PREPS: Athletes of the week

BY NORTH COUNTY TIMES | Posted: Monday, March 28, 2011  

Taylor Lee

Torrey Pines | Softball

She threw a two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts in a 3-0 victory over La Costa Canyon and allowed one run on four hits in a 4-1 victory over Carlsbad to improve her record to 6-2.

PREP SOFTBALL: Moving pitcher's circle back expected to create more offense

BY TERRY MONAHAN - tmonahan@nctimes.com | Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 

Torrey Pines pitcher Lauren Hynes.

Photo by Eric Jepsen, Staff Photographer.

It's just 3 feet, which doesn't seem like very much of a change. But moving the pitching circle in softball from 40 feet to 43 feet this season seems to have ended an era in which pitching dominated high school play.

The National Federation of State High School Associations adopted the change in 2009 and states have slowly been instituting the new pitching circle since then. This spring, it was California's turn to move the pitchers back.

And that makes hitters very happy.

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PREP SCOREBOARD: March 26 results

NORTH COUNTY TIMES | Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2011 

At Carlsbad HS

Torrey Pines 13, Del Norte 3

Torrey Pines 222 140 2 -- 13 17 3

Del Norte 200 010 0 -- 3 7 3

TORREY PINES (ab-r-h-rbi) -- Julia Yacker 4-2-2-2, Emma Wong 4-3-2-0, Lauren Filicia 2-1-2-3, Lauren Hynes 5-2-3-2, Taylor Lee 3-1-2-3, Emily Wolking 2-0-1-0, Mary Lee 4-0-1-0, Rachael Donahue 1-0-0-0, Lauren Bower 3-1-1-0, Kelsey Buchanan 1-0-1-0, Alexa Lomberg 2-0-0-0, Kaitlin Schreiber 2-0-1-1, Nicole Gilliland 3-2-1-0, Taylor Steele 1-1-0-0. Totals: 37-13-17-11.

2B -- Julia Yacker, Lauren Filicia, Lauren Bower, Kaitlin Schreiber. HR -- Julia Yacker (1), Taylor Lee (2). SB -- Emma Wong 2, Lauren Hynes, Nicole Gilliland.

DEL NORTE -- Kaitlin Manuel 4-2-2-0, Monica Shifflet 3-0-1-0, Molly Campbell 3-1-1-1, Jessie Bever 3-0-0-0, Christina Carabelli 4-0-0-0, Megan Vincent 3-0-2-1, Kylie Smith 3-0-0-0, Meghan Haley 2-0-0-0, Emily Guerra 1-0-0-0, Natalie Shifflet 3-0-1-0, Michalea Schwartz 0-0-0-0. Totals: 29-3-7-2.

2B -- Molly Campbell.

Torrey Pines IP H ER BB SO

Lauren Hynes W, 3-1 7 7 3 2 10

Del Norte IP H ER BB SO

Natalie Shifflet L, 2-3 4 9 6 2 1

Megan Vincent 3 8 3 1 3

Records: Torrey Pines 10-3-1; Del Norte 4-4.

Torrey Pines 4, Carlsbad 1

Torrey Pines 200 000 2 -- 4 8 1

Carlsbad 000 001 0 -- 1 4 1

TORREY PINES (ab-r-h-rbi) -- Julia Yacker 4-1-1-0, Emma Wong 2-1-0-0, Lauren Filicia 4-2-3-1, Lauren Hynes 2-0-1-2, Taylor Lee 3-0-0-0, Mary Lee 3-0-1-0, Lauren Bower 3-0-1-0, Alexa Lomberg 2-0-0-0, Emily Wolking 2-0-1-0. Totals: 25-4-8-3.

2B -- Lauren Filicia. SB -- Lauren Filicia, Lauren Hynes.

CARLSBAD -- Tori Nirschl 2-0-1-0, Jacque Batchelder 2-0-0-0, Marie Bradvica 3-0-0-0, Dani Cowan 3-0-0-0, Adriana Huetter 2-0-0-0, Cara Goodger 1-0-0-0, Emily Schneider 3-0-2-0, Shelly Procter 0-0-0-0, Katie Wilkerson 3-0-0-0, Maddie Langston 2-0-0-0, Kirsten Anady 1-0-0-0, Erika Piancastelli 2-1-1-1. Totals: 24-1-4-1.

HR -- Erika Piancastelli. SB -- Tori Nirschl 3.

Torrey Pines IP H ER BB SO

Taylor Lee W, 6-2 7 4 1 1 4

Carlsbad IP H ER BB SO

Katie Wilkerson L, 5-2 7 8 4 3 8

Records: Torrey Pines 10-3-1; Carlsbad 10-4.

LOCAL SCOREBOARD: March 23 results

NORTH COUNTY TIMES | Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 

Torrey Pines 3, La Costa Canyon 0

La Costa Canyon 000 000 0 -- 0 2 0

Torrey Pines 100 002 x -- 3 7 1

LA COSTA CANYON (ab-r-h-rbi) -- Emma Capetz 3-0-1-0, Kristy Ryan 2-0-1-0, Kaitlin Connors 1-0-0-0, Alex Condos 0-0-0-0, Allie Tully 3-0-0-0, Annie Mcgregor 3-0-0-0, Amanda Depriest 3-0-0-0, Marissa Slavinsky 3-0-0-0, Erica Turnbull 2-0-0-0, Brittany Filips 2-0-0-0, Bailey Conner 0-0-0-0. Totals: 22-0-2-0.

SB -- Emma Capetz, Kristy Ryan.

TORREY PINES -- Julia Yacker 3-1-1-0, Emma Wong 3-0-1-0, Lauren Filicia 3-0-0-0, Lauren Hynes 3-1-2-1, Taylor Lee 3-0-0-0, Mary Lee 2-1-0-0, Lauren Bower 3-0-2-2, Alexa Lomberg 3-0-0-0, Emily Wolking 2-0-1-0. Totals: 25-3-7-3.

2B -- Lauren Bower. SB -- Julia Yacker.

La Costa Canyon IP H ER BB SO

Bailey Conner L 6 7 3 1 3

Torrey Pines IP H ER BB SO

Taylor Lee W, 5-2 7 2 0 2 10

Records: Torrey Pines 8-3-1; La Costa Canyon 3-4.

NORTH COUNTY TIMES | Posted: Saturday, March 19, 2011

Torrey Pines 14, Helix 3

Torrey Pines 501 026 x -- 14 16 0

Helix 000 201 0 -- 3 3 3

TORREY PINES (ab-r-h-rbi) -- Julia Yacker 4-1-1-0, Emma Wong 5-2-3-1, Lauren Filicia 4-2-2-1, Lauren Hynes 3-4-3-0, Taylor Lee 4-1-2-3, Rachael Donahue 0-1-0-0, Mary Lee 3-2-1-0, Lauren Bower 2-1-1-1, Alexa Lomberg 3-0-2-2, Elizabeth Fisher 3-0-0-0, Nicole Gilliland 1-0-1-0. Totals: 32-14-16-8.

2B -- Taylor Lee. SB -- Julia Yacker, Emma Wong 2, Lauren Hynes, Nicole Gilliland.

Torrey Pines IP H ER BB SO

Lauren Hynes W, 3-1 5 3 2 1 6

Mary Lee 1 0 1 2 1

Records: Torrey Pines 7-3-1; Helix 1-4.