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Youth softball teams gather in Soquel to compete in the three-day Bytheal Ratliff Blast by the Bay tournament

Mountain Dream 10U softball player Kylie Kievlan slides into home for a run Saturday as the Santa Cruz Crushers' Marley Ealy Whitby covers the plate. The teams were playing in the 29-team, three-day Bytheal Ratliff Blast by the Bay tournament at Anna Jean Cummings Park in Soquel. Mountain Dream won the game 9-3. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) — Mountain Dream 10U softball player Kylie Kievlan slides into home for a run Saturday as the Santa Cruz Crushers’ Marley Ealy Whitby covers the plate. The teams were playing in the 29-team, three-day Bytheal Ratliff Blast by the Bay tournament at Anna Jean Cummings Park in Soquel. Mountain Dream won the game 9-3. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

By Shmuel Thaler | sthaler@santacruzsentinel.com | Santa Cruz Sentinel

PUBLISHED: July 16, 2022 at 1:39 p.m. | UPDATED: July 16, 2022 at 1:43 p.m.

Adelaide Gerbrandt steals third for the Santa Cruz Crushers as Mountain Dream's Sarah Churchill tries to corral the throw Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Etta Duncan reaches second base for the Santa Cruz Crushers on Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Mountain Dream 10U players rush to congratulate the Crushers on a game well played after Mountain Dream recorded a 9-3 victory on Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
The Santa Cruz Crushers' Charlie Crotwell steals second as shortstop Brynn Pischler covers the base for Mountain Dream on Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
The Mountain Dream's Ida Robetello looks to make a throw after recording a putout at first base on Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Mountain Dream 10U softball player Kylie Kievlan slides into home for a run Saturday as the Santa Cruz Crushers' Marley Ealy Whitby covers the plate. The teams were playing in the 29-team, three-day Bytheal Ratliff Blast by the Bay tournament at Anna Jean Cummings Park in Soquel. Mountain Dream won the game 9-3. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Mountain Dreams infielder Sarah Churchill makes the tag as the Santa Cruz Crushers' Mia Coleman slides into third base Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Skyler Cloyd of Mountain Dream hustles down the line to reach on an infield single as Santa Cruz Crushers first baseman Sofia Marin fields the throw on Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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