CONCORDES White continued its winning form in Mount Gambier softball with a resounding win over Warriors on the weekend.
From the opening innings the White batters were on song, with Karly Pearson, Alli Kreplins, Sarah Thomson, Alana Steicke and Rachel Bagshaw all having safe hits to give White an early 10-run lead.
Not to be out done Erin Chaplin took the game on and hit a home run in the number two batting spot for her team at the bottom of the first and Mel Chuck chimed in with a double to left field.
The start of the second innings saw Jasmin Dissleback take a brilliant line drive catch to end Hannah Taylor’s bat, then Sam Brown commenced the second batting spree for White with a further seven runs scored for the innings.
Under pressure in the second innings with two outs, the Warriors batters lifted, with Bec White and Chuck combining to score four runs.
A recent addition to the White team, Kerry Walker had a few firsts, scoring on three occasions.
Pearson’s two-base hit was scored from a well-placed bunt by Kreplins, who in turn was scored by a safe hit to centre field by Thomson before Warriors closed the innings.
White backed up pitcher Pearson in the third innings to hold Warriors to no score.
Linda Dodds continued her dominance over Steicke with two brilliant left field catches.
Concordes continued their team batting, scoring a further five runs in the final innings.
Warriors came back with a further three runs before a Pearson strike out and excellent field work shut the innings down.
Chaplin battled hard all day for warriors on the mound as well as batting well for her team.
The final score saw a 26-10 victory to White.
Safe hits
Concordes White: A. Kreplins 4, K. Pearson, S. Thomson, R. Bagshaw, S. Brown 3, H. Taylor, A. Steike 2, K. Altschwager 1; Warriors: M. Chuck 3, E. Chaplin 2, B. White, K. Doyle, S. McLean 1.
Meanwhile Demons took on Concordes United and while they scored a strong victory, they did not have it all their own way.
It started as anyone’s game, with both Demons and Concordes United pitchers out of action.
Sarah Thompson joined from Concordes United and took to the mound for her first pitch of the season.
Sarah Niuewenhuizen and Cody Manning pitched well for Demons.
It was a day of batting and base running, with Demons Cody Manning hitting a double-bagger to get three runners home, then followed the next innings with a home run.
Concordes United’s Rachel Bagshaw also had a strong day on the bat, making it over the fence but only progressing to second base due to a bounced hit.
Demons maintained the lead the whole game, with a final score of 14-8.
