Holy Family beats Windsor for Class 4A softball title behind Stanford commit Emmaline Humphreys
AURORA Ten minutes into the Class A softball title tournament on Saturday at Aurora Sports Park Holy Family already revealed itself down - Enter Emmaline Humphreys the Tigers right-handed ace to save the day Humphreys had just thrown an eight-inning masterpiece in Holy Family s extra-frame win over Palmer Ridge in the semifinals and coach Moriah Nguyen was hoping to get the Stanford commit at least an inning of rest to start the championship But after an RBI groundout and Windsor star Kylie Smith s two-run homer to center rest time was over Emmaline hopped in there and did exactly what she needed to Nguyen mentioned Tired or not she was going to empty the tank AURORA CO Emmaline Humphreys pitches the state championship contest on Saturday he Holy Family Tigers win the A Girls Softball state championship on October Photo by Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer Humphreys held Windsor at bay the rest of the day throwing innings of one-run ball with strikeouts Meanwhile the Tigers offense got to Wizards ace Jenna McGinnis with the help of three Windsor errors in a six-run fourth inning The end aftermath was a - win for Holy Family and a second straight title challenge loss for Windsor after the Wizards fell to Lutheran - in the championship in Holy Family s now won five titles and four in the last eight years Humphreys performance was even sweeter for the pitcher considering she spent the season sidelined due to an ACL tear Related Articles University walks-off Eaton for Class A softball title in another epic showdown between Patriot League rivals Colorado high school football How Post Preps Top teams fared in Week Legend dynamic duo Madi Smolen Lucy Thompson lead Titans to A flag football final Colorado high school football scoreboard Week With championships in her bloodline Columbine shortstop Liv Keiter leads Rebels into Class A state tournament That motivated me a lot because it made it urgent Humphreys reported I didn t have four years to do this I only had three I also got to sit on the sideline and I watched band dynamics and I watched unit heritage and so you could say I was plotting what I sought this organization to be like all of last year Following her marathon outing in the semifinals where she racked up Ks an exhausted Humphreys noted she couldn t believe I unveiled a second wind and that I was pitching off pure adrenaline at the end The star pitcher got help from her offense in the comeback as Holy Family finished - and Windsor finished - Senior infielder Jaelyn Sandoval led the way with a three-hit two RBI performance With how the first tinning started I was hoping our girls could scratch and claw to the end and they did Nguyen noted They never gave up or lost faith that we could win this competition And after we took the momentum in the fourth Emmaline made sure we didn t give it back Want more sports news Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver s teams
