We went to the last Millikan softball practice on Thursday before the Rams play in their first CIF Southern Section championship game since 2005 and we talked to coach Michelle Lehr, pitcher Victoria Byrum, pitcher Ava Schaffel, catcher Cami Lara, center fielder Erica Estrada, third baseman Ari Ramirez and first baseman Katie Knarr.
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JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he has been exclusively covering Long Beach prep sports since 2007.
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