Foothills Sentry May 2021

Foothills Sentry May 2021 Page 19 Rael Halim (10) from Canyon High School, just called up to the var- sity, stops the ball in front of El Modena’s Johnny Dominguez. Oscar Henriquez (right) from Canyon High School gets the pass off as Johnny Dominguez from El Modena defends on the play. Canyon’s Koosha Yar (left) locks horns with Uli Lopez from El Mode- na. Canyon won the game, 5-2. Carson Cooper, from Canyon High School, takes the throw as the Millikan High runner attempts to take third base. Andrea Saucedo (right) from El Modena gets under the tag of Foothill shortstop Arissa Calvillo to steal the base. Delaney O’Donoghue from Foothill had the hot bat, as she connects for a solo home run. Foothill girls softball team im- proved to 4-7 overall, dropping North Hills League El Modena to 0-9. Foothill opened the sec- ond inning with a single by Mia Mendoza, followed by two back- to-back walks by Abby Fryhoff and Alyson Crawford to load the bases. Foothill’s Delaney O’Donoghue doubled to clean the bases. She collected two hits, a double and a home run. O’Donoghue led off the fourth inning with a solo home run to put the Foothill Lady Knights out front, 4-1. Foothill starting pitcher Lauren Mendez gave up two runs, six hits, four walks, and struck out two. Eva Chahbazian came on in relief pitching the sixth and O’Donoghue bats Foothill to victory over El Modena seventh innings to preserve the 7-2 win. Chahbazian gave up two hits and struck out three Vanguard batters. Gianna Pulido from El Modena struck out three and gave up 10 hits before giving way to Katlyn Simpson in the sixth. Simpson struck out two, walked two and got Nicole Zerkel to fly out to center to end the inning. Giovanna Salcido from Canyon High School sends one over the wall in the game against Millikan High. Arissa Calvillo, Foothill shortstop, throws out an El Modena runner. Foothill won the game, 7-2.