SOFTBALL; AT LAST, BORON OWNS THE TITLE.Byline: Jack Pollon Special to the Daily News LAKEWOOD - Many high school 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' teams would have been thrilled just to get to the Southern Section finals. Not Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. . The Division VI Bobcats (21-5) had been there so many times - two championship losses since 1997 and seven losses in the semis or finals since 1993 - they probably have their own parking space at Lakewood's Mayfair Park, the annual site of the final. So it was all or nothing in Saturday's late-afternoon championship game against Linfield, a familiar enough opponent considering the Lions had beaten Boron - and supposedly invincible Summer Richardson - in 1997. This time was different. Boron won its first title 2-0 and the sleepy sleepy characterized by sleep. sleepy foal disease see shigellosis. sleepy staggers see hepatic encephalopathy. little desert town undoubtedly is still celebrating. ``It was good to finally get the monkey off our back,'' coach Mick Van Horn said. ``We've been focused all year. The girls' desire and dedication was the key for us getting back here and finally winning it all.'' In the beginning, it looked like a case of here we go again. Linfield loaded the bases in the top of the first with none out - not a good situation for Boron considering runs are usually at a premium in a championship game. But Jennifer Jenkins, the same player who won her first 24 games last season only to lose in the final, wasn't going to succumb suc·cumb intr.v. suc·cumbed, suc·cumb·ing, suc·cumbs 1. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. See Synonyms at yield. 2. To die. to the pressure. Not this time. She struck out All-Southern Section cleanup hitter In baseball, the cleanup hitter is the hitter who bats fourth in the lineup. Strategy Cleanup hitters often have the most power on the team and are typically the team's best all-around hitter; their job is to "clean up the bases", hence the name. Valerie Alston on a wicked riseball, then retired the next two in order, and Boron was on its way, although not immediately. It took six innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. before Emily Palmquist broke a scoreless tie with an RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in single up the middle. Linfield (22-9), which has won five section championships, threatened once more in the top of the seventh, putting runners on second and third with one out, but Jenkins came through again. She ended up holding the Lions to four hits with six strikeouts, boosting her record to 21-4 - 45-5 over the last two seasons - with a 0.07 ERA and 228 strikeouts in 159 innings. |
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