Hauck launches rally with homer as Latin Academy extends run of Boston City League softball titles to 21 in a row
'In this one, we weren't at our best,' LA coach Rocco Zizza said. 'But we worked through it. It was a growing experience for us, particularly the younger players. If you end up winning a championship when you're not playing the best, it shows something.'
Eighth-grader Cam Collier struck out 13 in a complete-game effort for Latin Academy.
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It was a pitchers' duel between LA's Cam Collier and O'Bryant's Rylee Hamblin through three innings. But as Mother Nature got involved, the bats came alive. A scoreless tie through three was deadlocked, 5-5, in a blink.
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Collier, an eighth-grader in her second year on varsity, found her touch as the sun re-emerged, firing an immaculate sixth inning before striking out two in the seventh to finish with 13 strikeouts.
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'I think I start to get in my head a little bit, especially when they get runs on the board,' Collier said after allowing five runs. 'I just try to pull myself down, get ahold of myself, make sure I'm doing the right motions so my pitches are better.'
Hauck, who catches for Collier, earned MVP honors by virtue of a 2 for 2 day with a double, the bomb to left, and two walks.
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'I'm good with high pitches, and a lot of [Hamblin's] pitches were high,' said Hauck. 'I'm just going to swing and hit it.'
Boston MA -MAY 24 Latin Academy player #10 Fiona Deabler in second base action with John D. O'Bryant # 3 Gabriela Lopez Chavez . Latin Academy won game 9-5 over John D. O'Bryant School of Mathmatics and Scinence in the Boston City League Girls softball final at Boston College's Harrington Village in Boston MA on May 24 22025. (Jonathan Wiggs Globe /Staff )
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Every member of this year's Latin Academy team wasn't even born the last time LA didn't win a BCL title, but they still recognize the significance of the achievement.
'It's sentimental,' captain Fiona Deabler said. 'It was a close game, and we've had games that weren't close, so it was more significant for us.'
Fellow captain Ruby Gold agreed, and noted the connections between the Latin Academy and O'Bryant teams.
'We've played on the same team as a lot of the girls over there,' she said. 'There's a lot of community, it's always very emotional when we go against O'Bryant, let alone in the finals.'
The Latin Academy softball team was all smiles after capturing its 21st consecutive city championship.
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