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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange Lutheran’s softball team scored twice with two outs in the seventh inning to rally past visiting JSerra 2-1 on Tuesday to clinch at least a share of the Trinity League championship.Madelyn Armendariz singled in the tying run before Cate Medvitz delivered a walk-off double to left-center field to score Kai Minor.
Orange Lutheran’s Jo Marsh fired a complete game to outduel fellow junior Liliana Escobar of JSerra.Marsh, who is committed to UCLA, allowed three hits, walked two and struck out six.Escobar surrendered six hits, walked one and struck out 11.
She held Orange Lutheran hitless through five innings.Freshman Annabel Raftery added an RBI double for JSerra (13-13, 1-6).Orange Lutheran (21-3, 6-1), ranked No.
2 in Orange County this week, leads second-place Mater Dei (15-10-1, 4-3) by two games with two games remaining in league.The Lancers have won at least a share of six straight Trinity League titles.In another Trinity League game:Mater Dei 13, Santa Margarita 3: Freshman Lelei Salue hit a two-run home run as the Monarchs (15-10-1, 4-3) won a mercy-shortened game to move into sole possession of second place.
In the Crestview League:Cypress 8, Canyon 4: The host Centurions (16-9, 4-5) scored five runs in the first inning and never trailed in moving within half-a-game of the third-place Comanches (18-8, 5-5).Naya Taylor had three hits and Delaney Faus threw a complete for Cypress, which plays at Esperanza on Thursday.Canyon won 2 of 3 against Cypress in league and have the tiebreaker against the Centurions.
El Modena 4, Esperanza 2: Kylie Tafua went 2 for 3 with two doubles with two RBIs and Julianna Brower had two RBIs to the lead the second-place Vanguards (17-7, 6-4).In the Freeway League:La Habra 7, El Dorado 6: Freshman catcher Eliana Corona hit a home run for the third consecutive game to help lead the Highlanders (20-7, 11-0). Corona and Mireya Gonzalez each had two RBIs for La Habra.
Villa Park 5, Sonora 4 (8): Freshman Hannah Estrada doubled to score Sydney Pollack in the eighth as the Spartans (13-13, 4-6) won in a walk-off to move into sole possession of third place.In the Sunset League:Huntington Beach 3, Marina 2: Senior shortstop Morgan Drotter hit a three-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning as the Oilers (17-7, 6-2) moved half-a-game ahead of the Vikings for second place.Related ArticlesUmpire duo with TikTok platform bringing ‘more energy’ to softball gamesOrange County girls athlete of the week: Ellena Ediss, PacificaOrange County softball stat leaders through April 26Softball roundup: Huntington Beach and Rosary collect key league winsOC softball Top 25: Rosary and Orange Lutheran tighten grip atop rankings.
