Waves softball teams all finish second

All three Half Moon Bay Wave softball teams finished second in their respective age divisions at the Salinas Tournament, held over the weekend.

The 16-and-under team fell to San Carlos, 10-4, in the title game.

The Waves scored all of their runs in the sixth inning. Abbey Donovan knocked in one run with a triple. She scored moments later on Katie Carlevaris' single.

The Waves made it to the finals with a 3-2 win over Fremont. Fremont entered the game undefeated, including an 8-3 win over Half Moon Bay at the start of pool play Saturday. Harlee Donovan's run-scoring triple scored Carlevaris with the game-winning run.

Morgan Jones picked up the win. She retired the final five batters to get the win.

Half Moon Bay rolled San Jose, 10-2, in the quarterfinals.

Lead-off hitter Chandra Anderson was 3-for-3 with two runs scored. Stevie Hallgren singled twice and scored three runs.

Harlee Donovan hit a three-run homer. Cassidy Brazil doubled. Monica DiMartino scored twice.

Half Moon Bay went 1-2 in pool play. Its lone win was a 4-2 win over Cabrillo in the final pool game Saturday night. The Waves picked up three hits, but took advantage of five errors and two walks.

Half Moon Bay was limited to three hits in a 9-3 loss to Carmel. In the loss to Fremont, Harlee Donovan collected two hits, including a triple, and scored.

12 Waves

Scotts Valley rallied for two runs in the seventh to beat the Waves, 8-7, in the title game.

Madison Rice paced the offense. She scored and drove in a run.

Allyson Sarabia singled and drove in two runs. Angela Brazil collected two hits, including a triple, and scored three runs. Olivia Hedding singled and scored twice.

Half Moon Bay knocked off Hollister in the semifinals, 7-3. Hedding paced the Waves with two hits. She scored along with Sarabia, Rice, Alexis Gonzalez, Willow Gelphman, Sophia Padua and Brigitte Canty. Padua keyed the five-run rally in the fourth with a two-run single.

Half Moon Bay powered past the Renegades, 10-3, in the quarterfinals.

Brazil was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs. Canty and Sarabia each collected two hits, with Sarabia driving in two runs. Carolyn Inglis scored twice.

Half Moon Bay went 1-0-1 in pool play. The Waves knocked off Spirit of Morgan Hill, 9-3. Brazil was once again 3-for-4 with three runs scored. Hedding and Sarabia both went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Sarabia tripled twice.

Half Moon Bay concluded pool play with a 6-6 tie with Cabrillo.

Gelphman got two of Half Moon Bay's nine hits. Grace Falvey hit a run-scoring triple. She scored on an infield out by Brazil. Sarabia added a two-run triple.

10 Waves

Half Moon Bay's offense was in evidence until a 2-0 loss to Quicksilver in the title game.

The Waves were limited to a base runner in that game.

In the first four games of the tournament, Half Moon Bay had 38 hits.

Half Moon Bay picked up nine hits in a 10-0 win over the Chaos. Winning pitcher Grace Garcia helped her own cause with two hits, including a home run. Kathryn Caravalho added two hits. Lily Moffitt doubled. Garcia fired a no-hitter, striking out nine and walking one.

The Waves biggest explosion came in the quarterfinals, where they pounded out 14 hits and their way to a 16-0 win over Hollister.

Garcia picked up three hits with Myranda Rivera, Marissa Terra and Riley Donovan each getting two hits. Terra homered and doubled, Riley also doubled, as did Jerika D'Acquisto.

Garcia threw a non-hitter, striking out seven, while walking two and hitting a batter. Garcia caught a pop and threw to Caravalho at first for a double play.

Pool play began with an 11-1 win over the Pleasant on Phantom. Donovan paced the offense with two hits.

That was followed by a 7-2 win over the Chaos. Terra, Garcia and Moffitt combined to get seven of Half Moon Bay's nine hits.