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SportsNazarene High girls and San Pedro High boys, cream of the crop in high school softball

The National Secondary Schools Sports Association (NSSSA) held its high school softball Nationals on Friday and Saturday, March 15-16, at Rogers Stadium in Belize City, and it was pitchers Ashley Lucas of Nazarene girls and Konrad Gonzalez of San Pedro boys who stole the show with their outstanding performance, leading their teams to the national high school softball championship and securing MVP honors in the process. CODICADER Gold medalist Ashley Lucas was thoroughly dominant, and ably supported by her team, conceding only 2 runs total in the two games played. And young Konrad Gonzalez was a sensation with the female fans, as he struck out a tournament high 20 batters in two games played.

With 4 female (F) and 4 male (M) high school teams representing the 4 country zones – North, Central, West and South, the tournament followed a simple knockout format, with Friday’s losers playing for 3rd place on Saturday, and Friday’s winners playing for the championship on Saturday.
Representing the North were (F) Belize Rural High and (M) San Pedro High; Central had both (F) and (M) from Nazarene High; West was (F) Belmopan Baptist High and (M) Belmopan Comprehensive High; and South featured (F) Georgetown Technical High and (M) Independence High.

In game 1 on Friday, (F) Belize Rural dropped Georgetown Tech, 13-3; winning pitcher (WP) – Sabrina Campos, and losing pitcher (LP) – Brea Pop. Game 2 saw (M) San Pedro crushing Independence High, 8-1; WP – Konrad Gonzalez, LP – Greg Almendarez. Game 3 was a blowout, as (F) Nazarene High slammed Belmopan Baptist, 24-0; WP – Ashley Lucas, LP – Renisha Richards. And in game 4, (M) Belmopan Comprehensive edged Nazarene High, 12-10; WP – Andre Garbutt, LP – Jerome Carr.

On Saturday, the (F) 3rd place game saw Georgetown Tech with the 15-5 win over Belmopan Baptist; WP – Brea Pop, LP – Renisha Richards; and in a closer contest, (M) Independence High clipped Nazarene High, 6-2, for 3rd place; WP – Greg Almendarez, LP – Jerome Carr.

Next was the female championship game, and (F) Nazarene High, with their ace Ashley Lucas, was too much for Belize Rural High, beating them, 17-2; WP – Ashley Lucas, LP – Sabrina Campos. The male championship game turned into a real duel, with the score tied 3-3 going into the bottom of the 5th inning; but (M) San Pedro High pulled out the 4-3 win over Belmopan Comprehensive; WP – Konrad Gonzalez, LP – Kyle Thomas.

Hall of Famer Gretel Lashley handed out the medals and trophies to the winners after the games. Female MVP was Ashley Lucas of Nazarene High, and Male MVP was Konrad Gonzalez of San Pedro High. Top pitching performances in their two games pitched were: for the females – Ashley Lucas of Nazarene High (10 strikeouts); and for the males Konrad Gonzalez of San Pedro High (20 strikeouts) and Greg Almendarez of Independence High (14 strikeouts).

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