District play now underway in baseball and softball as Capital High hopes to bounce back from being swept in a doubleheader at Grant St. Michael’s undefeated girl’s tennis team advanced to 13-0 by winning the Northern New Mexico Invitational at Santa Fe High By Arnie Leshin While the Capital High softball team …
Read More »Grand opening for Capital High softball
Grand opening for Capital High softball as it needed only three innings to dispose of visiting Santa Fe High, 16-0, at Jaguars field Thursday First time Jags have defeated Demonettes on the field, as a 10-run third inning brought the mercy-rule By Arnie Leshin Law of averages? Well, for the …
Read More »Televised Little League Softball World Series in semifinals today in Portland, Ore.
With the Little League Baseball World Series making its initial pitch Thursday at South Williamsport, Pa. The young ladies feature undefeated Texas against once-beaten Delaware, and unbeaten Southeast from North Carolina versus once-beaten Central from Indiana By ARNIE LESHIN, Santa Fe Today The Little League knows how to play the …
Read More »Texas West wins Junior Little League Softball Regional to gain the International World Series
Louisiana advanced to the WS in Lower Sussex, Del., by winning the Seniors. Both champions went undefeated in Isleta Pueblo, N.M. and in Vidalia, Louisiana, respectively By ARNIE LESHIN, Santa Fe Today Either the Texas West team from the Greater Helotes Softball League was dominant over a weak field or …
Read More »United States again falls to Japan, 2-1, in Sunday afternoon’s championship of the World Cup of Softball
Japan calls on veteran pitcher Yukiko Ueno in relief and hands the United States women their only defeat in the event for the second straight time By ARNIE LESHIN, Santa Fe Today Same place, same score, same result. And once again it was Japan’s Yukiko Ueno to the rescue and …
Read More »Sooners one win away from NCAA softball championship
On and on it went in record time before Oklahoma won, 7-5, in 17 innings (five hours, 28 minutes) of Monday’s game one of the NCAA Softball Division I World Series in Oklahoma City Best-of-three plays again tonight with Sooners one win from successfully defending their championship It was a classic. …
Read More »Oklahoma wins second-straight NCAA softball championship
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A spells out second-straight NCAA softball championship and third in the last five years as it twice defeated top-seeded Florida before record crowds in Oklahoma City Tuesday night’s 5-4 win at ASA Stadium follows Monday night’s 7-5 thriller that went 17 innings in record time By Arnie Leshin | June …
Read More »Florida and defending champ Oklahoma in softball World Series
Top-seeded Florida against defending champion Oklahoma in best-of-three Division I softball World Series finals that starts Monday night From a field of 64, two schools that have won the last four NCAA championships meet at ASA Stadium in Oklahoma City after going 3-0 to reach the finals By Arnie Leshin …
Read More »NCAA Division I Softball Championships
Top-seed Florida, LSU, Washington, defending champion Oklahoma in winner’s bracket games of the NCAA Division I softball championships played in Oklahoma City Gators versus Bayou Tigers, Huskies against the Sooners Friday as Texas A & M, UCLA, Oregon, Baylor fall into Saturday’s consolation round of double-elimination By Arnie Leshin No. 1 seed …
Read More »First pitch Thursday for 35th annual NCAA Division I softball championships, the yellow-ball World Series played in Oklahoma City
Elite Eight in best-of-three double elimination with all playing in four-game opening day By Arnie Leshin | May 31, 2017 The chanting, the cheering, the dancing in the dugouts, the support of the faithful fans, players standing over home plate to greet, high-five and mob the recipient of the home run …
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