MADERA -- Nothing was going to stop the Liberty-Madera Ranchos High softball team from a fourth consecutive Central Section Division V title. <\/p>\n
After thunder cracked ominously in the distance during the national anthem, the Hawks' bats did some thundering of their own in a six-run first inning en route to a 10-0 win Friday over Selma (19-7). <\/p>\n
Freshman Renee Ortega delivered the big blow with a bases-clearing double to right-center that put second-seeded Liberty (23-6-1) up 3-0 after four batters. <\/p>\n
That relaxed the team and set the tone for the game. <\/p>\n
\"We've got some girls that had played in games like these, but we've got some that never played in one before so they were flat nervous,\" Liberty co-head coach Bob Barber said. <\/p>\n
Ortega said patience played a role. <\/p>\n
\"I was waiting to see the right pitch to hit hard on the ground or a hard line drive,\" she said, \"and I got it.\" <\/p>\n
Randi Wallace and Caity McShane added run-scoring singles and the rout was on. <\/p>\n
Junior ace Hannah Shevenell threw a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts. <\/p>\n
Shevenell struck out the side in the first and fifth innings, and she did not give up a hit until Emery Green hit a bloop single down the left-field line in the fourth. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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