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D Wednesday, March 25, 2011 Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
I cal d
continues to
pitch well
Bob Davidson
Salina Journal
Neither an icy norfh wind
nor the pressure of coming
in as a relief pitcher with op-
posing runners on base fazed
Kansas Wesleyan's Heather
Kelley, an alumna of Quincy
High School and Feather
River College.
Kelley played pivotal roles
in both games of a Kansas
Conference doubleheader
last month. She pitched the
final 2-2/3 innings of the first
game, allowing three un-
earned runs, as KWU defeat-
ed Sterling 9-5, and was the
winning pitcher in relief of
starter Abby Spickler in the
nightcap, tossing 2-2/3 score-
less innings as the Coyotes
rallied for an 8-6 victory.
"I don't like to lose, and I
wanted to win these games
for my team," said Kelley, a
junior right-hander and
transfer from Feather River
College.
The two victories give the
Coyotes a 27-13 overall
record, 8-6 in the KCAC.
They have won seven of their
last eight games. Sterling fell
to 14-26 and 4-8.
Kelley, who hails from
Quincy, said she wasn't both-
ered by the elements, most
notably the wind that made
life miserable for players,
coaches and fans.
"I had a heat packet in the
back bf my pocket the whole
time," she said. "I just kept
putting my hand in my pock-
et and kept my hand warm.
I'm from northern Califor-
nia, so it's cold there, too."
Thewind, in fact, was an
ally.
"(The wnd) was a definite
advantage, definitely with
my dropball," she said. "My
dropball tailed because of the
wind."
Kelley entered the first
game in relief of Chelsea
Reid and KWU leading 8-2.
Heather Kelley, who pitched for Quincy High School and
Feather River College, continues to be a standout player at
Kansas Wesleyan University. With a 1.74 ERA, Kelley was
awarded with a 2011 All-Conference Team Honorable Men-
tion. Photo by Yee Mar
Sterling scored three runs in
the top of the seventh, aided
by an error that made all
three tallies unearned.
Reid gave up two runs and
five hits in 4-1/3 innings and
110 pitches. Tied 1-1, the Coy-
otes broke the game open
with three runs in the third
inning, highlighted by Reid's
two-run single. They scored
four runs in the fourth, Ash-
leigh Roberts' two-run single
the big hit.
Caitlin Girard had three
hits while Paige Heinen,
Sara Weber, Roberts and
Katy Crawtbrd had two each
forV' cyan.
Kayla Lassiter's three-run
homer gave Sterling a 3-0
lead in the first inning of the
second game, but Wesleyan
scored four in the bottom of
the first.
Sterling broke a 4-4 tie
with two runs in the top of
the fifth inning, but KWU
rallied once again with three
unearned runs in the bottom
of the fifth on three hits and
three Sterling errors. Gi-
rard's two-run single drove
in the tying and go-ahead
FUllS.
Kelley blanked the War-
riors on one hit the final two
innings and got the victory.
"I like pitching under pres-
sure," she said. "I like get-
ting it done."
Girard again had three
hits while Weber had two as
KWU totaled 11 for the game.
"There was some adversity
tonight, but I thought we
built a lot of character," Wes-
leyan coach Daryl Hoelting
said. "Heather Kelley came
in both games and did a
great job for us, not only
pitching but also with the
bat.
"It was a team effort. We
had a lot of kids step up and
get some big hits. We made a
couple of mistakes on de-
fense, but for the most part I
thought our kids fought hard
tonight."
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FRC does well in playoffs
After defeating Solano Col-
lege in the first round of the
Northern California playoffs,
the Feather River College soft-
ball team advanced to the Su-
per Regionals for the second
straight season.
The Golden Eagles traveled
to the four-team Super Re-
gional tournament, a double-
elimination event May 13 - 15
hosted by second-seeded Col-
lege of the Siskiyous.
Feather River lost its first
game to Siskiyous 8-0, but
then the Golden Eagles fought
their way back through the
losers' bracket with a 10-2 win
against Cosumnes River and
an 11-10 win over Ohlone..
This put FRC back against
Siskiyous, with the Golden
Eagles needing two wins to
make the state finals.
Feather River defeated
Siskiyous 12-2 in game No. 1
that Sunday to force a final
game. In the winner-take-all
finale, both teams battled
down to the final pitch, with
Siskiyous prevailing 5-3.
This concluded FRC's sea-
son with a 32-12 overall record
and a No. 3 ranking in North
State.
Round one
Ninth-seeded Feather River
traveled to Fairfield to take on
the eighth-seeded Solano Col-
lege Falcons May 7 - 8 in the
first round of CCCAA regional
play.
The games proved to be as
close as the seeding, as both
games took extra innings to
decide.
In game one, Feather River
scored first in the third in-
ning on an RBI single by An-
nalee Rubio. It didn't take
long for Solano to answer, as
the Falcons came back in the
bottom of the third and scored
three runs of their own.
Solano added another run in
the fourth to take a 4-2 lead.
Solano sustained the two-
run lead until the seventh in-
ning, when Brittany Potter
came to bat with Ashley Bar-
rett on base and one out. Pot-
ter blasted 'the 2-1 pitch over
the centerfield fence to tie the
game 4-4.
The score remained knotted
at four until the 'Golden Ea-
gles came to bat in the top of
the ninth inning.
The rally began on an Erica
Wieck single with one out.
Wieck remained at first with
two outs, when Rubio stepped
to the plate and quickly hit
the second pitch over the left-
field fence for a two-run
homer to give the Eagles a 6-4
lead.
The two out rally was com-
pleted after Leah Justice,
Shelby Watts and Karly Hall
all had consecutive hits,
adding an additional two runs
and giving FRC a four-run
lead.
That was all the runs An-
nalee Rubio needed, as she
shut the door on the Falcons
in the bottom of the ninth to
give the Eagles the 8-4 victory.
Rubio pitched all nine in-
nings, giving up four runs on
only four hits.
The second game of the se-
ries was equally as even, as
the Falcons and Golden .Ea-
gles did battle for another
nine innings.
Solano got on the board first
in the top of the second on an
RBI single.
It didn't take long for FRC
to answer, as the Eagles got
four runs in the bottom half of
the second inning. The inning
began on a walk to Leah Jus-
tice and Karly Hall. With one
out and two runners on base,
Tess Oliphant delivered a
bases-clearing double to give
the Golden Eagles a 2-1 lead.
The inning was not over, as
Ashley Barrett drew another
walk and Erica Wieck deliv-
ered with another bases-clear-
ing double to score two more
and give FRC a 4-1 lead.
Once again, the resilient
Solano College team answered
on a three-run home run by
M. Logan to even the game at
four.
The Eagles responded in the
bottom of the third with a
lead-offdouble by Annalee Ru-
bio, a walk for Leah Justice
and a clutch two-out, two-run
single by second baseman
Krista Mattice. This gave the
Eagles the lead back at 6-4.
Solano would again answer
with a single run in their half
of the fourth inning, cutting
into the lead and making it a
6-5 game.
Feather River came right
back with a run on an RBI sin-
gle by Leah Justice to stretch
the lead to 7-5. Each team
added a run in the sixth, giv-
ing the Golden Eagles an 8-6
lead going into the top of the
seventh inning.
Once again, the Falcons ap-
plied pressure on the Golden
Eagles with clutch hitting to
take a 9-8 lead and regain the
momentum of the game.
FRC continued to answer
every Solano rally. In the bot-
tom of the seventh, Solano's
ace pitcher M. Logan retired
FRC's first two hitters with-
out a hitch, and it seemed as if
the Golden Eagles would have
to play a third tie-breaker
game.
However, Feather River's
nine-hole hitter stepped to the
plate and extended the game
with a two-out double in the
left center gap.
That hit set the stage for
FRC's leadoff hitter Ashley
Barrett. Barrett battled the
count to 3-2 before delivering
a hit to left field, which result-
ed in a close play at 'the plate,
where Mattice slid wide of the
catchers tag, giving the Eagles
new life and tying the score at
9-9.
The score remained tied un-
til the bottom of the ninth in-
ning.
Karly Hall stepped to the
plate to lead off the ninth for
the Golden Eagles, and she
ended the game with one
swing, as she hit a long home
run over the center field
fence, giving Feather River its
second consecutive berth in
the CCCAA Super Regionals.
Wieck pitched seven in-
nings, scattering 13 hits. Ru-
bio finished the game, facing
only six hitters in two innings
and getting the win.
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