• Support
  • Advertise
  • Locations
  • Contact
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTERS
Dana Point Times
  • Calendar
    • Event Calendar
    • Submit an Event
  • Sections
    • Eye On DP
    • Soapbox
      • Submit A Letter
    • Getting Out
    • DP Living
    • Sports & Outdoors
    • DP Surf
    • San Clemente Times
    • Capistrano Dispatch
  • Digital Edition
  • Best of DP
  • Legals & Classifieds
    • Locals Only Business Directory
    • Classified
    • Submit a Classified
    • Obituaries
    • Announcements
    • Legal & Public Notice Advertising
    • Legal Notices
  • Special Publications
    • A New You
    • Aging Well
    • Best of Dana Point
    • Crib to College
    • Dana Point Trolley Information & Route Map
    • Dolphin Football Preview
    • Festival of Whales Event Guide
    • Go See Do
    • Holiday Happenings & Gift Guide
    • Home Improvement Guide
    • Money Matters
    • Ocean Institute Jazz Festival Fundraiser
    • Summer Camp Guide
    • Swallows Day Parade & Mercado Event Guide
    • The Green Issue
    • Turkey Trot Event Guide
  • DP Guide
  • Real Estate
    • South County Real Estate Guide
    • Real Estate – Who’s Who
  • Calendar
    • Event Calendar
    • Submit an Event
  • Sections
    • Eye On DP
    • Soapbox
      • Submit A Letter
    • Getting Out
    • DP Living
    • Sports & Outdoors
    • DP Surf
    • San Clemente Times
    • Capistrano Dispatch
  • Digital Edition
  • Best of DP
  • Legals & Classifieds
    • Locals Only Business Directory
    • Classified
    • Submit a Classified
    • Obituaries
    • Announcements
    • Legal & Public Notice Advertising
    • Legal Notices
  • Special Publications
    • A New You
    • Aging Well
    • Best of Dana Point
    • Crib to College
    • Dana Point Trolley Information & Route Map
    • Dolphin Football Preview
    • Festival of Whales Event Guide
    • Go See Do
    • Holiday Happenings & Gift Guide
    • Home Improvement Guide
    • Money Matters
    • Ocean Institute Jazz Festival Fundraiser
    • Summer Camp Guide
    • Swallows Day Parade & Mercado Event Guide
    • The Green Issue
    • Turkey Trot Event Guide
  • DP Guide
  • Real Estate
    • South County Real Estate Guide
    • Real Estate – Who’s Who
No Result
View All Result
Dana Point Times
No Result
View All Result

Crouse’s Walk-Off Hit Sends Dana Hills to NHSI Championship Game

by Dana Point Times
March 31, 2017 4:54PM
in SPORTS & OUTDOORS, Sports Headlines
Crouse’s Walk-Off Hit Sends Dana Hills to NHSI Championship Game
0
SHARES
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

By Steve Breazeale

Hans Crouse was not about to mince words after he delivered the biggest hit of the year for the Dana Hills High School baseball team on Friday.

The senior smacked a one-out single into right field, which brought home the winning run in the bottom of the seventh in a 6-5 victory over Winder-Barrow that punched the Dolphins’ ticket into tomorrow’s National High School Invitational Championship game against Orange Lutheran.

“We battle all day. We came here as the biggest underdog in the tournament and now we’re going to the championship,” Crouse said on television following the hit.

Indeed, it’s hard to fathom just how far the Dolphins have come in three short days in North Carolina.

Dana Hills is playing the role of Cinderella story in the elite 16-team tournament, which features some of the best programs in the country. While the Dolphins are a team with a pedigree (playing in Southern Orange County is hard work), they did not enter the tournament to much fanfare other than touting Crouse, who is projected to be a first-round MLB Draft pick in June, as their top player.

Following its semifinal win over Winder-Barrow (Georgia) in the semifinals, Dana Hills is showing how tough it can be.

The Dolphins erased a 5-2 deficit by chipping away one inning at a time.

Crouse put the Dolphins on the board first when he laced a two-RBI single into the outfield for a 2-0 lead.

But Winder-Barrow came storming back in the third and got the better of Dana Hills’ sophomore starter Luke Messore to the tune of five runs on four hits.

Dana Hills’ aggressiveness on the base paths almost got the better of them in the fourth inning, when a botched suicide squeeze brought home a run, but ended a rally when the Dolphins ran into an out. Dana Hills trimmed the lead to 5-3 and kept plugging away.

Pitcher Jon Infante pitched four strong innings in relief, allowing just one Wilder-Barrow hit.

Jordan Matthews hit an RBI single in the fifth, and the Dolphins scored one more in the seventh when Joe DeBaca worked a one out, bases loaded walk to tie the game 5-5.

Dana Hills defeated Cullman (Alabama) and Canterbury (Florida) to earn a spot in the semifinals.

Dana Hills will play Orange Lutheran, a team that swept them in a two-game series to start the season back on Feb. 25, in Saturday’s championship. The game is set to begin at 9:15 a.m.

 

Share this:

  • Share
  • Print
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Tumblr
Tags: BaseballCaliforniaDana Hills High SchoolDana PointDolphinsHans Crousehigh school baseballJoe DeBacaLnacersMLBNational High School InvitationalNHSINorth CarolinaOrange CountyOrange Lutheransteve breazealeTournamentUSA BaseballWinder-Barrow
ShareTweetPin

Dana Point Times

Related Posts

Stretch of Doheny State Beach Reopens After Sewage Spill

Stretch of Doheny State Beach Reopens After Sewage Spill

March 29, 2023
Hugs for Heroes Returns to Dana Point Amid Omicron Surge

Annual Progress Report Shows Dana Point Remains Short of Meeting Housing Needs

March 28, 2023
Glasspar

Best of Dana Point: Glasspar Focuses on Fresh Seafood, ‘Elevated’ Customer Service

March 28, 2023
Coastal Commission Grants OC Parks Short-Term Fix Ahead of Master Plan

Assemblymember Davies Introduces Bill on Shoreline Erosion Control

March 29, 2023
Next Post
Pet of the Week: Gumbo

Pet of the Week: Gumbo

Discussion about this post

No Result
View All Result

DP Times Daily
Get important news and updates delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up here.

Subscriptions
Don’t get the DP Times delivered to your home? Subscribe today.

Advertising
Get new customers and drive traffic to your business. Advertise with us.

Support Local Journalism
For less than the cost of a couple of cups of coffee a month, become an “Insider” member and continue to get “Local News You Can Use” from the only independently owned, dedicated local news organization in South Orange County.

Contribute today.

Picket Fence Media is a proud member of the SoCal Media Network.

  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Dana Point Times
  • San Clemente Times
  • The Capistrano Dispatch
  • DP Chamber Directory

© 2023 Picket Fence Media

No Result
View All Result
  • Calendar
    • Event Calendar
    • Submit an Event
  • Sections
    • Eye On DP
    • Soapbox
      • Submit A Letter
    • Getting Out
    • DP Living
    • Sports & Outdoors
    • DP Surf
    • San Clemente Times
    • Capistrano Dispatch
  • Digital Edition
  • Best of DP
  • Legals & Classifieds
    • Locals Only Business Directory
    • Classified
    • Submit a Classified
    • Obituaries
    • Announcements
    • Legal & Public Notice Advertising
    • Legal Notices
  • Special Publications
    • A New You
    • Aging Well
    • Best of Dana Point
    • Crib to College
    • Dana Point Trolley Information & Route Map
    • Dolphin Football Preview
    • Festival of Whales Event Guide
    • Go See Do
    • Holiday Happenings & Gift Guide
    • Home Improvement Guide
    • Money Matters
    • Ocean Institute Jazz Festival Fundraiser
    • Summer Camp Guide
    • Swallows Day Parade & Mercado Event Guide
    • The Green Issue
    • Turkey Trot Event Guide
  • DP Guide
  • Real Estate
    • South County Real Estate Guide
    • Real Estate – Who’s Who

© 2023 Picket Fence Media

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.