Independence Softball beats Myers Park 5-1

He was just good. Every game we’re still kind of nervous …

“Chico can hit. They are a really good team”, Avila said. This team has a lot of potential and if we keep working hard and keep taking it one day at a time I know that we will continue to get better and better.

“We both got our serves really consistent today”, Breneman said. “It seems like something we like to do – we like to slow down and then we come back up”.

The loss drops the Tigers to 3-11-1 overall and 1-6 in district action.

Seeking its first win over Lakeshore since 2015, SSA (8-11, 2-6) took a 2-1 lead in the bottom half of the third inning.

The Wranglers, 4-9 for the season and 1-2 in the 3A West, will travel to Chino Valley this Friday for a 3:45 p.m. and then host archrival (non-region foe) Parker at 3:45 p.m. Monday before starting the second round of region competition at league-leader Northwest Christian at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 10.

“It was a well-played game”.

“We started off sluggish”, Joplin coach Luis Percovich said. “Chico had some key hits when they needed them”.

Last year, the team only consisted of eight players, so this gave each individual a bigger role, and it allowed Coach Brannon to give them a bit more attention.

Louisville bounced back with a two-run single from junior Josh Stowers in the top of the second. Willard is an excellent ball club, and we gave them a run. Sophomore Felipe Castro had two hits, with two runs scored and two RBI. “So, it just makes it tough, when you have two or three games a week and you have to reschedule”.

Deacon Banner had two hits and scored the lone tally of the afternoon off an RBI by Chase Hampton.

The women’s tennis team is now sitting at a 1-0 conference record for the season.

In the fifth, Harris and Asbury had base hits with Harris scoring as Sarah Pinkston forced the runner at second.

“Northgate’s starter commanded multiple pitches on both sides of the plate”, Ukiah coach Stephen Summers said. “We had tons more opportunities”.

Kaitlyn Gibson had four hits and was the winning pitcher in relief as the La Salle-Peru softball team earned a 5-1 victory over Gatlinburg Pittman (Tenn.) on Tuesday in the Lady Cavaliers’ final game of their trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C.

In the final game of pool play, Enterprise defeated Huntsville’s Grissom High by a score of 7-3 with Shelby Kyser going 2-for-4 from the plate with an RBI.

In the loss to Lincoln, Ukiah’s bats fell silent as the Wildcats only managed three hits. “We just couldn’t manufacture anything”.

Those two fifth-inning runs ended the day for Dillenbeck, who went 4 2/3 innings, allowing six earned runs.

Henry Clay 5, Webster County 1: The Webster County High School varsity baseball team led 1-0 after its first at bat, but was outscored 5-0 the remainder of the game by Henry Clay of Lexington.