 7-run 3rd inning
with an RBI double to score Kyla
Flynn. Brandi Giles smacked a 2-run single up the middle to score
Hartung
and Asaro. Jessica Talman capped the big inning with a two-run
double,
scoring Moreno and Kelly.
The Hounds cut the Granite Hills' lead in
half, scoring 4 runs on 3 hits in
the 5th. With momentum shifted towards Ohio, the Eagles' Young
crushed a
3-run homer over the right fielder's head.
Shainna Stahl (3-1) regained her composure,
shutting down the Hounds over the
final two innings. The Eagles never looked back, scoring five
more in the 6th.
SCRIPPS RANCH - Melissa Owens delivered eight shutout innings and drove in the game's only run in the top of the seventh with a single up the middle, giving the Christian Patriots a win over host Scripps Ranch Wednesday.
The Pats' Natalie Breeden started the extra-inning rally with a walk. Jenny Ray and Callie Murray both sacrificed, before Owens picked up her third hit of the game.
"This was a much better game than the one we left off before the break," Christian coach Roma Dawson said of a 9-1 defeat where the Pats produced only an RBI groundout from Owens. "We played good defense."
The Falcons threatened in the seventh after an error, however, but Breeden made a swift throw from the outfield to start a run down between third and home.
Owens impoved to 5-1.
On Friday, Christian was defeated by Patrick Henry at 3-1, and suffered a no-hitter.
Christian scored early on a walk by Ray, a stolen base, a sacrifice and a throwing error on an attempted squeeze. Patrick Henry scored one in the sixth off of Rene Henson on a pair of doubles, then took the lead in the seventh with three-striaght two-out base hits, including a double.
Christian fell to 1-2 in league.
Facing Orange Glen on Saturday, Christian squandered a 3-1 lead and suffered a 4-3 loss to fall to 7-7 overall.
Christian scored one in the first and two in the second, then had scoring chances in the fifth, sixth and seventh, but left runners in scoring position.
"We need to get our bats more consistent," Christian coach Roma Dawson said.
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EL CAJON - A trip to Las Vegas last week
changed the luck of the West Hills
Wolf Pack. Coach Steve Sutton's ballclub is playing as well at
the moment as
any team in East County. The Pack made that clear when it stunned
host
Valhalla 2-1 in Tuesday's (April 2) final round of the Grossmont
North/South
Tournament.
West Hills (6-8-2), which has won 5 of its
last 7 games, broke a 1-1 deadlock
in the top of the 7th inning. Kellie Bryan reached first base
safely on an
error, advanced to second on a wild pitch, made it to third on
a fly ball to
center field and scored on Natasha Chouinard's single.
"The trip to Vegas (for the Davison
Memorial Tournament) brought us together
as a team," Sutton said. "We played really good competition.
Three of the
five pitchers we faced are as good as anybody we've seen around
here."
Lindsay Sutton fired a 2-hitter at the usually-heavy
hitting Norsemen. She
struck out 7 and walked one while balancing her season ledger
at 5-5.
The game was uneventful until the top of
the third inning when Erin Short hit
a double to left field to put the Pack on the prowl. Short moved
to third on
Bryan's single and scored on Crystal Miller's sacrifice fly for
a 1-0 lead.
The Norsemen answered in the bottom of the
sixth inning. Savannah Brown hit a
line drive single to center field and scored on a shot to center
by freshman
Kimberly Hayden, who landed safely on second base with a stand-up
double.
Miller finished 2-for-3 for West Hills.
Valhalla's Corinne Krier pitched well enough
to win most games, as she
scattered 7 hits, walked one and struck out 4.
GROSSMONT 3, MOUNT MIGUEL 2 (10) - Lindsey Woods fisted a single to left
field with two outs in the top of the 10th inning to score Angelique
Blackmon
from second base, giving the Foothillers the extra-inning nod
over host Mount
Miguel in Tuesday's (April 2) Grossmont North/South Tournament
game.
Alex Sobel started for Grossmont and went
6 1/3 innings, giving up 7 hits and
2 runs. Heather Beintema (5-4) finished out the game giving up
one hit and
picked up the win. Beintema did a tightrope act in the eighth
inning as she
escaped a bases-loaded jam to allow the game to continue.
Grossmont (8-5) scored the first run of
the day in the third inning. Lisa
Green and Blackmon singled. The runners moved up on a groundout
and Green
scored on a passed ball.
Mount Miguel (7-7-2) battled back to take
a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the
third. Abbie Perrino walked and scored on a triple by Ebony Thorpe.
Anna
Perrino then singled in Thorpe.
Singles by Brittany Garcia, Green and Taryin
Casillas produced the tying run
for Grossmont in the top of the 5th.
Blackmon singled with one out to fuel Grossmont's
winning rally in the 10th.
She moved into scoring position by stealing second. That set the
stage for
Woods' game-winning hit.
Breanna Felix (6-4-2) proved her stamina
as she pitched the whole 10 innings
for Mount Miguel, giving up 12 hits and striking out 9.
EL CAPITAN 4, GRANITE HILLS 3 (Revised)
- Mallory Palmer went 3-for-3, as
the
visiting Vaqueros came from behind to defeat Granite Hills in
Tuesday's
(April 2) Grossmont North/South Tournament pool play finale.
After falling behind 1-0, the Vaqueros (6-8)
rallied for 2 runs in the 4th.
Pitcher Angela Leatherman reached base on an error, advanced to
second on
Palmer's sacrifice, and to third on Alissa Unden's groundout.
Karli Buxton
doubled to score Leatherman to tie the game.
After Ashley Sampo walked, Courtney Bell
singled home Buxton to give El
Capitan a 2-1 edge.
El Cap punched across 2 more tallies in
the 6th inning. Unden sparked the
rally with a single, and advanced to second on Buxton's sacrifice.
A single
by Sampo and a walk to Bell loaded the bases. Granite Hills got
a force out
at the plate, but walks to Brianna Pennick and Diana Ramos scored
Sampo and
Bell, giving the Vaqueros a 4-1 lead.
Granite Hills came back in the bottom of
the 6th inning and loaded the bases.
A shallow hit by Jessica Talman to center field scored 2 runs
for the
Eagles. Trailing now by only one run, the Eagles still had runners
at the
corners and two outs. But Leatherman silenced the budding rally
with an
inning-ending strikeout.
Leatherman pitched a 4-hitter and struck
out 3 while improving her record to
4-5. She was supported by a solid El Cap defense, anchored by
Bell, who
chalked up 7 assists at shortstop. Ramos made some fine catches
in left field.
HELIX 8, EL CAJON VALLEY 1 - Jessica Miller went 4-for-4 with a triple, a
double and scored 2 runs as the visiting Highlanders (9-6) defeated
the
Braves in Tuesday's (April 2) Grossmont North/South Tournament
pool play
finale.
Kristin Frosio swatted an RBI triple, and
Danielle Glenn knocked an RBI
double for Helix.
Adriana DeJong pitched 5 innings to pick
up her fourth win against one loss.
Jessica Smith toiled the final 2 innings in relief.
Tawni Macke collected of El Cajon Valley's
5 hits. Michaela Crain (0-3)
pitched a complete game in the loss for the Braves (1-9).
SANTANA 3, MONTE VISTA 0 - Dominique Deluca pitched a 3-hitter as the
Sultans blanked the visiting Monarchs in Tuesday's (April 2) final
round of
Grossmont North/South Tournament pool play. She struck out 7 in
a complete
game effort.
Gabby Pasentino and Lisa Carter whacked
RBI doubles for the Sultans (6-8).
Elisa Benitez also doubled and scored for Santana.
Alysha Daigle collected 2 of Monte Vista's
three hits, and Tara Campbell
accounted for the third. Melissa Barron pitched a complete game
for Monte
Vista (4-8-2), but was tagged with her 3rd loss in five decisions.
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EL CAJON - Mary Seid singled in Taryin Casillas
to cap a 3-run 6th inning
rally as the Grossmont Foothillers (7-5) came from behind to defeat
visiting
Monte Vista 5-4 in Monday's (April 1) Grossmont North/South Tournament
game.
Lisa Green singled with one out to ignite
Grossmont's game-winning rally.
Angelique Blackmon singled up the middle to put the tying run
on base.
Casillas blooped a single to center to score Green. Then Lindsey
Woods
knocked a single to right center to score Blackmon with the tying
run. That
set the stage for Seid's heroics, as she smashed a single off
the shortstop's
glove to put the Hillers ahead.
"It was nice to get our hits in bunches,
finally," Grossmont coach Jerry
Lerud said.
Monte Vista (4-7-2) took a 1-0 lead in the
2nd inning as Sarah Castillo
ripped a double to the center field fence, scoring Alyshia Daigle.
The Foothillers countered for a 2-1 lead
in the bottom of the 3rd on Heather
Beintema's 2-run single to center.
The see-saw battle continued in the 4th
when Monte Vista again regained the
upper hand. Castillo drew a walk. Donalee Lewis followed with
a bunt-single,
and Zandra Ulloa was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
The Hillers nearly escaped, as they turned
a 5-2-3 double play, leaving
runners at second and third with two outs and the Monarchs trailing
2-1. But
Lacey Harris blooped a single over the second baseman's head,
scoring Lewis
and Ulloa to put Monte Vista in front.
In the 6th inning, Monte Vista added an
insurance run with a two-out rally.
Once again it was Harris who provided the spark, as she singled
up the middle
and stole second. Harris eventually scored on two Grossmont errors,
making it
4-2 for Monte Vista.
Grossmont's Alex Sobel pitched three innings
in relief of starter Beintema
and picked up her third win in four decisions. She allowed one
hit and no
earned runs.
The Foothillers pounded out 10 hits, including
2 apiece for Blackmon and
Seid.
Harris was 2-for-3 for Monte Vista.
WEST HILLS 2, MOUNT MIGUEL 0 - Senior catcher Crystal Miller made West
Hills history in Monday's (April 1) Grossmont North/South Tournament
game
against the visiting Matadors.
Miller's 2nd inning solo home run sailed
over the center field fence, making
her the first West Hills player ever to clear the fences in the
13-year
history of the Wolf Pack's home ballpark.
"She hit a rocket to dead center -
the deepest part of the ballpark," said
West Hills coach Steve Sutton.
Miller is only the second player ever to
drive a softball over the West Hills
fences. Grossmont High alum Ashley Bowker did it twice - once
as a junior in
the 2000 season, and again last year.
The Wolf Pack (6-8-2) scored the final run
of the game in the 3rd inning.
Natasha Chouinard and pitcher Lindsay Sutton singled and moved
up on Kasey
Mytinger's groundout. Chouinard scored on Amy Johnson's infield
single.
Sutton (4-5) fired a 3-hit shutout at the
Matadors (7-6-1), striking out 9
and walking none. Sutton also went 3-for-3 at the plate. Chouinard
was
2-for-3 as West Hills collected 8 hits against Mount Miguel ace
Breanna Felix.
Felix (6-3) struck out 6 and walked one in a complete game effort.
EL CAPITAN 1, HELIX 0 - The Highlanders' Sarah Alberts (3-3) surrendered
only 2 hits to the visiting Vaqueros in Monday's (April 1) Grossmont
North/South Tournament game, but came away empty-handed.
A clutch double by El Capitan's Mallory
Palmer to center field in the 7th
inning set up the only run of the game. Palmer moved to third
on a sacrifice
by Karli Buxton, and scored on Alissa Unden's groundout.
Helix had plenty of scoring opportunities
against El Capitan's Angela
Leatherman (3-5), but the Vaqueros' pitcher managed to frustrate
the
Highlanders in a route-going performance.
Helix (8-6) collected 7 hits - 3 by Kristin
Frosio - but stranded eight
runners on base. Jessica Miller went 2-for-3 with a double, while
Danielle
Glenn and Adriana DeJong accounted for the Highlanders' other
2 hits.
VALHALLA 10, EL CAJON 0 (5) - Senior Katie Erreca went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI,
and senior Corinne Krier drove in 3 runs with a pair of hits as
the Norsemen
(9-3) breezed past the Braves in Monday's (April 1) Grossmont
North/South
Tournament game.
Valhalla freshman pitcher Lacey Wilson twirled
a 3-hitter to improve her
season record to 5-0.
Valhalla scored in bunches, pouring in 5
runs in the 1st inning and batting
around for 5 more in the 4th.
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EL CAJON - In a relatively quiet holiday
weekend, Mount Miguel edged El Cajon
Valley 2-1 on Friday (March 29) and Monte Vista fell to Fallbrook
1-0 on
Saturday (March 30).
FALLBROOK 1, MONTE VISTA 0 - Frustration continued to stalk the Monarchs
(4-6-2), who received solid pitching but no clutch hitting in
Saturday's
(March 30) consolation game loss in the Falcon-Fiesta Tournament.
Monte Vista's Melissa Barron pitched a 5-hitter
as he suffered the hard-luck
loss.
The Monarchs were limited to one hit - Zandara
Ulloa's third-inning single up
the middle in the third inning.
Fallbrook scored the only run of the game in the fourth inning.
MOUNT MIGUEL 2, EL CAJON VALLEY 1 - Jennifer Gomez drilled a two-run single
down the third base line in the bottom of the 6th inning Friday
(March 29) to
lift the Matadors (7-5-1) to a come-from-behind victory over El
Cajon Valley.
The Braves broke a scoreless tie with a run in the top of the
5th inning on
three consecutive hits.
Ebony Thorpe stroked a one-out single to spark Mount Miguel's
6th inning
rally. Amanda Beasley reached base on a fielder's choice and then
stole
second, putting the tying and winning runs in scoring position.
That set the
stage for Gomez, who supplied the knock out blow.
Breanna Felix spun a 4-hitter with 5 strikeouts and no walks to
log the
victory.
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LA COSTA - The Grossmont Foothillers have
two ways of looking at it. They can
be glad that La Costa Canyon will once again be in Division I
of the San
Diego CIF playoffs, while Grossmont is in Division II. Or, the
Foothillers,
who dropped a hard-fought 1-0 verdict at LCC on Wednesday (March
27), can be
disappointed that they don't get another chance to upset the Mavericks.
Senior pitcher Katie Maroney fired a 4-hit
shutout at the Foothillers (6-5)
to eliminate Grossmont from the Falcon Fiesta Tournament. The
Mavericks' ace
walked two and struck out five to improve her record to 11-1.
Maroney is 31-4
over the last two seasons with two of those wins coming at Grossmont's
expense.
"It was a tough loss," Grossmont
coach Jerry Lerud said. "We stayed with them
but we just couldn't get that one big hit."
La Costa Canyon wasn't exactly having a
batting field day against Grossmont's
Heather Beintema either. The Mavericks put together a double by
Jessica
Darling and a single by Rachel Waklander in the 2nd inning for
the only run
in the game.
"We had a good outing by Heather, and
our fielding was solid (no errors),"
Lerud said.
Beintema scattered 7 hits, walked 2 and struck out 6.
Grossmont put the tying run on second base
after Angelique Blackmon doubled
in the 6th inning, but Maroney wouldn't budge after that.
Foothillers' center fielder Lisa Green was
2-for-2 with a walk. Mary Seid
accounted for Grossmont's only other hit.
15th Annual Davison Memorial Tournament
(At Las Vegas, Nev.)
WEST HILLS 6, BIG BEAR 4 - The Wolf Pack (5-8-2) overcame deficits of 2-1
and 4-2 to defeat Big Bear in Wednesday's (March 27) third-place
game in the
coveted Gold Division.
Crystal Miller's 2-run single broke a 4-4
tie in the 6th inning and gave West
Hills the win.
Erin Short was 2-for-5 with a stolen base
and one RBI and pitched three
innings of shutout relief to pick up the victory. Kellie Bryan
was 3-for-4
with an RBI for the Wolf Pack.
STOCKTON BROOKSIDE 2, WEST HILLS 0 - The Wolf Pack was defeated in Tuesday's
(March 26) semifinals as Brookside pitcher Carla Cotta tripled
in the only
two runs of the game in the bottom of the 6th inning. An error
and an
intentional walk set the stage for Cotta's clutch hit.
"We would have been out of the inning
if not for the error," West Hills coach
Steve Sutton said. "Two outs later they had the winning run
in scoring
position and a girl who I thought was their toughest hitter was
coming up. So
I intentionally walked her, and then their pitcher beat us with
that triple."
Not one to make excuses, Sutton did note
that his team was back on the field
just two hours after an emotional victory over Westwood (see below).
Lindsay Sutton (3-5) pitched a 3-hitter
and struck out 8. The senior
right-hander has fanned 80 batters in 65 innings, and allowed
only 6 earned
runs.
WEST HILLS 5, WESTWOOD (Ariz.) 0 (8)
- The Wolf Pack pulled off one of
the
biggest upsets in the tournament when it stunned the Arizona powerhouse
on
Tuesday (March 26).
"When they were watching us lose to
Centennial (7-3 in the opening round), a
couple of our parents heard them say that all that was good about
us were our
uniforms," West Hills coach Steve Sutton said. "So before
the game I told our
girls what Centennial was saying about us."
It took the underdog Wolf Pack until the
8th inning when the International
Tie Breaker was invoked to send Westwood reeling.
Kasey Mytinger ripped a 2-run triple to
key a 5-run inning. Catcher Crystal
Miller singled in a run, while Natasha Chouinard also picked up
an RBI with a
fielder's choice. Erin Short had a triple earlier in the game.
Lindsay Sutton, who was 2-for-4 at the plate,
turned in an overpowering
performance on the mound, striking out 11 while scattering 5 hits.
Perhaps Westwood got a bit overconfident,
considering it had beaten
Centennial 5-2 earlier in the tournament. But the Wolf Pack advanced
to the
tournament's elite bracket, while Westwood had to play at a lower
tier.
WEST HILLS 12, RANCHO (Nev.) 0 (4) - Erin Short smacked a grand slam to
highlight the Wolf Pack's 7-run 2nd inning on Monday (March 25)
in their
second game of the tourney. Natasha Chouinard was 2-for-2 with
2 RBI. Lindsay
Sutton struck out 8 and allowed only 2 hits in the four-inning
shutout.
CENTENNIAL (Nev.) 7, WEST HILLS 3 - Last year's No. 5 -ranked team in Nevada
jumped on two Wolf Pack pitchers for 10 hits in Monday's (March
25) opening
round loss. Kellie Bryan and Kasey Mytinger each had 2 hits and
a run scored
for West Hills.
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VISTA 2, MOUNT MIGUEL 1 - Vista scored both runs after two outs in the
bottom of the 7th inning in Wednesday's (March 27) Longhorn Tournament
contest. Amanda Beasley, who drove in Mount Miguel's run in the
3rd inning,
relieved starting pitcher Breanna Felix in the bottom of the 4th.
Felix left
the game with an injury, but Matadors coach Kathy Worley said
Felix is OK.
Beasley's hit was the only one for Mount Miguel (6-5-2) against
the Panthers
(9-5-2).
MOUNT MIGUEL 1, RANCHO BUENA VISTA 1
- With two outs, the Matadors' Heather
Linder-Johnson drove in the tying run in the 5th inning. Jennifer
Gomez had
gotten on base with a hit. The familiar Mount Miguel battery of
Felix and
Shipp held the host Longhorns in check in the Tuesday (March 26)
game.
MOUNT MIGUEL 1, ESCONDIDO 1 (8) - Even the international tie breaker
couldn't break this tie during Monday's (March 25) opening round
of the
Longhorn Tournament. After seven scoreless innings, each team
pushed across a
run in the 8th frame using the ITB. Breanna Felix pitched all
eight innings
for Mount Miguel.
MOUNT MIGUEL 10, OCEANSIDE 3 - The Matadors scored 5 runs in the 1st inning
and led 9-0 after three as they defeated the Pirates in the Longhorn
Tournament on Monday (March 25). Breanna Felix (5-2) was the winner
with Jade
Shipp catching. Mount Miguel had 10 hits in the game. All but
one starter
scored.
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EL CAJON - Grossmont High coach Jerry Lerud,
ever the optimist, knows his
Foothillers will have their hands full when they take on two-time
defending
San Diego CIF Division I champion La Costa Canyon in Wednesday's
(March 27)
Falcon Fiesta Tournament game in North County. Lerud's Hillers
did right the
ship a bit on Tuesday when they snapped a three-game losing streak
with a 6-0
nod over Fallbrook.
Grossmont (6-4) broke loose for 5 runs in
the third inning against the
Warriors (3-10). Singles by Kelleye Zollers and Tiffany Garcia
coupled with a
bunt for a base hit by Lisa Green filled the bases.
One out later, Taryin Casillas singled to
score Zollers and Garcia. Ditto
Lindsey Woods, who singled to plate Ashley Lovelady. The offensive
outburst
continued when Jennifer Osborne drilled a two-run double.
That would be more than enough for pitcher
Alex Sobel, who blanked Fallbrook
on a 5-hitter while striking out 5 and walking none.
Woods, who doubled to set up Osborne's RBI
double in the 6th inning, paced
the Hillers' 10-hit attack with a 3-for-3 effort. Osborne was
2-for-3 with a
pair of doubles and 3 RBI.
CARLSBAD 3, MONTE VISTA 0 - The Monarchs found out why Carlsbad has won 13
of
15 games this season in Tuesday's (March 26) Falcon Fiesta Tournament
tilt in
Spring Valley.
The Lancers let their intentions be known
when Gina Lee Davis opened the game
with a triple and scored on an infield out in the first inning.
Jamie Burton
added an RBI single to the opening frame.
That would be all the offense Leah Christiansen
would need as she blanked the
Monarchs on 6 hits. She walked one and struck out 5.
Monte Vista (4-5-2), as it has done most
of the season, wasted several golden
scoring opportunities. The Monarchs had runners at second and
third with one
out in the first inning, but had two hitters go down on strikes.
The Monarchs left the bases loaded in the
third inning and failed to produce
when they had runners at second and third in the 6th.
Pitcher Tara Campbell was the hard-luck
loser for Monte Vista. She allowed
only two earned runs and scattered 7 hits, while striking out
4. Campbell
also accounted for 2 of Monte Vista's 6 hits. Carrie Melvin also
had a pair
of hits for the Monarchs.
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CHULA VISTA - The Helix Highlanders advanced
to the semifinals of the Hilltop
Tournament Saturday (March 23) only to be blanked by Bonita Vista
7-0. But
there should be no embarrassment in losing to the Barons, who
proved they are
the No. 1 team in the county when they defeated Mira Mesa in the
tournament
finals later that day.
The Highlanders (8-5) placed two girls on
the All-Tournament team - pitcher
Adriana DeJong and second baseman Danielle Downing.
HELIX 4, HILLTOP 0 - DeJong pitched a 5-hit shutout as the Highlanders
defeated the host Lancers in Saturday morning's quarterfinals.
Helix scored one run in the third on an
error by the first baseman and then
by the catcher. The Highlanders broke it open with 3 runs in the
fourth
inning, a rally keyed by Lauren Brady's RBI double.
Megan Borunda started the 3-run rally with
a single. She moved to second on a
sacrifice bunt by Danielle Glenn and then to third on a sacrifice
by Theresa
Mange. That set the stage for Brady's double, which scored Borunda.
Brady
then scored on an error by the left fielder.
DeJong then singled, moved to second on
an error and to third on a bunt
single by Kristen Frosio. DeJong later scored on Downing's bases-loaded
walk.
Helix had 7 hits and no errors. Hilltop had 5 hits and 5 errors.
BONITA VISTA 7, HELIX 0 - Breanna Carrera (3-0) limited the Highlanders to
two hits, and Vanessa Iapala smashed a 3-run homer as the ball
seem to roll
forever on the fenceless Hilltop field.
The game should have been a scoreless deadlock
until the 7th inning when the
Barons erupted for 4 runs. Bonita's Vista's first three runs came
in the
second inning on a 3-base error. The final four runs came in the
seventh
inning on a single by Breanna Carrera to score Lucy Minter. Then
Iapala
slammed the door with her home run.
Helix sophomore pitcher Sarah Alberts (3-2)
pitched a 6-hitter but was the
hardluck loser.
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EL CAJON - When it comes to veteran teams,
don't forget about the Granite
Hills Eagles. This club is used to winning, as seven starters
return from
last year's 17-8-2 squad. The Eagles pounded out 9 hits and scored
in five of
their six turns at bat Friday (March 22) as they rolled over the
host
Grossmont Foothillers 10-2 in a Grossmont North/South Tournament
game.
Senior Jennifer Young let the Eagles' intentions
be known as she led off the
game with a triple to center field and scored on Meagan Hartung's
fielder
choice.
Granite Hills (5-2) increased its advantage
to 3-0 in the second inning as
pitcher Rachel Kelly slashed a 2-run single to right field, scoring
Brandi
Giles (single) and Vanessa Moreno (single).
The Eagles received another boost from the
Giles-Moreno combination in the
third inning. Giles, who singled, worked her way around the bases
and
eventually scored on a base hit by Moreno to make it 4-0.
Granite Hills led 7-0 before Grossmont finally
broke through against Eagles'
ace Rachel Kelly for a run in the bottom of the fourth. The Hillers
(5-4)
fused together singles by Mary Seid, Taryin Casillas and Lindsey
Woods to
deny the shutout. Woods picked up the RBI.
After Young's double helped the Eagles extend
their advantage to 10-1 in the
top of the sixth, Grossmont scored its final run in the bottom
of the sixth
on Jennifer Osborne's RBI single.
Kelly pitched 5 innings to earn her fourth win in five decisions.
MONTE VISTA 1, WEST HILLS 1 (9 innings)
- It was a couple of teams staring
at
a mirror image. Nine innings of frustration, solid pitching and
excellent
defense. The result of Friday's (March 22) Grossmont North/South
Tournament
was a flat-footed tie for Monte Vista and West Hills - a pair
of teams with
hockey-like records. The Monarchs stand at 4-4-2, the Wolf Pack
at 2-6-2.
The Monarchs took a 1-0 lead in the second
inning as Carrie Melvin doubled to
left center, advanced to third on Lindsay Calhoun's bunt single
and scored on
the Wolf Pack's only error of the game.
West Hills produced its lone tally in the
fourth inning. Natasha Chouinard
singled, advanced to second on a bunt single by Lindsay Sutton.
Erin Short
reached base on an infield hit when two scrambling Monarchs collided
in their
haste to make a play. Bases loaded for freshman Christina Matthews,
who came
through with a base hit to score Chouinard and tie the game.
West Hills had runners on base in every
inning after fourth, but the
Monarchs' pitcher Tara Campbell made like Houdini. Sutton was
equally as
evasive when the Monarchs posed an offensive threat.
"This was one of the better defensive
games I've seen by both teams," Monte
Vista coach Sig Chabrowski said.
The game continued into the 8th inning with
the international tie-breaker in
place. Both teams had scoring opportunities, but failed to deliver.
Sutton limited the Monarchs to 5 hits, while
striking out 9. Campbell fanned
6 and successfully scattered 7 hits.
VALHALLA 6, EL CAPITAN 0 - The Norsemen improved to 8-3 as Corinne Krier
blanked the Vaqueros on four hits in Friday's (March 22) Grossmont
North/South Tournament game in Lakeside.
Valhalla broke a scoreless tie with five
runs in the fourth inning. With one
out, Michelle Batchelor hit a line drive single to center field.
She advanced
to second base on a fielder's choice. After Katie Erreca walked,
Lisa Woodend
singled to right field scoring Batchelor.
Torre Buckles reached on an error by El
Cap's first baseman, scoring Woodend.
Jamie McNally singled to right field, scoring Erreca to make it
3-0.
Jessica Yonally then broke the game open
with a booming double over the
center fielder's head, to score Buckles and McNally.
Valhalla scored its final run in the 7th
inning. Brittany Page and Whitney
Holum singled. The Vaqueros got a force out at third base, but
the Norsemen
executed a double steal. Batchelor then singled to left field,
scoring Holum.
The third out was made on a line drive hit back to the pitcher
by Kimberly
Hayden.
In addition to her solid pitching performance,
Krier was credited with 8
assists and one put out.
SANTANA 5, HELIX 0 - The Sultans scored four runs in the first inning
and
the Highlanders never recovered in Friday's (March 22) Grossmont
North/South
Tournament game in La Mesa.
Santana scored four runs in the first inning
and let pitcher Deluca do the
rest. Sandberg smacked an RBI double into the left field corner.
The next 2
batters, Margueax Bass and Olgesby hit consecutive singles. Bass
scored on a
squeeze bunt by DiStefano and Olgesby scored on a dropped ball
at the plate.
The fifth run came in the second. Sandberg
got on with an error, moved to
second on a single by Bass.
Adriana DeJong relieved Helix starter Jessica
Smith and the first pitch was
wild, scoring Sandberg. DeJong settled in after that and held
Santana to no
runs on 2 hits over the final 5-plus innings.
The Helix offense could not string together
its hits for a score. Danielle
Glenn went 2 for 3 and the rest seemed to hit right where the
defense was
standing. Helix had four hits and left five runners on.
Helix was missing 3 players due to injury
and/or illness. Key players were
out of normal position and the four errors were from less experienced
players.
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LA MESA - Two of East County's top pitchers
squared off in Thursday's (March
21) Grossmont North/South Tournament at Helix. Sarah Alberts and
the
Highlanders gained a 2-1 nod over Lindsay Sutton and the visiting
West Hills
Wolf Pack.
Alberts authored a 5-hitter, striking out
2 in the complete-game effort.
Sutton was equally as impressive, striking out 6 while limiting
the
Highlanders (7-3) to three hits. Neither allowed an earned run
or a walk.
Helix scored its first run in the second
inning. Lauren Brady hit a single to
left and advanced to second on Teresa Mange's slap-bunt single.
Danielle
Glenn's infield grounder resulted in a dropped throw at second
base. As Mange
reached second safety, Brady kept running and beat the Pack's
throw to the
plate.
The Highlanders made it 2-0 in the third
inning. Kristen Frosio got on base
with a single, advanced to second on an error and eventually scored
on a wild
pitch.
Crystal Miller was 2-for-3 to lead West
Hills' offense. Kasey Mitinger had a
double and Natasha Chouinard clubbed a single and logged the Pack's
lone RBI.
West Hills (2-6-1) left 6 runners on. Kelly
Bryan, who reached on an infield
single and advanced to second on a throwing error, came around
to score on
back-to-back fielder's choices by Miller and Chouinard.
SERRA 3, CHRISTIAN 1 - At Christian on Friday, Serra got three singles in the third for the lead, but the Patriots tied it in their half of the third on a single by Erin Ryan, two stolen bases and a throwing error. In the sixth, Serra got a lead single, then a two-out RBI double from their leadoff hitter for a 2-1 lead. In the seventh, the Conquistadors got a another two-out RBI single.
Serra had 11 hits, while the Pats' Natalie Breeden had two swift putouts and an assist to home, gunning down a runner trying to score from second.
Ryan had two singles. Rene Henson (2-4) went the distance for Christian (0-1, 6-4).
The Pats play at the Falcon Fiesta against
Carlsbad at home on Saturday at 11 a.m..
(03-21-02)
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EL CAJON - Monte Vista's Melissa Barron
was twirling a perfect game for six
innings but settled for a 2-hitter as the visiting Monarchs (4-4-1)
knocked
off host El Cajon Valley 3-1 in Wednesday's (March 20) Grossmont
North/South
Tournament action.
Barron, who struck out 8 of the first 18
batters she faced, lost her bid for
a "perfecto" when a misjudged fly ball fell in for a
single opening the 7th
inning. The Braves eventually snapped the shutout on Mackin's
RBI single.
Monte Vista broke a scoreless deadlock with
a pair of runs in the third
inning. Sireenah Cruse reached base on a error and moved up a
notch when
Martha Bisceglia turned a sacrifice bunt into a single. Both runners
advanced
a base on Lacey Harris' sacrifice bunt.
With two outs, Tara Campbell clubbed a double
to the fence in center field to
score Cruse and Bisceglia.
The Monarchs parlayed two-out singles by
Donalee Lewis, Cruse and Bisceglia
into a third run in the fourth inning.
VALHALLA 6, SANTANA 1 - Those in the Grossmont South League had better
take
notice of the Valhalla Norsemen. This team is for real.
The Norsemen (7-3-1) jumped on top with
three runs in the first inning. With
one out and two runners in scoring position, freshman Kimberly
Hayden hit a
line drive shot to left field, scoring one run. Stephanie Sweat
singled to
center field, scoring another. Hayden came home on a wild pitch.
In the top of the second inning, Santana
scored its only run on a single by
Margeaux Bass and a hit by Stefano.
Valhalla pitcher Lacey Wilson made the 3-1
lead standup, but received
additional offensive support when the Norsemen tacked on three
runs in the
bottom of the sixth inning.
Lisa Woodend sparked the rally with a single
to right center. After Katie
Erreca walked, the Norsemen loaded the bases when Rebecca Hall
beat out a
bunt.
Whitney Holum forced in a run with a bases-loaded
walk to make it 4-1.
Savannah Brown hit a line drive to left center, scoring Erreca.
Michelle Batchelor hit a hard ground ball
to Bass at shortstop. Bass threw to
home, forcing Hall at the plate. But Hayden followed with an RBI
single to
center field, scoring Holum.
HELIX 1, GROSSMONT 0 - The Highlanders' Adriana DeJong threw a 3-hitter
to
blank the visiting Foothillers in Wednesday's (March 20) Grossmont
North/South Tournament game.
Helix used some timely hitting to generate
the only run of the game in the
first inning. Danielle Downing drew a walk and sprinted to third
on Jessica
Miller's double.
Megan Borunda brought Downing home with a single to left.
Grossmont's Heather Beintema and Alex Sobel
combined to hold Helix to 2 hits
the rest of the way.
The Highlanders (6-3) stranded eight base-runners,
while Grossmont (5-3) left
four runners on.
GRANITE HILLS 1, WEST HILLS 0 - The Eagles scored the only run of the game
without the benefit of a hit in the 5th inning of Wednesday's
(March 20)
Grossmont North/South Tournament game in Santee.
Although West Hills pitcher Natasha Chouinard
was able to strike out the side
in the fifth, she could not overcome two errors and back-to-back
walks. A
bases-loaded walk to Meagan Hartung on a 3-2 pitch drove in the
lone run.
Chouinard finished with 6 strikeouts in
6 innings, while Lindsay Sutton
fanned 2 more Eagles in the 7th.
Rachel Kelly limited the Wolf Pack (2-5-1)
to 3 hits while striking out 10,
walking 2 and hitting another.
West Hills missed a major scoring chance
in the 6th when it had runners and
second and third and nobody out, but failed to get the key hit.
The Pack
placed runners at the corners in the 7th with one out, but were
denied by
Kelly again.
MOUNT MIGUEL 1, EL CAPITAN 0 - No information reported.
CHRISTIAN 9, EL CAMINO 3 (5) - The Wildcats struck with a two-run first to surprise the Patriots, but Holly Littlepage, Callie Murray and Erin Ryan drove in runs, and Melissa Owens improved to 4-0 on the mound and also delivered two hits, including an RBI double in a Falcon Fiesta game that was called due to the time limit..
Ryan finished with two RBI and went 3-for-3, as te Pats banged out 13 hits to the Wildcats' four off of Owens.
Christian (6-3) meets Serra on Friday.
(03-20-02)
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EL CAJON - While the heavy rain that drenched
East County late Sunday (March
17) caused the majority of Monday's opening round games of the
Grossmont
North-South Tournament to be postponed, two of the Grossmont Conference's
top
teams did manage to step up to the plate.
The visiting Valhalla Norsemen, anxious
to establish themselves as the top
club in East County, parlayed singles by Corinne Krier and Lisa
Woodend, an
RBI triple by Savannah Brown and two Grossmont errors into a four-run
sixth
inning which led to a 6-2 victory.
"They have a very fine team,"
Grossmont coach Jerry Lerud said of the 6-3-1
Norsemen. "But we didn't play very well. Our defense wasn't
what it has been
after losing (shortstop) Shannon Peterson to a sprained ankle
in the first
inning. She is the heart of our team and was missed."
Stephanie Sweat and Lacey Wilson handled
the pitching chores for Valhalla.
Sweat scattered six hits over 6 innings and struck out 7 as she
picked up the
victory. Wilson struck out the side in the 7th.
Valhalla took a 1-0 lead in the third inning.
Whitney Holum sparked the rally
with a walk, advanced to second when Grossmont pitcher Heather
Beintema hit
Brown and scored on an RBI double to center by Michelle Batchelor.
The Norsemen extended their advantage to
2-0 in the fifth. Once again Holum
ignited the rally with a single. Brown laid down a bunt to advance
Holum to
second. Brown was also safe when the throw to first was wide of
the mark.
Batchelor singled to score Holum.
Grossmont (5-2) sliced the Valhalla lead
in half with a two-out rally in the
bottom of the 5th inning. Lindsey Woods doubled to center and
courtesy runner
Alex Sobel took over on the base paths for her. Pinch hitter Jennifer
Osborne
brought Sobel home with a single.
Then the roof caved in on Grossmont as Valhalla muscled up for four runs.
"We gave up key hits to Woodend and
Brown on 0-2 pitches," Lerud said. "You
can't do that and expect to win."
Grossmont tacked on a run in the bottom
of the 6th as Tiffany Garcia walked
and scored on a base hit by Tawnie Peterson.
CHRISTIAN 6, SAN DIEGUITO 1 - San Dieguito scored its run in the second, but the Patriots responded with four in the fourth, as Kyleen Murray drove in a run and Erin Ryan knocked home a pair, and Holly Littlepage added a run-scoring single.
In the seventh, the Pats got another RBI single from Callie Murray, who drove in Natalie Breeden.
Rene Henson pitched a complete game, striking out four and allowing a pair of walks, as she improved to 2-3.
(03-18-02)
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CHULA VISTA - Oh what a shocking reality
the Valhalla Norsemen gave the
Morse Tigers in Saturday's (March 16) opening round of the Hilltop
Tournament.
The Valhalla battery of pitcher Lacey Wilson
and catcher Savannah Brown put a
charge in the Norsemen which led to an 8-0 victory in a game called
after 5
innings.
Wilson pitched a no-hitter and struck out
12 while Brown drove in a pair of
runs with a home run and a triple for the Norsemen (5-2-1), who
totaled 11
hits in thew abbreviated game.
The Norsemen wasted little time getting
started with a two-out rally in the
first inning. Michelle Batchelor singled and scored on Brown's
triple to
center. Brown scored on a passed ball.
In the second inning, Jamie McNally walked,
moved to second base on a single
by Wilson and scored on a passed ball.
Then, it was time to play long ball. And did the Norsemen pack a punch.
Brown made it 4-0 in the fourth as she led
off with a home run to center
field. Corinne Krier followed with a single and Torre Buckles'
jacked one out
to vault Valhalla's lead to 6-0. But wait, there was more
After McNally walked, Jessica Yonally hit
a line drive home run to right
field and the score was 8-0 after 3 innings.
The remainder of the game was uneventful
(with the exception of three hits by
Krier, Buckles and McNally).
BONITA VISTA 3, VALHALLA 0 - As hot as the Norsemen were in the first game,
they were quiet in the second.
To make matters worse, Valhalla was burned
right off the bat when Whitney
Holum was robbed of a home run in the top of the first. Holum
led off with a
fence-clearing shot to center field, but was called out for not
touching
second base. Lisa Woodend followed with a single. However, the
inning ended
with strike out on Michelle Batchelor and a fly out to center
field by
Savannah Brown.
Valhalla pitcher Corinne Krier allowed only
eight hits and 3 runs in a
seven-inning outing. But the undefeated Barons (6-0) put the heat
on right
away when Vanessa Iapala hit a home run with two outs in the first
inning.
A two-run single by Lucy Minter made it
3-0 in the bottom of the second
inning as Valhalla fell to 5-3-1.
MIRA MESA 5, HELIX 0 - Facing Mira Mesa and Lisa Dodd on any day usually
isn't a pleasant experience for those who bats in their hands.
When key members of the team are missing,
Dodd becomes even that much more
bigger than life. She was a giant to the Helix Highlanders in
Saturday's
(March 16) Hilltop Tournament game, breezing to a 5-0 victory.
Helix had only 10 players available for
this game, with key starters absent
due to illness, SAT's and/or a speech tournament. Dodd logged
11 Ks, walked
one and allowed only 2 hits.
Helix pitcher Adriana DeJong allowed 5 runs
on 11 hits. Five of the hits
were doubles and there was one triple.
Mira Mesa (11-0) scored one run in the first
inning. Natasha Sevco singled
and came home on a triple by Morris. Two more runs came across
in the third
on doubles by Allison Boeckelman, Chris Castro, and Chanel Pangilinan.
HELIX 4, CHULA VISTA 3 - The Highlanders hammered out 10 hits as they edged
the Spartans in Saturday's (March 16) Hilltop Tournament game.
The big inning for the Highlanders was the
fourth when Helix snapped a 1-1
tie with three runs. Rachel Aftreth singled and advanced to second
on a
passed ball.
Kristen Frosio bunted for a single and moved
Aftreth to third. On a double
steal, Aftreth scored as Frosio went to second.
Jessica Miller smacked an outside pitch
to deep right field for a triple,
scoring Frosio. Megan Borunda scored Miller for what proved to
be the wining
run when she singled to left.
The stats for the Highlanders (5-3) were
impressive: Frosio (3 for 4, 1 run);
Miller (2 for 4, 1 run, triple, rbi); Borunda 2 for 4, rbi); and
Aftreth
(2 for 3, 1 run).
PALO VERDE 3, CHRISTIAN 2 - Holly Littlepage drove in a
pair of runs with a single and a sacrifice fly, but the Patriots
lost in the seventh inning, allowing a pair of hits and the decisive
run.
Melissa Owens delivered the first five innings for Christian, but didn't get the decision.
Jenny Ray had two hits, including a double,
a stolen base, and scored a run.
(03-16-02)
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BONITA - The way Monte Vista coach Sig Chabrowski
sees it, the Bonita Vista
Barons are underrated. A Top 10 team for sure. Probably more like
a top 5
team. The Monarchs were greeted by Vanessa Iapala's 3-run home
run in the
first inning of Friday's (March 15) Falcon Fiesta Classic contest
and then
were fed a steady diet of zeroes by Brianna Carrera as the Barons
breezed to
a 7-0 victory.
"We've lost to some pretty tough teams,"
Chabrowski said. "Mira Mesa, La
Costa Canyon, Poway and Serra are all good teams. This Bonita
Vista team is
right up there near the top."
Monte Vista pitcher Tara Campbell struggled
from the outset, throwing 55
pitches in the first inning.
Elena Romero ripped a two-run home run in the 6th inning for Bonita Vista.
The Monarchs (3-4-1), who were retired in
order only in the 2nd and 7th
innings, left runners at first and second base in the 1st and
3rd innings.
They stranded another Monarch at second base in the fourth.
Campbell collected two of Monte Vista's
six hits off Carrera. Melissa Barron,
Lacey Harris, Lyndsay Calhoun and Carrie Melvin each had one safety
for the
Monarchs.
(03-15-02)
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EL CAJON - It wasn't the best of days for
East County hitters. Of course, the
Valhalla Norsemen and Helix Highlanders were facing some of the
finest
pitching San Diego County has to offer on Thursday (March 14)
when they were
each shut out. Only Christian High came away with a victory.
MIRA MESA 1, VALHALLA 0 - It's difficult to pinpoint which of Mira Mesa's
two pitchers is the best considering Natasha Sevco and Lisa Dodd
have each
been anointed the San Diego CIF Division II Player of the Year.
Sevco was
bestowed the honor in 2000, while Dodd accepted the award in 2001.
Sevco (5-0) shut down the Norsemen (4-2-1)
on a 2-hitter, allowing singles to
Michelle Batchelor (in the 1st inning) and Becca Hall (in the
6th).
However, the headliner in this Hilltop Tournament
encounter could easily have
been Valhalla pitcher Stephanie Sweat, who used an assortment
of off-speed
pitches to limit the 9-0 Marauders to 5 hits. Sweat was supported
by an
error-free Valhalla defense, which came up with a handful of defensive
gems.
Mira Mesa scored the only run of the game
in the third inning on an RBI
single by Allison Boeckelman.
BONITA VISTA 7, HELIX 0 - USDHS transfer Emily Turner fired a 1-hitter at
the visiting Highlanders in Thursday's (March 13) Hilltop Tournament
contest.
Turner, who is also an outstanding basketball
player, struck out 8 and walked
only two to record her first win.
Meanwhile, Bonita Vista, the perennial South
Bay kingpin, bowled over the
Highlanders (4-2) in the early innings, building a 7-0 edge after
four
frames. Oregon State-bound Vanessa Iapala went 3-for-4 to lead
the Barons.
Helix starter Jessica Smith was roughed
up for all 7 runs on a dozen hits.
Adriana De Jong blanked the Barons over the final two frames.
Jessica Miller accounted for the only Helix hit.
CHRISTIAN 2, EL CAJON VALLEY 0 - The Patriots (4-1) scored 2 runs in the top of
the
first inning and pitcher Melissa Owens took care of the rest,
blanking the
Braves on a 2-hitter in Thursday's (March 14) Montgomery Tournament
action.
Owens struck out six.
Callie Murray led off with a base hit and
Holly Little page bunted her over.
Jenny Ray had an RBI double and Ownes had a suicide bunt to bring
in the second run.
EASTLAKE 4, EL CAPITAN 3 - No information was reported.
SANTANA 4, LA JOLLA 3 - No information was reported.
(03-14-02)
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EL CAJON - One of the many things the Grossmont
Foothillers have going this
spring is timely hitting. They do not just step to the plate and
flail away.
Lisa Green ripped a 2-run double and Lindsey Woods drove in a
pair of runs
with single and sacrifice fly Wednesday (March 13) as the Hillers
conquered
Patrick Henry 6-2 in a Falcon Fiesta Tournament game.
Grossmont (5-1) collected eight hits in
the victory, including 2 by Ashley
Lovelady, who also walked and circled the bases three times to
account for
half of the Hillers' scoring total.
The Hillers jumped in front 2-0 in the first
inning. Mary Seid sparked the
rally with a single and Lovelady followed with a two-out walk.
Taryin
Casillas singled to score Seid and Woods plated Lovelady with
a base hit.
Singles by Shannon Peterson and Lovelady
put the Hillers in business again in
the 3rd inning. Casillas advanced the runners with a sacrifice
bunt. Peterson
scored on a passed ball. After Angelique Blackmon walked, Green
doubled both
runners home giving Grossmont a 5-0 advantage.
That was more than enough for pitchers Heather
Beintema and Alex Sobel, who
combined to limit Henry to 4 hits and one earned run. Beintema
struck out 6
during her 6-inning stint en route to her 4th win in 5 decisions.
"We have a spirited bunch of young
ladies," Grossmont coach Jerry Lerud said.
"Heather had them (the Patriots) off balance and our defense
was sound again
(only one error). Everyone had a hand in this win."
HELIX 3, HILLTOP 1 - Sarah Alberts looked like her old self (if a sophomore
can ever look old) as she hurled the Highlanders past visiting
Hilltop in a
non-league game Wednesday (March 13).
Alberts struck out 9 and walked 2 while
limiting the Lancers to 4 hits as
Helix improved to 4-1. Alberts started strong, striking out 7
of the first 9
batters she faced. However, two hit batters and a pair of singles
in the 7th
inning spoiled Alberts' shutout bid.
Helix took a 2-0 lead on RBI singles by
Teresa Mange and Danielle Glenn in
the second inning.
The same two hitters were again in the Helix
scoring formula in the 4th
inning. Mange mashed a single, stole second base, and advanced
to third on
Glenn's shot to shortstop. The Lancers lent a helping hand this
time. Teresa
Aftreth tapped a bouncer back to the pitcher, who threw wide to
first base
allowing Mange to score for a 3-0 lead.
Helix totaled 7 hits, including two each by Mange and Jessica Miller.
MONTE VISTA 2, SAN DIEGUITO 0 - Monte Vista pitcher Melissa Barron had
only one problem in Wednesday's (March 13) Falcon Fiesta Tournament
game at
San Dieguito - Rachel Myer.
While Barron did record the complete-game
shutout, Myer accounted for the
Mustangs' only two hits with singles in the 1st and 6th innings.
Other than
those two blows, the game belonged to Barron, who walked none
and struck out
4.
Monte Vista scored the only run it would
need in the second inning. Sarah
Castillo began the rally with a one-out walk, moved up a base
on Lyndsay
Calhoun's single to right and took third on Barron's sacrifice.
Zandra Ulloa then singled up the middle to score Castillo.
In the fourth inning, Castillo provided
the scoring punch with a single to
bring in Tara Campbell, who reached base when Lacey Harris (single)
was
nailed going to third base.
MOUNT MIGUEL 2, SCRIPPS RANCH 1 - Breanna Felix (3-1) fired a 5-hitter
Wednesday (March 13) as the visiting Matadors (4-3) rallied for
the
come-from-behind victory over host Scripps Ranch.
Both Mount Miguel runs came across in the
5th inning. Kelly Zoch ignited the
rally with a single, advanced to second on Anna Perino's sacrifice
bunt and
to third on a Scripps Ranch throwing error.
Catcher Jade Shipp singled to score Zoch
with the tying run. Shipp continued
onto third base on an error by the right fielder and scored on
a throwing
error by the Falcons' second baseman.
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Tuesday, March 12
HOLTVILLE 3, CHRISTIAN 1 - Callie Murray drove in Nat
Breeden (single) with a third inning single to give the Pats the
lead, but Holtville scored two in the fifth and one in the sixth,
as Christian committed four errors.
Melissa Owens pitched four scoreless innings for the Patriots.
MORSE 6, EL CAJON VALLEY 4 (8) - No information reported.
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ESCONDIDO - There's rising power in the
Grossmont South League this year. The
Valhalla Norsemen are off to a 4-1-1 start and building momentum.
VALHALLA 6, SERRA 0 - Led by junior Whitney Holum, the Norsemen knocked
off
the Conquistadors Monday night (March 11) in the bracketed semifinals
of the
Cougar Classic at Kit Carson Park in Escondido. Holum was 3 for
3 with 2
singles, a double, an RBI and a stolen base.
In an early-season rematch of last year's
San Diego CIF Division II playoff
game, the Norsemen got the breaks and the timely hitting to prevail.
Sophomore Jamie McNally got 2 hits, scored
twice and drove in one run for the
Norsemen. Savannah Brown was 1-for-3 with 2 runs and an RBI.
Freshman Lacey Wilson pitched the shutout,
striking out 5 in 5 innings on her
way to her second win on the season.
VALHALLA 4, VISTA 0 - Corinne Krier pitched a 3-hit shutout against the
Panthers in the third place championship game of the Cougar Classic
Monday
night (March 11) at Kit Carson Park. Krier was in complete command
the entire
game, walking 1 while striking out 4. She allowed only 4 base-runners
on the
night.
Whitney Holum led off the game with a triple,
scoring moments later on a
passed ball. Michelle Batchelor had a double and triple and barely
missed a
third hit. Her triple scored Jessica Yonally (walk) in the 4th.
Batchelor
carried across the second run of the inning and the final run
of the game on
a wild pitch.
Katie Erreca was 2-for-2 with a long double
and Savannah Brown had an RBI
single in the 3rd inning for Valhalla.
The Norsemen open the Hilltop Tournament
on the road in Thursday's (March
14) game against top-ranked Mira Mesa at 3:30 p.m.
MONTE VISTA 2, CHRISTIAN 0 - Tara Campbell and Sarah Castillo combined on a
4-hit shutout Monday (March 11) as the Monarchs blanked the Patriots
in the
3rd Annual Falcon Fiesta Softball Tournament game.
Campbell struck out 7, walked 2 and allowed
only 3 hits over five innings to
notch the win. Castillo gave up only 1 hit and struck out 1 in
the final two
frames.
Monte Vista (2-3-1) loaded the bases with
two outs in the 4th inning on an
error and base hits from Castillo and Lyndsay Calhoun, but failed
to score.
The Monarchs also left a runner in scoring
position in the 5th as second
base, as Christian pitcher Rene Henson held them at bay.
Monte Vista finally broke through with 2
runs in the 6th inning, loading the
bases on singles by Campbell, Carrie Melvin, and Castillo. Campbell
scored
what proved to be the winning run when Calhoun hit into a fielder's
choice.
The Patriots retired Melissa Barron on a
groundball to shortstop, but handed
the Monarchs their 2nd run when they tried to nail Melvin retreating
to third
base. When the ball kicked away for an error, Melvin got up and
scored.
Melissa Owens, Lauren Oldenberg, Natalie
Breeden, and Henson each had one hit
for the Patriots.
LA COSTA CANYON 2, WEST HILLS 0 - Katie Maroney struck out 7 and scattered 6
hits to lead the two-time SDCIF Division I champion Mavericks
to the Cougar
Classic victory on Monday (March 11).
La Costa Canyon scored the only 2 runs of
the game in the 5th inning against
hard-luck loser Lindsey Sutton, who struck out 7 and walked 1
in five innings.
Natasha Chouinard blanked the Mavericks
in her one inning while striking out
2.
West Hills (2-4-1) loaded the bases with
one out in the 7th on singles by
Crystal Miller and Chouinard, and Sutton's fielder's choice, but
stranded the
runners.
Miller accounted for 2 of the Wolf Pack's 6 hits, including a double.
EL CAPITAN 8, SCRIPPS RANCH 2 - WPLeatherman (2-0).
UNIVERSITY CITY 5, MT. MIGUEL 0 (5) - No information reported.
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ESCONDIDO - The Helix Highlanders like to
think of themselves as the premier
team in East County softball. They had little difficulty proving
that point
to Madison in an 8-0 win during the final game of pool play of
the Cougar
Classic on Saturday (March 9) at Kit Carson Park.
HELIX 8, MADISON 0 - Adriana De Jong pitched a 1-hit shutout as the
Highlanders finished unbeaten in their 3-game pool of the Cougar
Classic.
Several Highlanders shared in the offensive
onslaught - Kristen Frosio (1-4,
3 runs, 2 SBs. 1 RBI), Danielle Downing (1-3, 2 runs, 2 SBs, 1
RBI), Jessica
Miller (2-for-3, 1 run), Jessica Smith (1-2, 1 run, 1 RBI) and
Teresa Mange
(2-3, 1 run).
MIRA MESA 2, HELIX 1 - In a bitter battle between two of San Diego County's
top teams, the Marauders' Lisa Dodd won a pitching duel over the
Highlanders'
Sarah Alberts in Saturday's (March 9) Cougar Classic semifinals
at Kit Carson
Park.
Alberts allowed only 7 hits while striking
out 2. Dodd fanned 12 and limited
Helix to 3 hits.
The Highlanders' only run scored on a walk
and a throwing error in the second
inning.
Only one of Mira Mesa's two runs was earned.
VALHALLA 3, ORANGE GLEN 1 - Sophomore Stephanie Sweat gave the Norsemen
(2-1-1) a major lift when she pitched a 5-hitter and struck out
10 in
Saturday's (March 9) semifinals of the Cougar Classic at Kit Carson
Park.
Savannah Brown tripled home Kimmy Hayden,
who ignited a 3-run second inning
with a single. Brown scored on an error, but the Norsemen weren't
through.
After Becca Hall beat out a bunt for a single, Whitney Holum tripled
to make it
3-0.
Holum, Hayden and Torre Buckles had 2 hits apiece for Valhalla.
VALHALLA 0, EASTLAKE 0 - Nothing in softball is more frustrating than to
throw a no-hitter and not win the game. But that's what happened
to Valhalla
pitcher Corinne Kreir in Saturday's (March 9) final game of pool
play in the
Cougar Classic at Kit Carson Park.
Krier walked three and struck out four during a 7-inning stint.
The Norsemen had a chance to break the scoreless
deadlock in the 5th inning
when, with 2 outs, Kimmy Hayden, Whitney Holum and Lisa Wooden
hit
consecutive singles only to have Hayden thrown out at the plate
on a nice tag
by Eastlake's Stephanie Dow.
Holum accounted for 2 of Valhalla's 5 hits in the tie game.
WEST HILLS 4, UNIVERSITY CITY 1 - Erin Short's lead-off triple sparked a
3-run 5th inning for the Wolf Pack, which finally broke into the
win column
in Saturday's (March 9) final game of pool play at the Cougar
Classic at Kit
Carson Park.
Casey Mytinger's RBI double capped the 3-run
frame that gave the Pack and
winning pitcher Natasha Chouinard the victory. Chouinard pitched
a 6-inning
2-hitter.
WEST HILLS 10, EASTLAKE 0 - A 9-run second inning carried the Wolf Pack to
their second Cougar Classic victory of the day.
Kellie Bryan's inside-the-park grand slam
was the major blow in the Pack's
biggest inning of the season. Natasha Chouinard was 2-for-3 with
one RBI for
West Hills (2-3-1).
Lindsay Sutton pitched a 1-hit shutout over 5 innings, striking out 6.
GROSSMONT 3, MISSION BAY 2 - Ashley Lovelady laced RBI singles in the first
and third innings to help the Foothillers nip the Buccaneers in
the final
game of pool play in the Cougar Classic Saturday (March 9) at
Kit Carson Park.
Virginia Rodriguez allowed 4 hits and one
earned run in 3 2/3 innings to
chalk up her first win of the season. Alex Sobel pitched 2 1/3
innings of
hitless relief to notch the save.
Eight Foothillers contributed to a 9-hit attack.
ESCONDIDO 3, GROSSMONT 2 (8) - The Holstrum sisters ganged up on the
Hillers to hand Grossmont its first loss in five starts this season.
Once again it was Ashley Lovelady who supplied
the Foothillers with a clutch
hit, driving in Tiffany Garcia (single) for a 1-0 lead in the
first inning.
That advantage held up until the third 3rd
inning when Escondido tied the
game against Grossmont ace Heather Beintema, aided by a crucial
error. The
Cougars took a 2-1 lead in the 5th inning, but Grossmont tied
it on Shannon
Peterson's RBI single in the 6th.
Wendy Holstrum drove in the winning run
with a base hit in the bottom of the
8th inning. Ericka Holstrom doubled and scored the run that gave
Escondido a
2-1 edge in the 5th inning.
SERRA 6, MONTE VISTA 2 - The Monarchs were playing catch-up from the get-go
in Saturday's (March 9) Cougar Classic at Kit Carson Park as the
Conquistadors scored 3 runs in the first inning.
Monte Vista countered with back-to-back
doubles by Martha Bisceglia and Tara
Campbell for a run in the bottom of the first but were silent
until the 7th
inning as Serra's Lindsey Sommer struck out 11.
Melanie Massey singled in Carrie Melvin
(single) from second base with one
out in the 7th, but that's as far as the Monte Vista comeback
would go.
RAMONA 4, MONTE VISTA 3 - The Monarchs' Tara Campbell pitched a 4-hitter
and allowed only one earned run while striking out eight in Saturday's
second
game of the Cougar Classic.
Zandra Ulloa was 3-for-3 with one RBI and
Lyndsay Calhoun was 2-for-3 with 2
RBI for Monte Vista (1-3-1).
CHRISTIAN 2, HORIZON CHRISTIAN 1 - Horizon scored its run in the first, but the Patriots scored twice in the third when Lauren Oldenberg (double) and Jenny Ray (walk) scored on a two-base error on a ball struck by Callie Murray.
Melissa Owens earned the pitching win, while Rene Henson picked up the save.
CHRISTIAN 8, BRAWLEY 1 - Henson delivered four innings for her first win of the season, allowing a walk and striking out seven, while Owens struck out two in one inning of work.
The Pats scored in the first on RBI hits from Owens (double), Henson and Holly Littlepage (double).
In the third, Ray tripled and came in on a single by Owens.
Christian struck again in the fourth when Henson singled home Ray (single), and Erin Ryan knocked in Owens with a base hit.
CHS meets Monte Vista on Monday before travelling to play Holtville on Tuesday.
(03-09-02)
EastCountySports.com staff report
ESCONDIDO - Megan Borrunda went 3-for-4
with a double and an RBI as Helix
rolled over Valley Center 7-1 in Friday's (March 8) Cougar Classic
encounter
at Kit Carson Park.
The Highlanders (2-0) overcame a 1-0 deficit
with three runs in the 4th
inning, and then added four in the 6th to make a winner of Jessica
Smith.
Helix hammered out 5 hits - by Smith, Adriana
DeJong, Rachel Aftreth, Teresa
Mange and Kristen Frosio - in their 4th inning rally. Mange, Frosio
and
Danielle Downing were credited with RBIs.
The offensive fireworks continued in the
bottom of the 6th. Jessica Miller
clubbed a 2-run double, Borrunda doubled in a run, and Downing
singled in
another.
Helix finished with 11 hits and capitalized on 6 Valley Center errors.
Smith allowed one run on 5 hits while striking
out two over five innings for
the win. Sarah Alberts retired six batters in a row in relief
for the
Highlanders.
POWAY 1, MONTE VISTA 1 - The Monarchs battled Poway - one of the county's
top teams - to a six-inning draw in Friday's (March 8) Cougar
Classic game at
Kit Carson Park.
After Poway picked up a run in the 1st inning,
the Monarchs tied it on a
bases-loaded walk to Sireenah Cruse in the 4th inning.
Monte Vista (1-1-1) could easily have lost
had it not been for some clutch
pitching by Tara Campbell, who rationed the Titans (2-0-1) to
4 hits and no
walks while striking out seven.
"Tara escaped from some pretty tight
quarters," Monarchs coach Sig Chabrowski
said. "She had a pretty good defense behind her, too."
In the 4th inning, Monte Vista center fielder
Donalee Lewis cut down a Poway
runner trying to score from second base when she scooped up a
base hit and
fired a perfect throw to catcher Lyndsay Calhoun for the out.
The Titans threatened again in the 5th,
putting runners at second and third
with two outs. But Campbell crushed the rally with an inning-ending
strikeout.
Sarah Castillo accounted for 2 of Monte Vista's 3 hits.
VALHALLA 9, FALLBROOK 0 - Freshman Lacey Wilson pitched a 2-hit shutout and
struck out five as the Norsemen blanked the Warriors in Friday's
(March 8)
Cougar Classic game at Kit Carson Park.
The Norsemen (1-1) broke a scoreless tie
with 6 runs in the 4th inning.
Stephanie Sweat and Becca Hall each contributed a 2-run single
to the big
inning. Torre Buckles chipped in with an RBI single and Katie
Erreca walked
with bases loaded to force in a run.
Whitney Holum led off the 5th inning for
Valhalla with a triple to
right-center field and scored on a base hit by Lisa Wooden. Michelle
Batchelor brought the game to a premature conclusion as she lined
a 2-run
homer to right field.
Wilson struck out five in the five-inning game.
WEST HILLS 1, ORANGE GLEN 1 - Lindsay Sutton struck out 11 and pitched a
2-hitter against Orange Glen in Friday's (March 8) Cougar Classic
game at Kit
Carson Park.
The Patriots scored their only run in the
4th inning without benefit of a
hit, giving Orange Glen a 1-0 lead.
West Hills tied the game in the 6th as Amy
Johnson singled, advanced to
second on an error, and scored on Kellie Bryan's base hit.
The Pack (0-3-1) loaded the bases in the 7th inning, but failed to score.
"We had plenty of chances to score,"
West Hills coach Steve Sutton said. "We
had runners at first and second and nobody out in the 3rd inning,
and then
struck out and hit into a double play. We left a runner on at
second base in
the 5th, and then blew a chance in the 7th. It's been like that
for us all
season so far."
It could have been worse, as Orange Glen
loaded the bases in the 1st inning
only to have Sutton strike out the side. She also struck out the
side in the
6th, and retired the Patriots in order 5-of-7 innings.
(03-08-02)
EastCountySports.com staff report
ESCONDIDO - The Grossmont Foothillers rolled
to their third-straight victory
Wednesday (March 6) as they clipped Carlsbad 5-3 in the Cougar
Classic at Kit
Carson Park.
Heather Beintema spun a complete game 3-hitter
while walking none and
striking out seven for the Hillers.
Grossmont (3-0) jumped on top with two runs
in the second inning. Ashley
Lovelady doubled and advanced to third on a Lindsey Woods single.
When the
Carlsbad left fielder let Woods' ball elude her, Lovelady scored
and Woods
raced to second. Kellye Zoller ran for Woods, and scored on an
error, staking
Grossmont to a 2-0 lead.
The Foothillers fattened their advantage
to 5-0 in the 3rd inning. Lovelady's
single cashed in the first run, and the second tally came home
on a throwing
error by the Lancers' catcher. Angelique Blackmon singled in Lovelady
to
complete Grossmont's scoring.
Carlsbad (1-1) made a game of it, thanks
to some faulty fielding by the
Foothillers who were tagged with five errors in the contest. The
Lancers
pushed across three runs in the bottom of the 3rd, two of which
were unearned.
Nobody scored over the final three frames
until the game was called by the
tournament's 90-minute time limit.
Lovelady, Woods and Tawnie Peterson had two hits apiece for Grossmont.
LA COSTA CANYON 4, MONTE VISTA 0 - Katie Maroney fired a one-hit shutout
and struck out eight, as two-time San Diego CIF Division I champion
La Costa
Canyon smothered the Monarchs (1-1) Wednesday (March 6) in the
Cougar Classic
at Kit Carson Park.
Sophomore catcher Melanie Massey accounted
for the Monarchs' only hit - a
line drive single down the right field line in the 3rd inning.
Massey also
played superb defense, throwing out a Mavericks' runner attempting
to steal
2nd in the 1st inning, and nailed an LCC runner attempting to
swipe 3rd in
inning No. 3.
Tara Campbell (1-1) was the hardluck loser
for the Monarchs, surrendering
three earned runs and six hits over six innings. The game was
called after
the 90-minute time limit.
NOTE: No other scores were reported.
(03-06-02)
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ESCONDIDO - Sophomore Sarah Alberts and
reliever Jessica Smith combined on a
7-hitter as Helix opened the season with a 3-1 victory over Rancho
Bernardo
in Tuesday night's (Mar. 5) Cougar Classic at Kit Carson Park.
Alberts blanked the Broncos - the San Diego
CIF Division I runner-up last
year - on 4 hits over 5 innings. She struck out 3. Smith gave
up a run and 3
hits in the sixth.
The Highlanders scored two runs in the first
inning. Jessica Miller walked
and eventually scored on an error. Danielle Glenn and Megan Borunda
followed
with singles giving Helix a 2-0 lead.
In the fifth, Miller tripled and scored
on a wild pitch to make it 3-0.
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GROSSMONT 10, OCEANSIDE 2 - Shannon Peterson drove in 4
runs with a double
and a pair of singles as the Foothillers flattened the Pirates
in Tuesday's
(Mar. 5) opening round of the Cougar Classic at Kit Carson Park.
Taryin Casillas logged 3 RBI with a sacrifice
fly in the third inning and a
2-run single in the sixth for Grossmont (2-0).
Grossmont grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first
inning. Tiffany Garcia, who was
3-for-4 with 3 runs scored in the game, led off with a ground-rule
double.
She advanced to third on Lisa Green's sacrifice bunt and scored
on Peterson's
single.
Peterson's two-run double was the key blow
in the third as Grossmont pushed
across 4 runs for a 5-0 lead.
Heather Beintema allowed 3 hits and 2 runs
over 4 innings, but came up with
the win. She struck out 4. Alex Sobel blanked the Pirates on 2
hits over the
final 2 frames, as the game was halted by the 8-run mercy rule.
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MT. CARMEL 2, WEST HILLS 0 - Wolf Pack pitcher Lindsay
Sutton was the victim
of some shoddy first-inning defense which cost her 2 unearned
runs and that
was the difference in Tuesday's (Mar. 5) opening round of Cougar
Classic at
Kit Carson Park.
Sutton allowed only 4 hits, walked none
and struck out 8. She also had one of
the Wolf Pack's three singles off Sundevils' pitcher Laura Weins.
Erin Short and Crystal Miller also had hits for West Hills (0-3).
EL CAPITAN 31, CORONADO 0 - El Cap set a school record for runs in its opener and Angela Leatherman and Courtney Bell combined for the shutout.
EastCountySports.com staff report
ESCONDIDO - The Grossmont Foothillers, who
fell one game short of reaching
the San Diego CIF Division I finals a year ago, can take solace
in that they
will be playing at the Division II level this season. No more
La Costa Canyon
in their face. It was the two-time SDCIF Division I-champion Mavericks
who
beat the Hillers 2-0 in last year's semifinals.
Of course, Division II has been ruled by
Mira Mesa the past couple of seasons
and the pitching-loaded Marauders figure to continue their dominance
this
year.
That doesn't seem to matter to Grossmont
coach Jerry Lerude, who returns
eight players from last year's 21-7 Grossmont North League championship
squad.
"We have some girls who can hit the
ball, but, at the same time, aren't
afraid to sacrifice when the situation warrants doing so,"
said Lerud, who is
beginning his ninth season at Grossmont, the seventh as head coach.
"And our
defense is rock solid."
The Foothillers opened the season with an
8-2 victory over host Orange Glen
in Monday's (Mar. 4) first round of the 3rd annual Falcon Fiesta
Tournament.
Eight players contributed to the Foothillers'
13-hit attack against two
Orange Glen pitchers. Junior third baseman Ashley Lovelady went
3-for-3,
scoring three times and logging one RBI.
Senior catcher Lindsey Woods drove in two
runs with a pair of singles, while
Junior Angeliquea Blackmon was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Sophomore
right fielder
Brittany Garcia also had two hits for the Hillers.
Grossmont senior Heather Beintema pitched
a complete-game 4-hitter, allowing
one earned run, walking none and striking out 8.
CHRISTIAN 14, SAN DIEGO 0 (5) - Christian High banged out 10 hits in its opener, and got a no-hit pitching performance from Melissa Owens.
The Patriots got two in the first and broke the game open in the fourth with six runs. Owens had eight strikeouts, while Stephanie Thrush had two hits and two RBI.
Callie Murray and Owens both had two hits for Christian.
The Pats play in the Lady Aztec tournament on Saturday, taking on Brawley and Horizon in the morning.
LA JOLLA @ MONTE VISTA - Postponed, no umpire.
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SAN DIEGO - Those who face Mira Mesa this
season had better tread lightly.
The West Hills Wolf Pack took its best shot at the defending San
Diego CIF
Division II Marauders on Saturday (March 2) and was beaten in
both ends of a
double-header, 6-1 and 8-0 at Mira Mesa.
Natasha Sevco, the 2000 SDCIF DII Player
of Year, limited the Pack to 5 hits
in game one, as she struck out 7. Denise Triplett went 2-for-3
with a double,
scoring West Hills' only run of the day on Amy Johnson's single.
Pack pitcher Lindsay Sutton was victimized
by her defense, which committed 5
errors that led to 6 unearned runs for the Marauders. Sutton gave
up 5 hits
and struck out 5.
Mira Mesa's Lisa Dodd, the 2001 SDCIF DII
Player of the Year, fired a
2-hitter and struck out 10 in the nightcap.
(03-02-02)
Monarchs' Campbell spins 1-hiiter in opener
EastCountySports.com staff report
SPRING VALLEY - The Monte Vista Monarchs
opened the 2002 East County high
school softball season Friday (March 1) by defeating the visiting
San Pasqual
Golden Eagles 3-0 behind Tara Campbell's one-hitter.
The only hit Campbell allowed was a fifth-inning
single, as she walked three
and struck out five. The Monarchs gave her great defensive support,
turning
two double plays - including a unique 1-4-7 twin-killing - and
did not commit
an error.
Monte Vista broke a scoreless tie in the
fourth inning. Melissa Barron and
Campbell each singled. After Carrie Melvin walked to load the
bases, Lyndsay
Calhoun singled in Barron for the Monarchs' first run.
In the fifth inning, the Monarchs followed
a similar path as Martha Bisceglia
singled, Donalee Lewis followed with a base hit, and Campbell
walked. Melvin
blasted a two-run single, giving Monte Vista its victory margin.
Coaches are urged to email (or fax) their
schedules AND rosters - ASAP - to eastcountysports@aol.com.
A fax number will
be provided upon request.
(03-01-02)