{"id":9961,"date":"2010-07-15T17:39:43","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T00:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/little-league-fastpitch-local-10-11-all-stars-brace-for-state\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T18:30:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T01:30:29","slug":"little-league-fastpitch-local-10-11-all-stars-brace-for-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/little-league-fastpitch-local-10-11-all-stars-brace-for-state\/","title":{"rendered":"LITTLE LEAGUE FASTPITCH: Local 10-11 All-Stars brace for state"},"content":{"rendered":"

They received steady pitching, and delivered air-tight defense, too.<\/p>\n

The Kent\/Auburn 10-11 All-Star fastpitch team also came through with clutch at-bats. Combine the three and the Kent\/Auburn Stars were able to put together a flawless District 10 tournament last month at Federal Ways National Complex, winning three straight games to come home with the championship.<\/p>\n

The three wins helped Kent\/Auburn punch its ticket to this weekend\u2019s state fastpitch tournament, which begins Saturday, July 17 in Yacolt (just north of Battleground) and runs through Thursday, July 22.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe girls are excited,\u201d said coach Jeff Kalka. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to state. We\u2019ve been practicing almost every day except for Sunday. I think our chances are good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kent\/Auburn Stars will be up against the other top 15 fastpitch teams in their age group in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cPitching will be key,\u201d Kalka noted.<\/p>\n

Pitching was certainly one of the keys for the Kent\/Auburn Stars during the District 10 tournament, when they rolled off three straight wins to take the championship. Kent\/Auburn opened with a 13-10 win over Bonney Lake, a game in which Payton Kalka picked up the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Lisa Kamaunu provided the biggest fireworks of the game, going 2-for-4 with a 3-run homer in the first inning that set the stage for the victory. Samantha Noszlopy added a perfect performance from the plate, going 3-for-3 with a 2-run single.<\/p>\n

Ace pitcher Jordan Engman delivered in the circle in the semifinals, leading Kent\/Auburn past Federal Way\/Soundview 6-4. Engman struck out 11 batters \u2014 including the final three \u2014 in a complete-game effort to notch the victory. Kamaunu remained hot with the bat, giving Kent\/Auburn a two-run lead in the first inning with a 2-run single. Kent\/Auburn also received an RBI double by Ashley Myrseth-Barrea and an RBI single by Brianna Azevedo.<\/p>\n

Kamaunu chipped in two more hits, including a three-run triple, in the championship game, a 10-8 victory over Bonney Lake while Engman went the distance for the second time. Kent\/Auburn also received a blistering performance on the basepaths as Lyzelle Maranan went 1-for-2 with six stolen bases while Morgana Emery chipped in an RBI.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur pitching and defense is what led us to the title,\u201d Kalka said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

WHO\u2019S HEADING TO STATE<\/p>\n

The Kent\/Auburn 10-11 All-Star fastpitch team is comprised of 11 girls, 7 from Kent and 4 from Auburn. Making the trip to Yacolt for the state tournament include: Tiffany Brunet, Jordan Engman, Delaney Hill, Payton Kalka, Samantha Noszlopy, Ashley Myrseth-Barrea, Morgana Emery, Brianna Azevedo, Lisa Kamaunu, Lyzelle Maranan, Maddie Stulce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They received steady pitching, and delivered air-tight defense, too.
\nThe Kent\/Auburn 10-11 All-Star fastpitch team also came through with clutch at-bats. Combine the three and the Kent\/Auburn Stars were able to put together a flawless District 10 tournament last month at Federal Ways National Complex, winning three straight games to come home with the championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-9961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9961"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=9961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}