2003 Girls Softball Tournament

The Championship Game

The Caesar Rodney Riders - 2003 State Champions

Caesa

c.rodney ab r h bi caravel ab r h bi

Howard cf 4 0 0 0 Paige p 4 0 0 0

Sams 2b 3 0 1 0 Smith cf 4 0 1 0

Ansbach c 3 1 0 0 Swank dh 4 0 0 0

Kirby p 3 1 0 0 Megargel lf 0 0 0 0

Jarrell 1b 4 0 0 0 Long ss 2 1 1 0

Brittingham ss 4 0 1 0 Hammer c 3 0 2 0

Everson 3b 4 0 1 1 Winstead pr 0 2 0 0

Pierson rf 3 0 0 0 Reeves 1b 2 0 1 1

Dotson dh 3 0 1 0 Niggebrugge 2b 3 0 1 1

Palmer pr 0 2 0 0 Shallcross 3b 3 0 0 0

Johnson lf 0 0 0 0 Sterling rf 2 0 0 1

Totals 31 4 4 1 Totals 27 3 6 3

C.Rodney (18-6) 000 031 0 - 4 5 1

Caravel (20-4) 010 002 0 - 3 6 6

E- Kirby, Reeves 2, Niggebrugge, Paige, Shallcross 2. LOB- C. Rodney 9, Caravel 6. 2B- Niggebrugge, Reeves. SB- Sams, Brittingham. CS- Long. S- Sams.

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Caesar Rodney

Kirby (W, 10-2) 7 6 3 3 2 6

Caravel

Paige (L, 20-4) 7 4 4 0 2 8

HBP- by Kirby (Sterling). WP- Kirby 2, Paige 2. PB- Hammer 2. Umpires- Casalvera, Amadio, Celli. T- 1:55. A- 500.


Christina Kirby was the winning pitcher for Caesar Rodney	Freshman Alishya Paige pitched for Caravel	Jamie Brittingham makes a diving catch from her shortstop position early in the game.

Lindsay Long, one of the fastest players in the state, gets caught stealing....	...by Cat Ansbach who neutralized the Buccaneers speed in the game.	Jamie Brittingham strikes out with the bases loaded, but the dropped third strike allowed a Rider runner to score.

Elizabeth Palmer slides safely into third as the ball skips by Long covering the bag.	That allowed Palmer to score the 4th, and decisive run of the game.	Sarah Reeves hit a 6th inning bomb to drive in a run, but she represented the tying run and couldn't make it home to score.

Ansbach and Kirby raise the Riders first-ever state championship softball trophy

Semifinal round boxscores

Caravel 3, Cape Henlopen 2

Caravel 000 102 0 - 3 6 1

Cape Henlopen 200 000 0 - 2 6 4

Paige and Hammer. Cooper and Sadler. W-Paige (20-3). L-Cooper.
No extra base hits

Caesar Rodney 1, Smyrna 0

Smyrna (14-7) 000 000 0 - 0 4 1

Caesar Rodney (17-6) 100 000 x - 1 6 0

K.Dixon and Hanebutt. Pierson and Ansbach. W-Pierson (8-4). L-K.Dixon (11-6).
2B-CR: Kirby, Ansbach.

Second round boxscores

Caesar Rodney 5, St. Mark's 3 (10 inn.)

Caesar Rodney 100 001 100 2 - 5 10 1

St. Mark's 101 010 000 0 - 3 9 4

Kirby and Ansbach. Constantini and Morgan. W-Kirby (9-2). L-Constantini.
2B-SM: Pedlow. 3B-CR: Ansbach.

Caravel 3, Sussex Tech 1

Sussex Tech (13-7) 000 100 0 - 1 4 0

Caravel (18-3) 000 120 x - 3 5 0

Shields and Benson. Paige and Hammer. W-Paige (19-3). L-Shields (12-7).
2B-ST: Benson. C: Hammer 2, Paige.

Cape Henlopen 3, Delmar 0

Cape Henlopen (17-5) 200 001 0- 3 8 2

Delmar 000 000 0- 0 3 1

Cooper and Sadler. Dryden and Hastings. W-Cooper (17-5). L-Dryden.
HR-CH: Carter.

Smyrna 3, Sussex Central 2

Smyrna (14-6) 000 000 3 - 3 8 2

Sussex Central (17-3) 000 001 1 - 2 5 1

Dixon and Hanebutt. Hastings and Collins. W-K. Dixon (11-5). L-Hastings (13-3).
2B-Smy: Jarman. 3B-Smy: B. Dixon.

First round boxscores

Caravel 5, Archmere 1

Archmere (11-7) 000 000 1-1 4 2

Caravel (18-3) 031 100 x-5 13 0

Giannini and Zappa. Paige and Hammer. W-Paige (18-3). L-Giannini.
2B-C: Paige, Hammer.

St. Mark's 3, Middletown 2

Middletown (10-10) 000 101 0-2 4 6

St. Mark's (16-4) 100 200 x-3 3 1

Shallcross and Shores. Constantini and Morgan. W-Constantini (16-4). L-Shallcross.
2B-M: Welch.

Delmar 1, Lake Forest 0

Lake Forest 000 000 0 -- 0 2 2

Delmar 000 000 1 -- 1 3 0

Layton and Vincent. Dryden and Hastings. W-Dryden (12-3). L-Layton.

Cape Henlopen 6, Concord 2

Concord 010 100 0 -- 2 5 1

Cape Henlopen 210 210 X -- 6 8 2

DeFilippis, Richardson (6) and Harding. Cooper and Sadler. W-Cooper (16-5). L-DeFilippis.

Sussex Central 3, Laurel 1

Laurel 000 001 0 -- 1 4 1

Sussex Central 102 000 X -- 3 6 1

Stancell and Johnson. Hastings and K. Collins. W-Hastings (13-2). L-Stancell.

Sussex Tech 2, Brandywine 1

Brandywine (13-7) 000 010 0-1 2 2

Sussex Tech (13-6) 000 002 x-2 7 0

Nelles and Lafferty; Shields and Benson. W-Shields (13-6). L-Nelles.

Smyrna 6, Newark 2

Newark 002 000 0-2 7 0

Smyrna 010 014 x-6 11 1

Travis and Porrins. Dixon and Hanebutt. W-Dixon (9-3). L-Travis.
2B-S: B. Dixon 2, Gobao. 3B-N: Mucaria 2; S: Powell.

Wednesday's first-round games - 4 p.m.

No. 16 Archmere (11-6) at No. 1 Caravel (17-3)
No. 9 Brandywine (13-6) at No. 8 Sussex Tech (13-6)
No. 13 Lake Forest (12-7) at No. 4 Delmar (17-3)
No. 12 Concord (15-3) at No. 5 Cape Henlopen (15-5).
No. 15 Laurel (10-7) at No. 2 Sussex Central (16-2)
No. 10 Newark (13-5) at No. 7 Smyrna (12-6)
No. 11 St. Elizabeth (12-6) at No. 6 Caesar Rodney (14-6)
No. 14 Middletown (10-9) at No. 3 St. Mark's (15-4).