Tannon Snow of Chino Hills High, Calif., and Alyssa Palomino of Mission Viejo High, Calif., had one of the most exciting home run races going in the country this past high school season when they were battling for the California state career home run record.

First, Palomino broke the state record with her 56th career dinger, while Snow was sitting on her 50th career bomb.

“She was at 56 and I was at 50, so I really didn’t see myself catching her,” Snow said. “I just worked harder, I set a goal and it was me and Alyssa the whole time. I’m happy it was her.”

Snow and Palomino, who were teammates on the OC Batbusters-Haning/Stith team that won the PGF 18U Nationals last summer, continued there friendly competition throughout the end of the season with texts and on Twitter.

“After every single home run, we were texting and congratulating each other and saying, ‘Beat me! Beat me!'” Snow said. “It was totally motivating. We’re sisters. We’ve been playing together since eighth grade. It was so exciting. It was awesome.”

Snow finished with 28 homers during her senior campaign to surpass Palomino and finish with a California state record 60 career homers. Palomino came close, finishing with 58 career bombs.

And Snow’s homers this past season against weak opposition. Chino Hills played in the Baseline League, which is in CIF-SS Division 1 and is widely considered one of the toughest divisions in California.

“During high school season the ball was like a beach ball,” Snow said. “It literally looked like a beach ball. I just went up and took my hacks and I ended up going over (the record).

“We had good pitching in our league, a lot better than the (Division 2) Sierra League that I was in my first three years. It was nice to face better competition.”

And Snow could have coceivably had more home runs. She missed much of her sophomore year after being cleated and spraining her ankle and Achille’s tendon, and she wasn’t at full strength as a junior after spraining her other ankle. She was finally 100 percent for her senior year. But now she is California’s career home run champion in a state thathas produced legendary softball players.

“It’s huge,” Snow said of the record. “I was speechless and now I am taking it all in now that the season is over and all that stuff. It’s amazing.”

Snow, who received her official invite to the Louisville Slugger Hit Club on Thursday, July 2, is in Colorado this week trying to help the OC Batbusters win the Boulder Independence Day Tournament, while Palomino is with the USA junior national team in the World Cup of Softball X in Irvine, Calif. But their will continue their sisterly rivalry in the future in the Pac-12 when Snow heads to Washington and Palomino goes to Arizona.

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