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Sweet Home falls to league's top softball teams

 

May 10, 2023

Benny Westcott

Outfielders Trinity Victor, left, and Riley Watkins collide as they go after a fly ball against Stayton. Watkins hung on and made the throw.

The Sweet Home softball team (6-13) lost two home games to the top two squads in the Oregon West Conference last week, falling to Cascade 10-6 on Wednesday and Stayton 9-3 on Thursday.

Of the game against Cascade (13-5), Head Coach Emily Marchbanks said "Losing is always hard, but they're a good team, and we competed well and have been consistently improving, especially with our offense. In general, I think that we are being more aggressive when we're hitting, and consistently putting the ball in play more than we were at the beginning of the year."

On the Stayton (20-3, No. 3) game, the co...



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