Good Sports: Liberty's Rylee Bocchini makes history with home run stretch

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Out successful Madera Ranchos, Liberty's Rylee Bocchini is connected the hunt for different Northwest Sequoia title.

"She's a phenomenal athlete," says manager Keith Davis. I saw that time 1 coming in."

In March, the elder catcher did thing truthful unlikely, it seems impossible.

In six consecutive at-bats against Riverdale and Parlier, Rylee deed six consecutive location runs.

Nobody successful Central Section past has ever accomplished the feat.

"Once I got to similar my 4th one, I was like, 'Oh shoot, erstwhile americium I going to stop?'"

Rylee would decorativeness the two-game agelong 8-9, with six location runs and 13 RBIs.

It's a teardrop she credits to her clip down the dish.

"Honestly, I deliberation being a catcher helps maine beryllium specified a large hitter," she said.

The dual-threat besides caught the oculus of Fresno State.

"My number-one was Fresno State," she said.

In 2022, Rylee verbally committed to play for the Bulldogs -- an accidental helped made imaginable by her coach.

"I consciousness similar helium truly pushed maine to bash things that nary 1 other has truly told maine to do, and helium was truly determination erstwhile one needed assistance with my recruiting stuff," she said.

Feeling similar Rylee was overlooked, Coach Davis pushed Rylee to be camps with the program.

"What a large illustration to amusement each these kids from the ranchos that you tin bash it," helium said.

"I'm ace excited to enactment local, correspond the Valley and enactment successful Fresno," Rylee said.

But earlier she tin absorption connected her clip astatine Margie Wright Diamond, Rylee is looking to extremity her elder run astatine the top.

"You privation that ring, you privation thing to look backmost connected and accidental I was a Valley champion," Davis said.

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