Cody Cannon
For The New Era
The Huskies softball team got rolling fast enough to finish 3-1 in their first week after a little bit of a rocky start in a 5-2 loss to Molalla in their opener March 11.
Katie Virtue went 3-4, and Emily Marchbanks pitched seven innings;
giving up only three hits and striking out 13 against Molalla.
The
next day, Sweet Home defeated Newport 5-2, with Virtue again going 3-4
at the plate, and Marchbanks throwing seven innings; giving up only
three hits, with nine strikeouts.
Thursday, they played Regis
twice, blowing the visitors away 11-1 in five innings in the first game
and winning 9-8 the second.
In the first game the girls got nine hits, with Caitlyn Gillespie going 2-3.
Once again Marchbanks had a great game, said Coach Gary Barr, words allowing only two hits, with eight strikeouts.
he second game, Sweet Home had eight hits, with Caitlyn Gillespie going
2-3 again, both triples. Megan Graville went 2-4, and Emily Marchbanks
had “another great
Emily Marchbanks unleashes the ball on her way to nine strikeouts.
This is looking to be a great year that the girls are definitely on their way to a championship season, Barr said.