Softball squads continue play at Rally in the Valley

Published 10:30 pm Thursday, April 27, 2023

The Kenai Central, Soldotna and Homer softball teams continued play at the Rally in the Valley on Friday.

The Kardinals played at Colony Middle School and lost 6-0 to Colony and 9-1 to West Valley to fall to 0-4 in the tournament and 0-4 overall.

In the loss to Colony, Kailey Stynsberg and Kyana Griskevich had the hits for the Kards. Against West Valley, Sarai Bravo-Moe had a hit and a run, while Zoey Riley had a hit.

The Stars played at Redington and lost to Ketchikan 15-5 before defeating Houston 17-2. The Stars are now 1-3-1 overall and 1-2-1 at the tournament.

Against Ketchikan, Miah Mead was 2 for 2 with an RBI, while Makynzi Deborski was 1 for 3 with a run and two RBIs, Alyssa McDonald had a hit and an RBI, Bailey Conner had a hit and a run, Juliet Innes had a run, Kacey Cunningham had a run and Isabella Gares had a run.

Against Houston, the Stars grabbed a 16-2 lead after the first inning and the game was over after two innings. Deborski had two runs, McDonald had two runs, Isabelle Cruz was 2 for 2 with two runs and three RBIs, Mead was 2 for 2 with three runs and two RBIs, Conner was 2 for 3 with two runs, Brook Fischer scored two runs, Cunningham was 2 for 2 with five RBIs and Londyn Deborski was 2 for 2.

Innes pitched both innings and gave up two earned runs on two hits while walking four and striking out three.

Homer played at Colony Middle School and dropped a 13-4 decision to Colony to fall to 0-3 in the tournament and 2-3 overall. Becca Trowbridge had a pair of hits for Homer.

Today at Colony Middle School, Homer plays North Pole at 11:40 a.m. and Ketchikan at 2:20 p.m.

At Wasilla, Kodiak plays Soldotna at 9 a.m., Wasilla plays Kenai at 11:40 a.m. and Kenai plays Lathrop at 2:20 p.m.