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Angelina Renteria (12) of La Habra scores what later became the winning run in the 9th inning against El Dorado. La Habra went on to beat El Dorado 2-1.(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Christine Sweet (2) of El Dorado steals 2nd base as Crystal Alatorre (77) of La Habra tries to make the tag in the 2nd inning, 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.
Christine Sweet would later score in the 2nd inning El Dorado’s only run of the game.(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Isabella Rodriguez (17) of El Dorado makes the out as Rylee Gruener (13) of La Habra tries to slide home in the 5th inning, April 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Kayla Davenport (28) of El Dorado pitches against La Habra in the 9th inning, April 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.
(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Andrea Langenberg (7) of La Habra catches the ball to end the 8th inning against El Dorado April 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Andrea Langenberg (7) of La Habra makes the out as Kaitlyn Clark (5) of El Dorado slides into 2nd base in the 5th inning April 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Maddison Payne (23) of La Habra pitches against El Dorado in the 1st inning April 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.
La Habra would go on to beat El Dorado 2-1.(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)La Habra coach Vince Peralta with his team in the 6th inning during a games against El Dorado, April 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Rylee Gruener (13) of La Habra makes the out at 1st as Amy Cornelius (1) of El Dorado runs it out in the 9th inning Thursday, April 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.
(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Andrea Langenberg (7) of La Habra makes the out as Kaitlyn Clark (5) of El Dorado slides into 2nd base in the 5th inning April 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Maddison Payne (23) of La Habra gets a high-five from catcher Eliana Corona (20) after striking out a batter to end the 7th inning against El Dorado, April 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Kennedy Calderon (11) makes the out at 1st base to end the top of the 4th inning against La Habra, April 10, 2025 at El Dorado High in Placentia.
(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)Show Caption1 of 12Angelina Renteria (12) of La Habra scores what later became the winning run in the 9th inning against El Dorado. La Habra went on to beat El Dorado 2-1.(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)ExpandPLACENTIA — The La Habra softball team has pretty much dominated its opponents in the Freeway League this season, with the exception being El Dorado.
That didn’t change Thursday when the two teams met for the second time and it produced another one-run game.This time the teams battled through nine innings at El Dorado High and the Highlanders eventually walked away with a 2-1 victory.Angelina Renteria scored from third on a passed ball in the ninth as the first-place Highlanders improved to 6-0 in league and 15-6 overall.
El Dorado (13-9, 3-3) is tied for second place with Sonora (14-4, 3-3).El Dorado lost to La Habra 6-5 in the teams’ first meeting March 25. The Highlanders cruised to wins against the other league opponents by margins of 9-1, 12-0, 15-0 and 11-0.
El Dorado had a chance to score the winning run in the eighth inning. It loaded the bases with one out, but La Habra pitcher Maddison Payne retired the next two hitters on pop ups in the infield to get out of the jam.“Maddison Payne has been really tough,” La Habra coach Vince Peralta said.
“She put the ball where we needed to be and she got the ball to be put in play and we got the outs. She executed, she hit her spots. .
.. We preach defense all the time and we work on defense all the time and that’s one of our biggest strong suits is our defense and pitching.
”El Dorado took a 1-0 lead in the second on an RBI single from Kaitlyn Clark.La Habra’s Georgia Rickenbacker then singled to lead off the fifth, took second on a fielder’s choice and came in to score on a single from Alyssa Hernandez to make it 1-1.After neither team could score in the seventh, the contest went to extra innings.
El Dorado freshman pitcher Emily Yoon got the side in order in the eighth.Renteria doubled to lead off the ninth for La Habra and went to third on a sacrifice bunt from Andrea Langenberg.Then came the passed ball, allowing Renteria to score the eventual winning run.
“I’m so proud of everybody on the team,” Payne said. “We’re 6-0. I’m so excited to keep going forward with everybody and just going through a league and finishing off strong.
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