The Santa Clarita Valley softball scene was well represented in late July after Ella Iacenda and Julianna Arriaga captured the Alliance Fastpitch 12U National Championship with the Orange County Batbusters Legacy Stith-Arduino 12U team in Indiana.
Tony Arduino, who’s the head coach of the 12U Batbusters team based in Orange County and head softball coach at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, spoke on the team’s win in late July and said the win wouldn’t be possible without the two SCV players.
“[Ella Iacenda] is a special talent. Physically, she’s strong, and just a strong kid who has a lot more room to grow,” Arduino said in an interview with The Signal. “[Julianna Arriaga] came to us late in the year … she added a dynamic to our lineup. You know, she added some power to our lineup. And she added a little edge to our lineup as well.”…