Hot-hitting Cougars over Wolverines
Sydnie Thayer applies the tag to Dirigo’s Gabby White at third base for the out during the first inning of Monday’s game. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Farrah Casey scores on a wild pitch. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
A Dirigo runner beats a throw home to Wolverine catcher Corey Campbell. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Kelsey Jones bats for WMHS against Dirigo. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Sydnie Thayer applies the tag to Dirigo’s Gabby White at third base for the out during the first inning of Monday’s game. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Farrah Casey scores on a wild pitch. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
A Dirigo runner beats a throw home to Wolverine catcher Corey Campbell. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Kelsey Jones bats for WMHS against Dirigo. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
The Wolverines are still looking for their first Mountain Valley Conference softball win following a loss to visiting Dirigo Monday. Weather permitting, Wiscasset Middle High School will be at Boothbay Region today, Tuesday, May 9.
The Cougars sent 16 batters to the plate in the first inning, running up a 12-run lead. Gabby White provided the big blow, driving in three runs with a bases-loaded double. Third baseman Sydnie Thayer applied the tag to White after she was thrown out at third base trying to stretch her hit to a triple.
Four of the Wolverines’ runs came in the home half of the first inning. Lindsey Gordon walked and stole second. Stephanie Jones then doubled home Gordon with a line drive double down the left field line. Dirigo pitcher Ashley Perreault then hit Kelsey Jones and walked Sydney Thayer to load the bases. Then Farrah Casey, who was brought in to pinch run for Jones, scored on a wild pitch. The Wolverines added two more runs before the inning ended.
Wiscasset held the visitors scoreless in the second inning, Gordon at shortstop made two putouts. She finished with eight on the day. Dirigo added three more runs in the third and fourth innings. Alexa Varnum doubled, knocking in two runs. The Cougars scored another two runs in the game’s final inning.
Gordon led off the fifth inning with a single to left, Jones then reached base after being hit by a pitch. Back-to-back hits by Thayer and August Moore scored two more Wiscasset runs. The game was called after five innings due to the 12-run rule.
The Wolverines, now 0-4, will face winless Boothbay today. Tuesday’s win was Dirigo’s first (1-4) of the season.
Raiders roll
At Oak Hill High School in Wales Thursday, May 4, WMHS was shut out 12-0. Gordon had two singles for the Wolverines in the third and fifth innings. Farrah Casey and Leah Potter both had singles. Sadie Waterman pitched for Oak Hill and finished with five strikeouts. Moore pitched for WMHS and struck out two batters.
The Raiders put three runs on the scoreboard in the first inning, four in the second, three in the fourth and one in the fifth. Charlotte Waterman had three singles and a triple and Waterman two singles for Oak Hill. Shortstop Gordon made one of the game’s best defensive plays, a diving catch in the fourth inning.
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