Foothills Sentry June 2023

Page 15 Foothills Sentry June 2023 COMMUNITY SPORTS BY CLIFF ROBBINS AND CHAD CLINE Foothill wins Softball Championship Foothill High School (24-6) captured the Division 4 CIF-SS Softball Championships over Fullerton High School, 5-3. It was Foothill’s second champion- ship, breaking the cycle of three runner-ups. The last champion- ship was in year 2000, a 1-0 win over Mater Dei. Starting Foothill pitcher Lauren Mendez went the distance, and was named Pitcher of the Game, striking out one, walking two and limiting Fullerton to seven hits. Foothill started the top of the order in the third inning with a single from Alley Storey up the middle. Storey was picked off for the first out. Julia Steinberg Cohen Gomez from Canyon High School pitched six solid innings, striking out five, and shutting out Crean Lutheran, 3-0, in the cham- pionship finals. Accepting the Division 4 Base- ball Championship trophy, left to right, are Canyon High Principal Brent McKee, Head Coach Jason Smith and Athletic Director Nate Harrison. Canyon High School baseball team celebrates winning the Division 4 CIF-SS Boys Baseball Championship. The Foothill softball team celebrates winning the Division 4 Softball Championship. Foothill head coach Jeffery Wright hoists the trophy after winning the CIF-SS Division 4 Softball Championship. Alley Storey from Foothill scores after a triple to left in the champion- ship softball finals. singled, and was left stranded. Hannah Vargas struck out, to end the inning. Bottom of the fourth, Fullerton rallied for three runs on five hits. Julia Steinberg led off the top of the sixth with a single; Darian Rycroft got on first on an error, scoring Steinberg. Abigail Fryhoff singled, scoring Rycroft, and Eva Penaloza doubled, send- ing in two runs to tie the game. Storey led off the seventh, with a triple to left. Vargas singled and scored Storey; on the error, Var- gas took third. Rycroft singled, scoring pitch runner Calysta Ma- ciel. Mendez shut out Fullerton in the seventh to preserve the win. Eva Penaloza, Foothill’s short- stop, hauls in an infield pop-up. Foothill won the championship, 5-3, over Fullerton. Canyon High wins Baseball Championship