HB Surfer Chicks rally to tie Diamond Demons

There wasn’t enough time allotted Saturday to determine a winner

between the Diamond Demons and HB Surfer Chicks, so the two Huntington

Beach Fastpitch Softball rivals had to settle for an 8-8 tie in and

8-and-Under contest played at Edison Park.

The Diamond Demons seemed to get the upper hand in the seesaw battle when

Rachel Pasternak and Emily Hyams hit consecutive home runs to help their

team regain the lead, 8-7, in the top of the fourth inning.

The HB Surfer Chicks, however, responded with a single run in the bottom

of the frame to draw even, and the gave was then called due to time

limitations.

The hitting of Kristen Mattingly and Rachel Brown helped give the HB

Surfer Chicks and early 2-0 lead.

In other games:

10-AND-UNDER DIVISION

Tornadoes 8, Wild Things 6

Hilary Pool singled with two RBI and also struck out seven batters,

Elizabeth Summers and Caitlin Wilson each contributed a single and RBI,

and relief pitchers Misha Robitaille and Bridget Geck came up with key

strikeouts late in the game for the Tornadoes; Vanessa Gomez tripled with

three RBI, both Meghan Vernon and Kaitlin O’Sullivan had a single and

RBI, and pitcher Breanna Holzmiller struck out six for the Wild Things.