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Dublin Softball moves one step closer to the Little League World Series with victory over Quartz Hill

chandankumarsoft — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 06:10:03 +0000

Following a shocking victory on the state championship, the Dublin 12s Little League softball team has now won nine games in a row – including the postseason – after defeating Southern California's Quartz Hill 7-3 on the Little League West Region Tournament in San Bernardino on Saturday.

Dublin will proceed to challenge the West Region's top powers in Sunday morning's second game against Utah's Washington Little League. If they win this week's tournament, Dublin will secure a spot within the World Series in Greenville, North Carolina in August.

According to the league's website, the team is the one softball program within the league's Tri-Valley district. DLL founded the softball division in 2022, and that is the league's first 12-man team to qualify for the West Region tournament. Last 12 months's 12-man team got here close, placing second behind Almaden Little League of San Jose.

The Dublin Little League softball team won the Norcal Little League State Championships, securing a spot within the West Region tournament in San Bernadino July 20-26, 2024. A win will advance the team to the World Series. (Photo courtesy of Jean Toler/Dublin Little League)

While Little League International covers the prices of the young athletes’ participation within the World Series, Vanessa Cahee, the mother of certainly one of the players, has GoFundMe to finance travel expenses in the course of the competition in San Bernardino.

Almost the entire team's players attend Wells Middle School in Dublin, while one other attends Christensen Middle School in Livermore.

You can see Dublin play Utah tomorrow at 9am. survive ESPN+or follow the live broadcast on Game changer Smartphone app. Games will proceed each day until Thursday, July 26.

Six teams are participating within the Western Region tournament:
Arizona-Wilcox Little League
Hawaii – Little League in Honolulu
Nevada-Washoe Little League
Northern California – Dublin Little League
Southern California – Quartz Hill Little League
Utah-Washington Little League

Originally published: July 20, 2024 at 20:16

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Results of Thursday's baseball and softball semifinals

No. 3 Christopher 6, No. 2 Los Molinos 0

Final on Saturday

No. 3 Christopher (17-10) at No. 1 Big Valley Christian-Modesto (23-6-1)

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Stanford Softball beats LSU to succeed in Women's College World Series

chandankumarsoft — Mon, 27 May 2024 07:07:42 +0000

STANFORD – Sophomore NiJaree Canady cemented her status as one of the best pitcher in college softball by staving off the specter of elimination for a second straight shutout to steer No. 8 Stanford back to the Women's College World Series.

Canady allowed three hits and a walk in six innings, and Stanford broke through with seven runs within the fifth inning to beat No. 9 LSU 8-0 in six innings on Sunday within the deciding game of the best-of-three Stanford Super Regional at Smith Family Stadium.

The Cardinal (48-14) will face league leaders Texas on Thursday at 4 p.m. in Oklahoma City.

This shall be Stanford's fourth WCWS appearance. The team reached the national semifinals last season behind Canada and in addition competed in 2001 and 2004 when coach Jessica Allister was the Cardinals' starting catcher.

Senior Caelen Koch had two doubles and an RBI single against LSU starter Sydney Berzon, and freshman Jade Berry hit a three-run homer on reliever Raelin Chaffin's first pitch.

Kaitlyn Lim finished the sport with a leadoff home run within the sixth inning.

Canady, who leads the NCAA with a 0.67 ERA, allowed a career-low six runs in 4 innings within the series opener against the Tigers (44-17) on Friday night, but she responded with a two-hitter in Stanford's 3-0 win on Saturday and allowed just five baserunners on Sunday.

The Tigers had all bases loaded with one out within the fifth inning, but left fielder Kyra Chen caught a fly ball and threw out an LSU runner coming from third base, ending the inning.

The Cardinal exploded within the second half of the inning.

River Mahler began with a triple and grounded out to provide Stanford the lead. The Cardinals had two runners retired at bat on this inning, but RBI singles from Ava Gall, Aly Kaneshiro and Koch prolonged the lead.

That was good enough support for Canada, which improved to 23-5 and can now prepare to face the country's No. 1 on Thursday.

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College Park holds off Castro Valley's comeback bid, Liberty softball upsets Vintage

chandankumarsoft — Sat, 18 May 2024 12:29:01 +0000

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First League

No. 1 Granada 11, No. 9 James Logan 1 (five innings)

The Matadors defeated James Logan by mercy rule within the fifth inning to advance to the NCS Division I semifinals, where they’ll face Acalanes within the semifinals.

Nathan Canilao was in Livermore and has the entire story here.

#3 College Park 3, #11 Castro Valley 2

The Falcons held off a seventh-inning comeback from Castro Valley to win their first NCS semifinal since 2017.

Hunter Pelayo's third-inning sacrifice fly that brought home Tino Vasell gave College Park its largest lead of the sport.

At the beginning of the seventh period, the Trojans made their run.

Junior outfielder Arthur Sims hit a two-run home run to left field to bring Castro Valley inside one run. But College Park relief pitcher Diego Emerling retired three of the following 4 batters to finish the sport and secure the Falcons a date with De La Salle on Tuesday.

Pelayo allowed five hits and two runs on 78 pitches. Senior Nathan Leffel was 2 for two with an RBI double.

Vincent Vasell, #11 and Riley Meadows #5 of College Park have fun their retirement from Castro Valley within the 4th inning of an NCS playoff game, Friday, May 17, 2024, at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Castro Valley's Arthur Sims hits a 2-run home run within the seventh inning against College Park, Friday, May 17, 2024, at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

College Park starting pitcher Hunter Pelayo tags Castro Valley's Gilbert Seidel #4 at home plate attempting to attain within the third inning on Friday, May 17, 2024, at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, California (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News). Group)

No. 2 De La Salle 13, No. 7 Heritage 3 (five innings)

Junior Alec Blair had one among his best games of the season, delivering a monster game with three hits, six RBIs and two home runs – one among which was a grand slam – to guide De La Salle past Heritage and into the semifinals, where it is going to face College Park at home.

The two teams were tied after the primary inning, however the Spartans took a 7-2 lead after scoring five runs within the second inning.

Senior Jamie Mullin was 2 for 3 with three RBIs. De La Salle pitcher Tommy Curran struck out five and allowed two hits and one earned run in five innings.

Heritage finished its season at 20-6-1.

No. 4 Acalanes 1, No. 5 Casa Grande 0

The Dons scored only one run, but that was all they needed to beat the 2023 NCS runner-up in a detailed quarterfinal game.

Acalanes pitchers Peter Thorn and Henry Souza combined to pitch a shutout, striking out two and allowing six hits.

Gavin Bender's RBI single within the sixth inning that scored Keegan Goddard was the deciding factor as Acalanes advanced to the NCS semifinals, where they’ll play Granada on the road.

Department V

No. 2 Head-Royce 9, No. 7 St. Bernard's 3

Matthew Wong and Kento Tsuji each had two RBIs because the Jayhawks defeated St. Bernard's at home and advanced to the Division V semifinals.

Head-Royce scored five runs in the primary inning and 4 within the sixth.

Wong played an entire game, striking out 4 and allowing three runs on two hits.

Soft ball

NCS Division I

#3 College Park 5, #6 Granada 1

College Park pitcher Keira Pfeiffer cooled Granada's red-hot bat Friday night by allowing only one earned run and striking out five in an entire game.

The Falcons will host Liberty within the semifinals.

Avery Rodriguez went 2 for 3 with two RBIs for College Park, and teammate Abby Wood drove in three runs. Granada senior Saskia Raab scored three goals in the ultimate game of her highschool profession.

Granada finished the season at 13-10, while College Park will bring a 14-8 record into the sport against visiting Liberty.

No. 7 Liberty 8, No. 2 Vintage 3

The visiting Lions pulled off one among the most important upsets of the night after they traveled to Napa and defeated their No. 2 seed.

Liberty has relied on its performance all season, and Friday was no expectation. Savannah Page went 3-for-3 with a house run, and freshman Taylor Jennings also hit a house run as a part of a 2-for-4 day.

Madison Tuttle didn't hit a ball out of the park, but she went 3 for 4 with two RBIs, and pitcher Kate Skinner struck out 10 and allowed just two hits in an entire game.

Liberty improved to 20-3 and can travel to Pleasant Hill to face College Park within the semifinals.

No. 1 California 9, No. 8 San Ramon Valley 4

In a rematch of last season's NCS Division I title game, California also won the sequel. Against the small-ball enthusiasts from Danville, California beat the Wolves at their very own game.

The victorious Grizzlies hit 11 singles and stole three bases to enhance to 18-8 and advance to a matchup with fellow East Bay Athletic League opponent in Amador Valley.

Cal's Hailey King was 3 for 3 with two RBIs and Reese Stiner was 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Kayla Steel joined her teammates within the two-RBI club after going 1-for-3, and regular senior pitcher Kaitlyn Le struck out five in an entire game.

San Ramon Valley's Ava Lyons shot 3 for 4 and Addie Layous and Sophia Jin each had two goals because the Wolves finished the season 13-12.

NCS Department II

#3 Benicia 10, #6 American Canyon 0

Benicia has not yet been challenged within the postseason and have become the second consecutive opponent to defeat American Canyon in five innings.

Benicia improved to 23-1 and can face No. 2 Livermore in a matchup of Bay Area News Group's top NCS teams.

Alana Robinson was 2 for 4 with a team-high three RBIs for Benicia, and teammates Suae Beatty, Kyra Mason and Morgan Kacalek each had two hits for the Panthers.

Sinead Maas allowed only one hit and struck out seven in a brief, complete game.

#2 Livermore 8, #10 Alhambra 0

Livermore took advantage of the long ball to blow past Alhambra and advance to the semifinals. Annie Polaski, Payten Williams and Sophia Gerochi each had a house run for Livermore.

Minnesota transfer Jae Cosgriff had one of the best day of all, hitting a house run as a part of a 4-for-4 day with two RBIs. Cosgriff and Gianna Willes also stole two bases each.

Savanna Froke and Kaci Norton shared pitching duties and combined for five strikeouts as Livermore improved to 23-5.

Alhambra's Keira Sullivan scored twice because the Bulldogs finished the season 10-13.

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