Saturday Recap

This year's 8th grade baseball team is arguably the best we've had at St. Mary's in our four years, but that elusive first win is going to be hard to come by if they continue to shoot themselves in the foot.

Errors paved the way for several rallies, and they were far too much to overcome as the 8th grade lost 9-4.

They took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when David scored on an errant throw by the other team's catcher. But that lead quickly dissipated when Gavin misjudged a flyball to center that led to two runs.

Miles followed that error with one of his own when he made an unnecessary throw to third base which sailed over Justin's head, and just like that, the 8th grade was down 3-1.

Errors in the second and third innings led to three more runs and it was 6-1 after three.

David continued his hot hitting and drove in Mark with a double and then scored when Jeremy reached first on an error to cut the lead to 6-3.

For the fourth straight game, David started, but only lasted two innings. Mark came in relief and did a nice job before giving way to Jeremy who finished the game.

Hartman played his best game this season and has shown the most improvement of any player this season. He made two nice catches on flares and made contact in all three of his plate appearances.

The rest of the team however was not as successful as the strikeouts were once again too many to overcome.

Their errors were also more than their last two games combined.

Half way through the season, this team has shown that it has what it takes to compete, as they have only been 10 run ruled once. They have been in the rest of their games, and will hope to pull out a victory in one of their next four games.

4th grade makes free throws, fall in final minutes
Miracle and Adrianna both made free throws today, something the 4th grade hadn't done all year, but it wasn't enough as the 4th grade girls' skid hit 5 games in a 14-6 loss.

They trailed 4-2 at halftime, and fought back to tie the game 6-6 midway through the fourth. It was still tied with less than two minutes left. But from that point on, they were outscored 8-0 in the final 90 seconds of the game en route to their fifth straight loss.

The 4th grade (1-5) played a solid game, but just ran out of gas towards to the end.

Miracle had a team high 5 points in the loss.

Sloppiness plagues 5th grade
The 5th grade girls could not build on their first win last week, and fell flat in a 21-2 loss.

Turnovers and a very uninspired effort led to one of their worst losses of the season. The 5th grade (2-5) actually scored on the first possession of the game when Jamie nailed a shot, but they were unheard of on the offensive end from that point on.

Their head coach Alex Kawashima thought they reverted back to their bad habits of last year. The confidence, energy level and execution from last week were not apparent at all in today's frustrating outing.

Victoria, on the offensive end, had her best showing to date, despite not coming away with points as she was able to get open for many point blank shots. She also took a trip to the free throw line but just couldn't get her shot to go.

Highest offensive output for the 6th/7th
The 6th/7th grade girls put up 19 points, the most they've ever had in a game, but that still wasn't enough to come away with a victory.

Their transition defense and turnovers were just too much to overcome as the other team capitalized on each and every one of the girls' mistakes.

Tiffany and Melina both had career highs of 6 points, and Pamela scored 5 points of her own.

This team is a talented bunch, but the 6th/7th graders (2-4) just lack the focus and experience to consistently compete at an elite level.

Jocelyn also added 2 points.