Dawson Downs of Ripon (left) reacts after hitting a deep ball during a game earlier this season. At right is Rylee Bocchini from Liberty of Madera Ranchos during her streak of hitting a home run in six straight at-bats. Photos: Gary Jensen / Manteca Bulletin & Twitter.com.
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. We begin this week with softball player Cynthia Arellano of San Jose Silver Creek tying a state record with four homers in one game and another softball player, Rylee Bocchini of Madera Liberty, going into the books with six consecutive homers (which also may be a new national record). For baseball, multi-sport athletes Nate Gomez, Alec Blair and A.J. Minyard all had notable outings.
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(Thanks to CIF Central Section historian Bob Barnett for contributions)
(Through reported results of Tuesday, April 2 for baseball & softball)
