Black Attack goes a long way to win softball title

The Black Attack, a 10-and-under team, assuredly earned its Pacific Coast Girls Fastpitch Softball championship.

The squad lost in the first round of the playoffs, but won five straight games in as many days to win the title on May 12. The girls from the Black Attack had to pull off two wins over White Dynamite, the regular-season champion that entered May 12 unbeaten, to earn the title. Black Attack, which was coached by Ken Gerdau and Dave Burger, won, 5-1, then 7-5.

In the second victory, the Black Attack scored three runs in the sixth to overcome a one-run deficit.

Black Attack pitcher and Newport Coast resident Amanda Penna was named the league’s Most Valuable Player.

The team also included, Brittany Burger, Emilee Haskell, Jessie Rath, Caitlin Caccavari, Juliette Bordier-Johnson. Gabrielle Albert, Riley Gerdau, Blair Henderson, Hannah Crane, Zoe Bruck and Sydney McKeown.

Albert, Bruck, Caccavari and Rath were key contributors on defense for the Black Attack throughout the season.

— From staff reports