5th Grade hangs on to win in finale
The drive back from Half Moon Bay was sure to be a lot quicker for the 5th grade girls, as they hung on for dear life, and won their final game of the season 12-11.
Fiona had a putback midway through the fourth quarter to give the girls a 12-10 lead. But a foul was called on them with only one second left in the game, sending the other team to the free throw line with a chance to tie.
The girl's first shot banked in nicely, cutting the lead to one. Luckily her second shot hit straight off the backboard for a rim violation. The ball was then inbounded to Fiona, ending the game.
In just their first season as a team, the girls put together a (3-5) record.
They have a good foundation to build on, winning three games in their rookie campaign.
Every girl has shown dramatic improvement throughout the course of the year, and it showed in today's game.
Victoria had a career high 4 points, burying her first two shots of the game.
Edwena was aggressive on defense, making steals and converting on her lay-ups. She also had 4 points.
In one of the nicest plays of the game, Fiona led a fast break, and nicely placed a bounce pass to Jamie, who streaked easily to the basket for a lay-up. It was textbook perfect on how to run a fast break and one of the nicest plays of the entire girls basketball season.
Once again, they were out-rebounded, which is almost expected, due to the small size of this team. However, they grabbed enough boards at the opportune moments to seize the victory.
Shania, in her first year, was great defensively and swatted away numerous shots.
Kelly's quickness on defense also made it difficult for the other team to get any momentum going.
The game was tight from start to finish as neither team lead by more than two points. The game was tied 6-6 at halftime.
Forfeit puts 8th grade girls in the playoffs
With only four girls present at game time, the other team had to forfeit against the 8th grade, which strangely clinched a playoff spot for the girls.
At (5-3), they will reach the post-season for the third straight year. Strangely, two of the team's losses came against teams that did not reach the playoffs.
Their opponent has yet to be determined.
Mark's grand slam not enough
Errors will kill you, and the E word once again did in the 8th grade baseball team.
They spotted the other team a 4-0 lead after two innings, because of some poor play in the field. In their sixth game of the year, this team needs to be better than that, and today, they weren't.
Jeremy started for the first time this season and threw three solid innings, giving up only five runs, none of them earned.
David made a nice play in the third inning running down a foul pop, but Mark was late to cover second to double off a runner that had been going on the pitch. By the time the ball got to second, Mark wasn't ready for the throw and it skipped into center field. That error prolonged the inning and led to the fifth run.
Calson had a rough day behind the plate, as he had trouble gripping onto the third strikes. When the ball comes loose of a third strike, the runner is still alive, and Calson made a few errant throws, which dragged on some of the innings.
This is still new for Calson as not only is it his first year playing baseball, but catching is something Calson was thrown into because the team's normal catcher is no longer on the team. Catching is not an easy position and it takes a lot more than two games to get used to being behind the dish.
At the plate, Calson and Mark did make up for their mistakes in the field, with Calson collecting two base hits in his first two at-bats. Those were the first two hits in Calson's career.
Mark blasted a ball to right field late in the game and had a grand slam. His home run was the third at St. Mary's this season, and the first grand slam in St. Mary's modern baseball history.
Errors doom 5th/6th grade as well
The 5th/6th graders could not cleanly field, and that led to an 8 run third inning, which eventually dropped them 14-4.
Dropped third strikes, errors on routine grounders and misplays in the outfield all contributed to a game that was somewhat winnable.
A lot of the players on the team are still afraid of the ball, and that's something that needs to be overcome, if the players want to make progress.
Even when the ball is slowly dribbled to them, the players are more often than not, not centered with the ball and try to glove it with one hand, because they are afraid of the baseball.
It's a fear everyone has, but by the sixth game of the season, we should be seeing less and less of that.
The bad defense wasted another fine pitching performance by Justin, who started for the sixth consecutive game. Brandon came in relief and struck out three of the four batters he faced, but all of the batters reached because of a dropped third strike, and the inability to make a throw to first base.
4th, 6th/7th grade close out seasons
The 4th grade girls and the 6th/7th grade girls both loss in their finales. Miracle scored for the 4th grade while Pamela and Maria for the 6th/7th graders.
Both teams end their regular seasons with a (2-6) record.
2 comments:
justin lee got cheated of his great single by the ump
wow cant believe u didn't get the grand slam just to go watch the 8th grade girls forfeit
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