Edgar Melik-Stepanyan
GLENDLAE -- Odds and ends from the local high school softball scene:
On top of her game: Just how dominating was La Canada High softball
pitcher Kelly Kalish during Thursday's nonleague scoreless game against
Village Christian?
The senior threw 129 pitches, 109 of which were strikes. She went to a
three-ball count only once and exceeded more than 10 pitches in an inning
just five times.
Battling a viral infection, Kalish retired 10 in a row from the end of
the seventh to the end of the 10th inning.
Kalish's friend and counterpart, Lauren Nydam, was just as strong. She
threw 154 pitches, 110 of which were strikes. She had a perfect game bid
through 5 1/3 innings before Tricia Linden singled to left.
"I think it was what everyone made it out to be," Spartan Coach Bart
Dickins said. "They really are two of the premier pitchers in the area.
They both battled and threw some great pitches when it counted."
