NCS Division III softball championship: Pinole Valley rides Tatro’s arm, diverse offense to first section title in over a decade
Pinole Valley celebrates a 6-1 victory over Encinal in the NCS Division III softball championship at DVC College in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Saturday, May 27, 2023. PLEASANT HILL – On a sunny Saturday afternoon at Diablo Valley College, Pinole Valley defeated heavy underdog Encinal 6-1 to win the North Coast Section Division III softball championship.
“Those first four runs in the first inning were huge just to get their confidence back,” Tatro said. “They were starting to worry. It’d been tough for a while to score.” “Lola is one of the highest home run hitters in the NCS, and she did exactly what she can do, hit it out of the park,” Encinal coach Maureen Layag said.
“She’s always calm, she’s used to this,” Tatro said of his daughter and starting pitcher. “She’s faced some of the top girls in the country. She gets it, a one-run home run is going to happen, it’s a part of the game.” While Pinole Valley had to overcome losing players and filling a roster with younger players, Layag’s team overcame even more obstacles on its way to a berth in the section title game.
Encinal left fielder Sherrielyn Ferrer catches a ball hit by Pinole Valley’s Ayla SerranoIn in the sixth inning of the NCS Division III softball championship at DVC College in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Saturday, May 27, 2023. Pinole Valley has qualified for the NorCal regional that starts Tuesday, The brackets will be announced Sunday.
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