The Mill Valley All-Stars nipped the San Anselmo All-Stars 12-11 in extra innings to win the Marin Girls Softball Seniors All-Star Tournament.
The Seniors are seventh and eighth graders and each team is a collection of the best players from several teams competing within their individual leagues.
The championship game was an exciting contest, with twists and turns to delight the fans of both teams. But one of the most interesting things about it was that it didn’t figure to be this compelling.
Tamalpais pitching ace Kim Scarsella
As the honors mount, Kim Scarsella is our nominee to be the poster girl for the value of youth sports programs.
Kim is a mound mainstay for the Tamalpais High School Hawks, who sit atop the softball standings in the Marin County Athletic League.
Last week, Kim was cited by the Marin Independent Journal as the girl prep star of the week. It was an honor well deserved. But calling her the “star of the week” is an understatement of the magnitude of calling Mohammed Ali a fairly tough guy. Or saying Lady Gaga has a strange sense of style.
Kim Scarsella is more than a one-week wonder, she dominates a softball game the way the best pitchers do. Statistics never tell the whole story, but here are some numbers that hint at the exceptional season she is having:
During the week for which she was honored by the Marin newspaper, she defeated Terra Linda 6-0 while striking out 17 and then bested Novato 6-2 while chalking up 11 more K’s.
