CAMARILLO IS BEATEN IN FINAL : MATER DEI 3, CAMARILLO 1.Byline: Dave Desmond Daily News Staff Writer Camarillo High School achieved something Saturday night virtually no other softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team could. The Scorpions proved that Mater Dei Mater Dei is Latin for "Mother of God", referring to the Virgin Mary. The term has been used to name various institutions, often Catholic, including:
Young and the Monarchs prevailed 3-1 to take their first Southern Section Division I championship before 2,800 at Mayfair Park in Lakewood. But the Scorpions (23-3-1) became the first postseason team to register even a hit, much less a run off the freshman right-hander. Tommee Payan, a .103 hitter, grounded a third-inning single to center to snap Young's string of 25 consecutive postseason no-hit innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. that included a perfect game in the quarterfinals against Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . Payan advanced to second on a sacrifice and scored when Brooke Rutschman singled to the infield and Mater Dei first baseman Monica Lucatero mishandled the throw from shortstop. The run was unearned, and Young (19-1) finished the season having allowed only one earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in 126-2/3 innings while striking out 190. The Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. runners-up were unable to touch Young, who had nine strikeouts. Earned or not, the run appeared to awaken the Monarchs (30-1), who won their 19th in a row. ``I think they started getting motivated and pumped up,'' Camarillo catcher Jessica Mendoza Jessica Mendoza (born 11 November 1980) is an American softball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She was a four-time first team All-American at Stanford University from 1999-2002. Mendoza was named Softball player of the year in 2006. said. ``It motivated them to step it up.'' Still, the teams were tied 1-1 until the sixth, when Robin Walker and Young both scored on Lucatero's line double to the wall in right-center. Until then, Young was locked in a flinching contest with Camarillo surprise sophomore starter Cindy Ball (12-2). Camarillo coach Nichole Victoria, who had rotated Ball and senior Melanie Richardson (10-1) all season, opted for the harder-throwing Ball, a 3-1 winner over Foothill in the semifinals Tuesday. Afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here , she wasn't second-guessing the decision to bypass Richardson, the younger sister of Laura Richardson Laura Richardson (born April 14, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is a Democratic Representative in the United States Congress. She represented California's 55th Assembly District for the 2007 term until she was elected to the House of Representatives for California's 37th , who was in the circle when the Scorpions claimed the 1991 division title. ``No, no,'' Victoria said. ``I don't second guess it at all. They just had a couple of key hits.'' Ball struck out six, walked none and allowed six hits, three of the infield variety. Both teams were making their second appearance in a championship game. The Monarchs fell to Marina 3-0 in last season's final. Camarillo beat Buena 3-0 in the 1991 championship game. It could have been the Scorpions' third final bid. Last season, they were removed from the playoffs after a second-round victory when it was discovered that a player had engaged in an illegal Sunday practice with a coach. ``I think a lot of people thought we would be down after that,'' Rutschman said. ``I think we did a great job. Just because we didn't win the championship, we're not losers.'' Said Mendoza: ``I know it's sad to end it like this, but it was a great season.'' |
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