April 10, 2008 09:35 am
—
Staff Report
The Milford softball team
had three wins all of last
year.
After two games, they’ve
nearly reached that total this
season.
The Wildcats beat South
Kortright, 22-10, on Tuesday
to win their second straight
game to open the season under
second-year head coach
Jim Weir.
``I think we’ll be a much
better hitting club this year,’’
said Weir, in his second year
with the softball team after
many years coaching the
baseball team at Milford.
``We were very young last
year, and now we all have
that season under our belts.’’
Gabby Skillen worked on
her pitching during the offseason
and should be improved
on the mound, Weir
added. In a 22-10 victory
over Roxbury Monday, Skillen
walked eight and struck
out eight.
``She really only had two
innings that gave her trouble,’’
Weir said. ``But it was
the first game and she’ll only
get better.’’
Against Roxbury, Milford
trailed 10-9 heading to the
bottom of the fifth inning,
scored four times in the fifth,
and nine more times in the
sixth to pull away. Kayla
Thorn had three hits and two
runs batted in for Milford,
which was the recipient of 24
bases on balls.
Weir said in addition to
Thorn, two-time Tri-Valley
All Star Kerry O’Hara, Chynna
Pitlock and four-year
player Rachel Schultes
should add some pop to the
line-up.
``Those three all have the
potential to hit the long ball,’’
he said.
Pitlock had three hits and
four runs batted in during
the win over SK, and she and
O’Hara hit back-to-back doubles.
Schultes and Kayla
Thorn had two hits each.
Other returnees include
leadoff hitter Emily Brigham
and sophomore Mariah Coville,
who had three runs
batted in on Monday.
``Our first goal is to improve
on last year, and if everything
falls right maybe
we can compete for our side,’’
Weir said. ``Schenevus is the
team to beat on our side, and
Edmeston will be good again
in the West. In softball, you
need to make your own
breaks sometimes, and that’s
what we’re going to try and
do.’’
CV-S baseball 2-0
Strong pitching and hitting
lifted the CV-S baseball
team to non-league wins over
Jefferson and Gilboa Monday
and Tuesday.
Adam Halay had eight
strikeouts in four innings
and had two doubles during
a 11-3 win at Jefferson Monday.
Mike Fassett, Nate Herringshaw
and Adams all
added two hits.
On Tuesday at Gilboa,
Adams did not allow a hit
during his four innings on
the mound, and freshman
Sam Dubben had three hits
and six runs batted in.
CV-S, which begins its
Tri-Valley schedule at Morris
today, scored 10 first inning
runs.
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