{"id":9854,"date":"2026-05-27T20:31:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854"},"modified":"2026-05-27T20:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:31:56","slug":"albanos-diamond-club-orange-county-softball-standouts-last-week-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854","title":{"rendered":"Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week"},"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=9852\">CIF-SS baseball finals schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dan Albano\u2019s Diamond Club outstanding softball players last week, May 18-23:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Danni Lopez, Whittier Christian, Sr., C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cypress College commit hit a go-ahead, grand slam in a seven-run seventh inning as the Heralds rallied past St. Paul 11-8 in the CIF-SS Division 2 semifinals. She went 2 for 4 in a 13-1 win against top-seeded Bonita in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annabel Raftery, JSerra, So., C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Raftery hit game-winning solo home runs against Pacifica and Norco in the CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively. The left-handed batter hit a leadoff home run in a 1-0 win at Pacifica and belted a home run in the third inning for the first run in a 2-0 victory at Norco.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katerinna Rizos, Northwood, Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rizos hit three-run home runs in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, to help the Timberwolves reach the CIF-SS Division 5 finals. She hit a three-run home run in a 5-4 win against Santa Monica in the quarterfinals. Rizos also belted a three-run home run in a 15-3 win against Covina in the semifinals. She has homered in three consecutive games to raise her total to nine. Rizos has 12 RBIs in the the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9851\">Many National Spelling Bee contenders pursue mastery. For a few, it\u2019s more about memorization<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Tulutululelei\u00a0Salue, Mater Dei, So., 1B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Salue hit home runs against Vista Murrieta and San Clemente to help the Monarchs reach the CIF-SS Division 2 finals. The left-handed slugger went 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs in an 11-8 win against Vista Murrieta. She belted a two-run home run in a 4-2 triumph against San Clemente in the semifinals. Salue leads Mater Dei with 12 home runs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harper Vandermolen, Irvine, Sr., Inf.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bowling Green commit went 5 for 7 with two home runs and seven RBIs to power the Vaqueros to the CIF-SS Division 6 finals. She went 2 for 3 with a home run and four RBIs in an 18-7 win against Heritage in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Vandermolen went 3 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs in a 16-2 win against Granite Hills in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Please send nominees for the Diamond Club to Dan Albano at dalbano@scng.com or @ocvarsityguy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9846\">Election 2026: Is it too late to mail your ballot? Why California election officials are urging voters to send them early<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irvine&#8217;s Harper Vandermolen is among the selections by Dan Albano for outstanding play in softball last week.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week - Silicon Valley Moving Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Irvine&#039;s Harper Vandermolen is among the selections by Dan Albano for outstanding play in softball last week.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Silicon Valley Moving Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-27T20:31:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7\"},\"headline\":\"Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-27T20:31:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854\"},\"wordCount\":410,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/1dc677f9a76ce7dc1da118647528ac2e.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854\",\"name\":\"Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week - Silicon Valley Moving Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/1dc677f9a76ce7dc1da118647528ac2e.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-27T20:31:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/1dc677f9a76ce7dc1da118647528ac2e.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/1dc677f9a76ce7dc1da118647528ac2e.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=9854#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Silicon Valley Moving Post\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week - Silicon Valley Moving Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week - Silicon Valley Moving Post","og_description":"Irvine's Harper Vandermolen is among the selections by Dan Albano for outstanding play in softball last week.","og_url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854","og_site_name":"Silicon Valley Moving Post","article_published_time":"2026-05-27T20:31:56+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7"},"headline":"Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week","datePublished":"2026-05-27T20:31:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854"},"wordCount":410,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1dc677f9a76ce7dc1da118647528ac2e.webp","articleSection":["Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854","url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854","name":"Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week - Silicon Valley Moving Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1dc677f9a76ce7dc1da118647528ac2e.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-27T20:31:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1dc677f9a76ce7dc1da118647528ac2e.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1dc677f9a76ce7dc1da118647528ac2e.webp","width":1024,"height":575},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9854#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Albano\u2019s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/","name":"Silicon Valley Moving Post","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com"],"url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}