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Jayla Brown #77 of Charter Oak gets a hit. Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Bella Ochoa #23 of Northview dove for the ball but could not catch Riley Dunne #14 of Charter Oak at second base.
Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Clementina Duran #26 of Northview pitches.Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA.
(Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Deana Moreno #15 and Shae McMorrow #35 congratulated Leila Diebert #23 of Charter Oak on her win over Northview. Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Northview players congratulate Charter Oak on their win.
Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Leila Diebert #23 of Charter Oak pitches in the seventh inning. Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA.
(Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Jayla Brown #77 and Shae McMorrow #35 of Charter Oak congratulate Leila Diebert on her win over Northview. Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Sophia Ortiz #5 of Charter Oak slides past Bella Ochoa #23 of Northview at second base when Ochoa could not get to the ball in the sixth inning.
Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Riley Dunne #14 of Charter Oak runs past Mila Elizalde #2 of Northview at second base in the sixth inning. Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA.
(Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Bella Ochoa #23 of Northview dove for the ball but could not catch Riley Dunne #14 of Charter Oak at second base. Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Lyla Caston #4 of Charter Oak is congratulated after crossing the plate by Alexa Bryan #12 of Charter Oak in the sixth inning.
Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Jazmyn Johnson #17 of Charter Oak gets a hit in the sixth inning. Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA.
(Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Riley Dunne #14 of Charter Oak rounds third base while Mila Elizalde #2 of Northview looks on. Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Riley Dunne #14 of Charter Oak congratulates Mikayla Diebert #00 of Charter Oak after she scored in the sixth inning.
Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Riley Dunne #14 of Charter Oak has a laugh with Mikayla Diebert #00 of Charter Oak after Diebert missed home plate on a slide, and then crawled back to touch the plate to score a run in the sixth inning. Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA.
(Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)Show Caption1 of 15Jayla Brown #77 of Charter Oak gets a hit. Charter Oak played Northview in a girls high school softball game on April 212, 2025 in Covina, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)ExpandCOVINA – In a battle for first place in the Valle Vista League, the Charter Oak softball team knocked off Northview 6-0 and took a two-game lead over the Vikings in the standings Tuesday afternoon.
The Chargers (11-0, 5-0), the defending league champs, broke up a perfect game by Northview’s Clementina Duran in the fifth inning. After an error by the Vikings, a two-out single by senior catcher Alyssa Lopez drove in the game’s first run.“Our defense was great and our pitching was phenomenal,” Vikings coach Bill Eklund said.
“They didn’t say anything but, they knew they were watching a no-hitter. We got so hyped up once they got that run, the girls kind of tightened up, and that was that.”The Chargers scored five more unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Charter Oak sophomore pitcher Leila Siebert went the distance against the Vikings (15-7-1, 3-2) to earn her eighth win of the season. Diebert struck out eight batters and gave up only three hits.She had to pitch out of a couple of early jams.
“They had some runners early, but my teammates helped me get out of it,” Diebert said. “My screwball was working well, especially inside and we got a lot of ground balls.”The Chargers got their first break in the fifth when a fly ball by Jayla Brown was dropped by the Northview center fielder for an error.
With two outs, Lopez lined a single to left for the first hit of the game and that drove in Brown to make it 1-0.Lopez had a pair of hits in the game to raise her batting average close to .600.
“That was an exciting moment,” Lopez said of her single in the fifth. “I was just trying to poke one to left because I saw their fielder moving back. I just had to be selfless and know what I had to do to get that run in.
”The Vikings got runners to third base in the third and fifth innings but Diebert worked out of those jams.In the third, the Beatrice Diaz walked and Bella Ochoa moved her to third with a two-out single. Joy Sanchez hit a ball that appeared to be headed for right field but an odd hop resulted in Ochoa being hit by the ball for the third out of the inning.
“I thought our pitcher outpitched theirs today,” Eklund said. “But we couldn’t get that key hit when we needed it. They have 10 seniors on their team and we’re really young, so we’re just going to treat this as a learning experience and get better next time.
”“Northview’s a solid team,” Chargers first-year coach Bre Lockett said. “I’m happy the girls figured it out and we’ll be ready to go again on Thursday.”The Chargers and Vikings meet again Thursday at Northview High.
The Chargers, who lost in the CIF-Division 3 quarterfinals last year, will probably move up a division if they stay on top of the league standings.“We just took all that energy we had from last year and carried it into this year,” Lopez said. “We’re confident about our team this year doing well in CIF and we’ll be ready for whatever division we end up in.
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