Canyon del Oro High School's Sammi Noland pats dust off of herself after stealing second base in a game against Scottsdale Saguaro High School in the fifth inning during the second round of the 4A-I state softball tournament at CDO on May 10, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. CDO won 6-1. Photo by Dean Knuth / Arizona Daily Star

CDO grad Noland on a tear at Oregon StateΒ 

Former CDO softball all-starΒ Sammi Noland, who mostly sat on the bench in two seasons at Nebraska, is now Oregon State’s starting right fielder. Through games of Friday, Noland was hitting .385 with four home runs, including what must have been a sweet 11-10 victory over Nebraska last week, when she hit a homer and had five RBIs against her former teammates.Β 


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