Game of the Month: Varsity Softball vs. Mitty

May 17, 2010

Ramey Parks  

Filed under Sports, Spring Sports, Top Stories

With the seniors equipped to play their final home game, the Panthers went head to head with the Monarchs. The last season game before WCALs for softball ended 1-0 with Mitty stealing the only run of the game due to bad communication. After Mitty’s sneaky steal, the game’s energy kept rising all the way until the final seventh inning.
After the announcements of our beloved seniors, the starting lineup took to the field with JT Wozniak as catcher, Kayla Bose on first, Kendra Meadows on second, Karina Schneider covering shortstop, Briana Fujii on third and Raquel Rinauro taking to the pitcher’s mound.
The Panthers were the first to take the field. Rinauro rallied up two strike-outs as well as taking a grounder to the glove in order to pass to Bose on first to keep Mitty contained to their dugout. By the end of the 1st inning, the game was close at 0-0.
By the second inning, Briana Fujii made a stand out catch for the third out, one of many key plays that came. Kayla Bose was up to bat and made contact with the ball, hitting the softball to right field, rounding first and heading for second. She was caught up in a pickle between first and second and almost escaped the reaching hand of Mitty’s second baseman. Meadows was the second out almost making it to first, and Pizarro supplied Mitty with their third out to go into the third inning.
Mitty, known for stealing bases, found a way around the bases from a single. Running into home, Wozniak almost tagged her as the Monarch slid past, not even touching the base. As Rinauro and Wozniak went for a pep talk, Mitty went to touch the plate, scoring the only run of the game. “I was upset when I first realized that JT didn’t make the tag, but I knew the game wasn’t over yet and we still had a chance,” said senior Raquel Rinauro.
Krista Jensen caught a fly from right field and Schneider tagged a runner at second, changing the energy of the game. From that point, the Panthers kept trying to fight back with Fujii making three solid outs and Larissa Rinauro making the play of the game with a sliding catch at second, keeping Mitty away from home and scoring position. All Presentation could get were foul balls. Raquel Rinauro commented after the game, “Overall, the game went really well. We just couldn’t capitalize on their errors.” Players of the game include Briana Fujii and Karina Schneider. The Panthers will go to their CCS tournament this upcoming week.

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