The Marina Vikings staged a remake of their earlier win over the Westlake Warriors on Friday and ended up winning the CIF-SS Division 3 softball title at Deanna Manning Stadium in Irvine.
That 8-1 win over the Warriors echoed an earlier 12-2 victory by Marina back in March.
Mia Valbuena allowed only one run and struck out 13 batters in the win for the team that had finished third in the Sunset League. Her sister Avi had four RBIs.
The Vikes (20-13) had a 5-0 lead after three innings and led 7-0 until the Westlake Village team broke the shutout with a run in the bottom of the sixth.
Friday’s win was Marina’s first CIF-SS softball title since 1995.
Winning the crown qualified the Vikings for the CIF Southern Regional playoffs, but the team will stay home and enjoy ITS accomplishment.
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