Colfax softball team hammers Gorillas twice

Apr 09, 20140

Junior Erica Eng pitches for both wins on road

Colfax softball players Saturday finally opened their season with a road trip to Davenport where they posted two strong wins over the Gorillas. They dropped the Gorillas 10-1 in the first game of the NE opener and 13-3 in the second game.

The Saturday wins at Davenport came after the league start was postponed by a rainout the previous week. The Bulldogs were also swamped out of their would-be season opener against A-division Freeman on the Scotties’ turf.

Coach Terry Eng credited his crew Saturday with mixing a solid hitting attack with just three errors, all in the second game.

“We also had a few mental mistakes, and that’s something we’re going to work on,” Eng noted.

Junior pitcher Erica Eng took both wins over the Gorillas. Eng started the day by fanning the hosts in order in the first inning. Overall, she allowed three hits, stuck out 12 and walked just four.

Colfax had nine hits in the opener with Scoops Hahn and Kori Goodwin each pairing singles and Amara Huber tagging a single and a double. Other hitters were Sarah Appel, triple; Eng, single, and Casey Cloaninger, double.

Colfax posted a 7-0 lead after three innings with a four-run charge in the second inning hitting the pace. Appel tagged her triple for two RBIs in the frame and finished the day with five RBIs.

In the 13-3 win in the second game, Eng allowed one hit, struck out five and walked three. Lone hit for the Gorillas came in the fourth inning.

Colfax had eight hits with Hahn rapping three singles to finish up a five-hit day. Hahn’s start Saturday at Davenport came after she missed all last season recovering from an ACL injury.

Appel singled and doubled in the second game to finished out a five RBI day. Goodwin singled and tripled and Cloaninger tripled.

The Bulldogs are slated to play a pair at Asotin today and then host Reardan in a league double next Tuesday when both Reardan teams will be in town.

Javelin-16. Brown 119-6, (153-3).

Long jump-6. Fulfs 18-3, 19. Douglas Wall 15-10 (19-9).

High jump-12. Tim Cornelius 5-0 (6-2).

Pole vault: 1. Skylar Simonson 11-0, 8. Sam Daily 9-6, 14.Reece Sanders 7-0.

Triple Jump-5.Fulfs 37-5.0( 41-11.)

GIRLS EVENTS:

100-Hurdles-4. Bailey Mackleit 17.57 ,16. Holly Rimbey 21.85, (16.94).

300 hurdles-2.Mackleit 51.7, (50.25).

4 x 100 relay-3. Amelie Bruya, Mackleit, Sheer, S.Cai 51.47, (51.13).

4 x 200 relay-3.Bruya, Mackleit, Sheer, Cai 1:49.39, (1:47.92).