2016 FuddruckersState Softball Championships

Dexter Wins Back-to-Back Blue Trophies

The Dexter Demons (30-1) defeated the Loving Falcons (15-9) in the 2016 Fuddruckers State A/3A Softball Championships, 13-0, to capture their second straight softball state title. Dexter’s 30 wins is the second most in state history for a season.

The Demons’ pitcher, Kali Crandall, pitched a complete game allowing no runs on one hit. She only allowed four base runners the entire game, walking just one batter. At the plate, Dexter was led by Yanelly Ronquillo, who was 2-for-3 on the day with two singles and two runs scored. Team-mate Noemi Gonzalez was also 2-for-3 with a single and a triple, scoring two. Sandra Madrid had the game’s lone home run in the bottom of the third.

The score was 0-0 going into the bottom of the second, as Dexter scored three to take a 3-0 lead. Then, in the bottom of the third, the Demons loaded the bases twice, scoring seven in the inning to push their lead to 10-0. The inning was highlighted by a three run home run by Madrid over the right field wall.

Dexter’s defense continued to dominate, as the Falcons were unable to push any runs across going into the fourth inning.

The Demons added three more runs in the bottom half of the fourth, making it 13-0. In the top of the fifth, Dexter made quick work of Loving, despite a one out single by Cade Martinez to try and keep the Falcons’ hopes alive. But in the end, Dexter was too much for Loving and the Demons claimed their second state softball title in a row.

Silver Earned Fifth Straight Softball Championship

The Silver Fighting Colts (22-9) won their fifth straight softball championship with a 10-0 win over Hope Christian Huskies (27-6) at the 2016 Fuddruckers State 4A Softball Championships. The win marked the ninth time in program history that the Fighting Colts hoisted the blue trophy overhead.

Margarita McDonald led the way for the Fighting Colts from the pitching circle, throwing a com-plete game, allowing no runs on two hits and striking out six Huskies’ batters.

Silver jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Lead-off hitter Zoe Abeyta was hit by a pitch to start the game and advanced to second on a fielder’s choice. She then scored on a single by Makayla Guerra to center, making it 1-0.

The Fighting Colts added one more in the second, as Kim Renteria hit a triple to left center to start the inning. A sac fly to right by Alyssa Sublasky pushed Renteria across home plate, making it 2-0 after two full innings.

The Huskies would place two runners on in the top of the third but McDonald and the Silver de-fense quickly shut down the scoring threat. Silver added three more runs in the bottom of the in-ning. Guerra doubled to left to start the inning, scoring on a single by Asia Morales. Miah McDon-ald then walked to put runners at first and second. A one-out single by Renteria scored Morales and Miah McDonald to make it 5-0 after three.

Silver added one more run in the bottom of fourth. Morales walked to start the inning and was pushed home on a double by Miah McDonald, making it 6-0 at the end of four. The Huskies went down 1-2-3 in the top of the fifth. In the bottom half of the inning, Renteria singled to left, followed by a double to left center by Sherelle Rodriguez, placing run-ners at second and third. Abeyta tripled to right center, scoring Renteria and Rodri-guez. Abeyta then scored on a hard ground ball to third, making it 9-0 after five full in-nings.

In the top of the sixth, McDonald forced a fly out, a ground out and a recorded a strike to end the Huskies’ at-bat. Silver would score one more run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 10-0 and end the game.

Centennial Hoists Blue Trophy for Hawks First Softball Title

In the ‘IF’ game of the 2016 Fuddruckers State 5A Softball Championships the Centennial Hawks (25-6) beat the Aztec Tigers (27-7), 1-0, to earn the school’s first state title in the sport of softball. Centennial lost early in the day to Aztec 6-1 to force the ‘IF’ game between the two schools.

It was a pitchers’ duel, as the Hawks’ Santana Parra allowed no runs on eight hits with five strike-outs in seven innings, while the Tigers’ Paige Adair gave up just one run on four hits and six strikeouts.

Defense and pitching were the story early in the game as both teams would put runners on base in the first three innings of play but could not push base runners across home plate.

Then, in the top of the fourth, Centennial’s Nicole Guillen hit a lead-off home run over the center field wall to give her team the 1-0 lead. The Hawks would threaten again by loading the bases but Adair buckled down and retired the side.

In the bottom of the fourth, Aztec put runners at the corners with two outs before Parra forced a groundout to the short stop to end the inning.

After a quick fifth inning by both teams at the plate, Aztec threatened again in the bottom of the sixth with runners at first and second, following two straight singles with one out. Parra again got herself out of a jam, striking out Alaina Sayler for out number two and forcing a ground out to second to end the inning, as the Hawks led 1-0 going into the seventh.

Centennial put runners at first and second with two outs in the top of the seventh but Adair forced a pop-up to third to end the threat. The Tigers, needing at least one run to force extra innings went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh, as Centennial won 1-0 in the 5A softball championship game.

Oñate Captures First-Ever State Softball Title

For the first time in school history, the Oñate Knights (27-3) hoisted the blue trophy with an 11-3 win over the Cleveland Storm (24-7) at the 2016 Fuddruckers State 6A Softball Championships.

The Knights’ starter, Christina Gutierrez, pitched three innings, allowing no runs on two hits, while Sierra Gonzales came in relief, going four innings, allowing three runs on seven hits. Sarah Gold threw a complete game for the Storm, allowing one run on eight hits in six innings of work.

Oñate got on the board in the bottom of the first with two runs. Marina Salcedo singled with one out, followed by a Stefini Duran walk to put runners at first and second. Alexandra Candelaria then singled to score Salcedo and Duran, making it 2-0 after one full inning.

It was 1-2-3 for the Storm in the second. The Knights would load the bases in the bottom of the inning as Duran hit a grand slam over the right field wall to push the Oñate lead to 6-0 after two.

Neither team would score in the third. Cleveland then got on the board with a run in the fourth and two runs in the fifth, making it 6-3, heading into the bottom of the fifth. The Knights then ex-tended their lead to 9-3 after a three run shot by Sabrina Martinez over the left field wall.

The Storm placed a runner aboard in the sixth with two outs but was unable to push the runner across home plate. Oñate added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it 11-3, heading into the final inning of play.

The Storm singled twice in the top of the seventh to continue the threat but in the end, Oñate ’s lead was too much to over-come, as the Knights captured the 2016 softball championship.