Many of the top high school teams in California and a few surrounding states converged on Anaheim Hills in Southern California for the beginning of the Michelle Carew Classic on Wednesday at Peralta Park. Here’s what happened:
In Michelle Carew Classic games:
Canyon of Anaheim 7, Santiago of Corona 3: Arizona State-bound P Kylee Magee, #3 in the 2022 Extra Elite 100, got the win in the circle, 2022 2B Bella Fraser went 3 for 4 with a home run and 2024 3B Paloma Saenz went 3 for 4 with a homer to lift the Comanches over the Sharks.
Norco 6, Great Oak 1: Fairfield-bound C/1B Delaney Whieldon went 2 for 3 with an RBI, 2024 2B/3B/SS Maddy Aguilera went 1 for 2 with two RBIs, 2022 CF Abby Dalton scored three runs and 2023 P/SS/UT Marley Goluskin allowed one hit and struck out three in 3.2 innings for the Cougars.
Orange Lutheran 7, Saugus 2: P Brianne Weiss, #28 in the 2024 Extra Elite 100, picked up her 10th win of the year with 10 strikeouts, Arkansas-bound 1B/P Kiki Estrada, #13 in the 2022 Extra Elite 100, went 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI, 2023 SS Tessa Jerue went 2 for 3 with two doubles and two RBIs, 2024 IF Mya Diaz went 2 for 3 with a double and Makayla Motis went 2 for 3 with a double for the Lancers in the victory.
Vista Murrieta 3, Rio Mesa 0: 2023 P Taylour Spencher struck out 10 to get the win, 2023 OF Sophia Romero went 2 for 3 with an RBI, 2022 C Kennedy DeMott went 1 for 4 with two RBIs and 2023 MIF/OF Penelope Foote went 2 for 4 for the Broncos.
Beaumont 3, Marina 2: 2025 C/3B/1B Keali Cochran led off the game with a home run, P Cambria Salmon, #7 in the 2024 Extra Elite 100, gave up four hits, one earned run and struck out nine for the complete game win and 2022 P/1B Jillian Vasquez went 2 for 3 with two doubles, a run and an RBI for the Cougars, #15 in the state.
Los Alamitos 4, Gahr 2: 2024 IF Isabella Rodriguez went 2 for 2 with an RBI for the Griffins.
El Camino Real 5, Carlsbad 3 (8 innings): 2022 C/OF Cynthia Carrillo went 3 for 3 and 2022 P Courtney Cohen hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh to give the Royals, the defending CIF LA City Section Open Division champion, the win.
Saugus 5, Rio Mesa 1: 2023 OF Shae Sabedra went 3 for 4 with, a triple and an RBI, 2022 1B Caitlyn Connolly went 2 for 4 with an RBI, 2023 OF Madison Campeau went 2 for 4 with two runs and an RBI and 2022 P/3B Alyssa Ramirez homered and 2022 OF Kayla Rossello went 1 for 3 with a run and an RBI for the Centurions.
Orange Lutheran 8, Vista Murrieta 0: Estrada hit a two-run bomb and Jerue and 2024 2B Emi Todoroki homered for the Lancers in the victory.
Villa Park 9, Cypress 3: 2025 P/UT Auddrey Lira allowed two hits, no earned runs and struck out two in 3.2 innings, Arizona-bound P/1B Sydney Somerndike, #13 in the 2022 Extra Elite 100, struck out four in 1.2 innings of relief and homered, 2022 OF/3B Tiana Poole went 3 for 4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs, 2023 C/UT Rowan Drew went 2 for 3 with two RBIs, 2023 OF Claire Duckworth went 1 for 3 with a run and an RBI and 2024 OF Jamie Schafer went 1 for 1 with a triple and an RBI for the Spartans, #1 in California by Cal-Hi Sports.
Gahr 5, Carlsbad 1: Southern Utah-bound 2B/OF/SS Mikala Huskey went 3 for 3 with a double, a run and two RBIs to lift the Gladiators.
Los Alamitos 10, El Camino Real 4
Esperanza 1, Millikan 0: 2023 SS Sharyn Duncan scored on an error in the bottom of the sixth and the Aztecs held on for the victory over the Rams.
–— Carlos Arias, Extra Inning Softball (Follow Carlos on Twitter @Los_Stuff)
