Delaware High School Softball State Tournament 2000

Championship Game
June 3, 2000

At eleven o'clock Saturday morning, the last championship day of the high school season began with a repeat title for the Buccaneers of Caravel Academy. The Bucs won 4-0 in the softball final over the William Penn Colonials behind yet another shutout by Jackie Homiak and the sparkling Buc defense.
  The lack of defense on the other side proved to be the difference in this game. In the top of the fourth inning, the Bucs scored three times when two consecutive errors set up two consecutive squeeze plays for runs.
  The Bucs had been trying to bunt a few runners over in the first few innings but weren't executing. With the two runners on second and third in the fourth, head coach Steve Baker sent Homiak up to pinch-hit for the designated hitter, Danielle Austin, and to "lay one down."
  Homiak wasn't in the starting batting order because of a sore toe. But this was the championship game and the go ahead run was just 60 feet away.
  The Colonials didn't appear to be thinking squeeze and when Homiak laid it down on a 2-1 count, Alexis Niggebrugge scored and  it was 1-0. Then catcher Nancy Tokar followed with another apparently surprising squeeze and Ashley Niggebrugge scored to make it 2-0.
Baker said," The suicide is part of our game. We work on that a lot. We think if we can get some speedy kids over to third that we can push that ball up the first base line. If they play their first baseman back, they just can't throw you out."
  Leadoff hitter Megan Richardson was next, and a great candidate for a third consecutive bunt, but she ripped a single instead, scoring Homiak for the third run of the inning and that was all that Homiak needed to win. Baker said, "We looked at another bunt because the first baseman wasn't adjusted, but Jackie was at third base still with the injury and I looked down and she didn't have her slider on so we didn't want to risk her." 
  William Penn (17-5) managed to get two runners aboard the base paths in the second and fifth innings, but couldn't keep from becoming the 18th Homiak shutout victim of the season.
  Richardson said, "We had a great feeling about this game and we were so excited and pumped up. We just come out and do our best and we know we'll be fine."
  Homiak said, "They had confidence in my bunting ability, but Danielle could have done it too. We work really hard on bunting, but it can still be tough to do it in game situations. We came through when we needed it. We knew from the scrimmage (in Spring training) that they had a few power hitters; Erica LaBar, Michelle Whalen, and I talked with my coach who calls the pitches, Mike Salony. I wasn't going to give them anything down the middle of the plate. They hit the ball but our defense made the plays."
  Baker said, "This is team is real young, real good. It's easy to coach a team like this. We have a great coaching staff; Mike Salony calling the pitches all year, we had 18 shutouts; Dana Hicken our hitting coach had our kids ready to go; Jeff Campbell the dugout coach had the kids ready to go; it's a whole team effort. It feels really good."

Caravel 4, William Penn 0
Caravel      (20-2)        000 301 0 - 4 8 2
William Penn (17-5)  000 000 0 - 0 4 5
Homiak and Tokar. Tiberi and LaBar. W- Homiak (20-2) L- Tiberi (7-3)

Semifinal Round
June 1, 2000

William Penn 3, Brandywine 0
Brandywine 000 000 x 0 3 2
William Penn 021 000 x 3 8 3
B: Joseph and Schneider. WP: Camponelli and LaBar.
WP: Camponelli (10-2). LP: Joseph

Caravel 1, Caesar Rodney 0
Caesar Rodney  (17-3)  000 000 000 000 0 - 0 2 2
Caravel  (19-2)              000 000 000 000 1 - 1 3 2
Savage and Ansbach. Homiak and Tokar.
W- Homiak (19-2) L-Savage (17-3)
No extra base hits.

Quarterfinal Round
May 27, 2000

Caesar Rodney 6, Cape Henlopen 1
No. 2 Caesar Rodney (17-2) 030 010 2-- 6 9 1
No. 7 Cape Henlopen (14-5) 000 100 0-- 1 7 2
Savage and Ansbach. Cooper and Parseghian. W-- Savage (17-2). L- Cooper.
2B- CR: McCray, Ansbach.

Caravel 2, Sussex Central 1
Sussex Central (13-5) 000 001 0 - 1 5 1
Caravel (18-2)             002 000 x - 2 6 1
Homiak and Tokar. Lecates and Bowman. W-Homiak (18-2). L-Lecates (13-5).
2B-C: Richardson, McGlynn. 3B-SC: Baker.

William Penn 3, St. Mark's 2
William Penn (16-4) 000 000 3-3 2 1
St. Mark's       (17-2) 100 010 0-2 5 2
Tiberi and LaBar. Travis and Cariello. W-Tiberi (7-2) L-Travis (15-2)
2B-SM: Hlywak 2, Travis.

First Round
May 24, 2000

William Penn 7, Glasgow 0
William Penn (15-4)     060 000 1 - 7 11 1
Glasgow (17-2)               000 000 0 - 0 4 2
Camponelli and LaBar, Scanlon and Mangini. W-Camponelli (9-2). L- Scanlon (17-2)
2b- WP: Tiberi, LaBar, Whalen

Caravel 9, Delmar 0
Delmar               000 000 0 - 0 2 5
Caravel (17-2)    240 201 x - 9 11 0
Dryden and Chamberlain. Homiak and Tokar
W- Homiak. L-Dryden
2b- C: Long, Ash Niggebrugge, McGlynn

St. Marks 8, Newark 0
Newark                  000 000 0 - 0 2 2
St Marks (17-1)     000 620 x - 8 7 0
Mucaria, Streets (4) and Porrini. Travis and Cariello, Maykut. W- Travis L- Mucaria
2b- SM: Hlywak.

Caesar Rodney 2, Laurel 0
Laurel                               000 000 0 - 0 3 1
Caesar Rodney (16-2)      000 002 x - 2 0 1
Hughes and Massey. Savage and Ansbach.
W- Savage (16-2) L- Hughes

Milford 4, Indian River 2
Milford (10-8)            000 121 0 - 4 4 3
Indian River (12-7)  000 010 1 - 2 3 8
Alexander and Robinson. Deldeo and Wilkinson.
W- Alexander (7-4) L- Deldeo
2b- M: Robinson

Sussex Central 1, St. Elizabeth 0
S.C. (14-4)    001 000 0 - 1 5 0
St. E (13-6)   000 000 0 - 0 2 0
Lecates and Bowman, Joyce and Hoisington
W- Lecates (14-4) L- Joyce (13-6)
3b- SC: Baker.

Cape Henlopen 3, Mt Pleasant 2
Mount         000 011 0 - 2 6 2
Cape (14-4) 001 000 2 - 3 4 2
Cooper and Parseghian. Franks and McClafferty.
W- Cooper (2-1) L- Franks

Brandywine 1, Padua 0
Brandywine (13-5)  000 000 0 1 - 1 3 1
Padua (12-6)            000 000 0 0 - 0 5 1
Joseph and Schneider. Madaline and Taylor.
W- Joseph (7-4) L- Madaline.

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