If there was a Most Valuable Player,
Krystil Hofmann (#8)would have my vote, for the young
St. Francis Lady
Terriers pitcher was amazing, both on the mound and at the
plate at the Floyd Bennett Field on May 22, 2008.
Having earned the victory in the first
game of today’s’ double header, Hofmann climbed the mound in
the second game to help her team defeating the Lady Stanners
of Molloy. She pitched the first three inning of the second
game. Aside from doing a great job pitching against
a very good hitting
Archbishop Molloy team, Krystil went three for four, as she
hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Her third hit, a double, came in the sixth inning. She later
scored on a two RBI single by
Joahanna Rice (#21).
The lady Stanners made the game very
interesting in the top of the fifth inning, scoring two runs
of their own on Rice. They went on to tie the game in their
top seventh inning. However, having home advantage,
Coach Ann Marie Rich profited the occasion to capitalize
on consecutive singles by #32 and
Bianca Pappas (#40). Having had her pinch hitter stroke
out and her forth batter grounded to a force play at third,
Coach Rich felt relieved that the red-hot-hitting bat of
Hofmann finally arrived at the plate. However, the final
hero of the game would not be Krystil, as she took a walk on
a ball four count pitch.
With bases full of Terriers, Pappas
stood on third base ready for Rice to make contact at the
plate, but there was no need for the bat to hit the ball,
for Pappas would sprint toward home to slide and scored the
winning run on a wild pitch.
With the victory secured, the Lady
Terriers of St. Francis are The 2008 Catholic High Schools
Athletic Associations Brooklyn Queens Softball Champions. A
championship that would assure them the right to advance to
the New York State Semi final on Staten Island.
Story written by Cameraman Max
Sanchez-Martinez
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