Update: Mortimer Jordan wins consolation bracket of California tournament

Published 9:25 pm Saturday, March 27, 2010

Their state-record 59-game winning streak may have ended here, but they’re already four games into a new one.

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Mortimer Jordan’s nationally-ranked softball team won four straight games to take the consolation-bracket championship of the ESPN RISE/Nike Fastest to First Tournament, after defeating Piedra Vista High of Framington, N.M. 5-2 in the final game.

The Blue Devils (20-1) lost their first game on Thursday, which dropped them into the consolation bracket, then won consecutive games over Foothill High of Henderson, Nev.; St. Frances of Honolulu, Hawaii; and Bingham, Utah.

Jordan is currently 11th in the ESPN RISE Fab 50 national rankings.

The full story appears in Wednesday’s edition of The North Jefferson News.