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Ace Sutton Leads Bearcats in PAL Ocean Awards
Junior right-hander named co-pitcher of year; Jacobs, Titus and Cohen all land first-team honors.
San Mateo’s Bailey Sutton is getting used to collecting awards. The Bearcat junior was named a Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division co-pitcher of the year on Tuesday, a year after she won the honor outright.
Woodside senior southpaw Ashley Miller shares the award with Sutton, a right-hander.
Sutton, who led San Mateo to the PAL Ocean championship at 9-1, compiled a 14-4 overall record and batted a team-high .457 during the regular season.
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San Mateo junior shortstop Karyn Jacobs, junior second baseman Tayler Titus and senior catcher Francie Cohen all earned All-PAL Ocean first-team honors. Seniors Elisa Pineda and Megan Hughes and junior Shannon Wischer landed second-team recognition.
Those players now look to spark the Bearcats to postseason glory. San Mateo, which earned the No. 11 seed in the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs, visits sixth-seeded Aptos today at 4 p.m. in a first-round game.
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(To read about the PAL Bay Division awards, including Hillsdale and Aragon standouts, click .)
Here are the complete 2011 All-PAL Ocean Division selections:
PAL Ocean Division player of the year: Selina Rodriguez, El Camino, senior
PAL Ocean Division co-pitcher of the year: Ashley Miller, Woodside, senior
PAL Ocean Division co-pitcher of the year: Bailey Sutton, San Mateo, junior
FIRST TEAM
Francie Cohen, San Mateo, senior
Tayler Titus, San Mateo, junior
Karyn Jacobs, San Mateo, junior
Andrea Sims, South San Francisco, sophomore
Elaina Revilla, El Camino, senior
Kathleen Vallarino, Menlo-Atherton, junior
Lauren Diller, Menlo-Atherton, junior
Mikayla Wilkes, Sequoia, sophomore
Nicole Kielty, Sequoia, junior
Niki Serrano, Sequoia, senior
Samantha Parker, Woodside, junior
Kimi Wong, Woodside, junior
Rebecca Pilakowski, Woodside, sophomore
SECOND TEAM
Kalia Chavez, South San Francisco, senior
Elisa Pineda, San Mateo, senior
Megan Hughes, San Mateo, senior
Shannon Wischer, San Mateo, junior
Alexis Guitran, Menlo-Atherton, senior
Erin LaPorte, Menlo-Atherton, sophomore
Caitlin Castagnola, Sequoia, sophomore
Sarah Singh, Sequoia, junior
Ashley Killmon, Sequoia, sophomore
Tarah Brunelle, Sequoia, junior
Amanda Canepa, Woodside, senior
Allie Effisimo, Woodside, senior
Allie McBride, Woodside, freshman
HONORABLE MENTION
Jennifer Gomez, San Mateo, senior
Jackie Gonzalez, Menlo-Atherton, sophomore
Sabrina Canepa, Woodside, sophomore
Alaina Woo, Sequoia, sophomore
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