Softball Snaps Five Game Skid with Sweep of Concord
The Stockbridge softball team had a rough stretch of late, but came up with a big doubleheader sweep of Concord Thursday, May 27 to snap a five-game losing streak.
The Panthers jumped out to a 6-2 lead after two, but Concord battled back to tie it at six in the fourth. Stockbridge retook the lead in the bottom of the inning with an RBI groundout by Alexis Hightower and RBI-single by Makayla Surline for a 9-6 lead and cruised to the 12-6 win.
Joslynn Caskey had a big night with four hits and two RBI. McKenzie Noble chipped in with three hits and two runs scored and Surline two hits and two RBI. Hightower and Arin Szumlinski each had a hit and RBI and Madi Mazuca one hit. Hannah Lockhart earned the win with eight strikeouts.
The Panthers used a huge 12-run first inning to take a commanding lead and cruise to an 18-4 win in the second game.
Szumlinski led the offense with three hits and three RBI, while Caskey had another big game with three hits and two RBI. Lockhart had two hits and four RBI, Noble two hits and one RBI, Hightower and Grace Burg and hit and two RBI each, and Surline a hit and run scored. Caskey earned the win on the mound striking out one.
The Panthers had a rough time dropping three games earlier in the week.
The fell to a powerful Eaton Rapids team 14-2 in the opening round of the Lansing Diamond Classic Monday.
The Panthers scored a pair of runs in the top of the first, but the lead was short lived as the Greyhounds scored three runs in each of the first three innings to blow the game open.
Szumlinski led the offense with a pair of hits, while Noble had a double and run scored and Surline one hit.
The Panthers then dropped a pair of games 15-5 and 14-3 to Fowlerville Tuesday.
Noble led the offense with a double and three RBI and Lockhart a hit and RBI. Ashlee Grumelot had a double and RBI, Hightower a double and run scored, Szumlinski and Surline a hit and run scored each in the opener.
A six-run fourth inning doomed the Panthers in the second game.
Noble again led the offense with two hits and an RBI. Burg and Hightower each had a hit and run scored, and Caskey one hit.
The Panthers improved to 21-14 overall on the season. They open district play Tuesday at 5:30 against Springport at Jackson Lumen Christi
