SOFTBALL: LORIMOR PERFECT WITH 21 STRIKEOUTSFremont-Mills (Tabor, Iowa) senior
Mindy Lorimor struck out all 21 batters during an 8-0, perfect-game victory over Nishnabotna (Hamburg, Iowa). She also had a similar effort in 2009 against Farragut (Iowa). Though no national records are kept in this category, MaxPreps believes at least two others have turned the feat: Michelle Granger of Valencia (Placentia, Calif.) and Dallas Escobedo of St. Mary's (Phoenix). There may be others, but this is a rare feat nonetheless.
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Alexa Larkin struck out 15 and allowed only two hits as Latrobe (Pa.) defeated Seneca Valley (Harmony, Pa.), 5-3, to win the WPIAL Class AAAA championship.
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Germantown (Wis.) blanked East (Wauwatosa, Wis.), 3-0, as Hannah Klebesadel struck out 16 and yielded just one hit.
BASKETBALL: BLACKMON TO STAY AT LUERSAfter becoming head boys basketball coach at his alma mater, Marion (Ind.), James Blackmon has decided to remain at
Bishop Luers (Fort Wayne, Ind.). A superstar player at Marion, Blackmon was hired on May 11. However, last week he decided that family ties were too strong in Fort Wayne and elected to keep his current job.
His wife, Sailaja, is a doctor in Fort Wayne and his three sons – who appear to be a budding basketball franchise – did not want to move.
James Blackmon Jr. is one of the nation's premier freshmen and already committed to Indiana University. Another son, Vijay, is ranked among the nation's elite seventh graders by Hoop Scoop publisher Clark Francis and Jalen is in second grade.
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D.J. Fenner is transferring from Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) to
O'Dea (Seattle), according to the Seattle Times. Fenner, who is the son of former Seattle Seahawks running back Derrick Fenner, averaged 18 points as a freshman at Seattle Prep before going east.
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