Calvary @ Canyon Crest 3/13/12

                                             Harmening Shoots Down the Ravens
Following Calvary's worse loss of the year, senior righthanded pitcher Russell Harmening defined his role as the team's stopper by shutting down the Canyon Crest Ravens 6-1 in the final contest of the 31st Annual Pirate-Falcon Tournament.

Harmening scattered 4 hits, walked none and struckout 10 Raven hitters in 6 innings of work. He allowed 1 unearned run when a wind-blown fly ball to right was misjudged and fell for a triple. The runner came all the way around to score when an errant throw missed the cutoff man.

Offensively, Calvary hit the ball consistently hard, banging out 13 hits against 4 Canyon Crest pitchers.

They started out quickly by scoring 4 runs in the top of the first giving Harmening a nice cushion to work with. Caleb Whitley got the ball rolling when he grounded a ball in the 5.5 hole that was misplayed and he reached on the error. Sam Sheehan followed with a deep double into the right-center gap putting runners on 2nd and 3rd. Harmening then shot a single up the middle scoring both runners. Sophomore Matt Hartman crushed a full-count pitch into the left-center gap for a double once again putting runners on 2nd and 3rd. Sam Hebert then fought off a two-strike pitch a lined a solid RBI single to right scoring Harmening. An RBI groundout by Alex Nurding ended the scoring.

Calvary played solid defense throughout the game as Harmening held Calvary's lead.

The Lions added another run in the 4th inning when Brock Bentley singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch. He moved to third on a David Carpenter infield single and scored on a Whitley RBI groundout. They scored their final run when Whitley smashed a long double down the left field line and Sheehan knocked him in with his second double of the day.

Sheehan closed the game in the 7th by pitching a scoreless inning and striking out two.

The win lifts Calvary's overall record to 4-2. They finished the Pirate-Falcon Tournament at a respectable 3-2 but fell short of advancing to the finals. The tournament invite was a first in Calvary history and overall they rose to the occasion of playing some of the toughest competition in the area.

Next week, they raise the bar higher taking on a much more difficult task in the North County Tournament. They are scheduled to play 5 games over the next 3 weeks versus San Dieguito, Escondido, Mt. Carmel, El Camino and Poway.