{"id":5650,"date":"2026-05-12T22:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5650"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:02:27","slug":"marina-softball-coaches-dan-hay-and-shelly-luth-to-retire-after-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5650","title":{"rendered":"Marina softball coaches Dan Hay and Shelly Luth to retire after playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.\u00a0Subscribe now<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5648\">Man with an assault rifle sprays rounds at drivers near Boston, wounding 2 before being shot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coaches Dan Hay and Shelly Luth united several years ago to help rebuild Marina\u2019s softball program.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, their progress will again be displayed as they guide the Vikings into the CIF-SS playoffs for the final time as a coaching duo.<\/p>\n<p>Hay and Luth, a pair of Hall of Fame coaches, are set retire after the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>The tandem leads Marina (19-8) into a Division 1 first-round game at defending champion and No. 2 seed Norco (25-2). The game marks the Vikings\u2019 first trip to the Division 1 playoffs under Hay and Luth since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWin or lose, they kids have done a phenomenal job,\u201d Luth said this week. \u201cWe\u2019re in playoffs. A lot of teams, they don\u2019t even get to playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very, very special group,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Hay and Luth formed a power coaching duo in 2019 with this type of competition in mind. They wanted to help restore the Vikings\u2019 winning ways.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last season, Marina captured CIF-SS Division 3 for the school\u2019s first section championship since 1995 during Luth\u2019s first tenure at the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that we\u2019re most proud of is bringing the CIF championship back to Marina after all those years,\u201d Hay said. \u201cWe truly had to build a program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marina has been especially successful with seniors Mia Valbuena, Avi Valbuena and Gabriella DiBenedetto.<\/p>\n<p>The trio has helped the Vikings post a 76-39-1 record since joining the Vikings in 2023.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Valbuena twins start at pitcher and center fielder, respectively, while DiBenedetto plays catcher. Mia Valbuena, who signed with Michigan, lead the section with 265 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5642\">Obama meets with Talarico, aiming to boost Democrat\u2019s bid for US Senate in Texas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA coach\u2019s dream,\u201d Luth said of the group.<\/p>\n<p>Hay and Luth navigated their Marina journey as friends.<\/p>\n<p>They competed against each other years ago in the Sunset League when Luth led Marina and Hay guided Huntington Beach.<\/p>\n<p>They also work together at Premier Girls Fastpitch, a national travel ball association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinishing up my career here, it\u2019s been an absolute pleasure coaching with her,\u201d Hay said of Luth. \u201cShe\u2019s one of my best friends inside or outside of softball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hay and Luth are both members of the Orange County softball Hall of Fame. Luth is a part of the CIF-SS Hall of Fame with 599 career wins. Hay has 330 career victories from stops at Marina, Huntington Beach and Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re both looking forward to spending more time with grandchildren in retirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to just embrace, for the first time in my life, not working,\u201d said Luth, who is retiring as a physical education teacher at Marina at the end of the school year.<\/p>\n<p>Hay is running for a spot on the Fountain Valley city council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to make her my campaign manager,\u201d he said of Luth with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Second-year La Habra coach Vince Peralta has resigned for health reasons, he confirmed. The Highlanders play host to Los Altos in the Division 1 playoffs on Thursday. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Other Division 1 first-round games that moved to Thursday include: Pacifica at Glendora, Yucaipa at JSerra, Los Alamitos at La Mirada and Canyon at Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Santa Margarita and El Dorado both applied for at-large bids to the playoffs but came up short in the power ratings in Division 2. Roosevelt earned the final at-large bid with an 8.103 rating, just ahead of Santa Margarita at 8.084. El Dorado posted a power-rating of 7.996. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Orange Lutheran senior Morgan Fitzpatrick\u2019s transfer eligibility appeal to the CIF State was denied, her father Luke confirmed.\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sunny Hills\u2019 Elayna Marquez has 16 home run entering the Lancers\u2019 Division 4 first-round game at Chino on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5640\">Republican senators say they need more detail on $1B White House security request<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Softball notes: The Hall of Fame coaches united in 2019 to rebuild the program and led the Vikings to a CIF-SS title last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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