Bombers claim Riptide tournament title in Carlsbad

The HB Surf City Bombers, an 8-and-Under All-Star team from South Huntington Beach Girls Softball, captured its division championship at the eighth annual Riptide Tournament in Carlsbad.

The Bombers played six games over two days last weekend, including three before noon on Sunday, to win the event.

Carlsbad 4, Bombers 0

The Bombers dropped their opener in pool play, despite pitcher Indiana Boes striking out eight and allowing four hits. Huntington mustered just one hit, a single by Felicia Rios.

Bombers 7,

Rancho Bernardo 2

The Bombers took advantage of eight walks and the pitching performance of Indiana Boes to get past Rancho Bernardo

Boes struck out one and walked two in four innings before Riley Wester closed out the final two innings. Offensively, Boes, Ally Villa, Delaney Hallstrom and Hannah Wilson had hits.

Bombers 3, La Quinta 1

Indiana Boes picked up her second pitching win on a one-hitter and backed her performance with a two-RBI single in the first inning, and Felicia Rios also had an RBI single, the Bombers downed La Quinta. Rios had also singled earlier in the game.

Bombers 9, Thunder 0

In an 8 a.m. game played Sunday, Felicia Rios had two hits and an RBI, Indiana Boes struck out four of the six batters she faced and Tamara McGuff fanned six of the 10 she went up against, as the Bombers thrashed the Thunder from San Diego.

Bombers 5, Rancho Trabuco 2

A three-run second inning gave the Bombers the lead as they went on to win this semifinal matchup.

Walks to Ally Villa, Timre Tonti and Riley Wester led to those three runs. In the third inning, Tamara McGuff walked, stole third and scored on a hit by Indiana Boes. Throwing and fielding errors on the play also allowed Boes to score.

Boes recorded 10 strikeouts.

Bombers 9, La Quinta 4

In the division championship final, the Bombers raced to an 8-1 lead and went on to win the title.

Indiana Boes pitched to all but four batters in notching the win. Boes, Tamara McGuff, Hannah Wilson (two hits), Delaney Hallstrom and Ally Villa all had RBIs for the Bombers.

Bombers Coach DeeAndra McGuff said that Boes made her “first true” pitching debut at the tournament.

“She’s been waiting for this opportunity for quite some time,” McGuff said of Boes who pitched 24 of the 28 innings the Bombers played and struck out 49 and walked 12 of the 103 batters she faced in 10 games.

“All of the girls did a terrific job. The best thing I really enjoyed, was that the girls really listened to what I asked of them. We had two days of practice to get this team in place before the tournament, and they all pulled together.”