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East Alton's Piar adds STL Metropolitan title to Illinois state crown
Piar will begin her collegiate career in August when she reports for practice at Cal State-Northridge, but a busy June will be followed by a busy July for Piar. Along with Lewis and Johnson, Piar played close to home Tuesday in the Junior PGA Championship qualifier at Spencer T. Olin, with a second round on Wednesday. -- Alton Telegraph
Brown gets the start as Corvallis Knights win series against Walla Walla
Le (Cal State Northridge) went 3 for 4 with an RBI and three runs scored. -- Corvallis Gazette-Times
All-State Softball: Players of the Year Jenna Sniffen, Ailana Agbayani sparkled on the diamond
Carys Murakami and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas were very close in the balloting behind Agbayani for position POY. The two Spartans solidified the middle of the infield and delivered huge numbers at the plate. Murakami batted.533 with eight homers, nine doubles, 25 RBIs and 32 runs scored. She has signed with Cal State Northridge. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
JACKSON STATE How raising seven sons led Mo Williams back to his hometown to coach college basketball
Those experiences in the gym and on the AAU circuit sparked a love for coaching in Williams, who won an NBA title in 2016 with the Cleveland Cavaliers and was an NBA All-star in 2009. He spent two seasons as an assistant at Cal State Northridge and two seasons as head coach at Alabama State. -- Clarion Ledger
Tate’s team comes up short at All-State
Metro State University-Denver recruit Mikylah Espinosa scored a game-high 19 points for Black, while 4A Greeley Northridge’s Seneya Martinez totaled 12 and Espinosa’s 4A Thornton Skyview teammate Alexa Peraza 11. 3A Pagosa Springs’ Trista Tully, who began the game with a close-range basket, finished with six points. -- The Durango Herald
Marlins win three straight, improve to 5-1 in last six games after 2-4 start to season
Sean Johnson (Belmont) delivered a walk-off infield single in the bottom of the 10th, scoring Luke Powell (Cal State Northridge) to provide his team with the win. -- Carteret County News-Times
Tramel's ScissorTales: Sooners not necessarily greatest softball team of all time
1994 Arizona: Before the ‘22 Sooners, there were the ‘94 Wildcats. Arizona in 1994 hit 93 home runs. Maybe that’s unimpressive compared to OU’s 155, but consider this. ‘Zona’s home run total broke the NCAA record. By more than double. The previous record in a season was 40. In the WCWS, only two teams arrived with more than 30 homers: Cal State-Northridge 36 and Utah 31. Mighty UCLA arrived with 17. -- The Oklahoman
California high school softball: Meet SBLive's 2022 First Team All-State
Carranco, a CSU Northridge commit, emerged as one of the very best pitchers in California to lead Clovis to a Central Section Division 1 title and NorCal Regional Division I finals appearance. She was tied for second in the state with 25 wins as Clovis only allowed 50 runs all season in 34 games, and not one run through its first four playoff wins. -- Scorebook Live
Playing at the next level
So, she reached out to the CSUN coaches — head coach Keith West and assistant coaches Tony Castro and Christine Johnson — and they told her that if she decided the school was a top choice for her to let them know. -- Antelope Valley Press
Sports Update: 2022 Breaker All Sport Awards
Claire Sonne, a 2017 Laguna grad, will be taking over the girls team but is no stranger to the program and players. She was a second-team all-county player and an all-CIF selection on the 31-0 2017 squad and went on to play at California (’21) for four seasons. She has recently been an assistant coach at Cal State Northridge and has worked with the SET club program the Laguna players participate in. -- Laguna Beach Independent