Softball: Carson wins first City Section title

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Carson capitalized on six errors to upset Woodland Hills El Camino Real, 6-3, and win its first City Section softball championship at Cal State Northridge.

The second-seeded Colts (27-3) carried a 4-3 lead into the seventh inning and tacked on two insurance runs on a bobbled ball by El Camino Real pitcher Karyn Wright and an RBI groundout to second base by Darian Tautalafua.

Carson third baseman Alicia Barajas threw out McKenna Arriola, Whitney West and Dylann O’Connor in the bottom of the inning to clinch the 19th victory for Cal State Northridge-bound pitcher Crystal Maas.

Wright had 10 strikeouts for the top-seeded Conquistadores (24-5), who were denied a 14th City title.

‘She pitched well enough to win,’ El Camino Real Coach Lori Chandler said of her junior pitcher, who finished the season with 185 strikeouts. ‘The bottom line is that you can’t make six errors--not in a championship game or a pick-up game. We had 17 errors all season and a third of that here in one game.’

-- Steve Galluzzo