Photo Gallery: La Canada softball wins CIF playoff against West Valley
La Canada’s Emily Tinkham happily slaps hands with teammates after she turned a double play against West Valley in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Alexis Abboud hits a two-run single before she advanced to second base against West Valley in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s pitcher Holly Stoner in the first inning against West Valley in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s head coach Chuck Gunter peaks through a hole in the dugout during the game against West Valley in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Emily Tinkham makes a play on a misdirected infield ground ball to throw out the West Valley at first base for the final out of the game in the seventh inning in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Maddy Reilly makes a catch in deep centerfield against West Valley in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Alexis Abboud rounds first base on her way to a triple in the first inning against West Valley in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Emily Tinkham turns a double play against West Valley in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Happy with how the game is going, La Canada’s pitcher Holly Stoner puts up the sign for two outs in the seventh inning against West Valley in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Emily Tinkham makes a catch in foul territory for a West Valley out in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Kathleen Knudsen makes a play on an infield ground ball hit by West Valley for an out at first base in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Holly Stoner celebrates the two-run hit by La Canada’s Alexis Abboud in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Ella Polito hits a single against West Valley in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Emily Tinkham receives the ball a moment late as West Valley’s Krystina Lorch slides in safely at second base in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Holly Stoner winds up for a pitch against West Valley in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada’s Tia Leidelmeijer slides safely into third base just before West Valley’s Krystina Lorch turns for the tag in a CIF Southern Section Division V first-round playoff softball game at La Canada High School on Thursday, May 17, 2018. La Canada won the game 4-1. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)