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1. Pilgrim powers Taft to semifinal win over Chowchilla

   BY JEFF EVANS Californian staff writer

   Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:02 PM

   TAFT -- Arizona Pilgrim got a taste of a Central Section championship game last year. She and her Taft High teammates will get another shot on Thursday.

   Second-seeded Taft used Pilgrim's dominating pitching and timely hitting to beat No. 3 Chowchilla 5-0 Tuesday in the Div. IV softball semifinals at Taft.

   The Wildcats (25-6) advance to the finals, a road game at top-seeded Liberty-Madera Ranchos or a home game against defending champion Fowler, the team that beat the Wildcats 1-0 in last year's finals.

   "I'm just glad I could help out my team," said Pilgrim, a sophomore who improved to 20-4. "I just did what I had to do."

   She allowed two infield singles and three baserunners. She struck out 15 and walked none. Chowchilla (21-10)...

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   Rams get a Handel on Wolf Pack, advance to softball final

   When Ridgeview loaded the bases in a tie game during Tuesday's Central Section Division II softball semifinal at Garces, Rams coach Mike D'Amato felt a calmness washing over him. "I've just learned to trust Cassie (Handel)," D'Amato said...
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   Local report: Wright powers Blaze to fourth straight victory

   Ryan Wright had a homer, two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Bakersfield Blaze to a 5-3 victory Monday over the High Desert Mavericks at Sam Lynn Ballpark. It was the fourth straight win for Bakersfield, it's best streak...
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   Garces' Sweaney, Ridgeview's McCall win Tyack Award as Kern's top senior athletes

   Jake Sweaney was flipping through a program Monday at Hodel's Fine Dining, but he wasn't just biding time waiting for the Jim Tyack Awards presentation to begin. Sweaney was looking for a name. "I saw it in there -- 'Junior Kennedy in...
5. 

   Haney sets section meet record; Stockdale boys place 3rd

   CLOVIS -- Turns out, even section-record holders get nervous at the section championships. Turns out, that's a good thing. Stockdale junior Blake Haney shook off jitters to win two titles at the Central Section Track and Field Masters...
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   Titans' Caneta defends section girls 100 breaststroke title

   Jorie Caneta seems unbeatable in the girls 100-yard breaststroke. Caneta, a junior from Frontier High, set a Central Section record in Friday's prelims, then won the event for the third straight year at Saturday's Central Section Div. I...

7. May 18 high school roundup

   Baseball Division V No. 3 Exeter 2, No. 6 Shafter 1 At EHS (Friday). W: Farias. L: Parsons (5-6). 2B: SHS (Aguilar). Notes: SHS (Parsons 10K, 4H). W-L: SHS 9-17. Boys tennis Central Section Individual Championships At Wasco...