FREEWAY LEAGUE
Most Valuable Player: Yolanda Rios (Sunny Hills, Jr.)
Warren Nagano, who guided Tesoro to a CIF-SS Division III championship this spring, announced his retirement as the Titans' head coach.
Nagano spent two seasons as the coach at Tesoro, compiling a record of 43-13. The Titans started off this season with a 19-game winning streak before losing four of their final six regular season games.
OCVARSITY.COM SOFTBALL POWER RANKINGS
(Quality victories are victories over top-25 teams or top non-county teams)
1. TESORO (South Coast) 27-4
Playoffs: CIF-SS Division III champion
Quality victories: Beckman, 4-0; Edison, 1-0; Downey, 9-2; Northwood, 5-0; Laguna Hills, 7-2 Ayala (Chino Hills), 3-1; Ayala (Chino Hills), 3-0; Aliso Niguel, 2-0; Dana Hills, 1-0; Aliso Niguel, 4-3; Mission Viejo, 5-4; Sunny Hills, 5-0; Bloomington, 15-0; Warren (Downey), 6-0; Chino, 1-0; Los Altos (Hacienda Heights), 8-0; and Glendora, 4-0.
Losses: Mission Viejo, 0-3; San Clemente, 1-8; Capistrano Valley, 1-4; and Dana Hills, 7-21.
CALHISPORTS.COM FINAL STATE RANKINGS
1. Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) 32-0
2. Norco 32-2
3. Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove) 26-5
4. Sheldon (Sacramento) 28-3
5. Livermore 25-2
Lance Eddy announced he is stepping down as co-head coach of Canyon on Wednesday after 26 years with the program.
Eddy will continue to be the tournament coordinator for the prestigious Faster to First Classic and Michelle Carew Classic tournaments. Eddy has done an incredible job running these tournaments over the years. He always puts on a class operation and makes the tournament brackets as fair as possible.
Tournament director Lance Eddy has finalized the 32-team field for the 2010 Michelle Carew Classic and it is looking like it will be one of the top tournaments in the nation next season.
The 32-team field features 16 league champions and five CIF finalists, including two champions.
The tournament will be held April 7-10 at Peralta Park in Anaheim.
Here is a list of the participants:
CIF-SS SOFTBALL TEAM CHAMPIONS
Div. I - Norco
Div. II - Etiwanda
Div. III - Tesoro
Div. IV - North Torrance
ALL-SENIOR TEAM
Kristin Scharkey, Esperanza, CF (Northwestern)
Kailyn Johnson, Esperanza, Inf. (Penn State)
Brittany Schutte, Mater Dei, C (Florida)
Trista Thomas, Beckman, OF/P (Cal Poly SLO)
ALL-JUNIOR TEAM
Mandy Gardner, Aliso Niguel, Jr., Michigan
Krystian DeWitt, Pacifica, P, New Mexico
Kasey Lange, Tesoro, Inf.
Taylor Cantillo, Foothill, OF, Ole Miss
ALL-SOPHOMORE TEAM
Hallie Wilson, Foothill, RF, Arizona
Haylie Wagner, El Modena, P,
Cheyanne Tarango, Canyon, P, Tennessee
Kylee Lahners, Laguna Hills, Inf.
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Brianne Matthews, Mater Dei, P, 14-4, o.98 ERA, 107.1 IP, 24 BB, 138 K
Tiffany Mikkelson, Aliso Niguel, 3B
Casey Africano, Edison, OF, .434, 3 HR, 18 R, 14 RBIs
Selene Pola, Segerstrom, P/OF, .438, 16 R, 27 RBIs, 7-1, 0.58 ERA, 53 Ks
ALL-SMALL SCHOOLS TEAM
Alex Skinkis, Oxford Academy, SS, .681, 5 HR, 3 3B, 13 2B, 44 R, 26 RBIs
Natalie Sanchez, Whittier Christian, So., P/SS, .384, 16 R, 25 RBIs
Courtney McGee, Whittier Christian, Jr., P/3B, 0.67 ERA
Cassandra Oregel, Oxford Academy, P/3B, .455, 18 R, 27 RBIs, 0.49 ERA