The events of the past weeks have given new perspective to a trip taken by five women from Sterling’s First Presbyterian Church last summer. The women took part in a two-week pilgrimage to the Holy Land during the summer and, while each experienced a heightened sense of her spirituality and a number of “God moments,” […]
When John Glenn High’s softball team lost a heartbreaking 8-7, 12-inning game to Artesia High on the last day of the regular season on May 26, head coach Larry Leal wasn’t confident his Lady Eagles would get an at-large berth in the CIF-Southern Section Division 7 playoffs. In fact, he wished he had known that Glenn was going to make the playoffs so he could have practices to wrap up the final week of May.
The way fourth-ranked Glenn has been playing since the beginning of the playoffs, maybe there’s no need for practices. On the heels of a 14-0 win at Shandon High last Thursday, the Lady Eagles put together another masterpiece against Magnolia High last Saturday morning. Junior pitcher Gabby Ortega allowed two hits and faced two batters over the minimum as Glenn blanked the Sentinels 10-0, marking the first time in school history that anyone can remember the Glenn softball program has won two playoff games in the same season.