Lady Cardinals Get Two Big Wins

Jody Reeves

The Lady Cardinal softball team had another busy week as they battled three 2A opponents.  Soda Springs started the three game stretch by hosting the Ririe Bulldogs.  The Bulldogs took an early one run lead in the top of the first inning.  As the Cardinals took their turn at bat things picked up quickly.  With the score tied at one and with two outs the Cardinal bats came alive.  Thornock hit a homerun with two other Cardinals on base, taking the score to 4-1.  Soda loaded the bases and Aspen Davis stepped to the plate and smacked a triple, adding three more runs.  Later in the same inning, Ozburn stole home and the Cardinals added a couple more runs, giving Soda a commanding 11-1 lead moving into the second inning.  The scoring slowed down for Soda Springs, but they would remain in control as this game ended early with the Cardinals finishing the third and final inning with a 17-2 victory.

Just one day later, the Cardinals hosted district rival West Side.  Soda once again took control of the game early on.  In the top of the first, the Pirates failed to get a player on base.  As the Cardinals took their first at bat they scored fast and often.  The Davis sisters got the first two runs of the game, followed by Ozburn who scored off of an Oliver triple.  A few moments later the bases were loaded as the Cardinals took advantage of several pitching missteps by West Side, scoring on some walks and hit pitches.  Aspen Davis got a three run home run, and Goodin scored off of another Oliver hit before the inning finally came to a close with the Cardinals leading 11-0.  The Pirates got on the board in the top of the second, but only scored two runs.  In the bottom of the second, Soda picked right up where they left off in the first.  More pitching woes for the Pirates led to the Cardinals once again loading the bases.  Even after a change on the mound, the Cardinals continued to score runs off of walks.  In total, the Cardinals scored eleven more runs on just four hits in the inning.  Soda then held an insurmountable lead of 22-2.  The Pirates added three runs in the top of the third before the game was called and Soda earned their second win in two days.  

In the final game of the week, the Cardinals hosted the Bear Lake Bears.  Soda Springs struggled in this game from the plate.  After three full innings the Cardinals remained scoreless while the Bears tallied a total of six runs.  In the top of the fourth, the Bears added two more runs, holding an 8-0 lead over Soda Springs.  The Cardinals lone score in the inning came from A. Davis who stole home on a wild pitch.  The Bears added yet another run in the top of the fifth.  Soda Springs only managed to match that one run in the inning that came from Ozburn, who would also steal home on a wild pitch.  The Cardinals trailed 9-2.  Soda was finally be able to hold the Bear to no runs in the top of the sixth.  Despite their best efforts, Soda was only be able to add one run in the inning, and entered the final inning trailing 9-3.  In that final inning, the Cardinals were only able to manage one additional run and fell in this game by the score of 10-4.

The Lady Cardinals will next take on top ranked Malad before traveling to Bear Lake for a rematch of their only loss of the week.