2007 CIF Champions
On high school softball’s grandest stage, Valencia came through with a historical performance, defeating neighborhood rival Hart of Newhall 1-0 on Saturday night to win the Southern Section Div. I Championship in front of about 1,500 at Barber Park.
They were at times vulnerable, but almost always proved invincible, and now Valencia has completed one of the most remarkable seasons of softball in state history. Behind the pitching of Jordan Taylor and clutch hit by Alyssa Ishibashi, top-seeded Valencia won the Southern Section Division I Championship Saturday with a 1-0 victory over Newhall Hart, its rival from the Foothill League, at Barber Park in Irvine.
Facing Hart (26-7) for the third time, Valencia stranded runners in each of the six innings it battled left-handed sophomore Destiny Rodino (20-5).
But in the fifth, it finally pushed across a run. Lelani Bernardino singled up the middle, took second on a bunt by Megan Foglesong and scored with two outs on Ishibashi’s blooper down the right-field line.
Click below to see more pictures from the game.
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