{"id":290285,"date":"2026-04-28T21:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290285\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:09:34","slug":"anaheim-softball-shows-resiliency-in-push-toward-league-postseason-goals-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290285\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaheim softball shows resiliency in push toward league, postseason goals \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anaheim\u2019s softball team features only three seniors but it has developed an important characteristic often associated with more experienced squads.<\/p>\n

Resiliency.<\/p>\n

Anaheim showed that quality last week in rallying from a six-run deficit to defeat Santiago 14-7 to remain undefeated in the Coast League.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, I think we are really resilient and we trust one another,\u201d Anaheim coach Chad Clark said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been down quite a few times and even in the games that we\u2019ve lost, almost every single time, we\u2019ve come back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anaheim (14-5, 10-0) showcased its grit by rallying from a 7-1 deficit in the fourth inning against Santiago (11-4, 4-4).<\/p>\n

Clark said the Colonists\u2019 nine-run outburst in the bottom of the fourth inning started with a walk by freshman Lily Guzman.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Our players) know that they don\u2019t have to do anything too big,\u201d the fourth-year coach said. \u201cThey can just get on base and their teammate will pick them up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freshman Mak Acosta highlighted the fourth inning with a two-run home run to tie the score.<\/p>\n

Acosta, who plays shortstop and bats cleanup, is hitting .466 and leads the team with 34 RBIs and four home runs.<\/p>\n

She helps power an offense that averages almost 12 runs per game.<\/p>\n

Sophomores Jenelle Monzon and Chloe Tabita are both hitting well over .500.<\/p>\n

Monzon, who plays center fielder and bats second, is hitting .618 with 12 doubles, 26 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. She is a left-handed hitter.<\/p>\n

Tabita, who bats third in the lineup, is hitting .566 with 10 doubles, 27 RBIs and 13 stolen bases.<\/p>\n

Kamila Ramirez, a junior, is hitting .488 with 23 RBIs.<\/p>\n

Tabita also has emerged as the team\u2019s top pitcher. In her first season in the circle, she is 10-1 with a 3.56 ERA.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has a good mentality,\u201d Clark said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t let errors affect her. She doesn\u2019t let runs affect her. She does a good job of attacking the strike zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior catcher Tatyana Rosa forms a strong battery with Tabita and is hitting .453.<\/p>\n

Anaheim is aiming for an undefeated league title and to make a playoff run, Clark said.<\/p>\n

Last season, the Colonists lost in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs to the eventual runner-up West Ranch.<\/p>\n

Anaheim also fell in the first round in Division 5 in 2024.<\/p>\n

Clark said his team recently devoted time to learning about the postseason experience of the Anaheim girls flag football team, which claimed a section title in the fall.<\/p>\n

Left fielder Valerie Florido played on the flag team and shared her perspective on the success.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was all intangibles,\u201d Clark said of the tips. \u201cThe whole team trusted each other. They played for each other and they were genuinely happy for each other when anybody was doing something really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

NOTES<\/p>\n

The San Juan Hills-El Toro game suspended in the 11th inning due to darkness on April 17 has been ruled a tie, Stallions coach Jeremey Wooten said. The teams were tied 4-4. \u2026<\/p>\n

Sunny Hills senior Elayna Marquez hit two home runs in a game twice last week to take the county lead with 12. \u2026<\/p>\n

Katella\u2019s Dani Neville is batting .525 with eight home runs and 35 RBIs. The senior is 10-6 as a pitcher for the Knights, who lead the Golden West League by 1 1\/2 games. \u2026<\/p>\n

The Orange County all-star game for seniors is June 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.\u00a0Subscribe now Anaheim\u2019s softball team features only three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,6916,5479,85900,2044,611,127],"class_list":["post-290285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-dan-albano","tag-high-school-all-sports","tag-high-school-softball","tag-high-school-sports","tag-orange-county","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}