Anaheim – The Michelle Carew Classic championship match on Saturday at Peralta Park was a dream confrontation between the former Trinity League rivals, as well as two of the best Softball teams in the county.
Orange Lutheran, the best-classified team of Orange County, faced the n ° 5 Rosary Academy, and it was the Royals, led by their powerful power, which won the tournament with an 8-4 victory against the throws.
Rosary scored eight points in each of his last four games in the tournament and scored a total of 37 points in the five games.
“The fact is that we are not going for great success,” said Rosary coach Tom Tice. “We are going for the little blow and we simply try to hit him and shorten our swings and this allows us to manage these faster launchers. We are not afraid to tackle ourselves, we are not afraid to slap and sneak and our basic runners are aggressive and sometimes I have people throw it at home and we always mark eight. “
From the 11 strokes of the Rosary against the throws, a double of Audrinah Barajas in sixth round was the only one for additional bases.
The headache of the rosary, Hayden Huerta, went 4 for 4 with a produced point and two points scored.
The shot No. 2 Jenna Caldera went 1 for 3 with a product point and a marked handle and the thickness n ° 5 Domonique McCoy was 1 for 3 with two products produced.
“I really think we shocked a lot of people,” said Huerta. “And we were just excited. We knew we had to do ourselves and we had a job to do and we did this job. ”
In three of their five tournament wins, the Royals had big sleeves late to put away the matches.
Rosary led 5-4 against throws before moving away with three points in the seventh.
In an 8-5 victory against Fullerton in the semi-finals earlier on Saturday, Rosary lost 5-2 and then scored three points in fifth to equalize the score and three in sixth to withdraw.
“I think we have a good time,” said Tice. “I hope we continue to culminate. We play as well as we have ever played. The enthusiasm and level of excitement of these children have really gelled. He is really furious in a special group. ”
The head striker, Sierra Nichols, went 3 for 4 with two produced points and a race scored to lead the throwing offensive.
While the throwing coach Steve Miklos would have liked to see a different result against the rosary, he was satisfied with the overall performance of his team in the tournament.
Miklos was particularly proud of the launches efforts in a 1-0 victory against the lasting power Norco in the semi-final early Saturday.
“They were just hot,” said Miklos about the Royals. “They put the ball in play. You were able to remove your hat
The Royals were in the Trinity League with the throws for several years before being transferred to the Pacific Coast League for the 2025 season.
Before the victory on Saturday, the Royals had lost 20 games in a row against the throws.
The championship match was to start at 7:30 p.m. but only started around 9:15 a.m. because the game that was played before the championship was on the same field and also started quite late.
The first launch was even more delayed when one of the referees arrived late, letting the two teams wait near their respective canoes. The league match ended almost midnight.
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California Daily Newspapers
