RAMS RALLY PAST LIONS IN DKTOC TITLE GAME: The @jserra.softball team fell just short in its` quest to win the Dave Kops Tournament of Champions title on Saturday in Arizona, as the Lions were edged by the Murrieta Mesa Rams 2-1 in the championship game at Mojave High School in Bullhead City.

The Lions are now 10-1.

JSerra earned a trip to the championship game with a 5-2 victory over the La Mirada Matadores in the semifinals round.

The Lions tallied three runs in the bottom of the first inning.

After consecutive doubles to open the inning by sophomore Annabel Raftery and freshman Ava Born, freshman Magenta De Arte grounded an RBI single into left field to score senior pitch runner Ava Geoghegan.

Junior Brooklyn Lamb walked to load the bases, and two batters later, junior Angie Jimenez sliced a single into center field that scored Born and De Arte.

Lamb started a scoring rally in the third inning with a one-out single to right.

Two batters later, sophomore Leah Arrey served a line drive double down the left field line to score Lamb and increase the Lions lead to 4-0.

Born knocked in the Lions` final run of the game with a two-out RBI single to left center field to plate Geoghegan.

Senior Liliana Escobar tossed three scoreless innings and struck out eight batters, with junior Abby Ford pitching the final four innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out eight batters.

JSerra locked horns with the Rams in a championship showdown of undefeated teams.

The Lions took a 1-0 lead in the first inning.

Born walked and De Arte followed with a double to right field to put runners on second and third.

Senior Zena Edwards walked to load the bases and bring up Arrey, who hit a ground ball to shortstop that was bobbled for an error, allowing Born to score.

Escobar tossed 5.2 scoreless innings before Murrieta Mesa scratched across an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the contest at 1-1.

The Rams put two runners on in the bottom of the seventh inning and scored the tournament-winning run on a fielder’s choice, the first earned run Escobar has allowed this season.

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LIONS FIND SUCCESS AT GRIFFIN & LONG BEACH RELAYS: The @jserra.tfxc Girls and Boys teams battled produced some high-achieving placements on Saturday at both the Griffin Relays at Los Alamitos High School and the Long Beach Relays at Long Beach Wilson High School.

JSerra had two individual winners on the track in girls’ competition at the Griffin Relays.

Senior Chloe Elbaz strode across the finish line in victorious fashion in the 800m race in a winning time of 2:14.69.

Fellow senior Mireya Hardman was second in 2:20.97.

The Lions packed the first four places in the 3200m.

Freshman Maya Pawlowicz secured the eight-lap victory with a winning time of 11:23.24.

She was followed by junior Hayden Kroger (11:39.60), freshman Sierra Harden (11:45.51), and freshman Brooklyn Tennant (12:13.04) who finished second, third, and fourth respectively.

Sophomore Talia Whitten (5:21.84) placed second in 1600m race.

Senior Maya Woolforde placed fourth in the 100m in a time of 13.27 (which was run into a stiff -4.6 headwind).

Junior Kai Beary was a double event winner in the throwing ring, claiming first place in the both the shot put (35 feet, four inches) and the discus (110 feet).

The quartet of junior Will Fredericksen, junior Josiah Blackwell, sophomore Sam Fredericksen, and senior Zacarias Nickerson teamed together to finish second in the 400m relay with a time of 42.27.

That time is the third fastest relay clocking in school history.

Nickerson (11.50), Blackwell (11.54), and Sam Fredericksen (11.60) also finished second, third, and fourth respectively in the 100m, (with each running into a stiff headwind of 2.9 and higher).

The Lions enjoyed two individual victories in boys racing at the Long Beach Relays.

Senior Jack Burnett earned the race victory in the 800m race with a winning time of 1:54.55.

Seniors Luke Friedl (1:55.50) and JohnPaul De Santos (1:56.63) placed second and third respectively behind Burnett.

Junior Zac O’Leary was the 1600m race winner, as recorded a victorious clocking of 4:29.53.

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LIONS POSTGAME: Senior Blake Bowen went 3-for-3 with three RBI’s in Game 1, while junior Ayden Coleman produced a walk-off, two-run single in Game 2, as the @jserra.baseball team swept the visiting Buchanan Bears by scores of 7-4 and 7-6 in the Lions home-opening nonleague doubleheader on Saturday at JSerra Catholic High School.

Bowen noted an added emphasis on staying within himself and competing on every pitch against the Bears, along with his overall satisfaction in the team’s ability to trust each other and battle back despite facing a big deficit in the second game.

Coleman spoke on his approach when he stepped into the batters’ box with the game on the line and the feeling of coming through in the clutch to give the Lions a walk-off triumph.

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DRAMATIC RALLIES FUEL LIONS SWEEP OVER BUCHANAN: The @jserra.baseball team produced a thrilling home-opener on Saturday, as the Lions rallied in both games of a nonleague doubleheader to sweep the visiting Buchanan Bears at JSerra Catholic High School.

The Lions produced a 7-4 comeback triumph in the first game of the day.

After Buchanan grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning, senior Blake Bowen put the Lions ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the third inning with a towering two-run homerun to left field.

The Bears tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the fifth inning, but Bowen struck again in the bottom of the inning, as he slapped a two-out RBI single to left field to put the Lions back in front.

Buchanan scored twice in the top of the sixth to reclaim the lead at 4-3.

But the Lions responded again in the bottom of the inning.

Senior Brise Boop scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 4-4.

Junior Ryder Fredriksen’s RBI double to left put the Lions ahead and junior Zac Veronda added insurance with a two-run single for the Lions’ final runs.

JSerra supplied an even more spectacular comeback triumph in the second game.

Buchanan led 6-0 in the fifth inning, before the Lions roared back.

Freshman Joey Koenig and Bowen each hit solo homeruns, and Koening added an RBI double to trim the deficit to 6-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning.

JSerra loaded the bases with no outs before Bowen grounded an RBI single to left field to bring the Lions to within 6-4.

Boop walked with the bases loaded to pull JSerra to within a run before junior Ayden Coleman completed the comeback by slashing a two-run single to left field for the Lions’ walk-off 7-6 victory.

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