Prep Softball : Cramer, Canyon Catch Villa Park

Canyon High School Coach Lance Eddy had plenty of reason to be worried before Thursday’s Century League softball game at Villa Park.

The Comanches trailed Villa Park by one game in the league standings, and Canyon hadn’t won a game at Villa Park’s home field since 1983.

But senior Katie Cramer (8-3) put an end to the streak by throwing a four-hitter to lead Canyon to a 3-0 victory.

Cramer, a senior right-hander, struck out 7 and allowed only 2 hits while increasing her string of scoreless innings to 34.

The victory moves Canyon (11-6, 3-1) into a first-place tie with Villa Park (9-12, 3-1) in the league race.

The loss also snapped Villa Park’s five-game win streak.

“Shutting these guys out is really something,” Eddy said. “We had to have this game today since a loss would drop us two games back. The girls were up for the game.”

Canyon scored in the first inning when junior Sherry Panchisin had an infield single. She moved to second and third on wild pitches by Munique Hernandez (5-5) and scored on a double by Jill Player.

In the seventh inning, Canyon added to its lead by scoring two more runs. With one out, Nancy Mugavero singled and moved to third on a base hit by Dalynne Large. Cramer drove in Mugavero with a groundout. Later in the inning, Panchisin singled sharply to left to score Large.

Cramer retired nine of the final 11 Villa Park hitters she faced and got Andrea Jensen to end the game on a groundout.

In the Garden Grove League:

Kennedy 1, La Quinta 0--Cheryl Longeway (14-3) threw a no-hitter, striking out 7 and walking 5, for host Kennedy (15-5, 8-0).

Garden Grove 8, Bolsa Grande 3--Michelle Cash went 3 for 4 and scored 3 runs, and Tania Antolin was 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs to lead the Argonauts (11-11, 6-2) at home. Stephanie Smith (8-8, 6-2) gave up 2 hits and struck out 3 for the victory.

In the Empire League:

Los Alamitos 2, El Dorado 0--Shannon Skoglund threw a one-hitter and struck out five to lead host Los Alamitos (8-7, 2-1). Skoglund (6-3) gave up a two-out single by Keri Lukas in the first inning, then retired the next 19 batters. Skoglund also drove in a run with a second-inning single that scored Lisa Halaby, who had tripled. DeeAnn Chesebro had a sacrifice fly. Lukas took the loss, pitching five innings and giving up three hits.

In the Orange League:

Valencia 1, Savanna 0--Michele Granger threw a one-hitter and struck out 13 for host Valencia. Granger (14-2) allowed just a bunt single by Lisa Hawthorne in the fourth inning. Valencia (15-4, 2-1) scored its run without a hit in the sixth. Julie Cummings led off by reaching first on an error, then was sacrificed to second by Amanda Chadwick. Cummings went to third on a passed ball and continued home when catcher Rose Ferrante’s throw went into left field. Nadina Ditto allowed just one hit but took the loss. Valencia’s only hit was a fifth-inning single by Rosanna Garcia. Savanna is 2-2 in league play.

In the Pacific Coast League:

Trabuco Hills 4, Laguna Beach 1--Marta Bickert (2-2) threw a one-hitter and struck out nine to lead the Mustangs at Laguna Beach. Kim Roads and Nancy Schneider each had 2 doubles and 2 RBIs for Trabuco Hills.

In the Sunrise League:

Rosary 10, Loretto 0--Jenifer Salazar (6-3) threw a no-hitter, striking out 9 and walking 1, to lead host Rosary (11-6, 4-0 ) in a game called after five innings because of the mercy rule.