TORRANCE TRIBUNE June 22, 2017 Page 3 Up and Adam Warriors Come Close, Get Ousted by the Champs alone aloI linve e FREE Saving a life from a potential catastrophe EVERY 10 MINUTES! but I’’I’m m never alone. I have Life Alert.® One touch of a button sends help fast, 24/7, can’t • medical • fall • fi re • invasion • CO gas emergencies. For a FREE brochure call: Medical Alert Medical Alert Industry Leader Industry Leader Since 1987 Since 1987 No landline? No problem! SHIPPING! I live even when you can’’t reach a phone for: AS SEEN ON TV 1-855-980-5453 By Adam Serrao The West High Warriors softball team enjoyed an extremely successful season that would have been even more enjoyable for head coach Jason Belcher and company were it not for two close losses handed over by a couple of inner-city and league rivals. A 22-8 record for the Warriors was bested only by the South High Spartans in this past season’s overall standings. One key loss to North High dropped West High into third place in the Pioneer League standings. The other, to South High, wound up ending the Warriors’ season for good. The West High Warriors came into this year’s regular season with a lot of hype surrounding the team. While West may have finished in third place in last year’s standings behind North and Torrance High, the return of key players like Alizae Umi and standout pitcher Mailee Newman made the Warriors a threat to all other teams in their division as well as a ballclub to watch with the Pioneer League title up for grabs. The hype surrounding the Warriors proved to be more than justified as the regular season finally got off to a start last February. West didn’t just begin the year beating other teams. They began the year blowing other teams out. Three straight victories to open the season in the Redondo Tournament preceded a 7-2 victory over their rivals from South High in the Final. Umi homered in the championship game of the tournament to knock in three runs, while Newman pitched seven complete innings of two-run ball while striking out 11. “We don’t have anyone else near her caliber,” coach Belcher explained of Newman. Newman and Umi both immediately showed why the Warriors were to be feared in a year that they boasted so much firepower both at the plate and from the pitching mound. The victories didn’t stop rolling in for West after the Redondo Tournament. The Warriors opened regular season play with six wins in a row, until Mira Costa handed Belcher and his team their first loss of the year. “We had a chance to beat Mira Costa, but didn’t get it done,” Belcher said after his team’s close 3-2 loss. “We’re coming together as a team is really what is going on. Girls are picking each other up.” The Warriors came out of their loss to Costa ready to go. A 16-5 win over Culver City was quickly followed by yet another victory over the eventual Pioneer League and CIF champion South High. Newman allowed only four hits through six innings to her rivals, while striking out 10. Newman and West kept their torrid pace going, entering league play with an overall record of 10-3. An 18-0 demolition of Leuzinger followed by a 3-0 victory at North kept the team’s divisional record flawless as well. Things only began to fall apart for the Warriors down the stretch when two consecutive losses to the Spartans and one to the Saxons proved to shake up the standings. West went from sitting on top of the Pioneer League to suddenly finding itself in third place with a 3-3 record in league play The Warriors’ only loss of the season to North came at the most inopportune time, with Newman pitching a seven-inning gem but getting absolutely no offense to back her in a 2-0 shutout loss to the Saxons. Throughout the entire regular season, West played the Spartans a total of five times--including once in the CIF Division 5 semifinals. While the Warriors won their first two matchups of the year, they lost the last three in a row. That not only cemented a third place finish in the league standings, but ultimately kicked the Warriors out of the race for a CIF championship as well. While West scored first in the semifinal game, its lone run in the top of the first inning only seemed to madden the Spartans. South responded with five runs after two innings as Newman got knocked around at the worst time possible. Through six innings of play, the star pitcher gave up 13 hits and six runs (three earned) to the Spartans in a 6-4 loss that saw the Warriors’ postseason run end with a semifinals loss to their rivals. “West is our rival,” opposing pitcher Maddy Stockslager explained. “It’s almost a personal thing against them. When they scored first, we got fired up to want to win even more.” The heartbreaking loss will fire the Warriors and Belcher up even more so in an offseason that should certainly see the team improve. While Umi, the team’s big offensive threat, will be moving on to college, Newman will be back in the fold for her senior season and be raring to go. Umi is only one of two seniors that an extremely young West High roster will lose over the offseason. In addition to Newman, six other juniors will be returning along with five sophomores in what will certainly be a team that is hungry for a championship next year. The Warriors may have fallen just a bit short of their ultimate goal this time around, but don’t be surprised to see Newman and the rest of the West High softball team put together a season for the record books next year. – Asixlion@earthlink.net Calendar of Events Deadline for Calendar items is the prior Thursday by noon. Calendar items are $1 per word. 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