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Albany-Berkeley Sting 10U Gold

The Albany Berkeley Sting 10U Gold team displayed winning spirit
despite consecutive losses during the tournament. On Friday
against the Vallejo Hurricanes, pitcher Nora Killian struck out two and made good stops, tossing to catcher Sophia Emmons-Bell for a force at home. On offense, Meg McCabe laid down a beautiful bunt and Grace Duncan slammed the ball up the middle. On Saturday the team endured sweltering temperatures against the San Jose Quicksilver. Pitcher Lena Mayer became more accurate as the game went on, striking out three. In the first, center fielder McCabe caught a popup. In left field, Erin Hoynes stayed with the ball, throwing to Grace Duncan for a perfect play at second, and Lee Labov chased down a long hit to right field and stopped the runner’s advance. Later the heat lifted when the Stingers faced the Novato Breeze. Samantha Chiang pitched accurately, walking very few. Maggie Gallagher hustled for the ball in center field, and Cassidy Villenueve shone at short stop, catching two popups and making a double play at second, assisted by Duncan. On Sunday, Sting Gold runners reached base safely in all three innings against the Concord Glory. Josephine Hass and the Sting outfield were tested by the Concord hitters, but they made the plays back to the pitcher. Catcher McCabe was aggressive, letting few balls past and charging the mound to prevent steals. At bat, Stingers made contact against fast pitches, with Emmons-Bell hitting a hard line drive to right.

12-Gold

Albany-Berkeley Sting 12-U Gold 7 Newark Breeze 3

On Saturday, July 8, Sting 12 Gold defeated the Newark
Breeze by a score of 7 to 3 on ten hits. Sting pitchers
Lila Rosenfeld and Kate Moore combined for a three hitter.
Sting struck early with back-to-back doubles by Maria
Price-Hanson and Moore driving in two runs in the first
inning. In the second, Sting scored three more runs on
hits by Anansa Ridley, Alex Hickey and Moore. In the
fourth inning, hits by Ridley, Anna Cooney Moore, Hickey
and Moore produced the final two runs.

Albany-Berkeley Sting 12-U Gold 1 Pleasanton Phantom Rose 1

On July 8, in a hotly contested game, Sting 12-U Gold
tied Pleasanton Phantom Rose 1-1. In the first, Sting
prevented a second Phantom run from scoring as catcher
Anna Cooney Moore retrieved a passed ball and
tossed to pitcher Maria Price-Hanson for
the tag at home. Sting scored their run as Cooney
Moore knocked in right fielder Anansa Ridley with an RBI
single in the third. In the bottom of the last inning,
Sting defeated a late rally by Phantom Rose as two
runners reached on an infield hit and a walk. Second
baseman Lindsey Baker preserved the tie, deftly handling
a fly ball for the last out.

Albany-Berkeley Sting 12-U Gold 6 Mountain View Nova 2

In elimination play on Sunday, July 9, Sting
12-U Gold defeated Mountain View Nova. Sting benefited
from a strong pitching performance by Kate Moore in relief
of Maria Price-Hanson. Moore, entering the game in the
second inning with the bases loaded struck out the
next two batters to end Nova’s rally. Moore went on
to pitch 4 2/3 innings allowing only one run and one hit
while striking out seven. Sting also benefited from timely
RBI hitting by Lila Rosenfeld, Annie Smith, Alex
Hickey and Moore, as Nova pitchers walked seven.

12-Blue

Pleasant Hill Panthers Black 5, Albany-Berkeley Sting Blue 12U 4

A Panther rally in the second was cut short when
Katie Tick sprinted in from center to make a big
league catch to retire the side. In the third,
Allie Presher scored on a passed ball,
and Elana Jacobs-Pontecorvo and Tick scored
on Maggy DiCostanzo’s single to right. Pinch runner
Meagan Tokunaga scored on a passed ball to tie it
in the third. Ellie Arkin at third base and catcher
Maggy DiCostanzo combined to pick off an errant
Panther runner between third and home.

Albany-Berkeley Sting Blue 12U 3, Petaluma Steal Breeze 1

Sting pitcher Fiona Riley rung up two batters
in the second. Taylor Ivancich got the Sting
offense rolling in the third, beating out an infield
hit. Elana Jacobs-Pontecorvo and Allie Presher
followed with hits and Riley drove in a run.
In the fourth, Jaclyn Caldwell, Katie Tick and
Ivancich exploited a porous Petaluma defense
and reached base safely. Ellie Arkin drove
home two on a hit to left. Camille Dyhr hauled down
a high fly limiting a Petaluma threat in the fifth.

Albany-Berkeley Sting Blue 12U 3, San Lorenzo Allstars 3

Sting rallied for three runs in the first,
with Elana Jacobs-Pontecorvo scoring on an Allie
Presher bunt followed by an overthrow. Fiona Riley
sacrificed to score Presher, followed by Jaclyn
Caldwell’s single to center scoring pinch runner
Meagan Tokunaga from second. In the fifth, the sure
gloves of Sting fielders Ellie Arkin and Izzy
Lubin-Brown quelled a three-run Allstar rally.

Pleasant Hill Panthers Red 5, Albany-Berkeley Sting Blue 12U 4

Pitcher Izzy Lubin-Brown fanned two to squelch a
Panther rally in the first. Allie Presher drew a walk
and subsequently scored on a Maggy DiCostanzo hit.
Sting battled back in the third, with Presher,
Riley and Marisa Budlong scoring on defensive mishaps.
Alas, Sting could not muster more runs in the fourth.

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