It would be hard to have a better day than the one Ronnie Ladines had Saturday.
The Arlington High School graduate, who is now a senior on the Kent State University softball team, threw a five-inning perfect game and also blasted the game-winning home run as the Golden Flashes defeated the Buffalo Bulls 10-0 in the second game of a doubleheader in Buffalo, N.Y.
Ladines, who graduated from Arlington in 2014, retired all 15 batters she faced, striking out four, to record just the third perfect game in Kent State history.
Ladines also did damage at the plate, hitting a three-run homer in the top of the fourth inning to snap a scoreless tie. It was Ladines’ second homer of the day, as she also went deep in the Golden Flashes’ 11-1 victory in the first game of the twinbill.
This season on the mound Ladines, Kent State’s ace pitcher, is 13-13 with a 2.15 ERA, striking out 158 in 186.0 innings. At the plate she’s batting .263 with seven homers and 32 RBI in 45 games.
ERA takes two firsts at Brentwood
The Everett Rowing Association had two boats take first place at the prestigious Brentwood Regatta for high school rowers over the weekend in Mill Bay, B.C.
Everett took first in the Junior A (open) Boys Four Plus Coxswain, with the team including Chase Barrows, Ethan Grice, Cameron Helgerson, Chandler Kovacevich and Dustin Mara (cox). Everett also won the Junior A Lightweight Boys Eight Plus Coxswain, with the team including Alex Barrett, Stephen Bjorkquist, Parker Bumstead, Justin Dehart, Kyle Freeman, Jack McManis, Jack Nemiroff, Ethan Senn and Summer Keyes (cox).
Everett finished third in the overall points competition.
Beard places at PacWests
Kamiak High School graduate Tim Beard, now a freshman at Azusa Pacific University, took third place in the men’s hammer throw at the Pacific West Conference Track and Field Championships over the weekend in San Diego. Beard’s throw of 177 feet, 2 inches was a personal best and also achieved the provisional qualifying standard for the NCAA Division II nationals.
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