Estancia humbles Falcons

Muriel Mason pitched all six innings, recording nine strikeouts, and

the Estancia High softball team shut out host Santa Ana Valley, 12-0,

Thursday in a nonleague game.

The Eagles (5-1) scored six runs in the first on a string of walks

and a couple hits.

The defense did the rest.

“We actually played a really good game today,” said Estancia Coach

Marc Rodig.

Rebecca Kaplan, the Eagles’ No. 3 hitter went 2 for 4 with two

RBIs and was equaled in those statistics by Laura Morton. Chelsea

Kaplan smacked three RBIs in a multi-hit game and Hillary Larsen had

a two-run triple in a three-run sixth inning for the Eagles.

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Nonleague

Estancia 12, SA Valley 0

Est 603 003 12 7 1

SAV 000 000 0 3 3

Mason and Acosta. W -- Mason, 4-0. 3B -- Larsen

(E)

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Mesa falls, 11-4

* Costa Mesa High’s Mustangs pounded out nine hits and star Ann

Marie Topps went 4 for 4 with a double, a home run and three RBIs,

but it was all for naught as 10 errors helped lead to a 11-4

nonleague loss to visiting Tesoro.

Playing without three starters because of various injuries

(Paulina Rodriguez, Jackie Butler and Katie Renish), the Mustangs

found rough going defensively, giving up nine runs in the first three

innings.

Also with a four-bagger was Kelly Topps, who had a solo shot, and

a double, and Jade Moss and Jane-e Yamamoto, who each went 2 for 4.

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Nonleague

Tesoro 11, Costa Mesa 4 Tesoro 252 011 0 -- 11 10 3

Mesa 110 001 1 -- 4 9 10

Gochenoer, Aronson (6) and Gates;

Gallardo, Yamamoto (4) and Miller. W --

Gochenoer, 4-2. L -- Gallardo, 0-2. 2B

-- A. Topps (CM), K. Topps (CM). HR --

A. Topps, K. Topps (CM)

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CdM bussed out

* Corona del Mar High’s scheduled nonleague game with Saddleback

was postponed when a tree fell on the Saddleback bus as it was about

to leave the campus. Reportedly, no one was injured, but the delay in

waiting for authorities caused the game to be postponed. There was no

information on a possible rescheduling of the game.

Sage Hill blanked

* The Sage Hill School softball team committed four errors,

struck out 15 times and suffered a 6-0 nonleague loss to host Western

Christian (Covina) Thursday.

Sage Hill pitcher Katrina Redelsheimer held the Lancers (3-2)

scoreless through the first three innings, but Western Christian

collected two runs in the fourth inning and four in the sixth.

Alexa Shitanishi banged out a double for the Lightning (2-2).

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Nonleague

Western Chr. 6, Sage Hill 0

Sage Hill 000 000 0 -- 0 2 4

W. Chr 000 204 x -- 6 7 0

Redelsheimer and Torina; Gomez and Deller.

W -- Gomez. L - Redelsheimer, 0-1. 2B -

Shitanishi (SH)

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Vanguard falls, 8-6

* In a game at Pittsburgh, Kan., Vanguard University dropped a

ragged 8-6 decision to the University of Mary from South Dakota.

Plagued by rain and cold, Oklahoma Baptist declined to play a

nonconference game afterward, citing the cold, Vanguard’s Lions

dropped to 15-6-1 after pulling from a 5-0 deficit to tie it at 6-6

in the sixth.

Rachel Rolle’s RBI base hit was the hightlight for Vanguard,

according to Lions Coach Beth Renkoski.

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Nonconference

U. Mary 8, Vanguard 6

Mary 104 001 2 -- 8 7 4

VU 000 042 0 -- 6 7 2

Murphy and Smith; Ball, Jessen (3) and

Rolle. W -- Murphy. L -- Jessen, 2-1. 2B --

Seaver (M), Kephart (M), Jessen (V),

Camarillo (V)

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