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The Alhambra-Martinez softball coach had just watched his team squander a four-run lead in the sixth before losing 11-7 on a walk-off grand slam in the seventh.
Freedom earned it with three homers that plated eight runs in an inning-plus.
Perez showed it in her final game, going 3-for-4 with two runs, two stolen bases and three RBIs.
The effort came against The Chronicle’s 2016 Metro Player of the Year Vanessa Strong, who was coming off a 19-strikeout perfect game in a first-round North Coast Section playoff win over Arroyo-San Lorenzo.
Perez, a UCLA signee, also made a diving catch of what looked to be a single up the middle.
Perez, whose sister Kylee is a two-time first-team All-Pac-12 performer at UCLA, closed out an illustrious career hitting .600 with 43 runs, 39 RBIs and 25 stolen bases in 26 attempts.
The fleet 5-foot-5 standout was a model of consistency, batting .458 as a freshman, followed by seasons of .608 and .613.
Perez finished with 172 hits, 187 runs, 148 RBIs, 26 doubles, 19 triples, 31 home runs, a .571 average and 96 steals in 98 attempts in her prep career.
[...] she’ll get one season to play with her sister, perhaps as a starting middle infielder for the Bruins.
With a 20-6 record in 2017, the Bulldogs were 94-13 with three NCS titles over four seasons with Perez and Sparacino in the lineup.
A soccer and basketball standout as well, Perez picked up every softball skill imaginable, but it is her speed that sets her apart.
The left-handed hitter (she throws right) showed it in the sixth inning against Freedom, dunking a hit over the first baseman’s head.
Perez picked UCLA to play another season with her sister — the two played at Alhambra in 2014 when the Bulldogs began a streak of three titles — and to win a national title.
MaxPreps senior writer Mitch Stephens covers high school sports for The Chronicle.
Numbers: 45 hits, 75 at-bats (.600 average), 43 runs, 39 RBIs, 11 doubles, 4 triples, 6 HRs, 25 SB.
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Freedom earned it with three homers that plated eight runs in an inning-plus.
Perez showed it in her final game, going 3-for-4 with two runs, two stolen bases and three RBIs.
The effort came against The Chronicle’s 2016 Metro Player of the Year Vanessa Strong, who was coming off a 19-strikeout perfect game in a first-round North Coast Section playoff win over Arroyo-San Lorenzo.
Perez, a UCLA signee, also made a diving catch of what looked to be a single up the middle.
Perez, whose sister Kylee is a two-time first-team All-Pac-12 performer at UCLA, closed out an illustrious career hitting .600 with 43 runs, 39 RBIs and 25 stolen bases in 26 attempts.
The fleet 5-foot-5 standout was a model of consistency, batting .458 as a freshman, followed by seasons of .608 and .613.
Perez finished with 172 hits, 187 runs, 148 RBIs, 26 doubles, 19 triples, 31 home runs, a .571 average and 96 steals in 98 attempts in her prep career.
[...] she’ll get one season to play with her sister, perhaps as a starting middle infielder for the Bruins.
With a 20-6 record in 2017, the Bulldogs were 94-13 with three NCS titles over four seasons with Perez and Sparacino in the lineup.
A soccer and basketball standout as well, Perez picked up every softball skill imaginable, but it is her speed that sets her apart.
The left-handed hitter (she throws right) showed it in the sixth inning against Freedom, dunking a hit over the first baseman’s head.
Perez picked UCLA to play another season with her sister — the two played at Alhambra in 2014 when the Bulldogs began a streak of three titles — and to win a national title.
MaxPreps senior writer Mitch Stephens covers high school sports for The Chronicle.
Numbers: 45 hits, 75 at-bats (.600 average), 43 runs, 39 RBIs, 11 doubles, 4 triples, 6 HRs, 25 SB.
More...