Sea-King 3A Fastpitch | Minice wields strong
bat, too
By George Edgar
Special to The
May 17, 2007
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TUKWILA — Everyone knew Sammamish's Sarah
Minice could pitch. Thursday at the Sea-King 3A
District softball tournament, she showed the Holy Names Cougars she could hit
as well.
The senior pitcher drilled a three-run home run in the top of the
seventh inning, then completed a no-hitter as the Totems blanked Holy Names 4-0
in a quarterfinal game at Starfire Sports Complex.
The victory qualified the Totems (17-3) for the Class 3A state
tournament next weekend in
In the district semifinals at noon today, Sammamish plays KingCo 3A rival
Holy Names (19-4) plays
The top five teams in the district will advance to state.
Minice came to bat against Holy Names with two outs,
Tina Jacobson and Kelsey Hasselblad on base, and the
Totems clinging to a 1-0 lead. She smacked her home run over the
left-center-field fence and was mobbed by teammates when she crossed the plate.
It was her second home run of the day. Minice
hit one in the Totems' five-inning, 10-0 shutout of Nathan Hale in the first
round. She combined with Tina Jacobson to throw a one-hitter against the
Raiders.
"I never expected to be a home-run hitter," Minice said. "But my bat's been coming alive. I
decided to focus more on my hitting this year. I've been focusing on my
pitching in previous years, but to get it done this year, I focused more on my
hitting."
Minice, who will play at Division 1 Fairfield
University in
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Sammamish 4 vs. Holy Names 0
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Highlights |
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Sarah Minice and Kelsey Hasselblad; Farleigh Winters and Brittany Wintersole. WP — Minice. LP — Winters. Sammamish highlights
— Sarah
Minice, 3 RBI, HR, 7 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 11
Ks.
Records — Sammamish 17-3, Holy Names 19-4. |