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Crystal River Senior squad captures District 15 crown
Amanda Mayor is the winning pitcher and delivers three hits to
By LARRY BUGG
Published June 14, 2006
lead the team past Kennedy Park.
Some of last year's junior team players are carrying on a winning tradition.
The Crystal River Senior 15-16 squad captured the District 15 Top Team Tournament title by defeating Kennedy Park 8-6 at Bicentennial Field on June 1. The team, 4-0 in the tourney, has four members who were on the Crystal River Junior All-Star squad that won the state crown a season ago.
Amanda Mayor was the winning pitcher for Crystal River Senior. She allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings and recorded five strikeouts. Christina Hollback worked one inning to preserve the victory.
Mayor also was successful at the plate. She went 3-for-4, including a double, produced two RBIs and scored three times. Nichelle Cicoria drove in a run.
"They were all hitting," Crystal River manager Denise Mayor said. "We didn't have any errors. They played a good, clean game." Crystal River easily won its first two contests. It beat Kennedy Park 15-5 in five innings in Crystal River's May 27 opener, as Samantha Allen and Kayla Tucker each scored three runs. Then Crystal River rolled to an 18-0 victory over Shady Hills on May 28. Victoria Hibbard crossed the plate four times, and Cicoria, Amanda Mayor and Allen each scored three runs. Crystal River advanced to the championship game with a 2-1 win over Inverness on May 29.
The host Inverness team was threatening to score in the seventh inning. It "loaded the bases with one out," Denise Mayor said.
But the batter popped up to second baseman Danielle Whitelaw for the second out. Then the runner at second base was off the bag. Whitelaw tossed the ball to Allen, the shortstop, for a game-ending double play. Hollback pitched the entire way for the victory. Amanda Mayor stole home for the winning run in the sixth inning after singling and reaching third base on a Cicoria double. "We had very good hitting," Denise Mayor said.
"They get along very well together," she said of her players. "They have fun with it."
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