Michelle Carew Tournament 2010
With a record of 5-0 the Lady Vikings left Anaheim Hills as the 2010 Michelle Carew Champions. This is a very competitive tournament and winning 5 games was not easy. If you looked at the contributing hits you’d see that this was a full team effort. The offense was hot up and down the line up.
Valencia 5 St Lucy’s 0
Valencia 6 Cajon 5
Valencia 2 Aliso Niguel 0
Valencia 5 Marina 0
Valencia 4 Norco 0
All Tournament Players (You can’t tell, but all these girls are hiding a cookie behind their patch.)
Thanks to Corner Bakery for donating 2 dozen cookies to us.
Defensive MVP Carly Mortensen
Offensive MVP Madison Shipman
Michelle Carew Most Inspirational Player Lauren Boser
All Tournament Selection Bethany Kemp
Tournament highlights:
Lauren Boser 6 for 14 3 RBIs (4 for 4 in one game)
Madison Shipman 5 for 15 4 RBIs (3 hits, 3 RBIs in the Final + 1 homer in the first game)
Bethany Kemp 6 for 16 2 RBIs
Caitlin Rooney 5 for 14 4 RBIs
Shannon Fitzgerald 5 for 13 1 RBI (4 for 4 in one game)
Tori Balta 6 for 13 (2 run homer)
Justine Sibthorp – Game Winning Sac Fly – 2 RBIs + 1 triple
Jessica Smith – Pinch hit line drive to right scores our first run in the Marina game.
Carly Mortensen has 49 strike outs, 2 no hitters and 4 shut outs
The girls are pumped up to start league play this week with our first game set against Golden Valley High School at Golden Valley on Tuesday 4/13.
Nike Faster to First 2010
The Lady Vikings ended in 5th place at the Nike Faster to First tournament in Huntington Beach. Not too bad for a 32 team tournament. The girls went 4-1 beating top ranked Etiwanda and Pleasant Grove, but falling to Foothill.
All Tournament Players Selection were Caitlin Rooney and Lauren Boser.
Valencia 3 Bingham 0
Valencia 4 Etiwanda 3
Valencia 5 Foothill 7
Valencia 2 Rodriguez 1
Valencia 5 Pleasant Grove 3
Key highlight was Ali Peskay laying down perfection in the squeeze that scored Sarah Solano in the Etiwanda game.
JV Wins Camarillo Tournament
The Junior Varsity Vikings returned to Camarillo to defend their title
and walked away with a back to back Championship win. Congrats to the
girls for a great weekend and what is hoped to be the beginning of a
very successful season.
Max Preps Tournament of Champions Runners Up
The Lady Vikings took to the road on Wednesday March 11, 2009 traveling to Bullhead City, Arizona for the Tournament of Champions where they would try to defend their 2 year run as champions. With 40 teams entered into the tournament it would not be a small task.
San Juan Hills 10-0
On Thursday March 12, the Lady Vikings played San Juan Hills of San Juan Capistrano, California and came out strong with a10-0 win. With Sara Enriquez on the mound throwing a dandy of a game with a 1 hitter and 11 strikeouts. Megan Foglesong started the game with a single advancing to second on a wild throw. Madison Shipman came to the plate hitting a hard shot to advance Foglesong to 3rd. Bethany Kemp had a hard hit ball to center field scoring Foglesong, followed by a Caitlin Rooney single. In the 2nd inning Annie Dreher singled advancing to 2nd on a wild throw. Tori Balta coming to the plate had a nice single allowing Dreher to advance to 3rd. Shannon Fitzgerald hit a hard grounder that scored Dreher. Foglesong came to the plate hitting a shot to center field for another single and advancing Fitzgerald to 2nd. A wild pitch to Lauren Boser, put both runners in scoring position. Boser than singled to score Fitzgerald. Up to the plate came Madison Shipman, hitting a single to score Foglesong followed by a wild pitch that Boser took advantage of sliding into home. 3rd inning, Rooney had a single to left field and advanced to 2nd on a wild pitch and to 3rd on a throwing error by the catcher. Amy Moore came to the plate to hit a hard shot to right field scoring Rooney. Balta followed up with a single to center. 4th inning, again, Foglesong came to the plate and singled followed by stealing 2nd and 3rd. Shipman again singled scoring Foglesong while Shipman ran to 2nd. Kemp had a hard hit ball to center scoring Shipman from 2nd. Rooney followed up with a single to center while Kemp advanced to 2nd. Moore up to the plate watched a ball go by as Kemp and Rooney both advanced. Moore than hit a nice shot to center field scoring Kemp and advancing Rooney to 3rd. Jessica Smith hit a hard sacrifice fly allowing Rooney to score. Ally Peskay was at the plate with a 2-0 count when our runner was caught stealing.
Ironwood High School 5-0
On Friday March 13, the Lady Vikings played Ironwood High School from Glendale, Arizona and came away with a 5-0 win.
Carly Mortensen took to the mound throwing a perfect game posting 13 strikeouts with the help of her catcher Amy Moore’s pitch selection and her teammates great fielding. In the 2nd inning Bethany Kemp had a nice double to center followed by a double by Moore scoring Kemp. Tori Balta had a single advancing pinch runner Elena Dickson. 3rd inning, Megan Foglesong hit a double and advanced to 3rd with a nice sacrifice bunt by Lauren Boser. Foglesong then scored with an overthrow. 4th inning, Caitlin Rooney led the inning off with a walk and Justine Sibthorp was put in to pinch run followed by singles from Moore and Annie Dreher. With an overthrow, pinch runner Dickson advanced to 3rd. Shannon Fitzgerald had a single to right field scoring Dickson and advancing Dreher to 3rd. 4th inning, Boser led the inning with a hard shot double to left field that hit the fence just missing a homerun. Madison Shipman than hit a bullet over the fence for a 2 run homerun. Caitlin Rooney followed with a double to right field. 6th inning Lindsay Clark hit a hard shot down the 1st base line that looked as if it would go through but the first baseman made a great snag. Jessica Smith came to the plate with a single down the first base side.
Chino Hills High School 5-3
On Friday March 13, the Vikings playing their second game of the day, taking on Chino High School, coming away with a 5-3 win. What a game it was! Sara Enriquez took to the mound in the 1st inning and shut them down. In the bottom of the 1st Megan Foglesong had a hard hit single down the the left side of the field followed by another hard hit single by Lauren Boser advancing Foglesong 3rd and onto home to score. Madison Shipman Singled to right center field then stole 2nd and onto 3rd with a wild pitch. Top of the 2nd inning Chino was only able to muster up one single which produced nothing. Bottom of the 2nd, Amy Moore led off the inning with a double to left field followed by yet another double to left field by Jessica Smith scoring pinch runner Lindsay Clark. Top of 3rd, again Enriquez held Chino to a scoreless inning. Bottom of the 3rd, both Shipman and Caitlin Rooney singled but were unable to capitalize. Top of 4th, Enriquez was able to hold Chino to a scoreless inning with an excellent defense behind her. Top of 5th, Enriquez and her teammates were able to hold the opponents to a scoreless inning. Bottom of the 5th, Shipman hit another rope to left field going on to steal 2nd. Top of 6th, only 1 run was scored by Chino. Top of 7th, Chino was able to score 1 more run tying the game 2-2. Bottom of 7th, Tori Balta hit a single to right field followed by Lauren Boser getting beaned in the head by the pitcher advancing her to 1st. With runners on 1st and 2nd, Chino took no chances and intentionally walked the feared hitting of Shipman, loading the bases. Unfortunately, the Vikings were not able to score sending them into an extra inning, international tie breaker situation. With Enriquez still pitching strong in the top of the 8th inning, 1 run was able to score. Bottom of the 8th, With Bethany Kemp starting out on 2nd base, Caitlin Rooney had a hard hit single down the 3rd base side allowing Kemp to score from 2nd. Amy Moore than laid down a sacrifice bunt. Vikings left the inning with the score tied 3-3. Top of 9th inning, Coach Donna Lee decided to mix it up a little by bringing in Carly Mortensen into pitch. Chino was shut down. In the bottom of the 9th, Balta was placed on 2nd with Annie Dreher laying down a sacrifice bunt advancing Balta to 3rd. Vikings came away empty handed. Onto the top of the 10th inning, Mortensen pitching with the runner starting at 2nd a sacrifice bunt was placed down advancing the runner to 3rd. Next batter came to the plate hitting a ball to Shipman who threw the ball to Boser to get the out as the runner from 3rd was running home, Boser made a hard throw to Moore who made a fantastic play at the plate to tag the runner out. Bottom of the 10th inning, Clark would start off the inning on 2nd base. Bethany Kemp came to the plate with one out and hit a towering shot over the left field fence for a game winning 2 run homerun.
Santa Monica High School 5-3
On Saturday March 14, the Vikings played Santa Monica High School. Carly Mortensen took to the mound for the Vikings. In the top of the 3rd, Annie Dreher had a single to center field followed by a sacrifice bunt by Tori Balta. The first three innings for both teams remained scoreless. In the top of the 4th Bethany Kemp walked and stole 2nd. Bottom of the 4th, with a runner on 1st attempting to steal 2nd, Amy Moore threw a bullet down to 2nd for an out. With a single and a walk, the next batter hit a double which scored 2 runs. In the top of the 5th Dreher singled to center, followed by a double to center by Balta. With Dreher on 3rd, Shannon Fitzgerald came up to bat hitting a single scoring Dreher. Up next Megan Foglesong grounded out to 2nd scoring Balta. Sara Enriquez was brought to the mound. With the score tied at 2-2. The 6th and 7th innings remained scoreless. Once again the Vikings were going into an extra inning game. Top of the 8th inning Balta was the runner on 2nd and advanced to 3rd on a bunt by Shannon Fitzgerald. Foglesong came up to the plate and hit a triple scoring 2 runs. Lauren Boser followed up with a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Foglesong. Bottom of the 8th inning, with a single to center by Santa Monica, runners were now at 1st and 3rd. Enriquez followed that with a strike out. There was another single to center which scored 1 run. With the score now 5-3, Enriquez threw a great pitch forcing the batter to fly out to Foglesong ending the game with a win for the Vikings and advancing them to the championship game.
Norco High School 2-4
On Saturday March 14, Championship game Lady Vikings take on Norco High School. Sara Enriquez starting on the mound for the Vikings started the game with 2 strikeouts followed by a walk that did not amount to anything thanks to Amy Moore’s put out at 2nd base. In the bottom of the 3rd inning Norco was able to get a hold of one for a homerun followed by a put out by Madison Shipman and a bunt out. After a single to left field Carly Mortensen took to the mound with a strikeout. In the top of the 4th inning Shipman singled to right field followed by a stolen base. In the bottom of the 4th, Vikings were able to hold them with three straight outs. Top of the 5th, Moore hit a single to deep right center after battling off many pitches. Tori Balta singled to right center field advancing pinch runner Lindsay Clark to 3rd. Shannon Fitzgerald walked loading the bases. Megan Foglesong hit a shot into center field scoring Clark and with Balta running home, slid into home plate and seemed to be under the tag, but was called out. Bottom of the 5th, with a walk, Caitlin Rooney made a difficult throw to 1st to get the runner out. With a little mishap in the field the runner scored. Top of 6th, Bethany Kemp led off the inning with a 200 ft. shot over the left field fence, tying the game at 2-2. Bottom of the 6th, the inning started with a walk, followed by a bunt to Mortensen who threw the runner out at 1st and advancing the lead runner to 2nd. With the next batter walked Sara Enriquez was brought in. Enriquez struck out the first batter. A hit to left field scored two runs, followed by a fly out for the third out. Top of 7th, Moore started off the inning with a single to the right side. Pinch runner Clark stole 2nd. Balta hit a fielder’s choice to right field advancing Clark to 3rd. Unfortunately, the Vikings were not able to come up with a run and came up short. The score was 2-4 Norco. Lady Vikings played a fantastic tournament and came away with the runners up trophy.
After a hard fought battle over three extremely competitive days in Bullhead City trying to defend our two time title, the Lady Vikings came up short in the Championship game losing 4-2 to Norco. Regardless of the final result, we still feel very proud of the way we played and will be back next year to make a run at regaining our title.
Bullhead City Rooms
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Valencia Finishes 11th at Michelle Carew Classic
Game 1: Valencia Defeats Cypress 7-2
Lani Bernardino and Lauren Boser led the Vikings to victory. Bernardino was 3 for 3 with 2 RBIs and was also on base 5 for 5 times to include 2 HBP. Boser was 2 for 2 with a solo home run. Bethany Kemp also had an RBI and hit a triple. Valencia was held scoreless until the 2nd inning when Boser led off with a walk. Kemp then delivered with an RBI triple to right field to put the Vikings on the board. Garza beat out an infield ground ball to put 2 runners on base and then she stole 2nd before Bernardino ripped a shot to right field for 2 RBIs. Foglesong reached base on a fielder’s choice but ran all the way to 3rd off a double by Spigner. An error by the 2nd baseman allowed Foglesong to score.
Going into the 3th inning, the Vikings held a comfortable 4-0 lead, but Boser led off the inning with a monster hit to right center for her 2nd homerun of the season. Kemp and Foglesong followed with singles up the middle but Cypress was able to hold Valencia to just one. 2 more runs scored in the 4th with some help from the Cypress defense, which brought the score to 7. Cypress rallied for 2 runs in the bottom of the 4th to close the gap but it would not be enough. Boser singled once more in the 6th and Caitlin Rooney doubled but neither would score. Bernardino singled again in the 7th but was left on base after back to back ground balls to the shortstop.
Final score 7-2. Spigner picked up her 14th win of the season and struck out 6.
Game 2: Valencia is Defeated by El Camino 6-1
For 6 complete innings, the Vikings battled El Camino. After Jessica Spigner gave up a lead-off home run to El Camino in the 1st, she settled down and held the Wildcats scoreless until the 7th inning. In the bottom of the 1st, Megan Foglesong smoked a triple down the left field line but she was unable to score. Alyssa Garza singled in the 3rd and 2 more Valencia players walked, but they left the bases loaded and El Camino was able to get out of a jam to keep the lead at 1-0.
In the bottom of the 5th, Lani Bernardino led off with a walk and was moved to 2nd base by a sacrifice bunt from Foglesong. With Bernardino in scoring position and the El Camino outfield playing deliberate deep defense, Spigner hit a BOMB to the center fielder, who made a brilliant over the shoulder catch on the run, for the only RBI of the game. Because of her deep position, Bernardino tagged up at 2nd and ran home to score, to tie the game. In top of the 6th, El Camino threatened again with a two out triple that the girl tried to stretch to a home run. The ball was hit past the reach of Bernardino but she managed to chase it down and throw a perfect throw to Shipman, who then turned and drilled a laser to Moore at the plate for an uncontested tag.
Unfortunately, in the top of the 7th inning, Spigner twisted her ankle after stepping into a hole on the first pitch, which took her to the ground. Clearly, it rattled the Vikings and the infield went on to make 4 uncharacteristic errors, coupled with 2 base hits, bringing the damage to 5 runs in the final frame. The Vikings went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 7th. Certainly, they had their chances for more runs, stranding 8 runners on base. However, El Camino capitalized on Valencia’s mistakes and was the better team that night. Final score 6-1.
Game 3: Valencia Defeats El Toro 4-3
At the Nike Faster to First tournament, El Toro gave Valencia its first loss of the season by beating the Vikings 1-0. However, at Michelle Carew, it was a grudge match and both teams battled. El Toro struck the first blow off a single to left field which was misplayed allowing the runner to score. Valencia came right back in the top of the 4th inning when Jessica Spigner drove a ball to the gap in left center for a solo shot and painfully ran the bases to tie it up 1-1. Then in the 6th, Spigner reached base on a walk and Madison Shipman pushed 9-11 and hit a 2 run home run shot to right center to bring the score to 3-1. Top of 7, Alyssa Garza battled for a single up the middle with 1 out. She then stole 2nd base and advanced to 3rd base on a passed ball. With 1 out, Lani Bernardino launched a ball deep to center for a sac fly RBI, scoring Garza who tagged on the play.
For 6 innings on defense, the Vikings played tough. Spigner took a 1 hitter and 7 strike outs in to the 7th inning. The powerful El Toro hit 4 singles for 2 more runs, but with the bases packed, Spigner forced the batter to pop up to shortstop off a change up and end the game in victory. The game was a real battle and both sides fought hard.
Game 4: Valencia is Defeated by Yucaipa 6-5
Valencia struck first in the bottom of the 1st inning after Megan Foglesong walked and stole 2nd. Jessica Spigner hit an off-speed pitch up the middle for the game’s first run. Bethany Kemp led off the 2nd inning with a base hit but she was caught stealing, followed by 2 Valencia strike outs. In the top of the 3rd, Lani Bernardino and Spigner each hit singles, but 3 more strike outs prevented a run from scoring. In the bottom half of the 3rd, with 1 out, Spigner gave up a solo home run, which was followed by a walk, a double, and a single with a throwing error, to put Yucaipa up 3-1.
In the bottom of the 4th, Lauren Boser led off the inning with a double and after 2 strike outs, she was still standing on 2nd. However, a clutch RBI double down the line by Caitlin Rooney brought the Vikings within 1. Unfortunately, a 3rd K in the inning left Rooney at 2nd. Yucaipa continued to put pressure on the Vikings defense and 2 errors with 2 outs cost the Vikings 2 more runs, both unearned. The score was 5-2. In the bottom of the 5th with 2 outs, Spigner continued to fight with her 3rd hit of the game, this time she drilled a solo shot over the fence in left field to bring the tally to 5-3. Yucaipa went down 1-2-3 in the top of the 6th, but the Vikings left the bases loaded after a single by Boser and 2 walks, and failed to score in the bottom half of the inning.
For some insurance, Yucaipa hit the first pitch of the 7th inning over the left center field fence but that would be all for the inning. With the score 6-3, Foglesong led off with a single, but Spigner’s hit to left field was caught. Boser clutched up and hit a 2-run dinger over the right center field fence to bring the Vikings within 1. Kemp then singled and ran all the way to 3rd off a deep single by Moore. The thought to send Kemp home was there but the throw may have beat her. With runners on 2nd and 3rd, Rooney had 2 balls and drilled a shot to the 2nd baseman for out number 3. Although the Vikings came out flat and Spigner was clearly ailing from her ankle injury, the girls showed a lot of heart to fight until the last out. Valencia stranded 9 runners on base, often on 1 of their 10 strike outs. Spigner was able to strike out 6, but she gave up 3 earned runs and the girls made a couple of costly errors.
Game #5: Valencia Defeats Sonora 7-0
The game was scoreless until the top of the 4th inning. Jessica Spigner led off the inning with a single but on the fielder’s choice from Madison Shipman, she was out at 2nd. Lauren Boser then singled to left and Kemp walked to bring up the hot Caitlin Rooney. She induced a bases loaded walk for the games first RBI, to score Shipman. Boser was thrown out at home to give the Vikings 2 outs, but Garza delivered a big time 2 RBI single to bring the score to 3. Lani Bernardino jacked her first home run of the season, a high flyer over the right fielder, for a 3 RBI shot. Spigner led off the 5th inning with a triple but she would not score. Then in the 7th inning, with 2 outs, Shannon Fitzgerald was brought in to pinch hit for Lauren Boser. On the first offering, she got all ball and clobbered it deep over the left fielder’s head for her first home run of the season and the first of her varsity career.
Shannon Fitzgerald hits a homerun.
Spigner managed to finish the game from the mound, striking out only 5, but the Vikings settled down and played stellar defense, including a beautiful relay play in the bottom of the 7th to preserve the shut out. The lead-off batter for Sonora hit a ball to right center that Bernardino chased down and threw a bee-bee to Shipman, who then fired home for the tag out by Amy Moore. The Vikings finished up the tournament a little battered and bruised, with a record of 3-2. The girls played some great teams and learned more about what they need to do to finish and to fight until the last out.
The Vikings will next take on cross-town rival Hart for their 3rd league contest at Valencia High School on Tuesday, 4/15 at 3:15 pm.
2008 Michelle Carew Classic
When: April 2,3,4,5
First game is Thursday at 5:15pm at Peralta 2
5001 Gerda Dr, Anaheim, California 92807
Click here to download Schedule
Click here to download Winner’s Bracket
Official Tournament Site
Nike Faster to First Results
The Lady Vikings placed 6th in this tournament with a tournament record of 3-2. Game recaps will be posted soon. Here are some photos from the tournament.
2008 Nike Faster to First Classic
When: Thursday 3/13, Friday 3/14, Saturday 3/15
Where: Huntington Beach Sports Complex
18000 Goldenwest Street, HB, CA
(First game is on Field 4)
Parking costs $1 per day and they will ticket you if you don’t have the ticket in your window. Make sure you bring exact change!
Click here for directions to the Huntington Beach Sports Complex
The girls will be leaving from VHS at 1:30 on the bus to play a 6pm game vs Phoenix Sunnyslope HS. Game times for Friday are TBD.
Download the Bracket Here
JV Wins Camarillo Tournament
Congrats to the Lady Vikings JV team for winning the Camarillo Tournament last weekend. The Vikings swept the teams and outscored their opponents 28-7.
Here’s a recap of their games.
Camarillo JV Tournament 3/1-3/8
Beat Dos Pueblos 7-2
Beat Royal 7-1
Beat Rio Mesa 10-1
Beat Oak Park 4-3
Highlights of Tournament
Great Pitching by Nicole Miller on 3/8 allowing 2 ER
Game vs Rio Mesa 3 home runs
Carlina Bassilio
Jessica Smith
Melanie Fessinger
Game vs. Oak Park 1 home run by
Katlin Wieselthier
Check back later for more pics from the tournament!