Hills Softball Association ‘A’ Grade Women (Strathalbyn v Torrens Valley)

A wet and wintery night produced slippery conditions and a whitewash score line as Torrens valley scored fifteen runs in the first innings. Outfield hits went to Byfield and Hoyle, but the majority of runners got a free walk around the bases. Strathalbyn started their batting well, making use of a few walks, but Torrens Valley pitchers, Hopkins and Walters, adjusted to the wet conditions and the Panthers were unable to respond with the bat, only bringing in three runs. 

In the second innings, Hoyle got another solid outfield hit as did Mackey and Adams-McDonald to add another ten runs to Torrens Valley. Strath was unable to respond with only one run in the second innings and the game was declared. Outfield hits going to Rebekah and Tiana Mayes with catches going to Hood, Jorgensen and Milne.   

Hills Softball Association ‘C’ Grade Women (Strathalbyn v Hahndorf)

An evenly matched game between Strathalbyn and Hahndorf produced some great game play. Strath were up to bat first and started the game off with a two base hit to Casey Taylor followed by safe hits to Bobbie Taylor and Stacey Jamieson which pushed runners around and brought in three runs. Hahndorf’s pitcher Anna Bell was playing well with a K2 and a catch with the final out coming from clean fielding and a safe throw from Jess Jakeaway at third base to the safe glove of Amanda Martin at first base. Hits to Jakeaway and Katie Oliver and great base running brought home two runs for Hahndorf with Strath’s pitcher/catcher combo of Amy Bailey to B.Taylor working hard for two K2’s and Bailey fielding well and throwing to Jamieson at first for the final out of the innings.

Strathalbyn added a further three runs in their second turn at bat with another safe hit to C.Taylor and a three base hit to B.Taylor bringing runners home before Hahndorf made another K2, another catch to Bell and another out at first after great fielding by Jakeaway. Hahndorf had safe hits to Jenny Longmire and Cherylea Tinsley-Smith and excellent base running to bring home a further four runs in their second batting dig with Strath making another two K2’s and an out at first from solid fielding by second base Clare Foley.

In their third batting dig Strath again had solid hits to Bailey, Nicole Filsell, C.Taylor and Jamieson and ran the bases well to bring home runs with Bailey sliding in at home for the eighth before Hahndorf could send them from the diamond with a tag out at second, a catch by Martin and a catch at centrefield by Sari Flynn. Hahndorf were determined to bat well and did with safe hits to Longmire, Celeste Paul, Martin, Kerry Lawson and Flynn which got runners on to base and pushed them around the diamond to also bring home eight runs with Strath making one out at home before time and game were called with a draw of 14 runs each.