The St. Matthew’s 6-8th-grade girls’ softball team has begun its season with three consecutive victories, sweeping Harvard-Westlake’s 7th- and 8th-grade teams by 3-1 and 7-5 scores and defeating Brentwood 9-0 last week in nonleague games. The Falcons are being led by returning starters from last year’s Pacific Basin League runner-up team: Katie Zacuto (8th grade), Sarah McMahon (8), Nora Crowell (8), Lizzy Porter (7) and Anne Turner (7), along with newcomer Codie Dicus (7). Pitchers Zacuto and Dicus dominated on the mound so far, combining for 20 strikeouts and allowing only two earned runs in three games. Dicus has also been a force at the plate, hitting a double, triple and home run, while Crowell has been an effective leadoff hitter with an on-base percentage of .800 and six stolen bases.’ Filling in for injured catcher Haley Greenberg is Anne Turner while sixth-grader Kristen London (6) has stepped in to start at second base and right field.’Cali Spradling, Erin Booth, Eliot Drieband and Drake Williams are also returning 8th- graders while Rylee Ebsen, Sheridan Hathaway and Clare Soley return as 7th-graders from last year’s PBL finalist squad.’
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