The answer is yes. But another showing like Saturday, and the drive to and from will be longer than the amount spent of time playing the game.
The Cougars concluded pool play at the Live Oak Annie Lynch Memorial Circle of Champions Saturday with a 1-2 mark. The Cougars knocked off Harbor Friday, 7-0. But Half Moon Bay lost both of its games Saturday, falling to Salinas, 7-4, and Live Oak, 7-0.
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But if Harbor wins, there will be a three-way tie for second. The top three teams advance to Saturday's final day. Half Moon Bay should get in.
All Half Moon Bay players know is that they will be playing Saturday at 9 a.m. The opponent will be determined based on the remainder of the other pool games played Friday,
Saturday's action will consist of single-elimination games. The Cougars were scheduled to play at Soquel today.
Half Moon Bay begins Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division action Tuesday, playing at Capuchino.
Harbor errors helped Half Moon Bay but the Cougars' own errors hurt in the losses to Salinas and Live Oak. The Cougars committed errors, helping the Cowboys and the Acorns to win.
Half Moon Bay made some fielding miscues in winning the San Lorenzo Valley Tournament a week earlier. But the teams Half Moon Bay beat don't compare to Salinas and Live Oak.
Live Oak is a favorite to win the Blossom Valley Athletic League's Mount Hamilton Division, the power league in that division.
Salinas would be a favorite in its league, if the Tri-County Athletic League wasn't the toughest league in the Central Coast Section.
"The errors just killed us," coach Naomi Patridge said.
Half Moon Bay trailed 7-0 against Salinas after three innings. The Cougars managed to scratch out two runs in the fourth and the fifth.
Ashley Zmerzlikar tripled and scored. Miranda Holeton added a double and scored.
Holeton scored three runs in the win over Harbor. Meagan Marshall was 2-for-2 with two RBIs.
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