Stats by Harry Joe & photos by Tim Lunney
Softball:
Rio Hondo Prep has the opportunity to secure its school quite the athletic bookend for the 2024-25 calendar year.
Back on November 29th, the Kares football program claimed a second consecutive CIF-SS title with their 43-16 beatdown of a much deeper and a talent-rich program from Warren.
Fast forward six months, and the RHP softball program has earned a spot in next weekend’s CIF-SS Division 6 title game.
Rio Hondo Prep dropped a (22-11) beatdown of their own at Adelanto High School, and they have the opportunity to clinch the first CIF-SS softball title in school history.
Ceonie Turner got roughed up for 21 runs (10 earned) on 13 hits, five walks and four hit batters over 5 2/3 innings.
Tara Riley went 3-for-5 with a walk, and a solo HR.
Allie Scott walked, singled twice, hit two HRs, scored four times and drove in four.
Sam Montez went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, two runs and four RBIs.
Madison Burl walked, hit a two-run HR and scored three runs.
Janna Taflinger walked, doubled, scored and drove in a pair of runs.
Bella Fairley went 1-for-2, was hit by pitch three times and scored three runs.
Ryen Covey walked, singled twice, scored and had one RBI.
Bryce Johnson went 1-for-3 with a pair of walks, two runs and one RBI.
Allie Scott went the distance for RHP, and she was responsible for 11 runs (nine earned) on 11 hits and nine walks.
Scott struck out a trio of Adelanto batters.
Kylie Castanon went 3-for-4 with a walk, two home runs, three runs and three RBIs.
Taylor Fullwood drew a pair of walks, singled and scored a pair of runs.
Briana Davis went 2-for-3 with a pair of walks and two RBIs.
Mikayla Contreras walked, singled and scored twice.
Adriana Martinez went 3-for-4 with a walk, run and one RBI.
Ceonie Turner walked, singled, scored three runs and drove in one.
Up next: The Kares will meet up with University of Irvine next Friday or Saturday, as CIF will determine the exact date.
The Trojans (15-10) secured a 10-2 victory at Ramona Convent in their semifinal round contest.
Quotable:
RHP coach, Joe Parker: “It was a crazy game with the high winds, but great to see how our girls didn’t let it bother them. Every time they scored, we answered until we finally put them away.”
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Box Score:
RHP: 6-1-6-0-5-3-1-(22)
AHS: 2-4-4-0-0-0-1-(11)
Win: Allie Scott
Loss: Ceonie Turner
HR: Tara Riley (R), Madison Burl (R), Allie Scott (R) 2; Kylie Castanon (A)
2B: Sam Montez (R) 2, Janna Taflinger (R)
Records: Adelanto (17-11); Rio Hondo Prep (20-5)
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