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    Vanessa Strong is Metro Softball Player of the Year

    Vanessa Strong is Metro Softball Player of the Year

    No fears.

    No concerns.

    Freedom (19-3) kept its pact by defeating two Pleasanton squads, two-time defending champion and top-seeded Amador Valley in the semifinals 2-1 and then second-seeded Foothill 1-0 in an eight-inning championship game at St. Mary’s College.

    In the two games, Strong — a hard-throwing, right-handed sophomore — didn’t allow an earned run, struck out 16 and allowed four hits; the win against Amador Valley was a one-hitter.

    Nothing was going to stop us.

    The postseason flurry capped a sensational season for Strong and made her The Chronicle’s 2016 All-Metro Softball Player of the Year.

    In 127 innings, she allowed 80 hits, struck out 176 and walked 15.

    In four postseason wins, she allowed three earned runs and 15 hits in 28 innings with 38 strikeouts and five walks.

    “Vanessa had a fantastic season, but she was especially good when it counted most,” Freedom coach Brook Russo said.

    Mitch Stephens is a senior writer for MaxPreps.com.

    Chronicle All-Metro softball team

    First team

    Player

    School

    Freedom

    Metro POY carried team to D1 NCS title

    18-2, 0.90 ERA, 156 Ks CCS finalists

    Foothill

    Sr.

    21-5, 1.46 ERA season, 0.25 playoffs

    EBAL MVP 3 no-hitters, 0.53 ERA, 245 Ks

    Fr.

    WCAL Player of Year hit .512, 5 HRs

    Sr.

    MCAL POY hit .447, 8 HRs, 45 RBIs

    .620, NCS-best 57 RBI for No. 1 team

    Sr.

    SJSU signee, .545, 6 HRs, 15 SB

    .613, 18 extra base hits, 40 RBIs

    Homestead

    De Anza MVP .574, 54 hits, 30 SB

    Heritage

    .581, 9 doubles, struck out just once

    St. Patrick SV

    Sr.

    .593, 13 HRs, 51 RBIs NCS finalists

    Marin Catholic

    Sr.

    UC San Diego commit, .529, 1.21 ERA

    Santa Clara commit, .707, 12 HRs, 50 RBIs

    [...] team

    Player

    School

    Sr.

    17-4, 1.37, B2B shutouts to win NCS

    Sr.

    20-6, 1.39 ERA, 185 Ks

    Marin Catholic

    19-3, 1.45, 206 Ks for NCS champs

    Sr.

    19-5, 0.91 ERA, 121 Ks, 33 BB

    WACC-Shoreline MVP .400, 8 3Bs

    Sr.

    TCAL Rock MVP hit .525, 4 HRs

    Sr.

    .404, 8 2Bs, 4 HRs for CCS finalists

    Sr.

    Hit .435 for CCS D2 champions

    Sr.

    Sac State signee, 452, 5 HRs

    Foothill

    Sr.

    UCLA signee, .367, 14 SBs

    St. Patrick SV

    Fr.

    Oregon commit, .446, 8 HR, 35 RBIs

    SMC commit .481, 38 SBs, 42 runs

    Rancho Cotate

    1.67 ERA, .423 BA, 7 HRs, 30 RBIs

    DVAL MVP hit .526, 11 wins

    Honorable mention

    San Francisco: P Madison Augusto (St. Ignatius), So.; UTL Odiana Ciofalo (Lincoln), Sr.; INF Marisa Fujimoto (Sacred Heart Cathedral), So.; INF Claire Gunther (St. Ignatius), Sr.; P Carmel Gisslow (Sacred Heart Cathedral), Jr.; C Maicie Levitt (St. Ignatius), Fr.; UTL Kiana Meriales (Sacred Heart Cathedral), So.; OF Mariel Palacio (St. Ignatius), Jr.; UTL Kat Perez (Lowell), Sr.; UTL Isabel Saylor (Galileo), Sr.

    Peninsula/South Bay: OF Karina Chavarria (Capuchino), Jr.; INF Abbey Donovan (Half Moon Bay), Sr.; OF Cameron Kondo (Carlmont), Jr.; C Julia Lucas (Mitty), Jr.; P Sofia Magnani (Notre Dame-Belmont), Sr.; UTL Mailey McLemore (Carlmont), So.; P Brittany Prock (Homestead), Jr.; INF Lauren Quirke (Hillsdale), Sr.; P Savanna Smith (Mitty), Fr.; UTL Eleni Spirakis (Saratoga), Sr.

    North Bay: UTL Haley Antonini (St. Vincent), Jr.; UTL Ashley Bottomley (Terra Linda), Sr.; UTL Ava Chabot (Petaluma), Fr.; UTL Taylor Del Santo (Rancho Cotate), Jr.; INF Savannah Jones (Terra Linda), Jr.; INF Sabrina Nunez (Redwood), Jr.; UTL Katie Rohrer (Rancho Cotate), Sr.; C Julia Scardina (Marin Catholic), Fr.; C Sierra Shanoff (Montgomery), So.; INF Rebecca Simonetti (San Marin), Sr.

    East Bay: INF Tyesen Gordon (St. Joseph), So.; INF Sierra Mello (James Logan), Sr.; INF Kaitlynn Madsen (American), Jr.; UTL Taylor McCracken (St. Mary’s), Jr.; UTL Melika Ofoia (Swett), So.; OF Noellah Ramos (Irvington), Jr.; INF Yazmine Romero (Castro Valley), Jr.; OF Hannah Rosenfeld (Bishop O’Dowd), Jr.; C Cassandra Wenn (Logan), So.

    Contra Costa/Tri-Valley: OF Ashley Balestreri (Amador Valley), Sr.; C Sierra Blair (Carondelet), Sr.; C Cara DiMercurio (Alhambra), Sr.; INF Allyson Ferreira (Freedom), So.; 1B Allyson McBroom (Freedom), So.; OF Alana Mendez (Foothill), Sr.; C Melissa Nunes (Livermore), Jr.; INF Juliana Pichardo (Concord), Jr.; INF Megan Shackley (Foothill), Sr.; INF Lexi Villalobos (San Ramon Valley), Sr.

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