Softball
When Makayla Winchell walked onto the Granada campus as a freshman, she says she was quiet and introverted. However she excelled on the softball subject. Pure velocity. The flexibility to hit for contact.
Now the Notre Dame-bound senior has added energy to her recreation.
And a as soon as quiet voice will be heard all through the dugout as a pacesetter of an undefeated staff.
Granada coach Johnny Heinz mentioned Winchell is a five-tool participant, and she or he confirmed that once more Thursday.
In a 9-1 victory over Amador Valley, Winchell hit a house run to guide off the sport, her second in two weeks, and completed 3 for five with three RBIs because the Matadors improved to 11-0 general and 5-0 in East Bay Athletic League play.
Amador Valley is 7-4, 2-2.
“She’s labored actually laborious on the plate over the previous couple of years,” Heinz mentioned. “She has an actual understanding of easy methods to play the sport, and her management is basically felt all through the staff.”
Leanna May homered in a 2-for-4 recreation and Sierra Black pitched 5 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts for Granada, ranked third by the Bay Space Information Group.
Winchell, who signed with Notre Dame in November, attributes her all-around play to CrossFit exercises (protected exercising and wholesome vitamin) and shortening her swing.
Granada is the one undefeated staff within the EBAL, however the Livermore college has greater targets than capturing a league championship. The Matadors are aiming for a North Coast Part title, Winchell’s goal since her freshman yr.
“The chemistry on this staff is unbelievable,” Winchell mentioned. “It’s our staff aim to win NCS.”
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No. 1 St. Francis at Michelle Carew Basic
St. Francis dominated on the primary day of the distinguished Michelle Carew Basic in Orange County, rolling previous Millikan-Lengthy Seaside 8-0 and Esperanza-Anaheim 10-0.
Sydney Stewart hit a grand slam, Carly Cummings went 3 for 3 and Shannon Keighran pitched 4 scoreless innings in opposition to Esperanza.
Within the Millikan recreation, Jessica Oakland had two hits, together with a double, and knocked in two runs and Kate Munnerlyn pitched a five-inning one-hitter.
St. Francis (7-0) performs Los Alamitos in the present day. The match continues by Saturday.
No. 4 Livermore 10, Dublin 0
Kaitlyn Aguilar hit a house run and had three RBIs and Taylor Rodriguez restricted Dublin to 2 hits and struck out 12 as Livermore routed Dublin in EBAL play.
Livermore (8-1-1, 4-1) scored sixth within the sixth to interrupt open the sport.
Dublin dropped to 3-4, 0-4.
Berkeley 2, No. 17 Alameda 1
Czar Fleischman hit a walk-off within the tenth to increase Berkeley’s profitable streak to seven video games.
Abigail Kaneko pitched 10 innings and struck out 11 within the Yellow Jackets’ fourth West Alameda County Convention Foothill Division win and not using a loss.
Berkeley improved to 7-2 general. Alameda dropped to 5-4, 2-2.
No. 19 Willow Glen 13, Lincoln-San Jose 5
Willow Glen scored 12 runs by the primary three innings on its solution to beating Lincoln-San Jose in Blossom Valley Athletic League Santa Teresa Division play.
Faamaai Ulu had a house run and 6 RBIs and Aleki Ulu knocked in 4 runs for the Rams.
Willow Glen is 12-2, 2-0. Lincoln fell to 2-5, 0-2.
Baseball
No. 3 Clayton Valley 5, School Park 2
Clayton Valley bounced again from a loss to School Park on Tuesday with a victory on Thursday over the Falcons in Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division play.
Jacob Krieg went six innings, permitting one hit. Jordan Bolden recorded the save for the Ugly Eagles (9-2, 4-2).
Clayton Valley’s Jerry Coakley went 1 for 3 with two RBIs.
School Park fell to 7-5, 3-3.
Liberty 4, No. 15 Pittsburg 1
Evan Matienzo knocked in two runs in a four-run third inning and David Roberts threw a three-hitter with 9 strikeouts as Liberty accomplished a sweep of Bay Valley Athletic League rival Pittsburg.
Liberty improved to 9-4, 4-0. Pittsburg slipped to 11-3, 0-2.
Heritage 12, Washington-San Francisco 0
Landon Marchetti pitched a one-hitter and struck out 12 to guide Heritage previous Washington within the South San Francisco Spring Basic.
Anthony Potestio went 2 for 4 with three RBIs.
The Patriots (7-5) will play Lincoln-San Francisco within the championship on Saturday.
Pictures: Granada 9, Amador Valley 1
