11 and victorious: Yuba City edges River Valley; Honkers stay a game back of CVC lead heading into Bella Vista game

Scoreless through seven complete, it took four full extra innings to decide a winner Thursday between visiting Yuba City High softball and rival and host River Valley in the Capital Valley Conference finale between the schools.

The Honkers finally were able to break through for a second and final time when Tori Hernandez led off the top of the 11th with a triple on a ball that the junior sliced down the right-field line far enough way to allow Hernandez to reach three bags safely against RV starter Payton Smith. YC’s Alexia Alvarez followed with a one-out sac fly to center to plate Hernandez for the go-ahead and eventual game-inning run to topple RV for a second time this season, 2-1 in 11 innings.