Lady Cardinals Season Closes In District Play
May 14, 2025 04:48PM ● By Jody Reeves
Alyana Davis in action during a game earlier in the season. Davis had a big impact on the team this year.
The Lady Cardinals softball team will miss out on the state tournament after falling in the district tournament. Last Tuesday the Lady Cardinals played a win or go home game against the Lady Trojans from Wendell. Wendell entered districts as the number two seeded team while the Cardinals were seeded at number four. Soda Springs suffered a loss against the one seed Malad Dragons while the Trojans suffered a loss to the three seeded Declo Hornets. The Hornets, Trojans and Cardinals all traded blows during the regular season and were very comparable. Unfortunately, with the powerhouse Dragons leading the district there was only room for one more team to make the state tournament.
As Tuesday’s must win game kicked off the Cardinals quickly found themselves in an early hole. After going three and out in their first at bat Soda Springs gave up two runs in the bottom of the first. The Lady Cardinals fought to stay in the game by scoring a run in the top of the second but by the end of the inning the Trojan lead had grown to four. In the top of the third inning Hemmert was able to score a run off of a Goodin base hit but the Cardinals still trailed by several runs. In a show of great feilding the Cards got a great double play in the bottom of the third and prevented the Trojans from growing their lead. Things broke down in the bottom of the fourth for Soda Springs. After giving up several runs the Lady Cardinals now trailed by six going into the top of the fifth inning. The Soda girls did their best to fight their way back into the game, cutting the lead to just three runs in the top of the fifth. Unfortunately Soda Springs gave up two runs to the Trojans in the bottom of the inning. The Lady Cardinals followed up that inning with no runs in the sixth while giving up two more runs in the bottom of the inning. Heading into the top of the seventh the Cardinals needed a bunch of runs in a hurry to stay alive. That did not happen for the Lady Cardinals. Soda was unable to score another run and were eliminated from the tournament while seeing their season come to an end.
The Cardinals lose some very influential senior players in Davis, Goodin, Hemmert, Taylor and Thornock. Luckily they will also return a great core of girls that can build on some of the success they experienced this season. Great season girls and good luck to the seniors as they move on.
Cardinals 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5
Trojans 2 3 0 3 2 2 - 12
