Marie GieronFoothill, SeniorSoftball/PitcherOff-season work in the weight...

Marie Gieron

Foothill, Senior

Softball/Pitcher

Off-season work in the weight room and in the pitching circle has given Gieron more strength and a couple more pitches. That came in handy Saturday against Mater Dei in the title game of the Fountain Valley tournament. Mater Dei, then top-ranked, managed only one hit--an infield single in the seventh inning--and Foothill won, 1-0, in the tiebreaker in the eighth. “That’s a team that hits up and down the lineup,” Foothill Coach Joe Gonzalez said. “It was an excellent performance for her.”

Softball

Alicia Davison

* Buena Park, junior. Pitched a no-hitter with 13 strikeouts in an 8-0 victory over Rancho Alamitos.

Merin Kennedy

* Capistrano Valley Christian, senior. Pitched a one-hitter in a 26-0 victory over Orangewood Academy and a no-hitter in a 28-2 victory over Riverside Sherman Indian. Against Sherman Indian, she hit for the cycle and drove in 10 runs.

Track and field

Carrie Axton

Tofi Togagae

* Los Amigos. Axton, a junior,

won the discus at Tustin Relays with a county-leading mark of 137 feet 2 inches. Togagae, a senior, won the shotput with a county-leading 41-2 1/2.

Ashley Bethel

* Mission Viejo, sophomore. Won the 200 meters in 25.7 seconds, the 100 hurdles in 15.0, the high jump in 5-6 and the long jump in 17-8 1/2 in a 106-30 victory over San Clemente. The first three marks are county bests this year.