Woodlake High softball caps dream season with CIF SoCal title, plus Corcoran in action
Woodlake High softball coach Ramon Lara had faith in his team that they could have a magical season.
With just one loss all season, the second-seeded Tigers were on a mission to make sure that they would not lose another game.
Woodlake capped a dream season Saturday with a 4-3 victory over No. 1 Pioneer Valley in the California Interscholastic Federation Southern California Division IV championship.
“Many years of having a good group of girls that work together, and it all came together,” Woodlake coach Ramon Lara said. “We’ve had a good core of girls that have played together since they were about 12 ... seventh graders. They’re all junior and senior and they’ve become kind of a family where they know each other really well.”
Woodlake scored one run in the top of the seventh inning, which proved to be a decisive win since Pioneer Valley scored a run in the bottom half of the inning.
Audrina Rodriguez finished the season 22-0 after pitching a five hitter.
The Tigers (30-1) celebrated their SoCal title with 15 pizzas at Mountain Mike’s in Pismo Beach.
The Tigers’ lone loss this season was to South 10-4 at the Woodlake Tournament.
Woodlake won the Central Section Division IV title after an 8-1 victory over Coalinga at Margie Wright Diamond on May 31.
Corcoran baseball falls short
No. 1-seed Corcoran trailed 4-0 and rallied, scoring a run in the sixth and two runs in the seventh, but lost 4-3 to No. 3 Pioneer-Whittier in the SoCal Division V championship.
The Panthers finished the season 27-5 and a Central Section V title after an 18-6 victory over Shafter.
