Trojans beat St. Bernard 11-3 before falling 21-0 to McKinleyville
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UPPER LAKE >> Upper Lake High School’s softball team scored 25 runs for the second game in a row, this time in a 25-15 five-inning victory over Esparto on Friday afternoon in Upper Lake.
“Our batters showed their strength at the plate and had a lot of fun today,” Upper Lake head coach Janice Klier said.
The Cougars (3-1) pounded out 14 hits, led by Addison Vipond (3-or-4, double, 4 RBIs), Alyna Solorio (3-for-4, double, 3 RBIs) and Rilee Sperber 3-for-4, 2 RBIs, five runs). Other leaders were Jordyn Parker (2-for-3, four runs), Aubree Sperber (2-for-2) and Ava Witter (2-for-4, triple, 4 RBIs).
Witter’s three-run triple in the bottom of the first inning set the tone for Upper Lake’s offense.
Kylee Solorio pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts.
“We are all so proud of Kylee pitching her first full game of her high school career,” Klier said.
The Cougars play Tuesday in South Fork at 4 p.m.
In other non-league softball action Friday:
Lower Lake 11, St. Bernard 3
At Eureka, in the first of two road games for the Lower Lake Trojans on Friday, they beat the St. Bernard Crusaders, scoring four times in the second inning and four times in the fourth to build an 8-0 lead.
Winning pitcher Crystal Pepper worked all seven innings, scattering seven hits and allowing three earned runs. She struck out eight and walked four.
Jamiya Lee-Ayers went 2-for-3 with a double and knocked in two runs to spark Lower Lake’s offense while Heidi Ortega went 2-for-4. Shayla McGrath (1-for-3) drove in three runs and Kerrington Snyder (1-for-4) also had a RBI.
McKinleyville 21, Lower Lake 0
At McKinleyville, coming off a win earlier in the day against St. Bernard, the Trojans were 10-runned in five innings by the McKinleyville Panthers, who put the game away with an eight-run first inning followed by five-run second and third innings.
Lower Lake (1-2) committed 11 errors, which made it a long day for losing pitcher Madelyn Garner, who allowed 13 runs (one earned) in two innings.
The Trojans managed only two hits – singles by Pepper and Ortega.
Lower Lake’s three-game north state road swing wraps up Saturday in Ferndale.
