Dynamite run for north H.B.

The North Huntington Beach Girls’ Softball Dynamites, an 8-and-Under All-Star team, concluded postseason play with a pair of impressive tournament runs.

The first tournament the Dynamites competed in since winning the Central District tournament title last month was the 20th annual Milkcan Classic, a 12-team tournament that featured several district champions and was played in Chino Hills.

The Dynamites posted a 5-1 record to win the tournament. They defeated La Habra (5-0), Santa Monica (13-7), Cypress (6-1) and Chino Hills (12-4 and 8-0), and their loss was to Charter Oak (8-2).

After winning that tournament, the Dynamites, who had now won three consecutive tournament titles, competed at the state championships in Lancaster.

In the 8-and-Under division, there was no declared tournament champion among the competing teams, each of whom entered the tournament as a district champion.

The Dynamites played four games in Lancaster, beating Santee (12-4), no-hit Riverside in a 10-0 triumph, rallied in the final inning to stun Hart (4-2) and suffered their lone loss to Charter Oak (3-2).

Their 3-1 record was the best among the competing teams.

During the All-Star season, the HB Dynamites won the Simi Valley, Central District and Milkcan tournaments, reached the title game at both the West Garden Grove Memorial Day and Los Alamitos tournaments, reached the semifinals of the Placentia/Yorba Linda Tournament and ended it with a 3-1 showing at the state tournament.

Overall, they went 27-6 in the postseason.

The North Huntington Beach 8U Dynamite All-Stars are Kaitlin Barry, Jenny Herron, Camryn Hohneker, Hannah Howell, Kristina Inouye, Alexa Jorgenson, Kelly Kazempoor, Anna Kufta, Bailey Rall, Ally Sterzer, Darcy Weiser and Hannah Wessel.

South Huntington Beach teams on to nationals

Two South Huntington Beach Girls Fastpitch All-Star teams, the 14-and-Under and 12-U squads, have qualified to compete in upcoming national championship tournament play.

The 14-U All-Star team won the Central District title in their division. The All-Stars are Amber Bronsard, Stephanie Coyne, Lauren Czerniachowski, Victoria Galasso, Kathryn Hermann, Avery Ingram, Amanda Kachevas, Alexandra Kanemaru, Shannon Nye, Megan Romero, Chelsea Roy, Rachel Vitali and coaches Kurtis Kanemaru, Michael Romero, Michael Coyne, Lou Bronsard and Doug Kachevas.

The 12-U All-Star team won four of six games to earn a runner-up finish at the Central Division tournament, went on to a third-place finish at the state championships in Lancaster and next will compete in August at the national tournament in Las Cruces, N.M. The All-Stars are Sarah Baca, Kelsey Bartlett, Carly Bradford, Melanie Coyne, Jessica Kuiper, Jillian Martinez, Maddie Moore, Madison Pautsch, Madi Perez, Emily Richards, Angie Santopoalo, Sam Santopoalo, Logan Vournas, Nikki Watkins, Sarah Wood and coaches Greg Vournas, Craig Bradford, Mike Coyne, Dwain Pautsch and Tony Santopoalo.