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Faith Christian Eagles Softball 2011 Season
Congratulations to Tiffany Bakarich! She signed on 12-13-11 to play softball at Northwestern in Orange City, IOWA.
The Denver Post announced its All-state softball teams and two of our well deserving players were selected! Tiffany Bakarich and Keely Gray were chosen for the 3A All-state team. Keely was also chosen for the All-Colorado team. Congratulations Tiffany and Keely! You can check out the article online at www.devnerpost.com/preps/ci_19445339 Faith vs Rocky Ford at Burlington Tournament - Sept. 9th After a peaceful lunch following our win over Holyoke, we got the chance to play a skillful team in #3 ranked Rocky Ford. After 3 scoreless innings, Rocky Ford went to small ball offense in the 4th inning and caught the Eagles off guard and a little unprepared as they scored 4 runs on 3 Faith errors. They added two runs in the 5th inning and after a NICE talk from Coach Pickett the Eagles regrouped and re-focused and scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th, another run in bottom of the 6th , and we had runners at 2nd and 3rd with one out in the bottom of the 7th , only to have our rally fall short with two strikeouts to end the game. Michaela Hegarty and Lauren Herrera each had two RBI’s. Pitcher Keely Gray ended up with 12 K’s. Faith vs Holyoke at Burlington Tournament - Sept. 9th After some unusually heavy traffic and a late departure from Denver, the Eagles finished an abbreviated warm-up just in time and with just enough focus to slip past a salty team from Holyoke in the opening game of the tournament by a score of 4-0. Tiffany Bakarich went 3-4, with 2 RBI’s and 1 run scored while veterans Keely Gray and Jessie Vickles scored our other 3 runs. Fortunately, Holyoke could never really catch up to our pitching as Keely Gray threw a two hitter with 15 K’s. Lindsay Lake and Jessica Meyer helped out with two big catches that took strong hits away from Holyoke. Faith vs Englewood - Sept. 8th With a different start time than usual the Eagles started the game at Englewood at 6:50pm after being told the game would start about 5:45pm Despite the long delay our bats exploded for 12 hits by 7 different players with Tiffany Bakarich knocking around two doubles that resulted in 2 RBI’s. Michaela hit a rope that bounced off the fence, while Jessica Vickles, Lauren Herrera, Jessica Meyer , Sarah Scott and Keely Gray all had nice RBI’s. Unfortunately for Englewood, Keely Gray was throwing as good as she did all year and limited the Pirates to 1 hit while striking out 12 in route to a nice 13-0 win for the Eagles. Faith vs Peak to Peak - Sept. 6th Despite a losing record, Peak to Peak brought a talented team with as good as pitching as we will see all year to Lutz for a big conference matchup. The Eagles began to show some maturity and discipline as they worked hard and won a pressure-filled game 6-0. Offensively, Tiffany Bakarich, Keely Gray and Lauren Herrera scored all six runs as they were hit in with big RBI hits from Jessie Vickles, Michaela Hegarty and Jessica Meyer. Once again Keely Gray dominated in the circle with 16 K’s and only two hits. When there was a hit, the defense handled things well on plays by Lauren Herrera, Sarah Scott, Jessie Vickles and Claire McDermott. Faith vs Holy Family - Sept. 1st In the biggest conference game of the year we traveled north to Holy Family to take on the #2 rated team. After four innings the game was tied 1-1, and the Eagles were a little frustrated after leaving runners in scoring position the previous two innings. Then on 4 consecutive bunts by Holy Family, the young Eagles committed 3 errors and GAVE Holy Family 3 runs. We fought back and scored another run in the 6th, but our scoring ended there and we went home knowing we were a better team than what the score showed in a 5-2 loss. Keely Gray, Jessie Vickles and Lauran Herrera all had good games at the plate. Faith vs Jefferson - Aug. 30th With St. Mary’s Academy dropping their softball program in mid August, we had to scramble to find a team to take their place on our schedule. Fortunately Jefferson agreed to a non-conference game. To their credit Jefferson was much improved and they played inspired ball following the dedication of their new softball field. Despite our ‘ADAMS disease’ (hitting the ball right at them) we were still able to pound out 9 hits and ended up beating Jefferson 7-1. Tiffany Bakarich went 3-4 with 3 RBI’s and Lauren Herrera went 3-4 and had a RBI on a big double. Defensively Keely Gray threw a no hitter, however, a walked batter reached first after the umpire called two consecutive illegal pitches and then scored two batters later following an error, a wild pitch, and a fielder’s choice. Tiffany Bakarich was solid behind the plate with 3 assists on bunt attempts by Jefferson. Faith vs Skyview - Aug. 27th Following the 11-0 victory over Arvada we played a second game right away against another 4A team in Skyview. Skyview threw their 2nd or 3rd pitcher against us and it took the Eagles a few innings before we finally started hitting the much slower pitches. Lindsay Lake went 2 for 4, scored two runs, and had 3 RBI’s. Stephanie Bedow also had 2 hits, with 1 double that also drove in a run. Defensively, Tiffany Bakarich took a break from behind the plate and had a good game at short stop while Keely Gray mowed down the Skyline lineup with 13 K’s and only 3 hits on our way to nice 10-0 win! Faith vs Arvada - Aug. 27th On a perfect day for softball, we traveled across the neighborhood to play another 4A, well- coached team from Arvada. The Eagles dominated this young team from Arvada, pounding out 12 hits and scoring 11 runs in a 11-0 win. Pitcher Keely Gray took her game up a notch with 18 K’s and only 2 hits and no walks. Andie Queen who shined in our first game did not play due to a broken finger suffered in practice the day before. Fortunately, Lauren Herrera stepped into the important short position and played well. Faith vs. Evergreen - Aug. 25th In our second game of the year, we hosted a 4A and well- coached team from Evergreen. Following our first game, FCA coaches told the players that every team sees the most improvement from game 1 to game 2. How true that was for the young Eagles as they won a hard fought game 8-6. We still had a few errors but we had 11 hits against two good pitchers from Evergreen. Tiffany Bakarich, Keely Gray and Michaela Hegarty each had two hits and each scored two runs. Defensively, Keely Gray had 11 K’s, allowed only 4 hits and only had 3 BB. Andie Queen had a 2 put-out and 3 assists. Faith vs Strasburg - Aug. 23rd In the first game of the year we hosted a very talented and highly rated team from Strasburg. During the game our young Eagles team at times looked very good and at other times looked a little nervous. We had all but two starters in new positions and in new roles which resulted in 6 errors. Strasburg scored 5 runs on only 3 hits and the entire time felt as though we more or less gave the win to Strasburg. Unfortunately, we lost 5-0 and had no highlights offensively. Defensively Keely Gray had 8 K’s and Andie Queen had some nice plays at shortstop.
Well it is that time of year again and the 2011 Softball season has officially started. This year we were extremely blessed as we not only have a strong Varsity team, but for the first time in many years we have a JV team. Our 2011 team includes many returning Faith players and we added to the team with not only a coach, but several players from a sister Christian school (and former rival J) Denver Lutheran, please help us welcome them to our new combined Eagles team. We are sooooo excited! Meet our team: Coaches: Mike Pickett, Coach, Joe Garmatz, Coach Chad Thompson, Assistant Coach Ashley Hult, Assistant Coach Heather Maheu, Assistant Coach Seniors: Tiffany Bakarich, Jessica Meyer Juniors: Stephanie Beddow, Mackenzie Boelte, Keely Gray, Lauren Herrera, Andie Queen and Jessie Vickles Sophomores: Kaylyn Bulander, Gloria Bull, Chelsea Day, Devanie Esa, Abigail Flaming, Michaela Hegarty, Lindsay Lake, Clarie McDermott, Casey Sanders and LoreleiThorne Freshman: Chayse Applegate, Sarah Harrington, Amy Hughes, Christiyona Pierce and Sarah Scott PICTURE OF TEAM ON THE WAY…… |
