Deborah Harrelson

School: Fountain Valley

Sport: Softball

Position: Pitcher

Class: Junior

Harrelson didn’t have much preparation for the tough Sunset League pressure she has been put under the last two weeks. A seldom-used backup until Danny Rodriguez left the team, Harrelson had pitched only a couple of early season games and a few mop-up innings in league. “She was a nervous wreck but she just absolutely came through great,” Fountain Valley Coach Cary Baker said. Tuesday, she didn’t allow a hit in the Barons’ 1-0 victory over Huntington Beach. The only runner reached base on Harrelson’s error in the third. Friday, she held Marina--then-ranked No. 1 in the county and previously unbeaten in the league--to a first-inning run in a 2-1 Fountain Valley victory.

Other top performers:

* Kathi Aagard won the 200 meters in 27.18 seconds and the 400 meters in 1:00.51 and ran on Sonora’s two winning relay teams, helping the Raiders gain the Freeway League title.

* Ocean View’s Christie Engesser won the 400 (58.11), 800 (2:16.68) and 1,600 (5:11.05) at the Sunset League finals.

* Wendy Martin won the 50-yard freestyle in a meet-record 25.57 and the 500 freestyle (5:06.48) and helped Kennedy to the Garden Grove League title.

* Los Alamitos’ Cavetra Mitchell won the 100 (12.19), 200 (24.67), 100 hurdles (15.03) and anchored the Griffins’ winning 400-relay team at the Empire League finals.