Spring Co-ed Softball at Northacres Sundays

The opening week of Underdog softball at Northacres featured a number of close games, but the Matty's Marauders/Barking Gecko game wasn't determined until the 7th inning. Hunter Hughes singled home the go ahead runs to cap a 4 run rally that led the Marauders to the 15-14 victory. Hughes also played great defense that preserved the win in the bottom of the 7th.

Hobbled after taking a ball in play to the knee to the knee two innings prior, Berit Tomten strode to the plate a la Kirk Gibson circa '88 and hit it where they weren't; crossing home plate with a runner in front of her, sparking a 9 run inning that finalized the Barking Gecko's dominant victory.

On a bright spring afternoon at Northacres, you could sense something special was going to be in the air. Two teams locked in an epic struggle for diamond supremacy, and you knew defense would win the day in the end.

Fortunately for the Sunday School Dropouts, Elana and Tracy were in class long enough to learn the importance of tremendous defense. Elana used her whole body (finally the glove!) to reel in pop-ups at second, while Tracy's nerves of steel steadied her behind the plate with a tenacity that couldn't be breached.

Truly, these two taught us that 'staying in school' isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Evan Chinn of Matty's Marauders hit a key grand slam home run to lead his squad to a 20-5 championship game victory over the Arbornauts. Matty's had two big innings, a 7 run 5th and a 6 run 6th that extended their lead to an insummountable margin. The 7 run 5th inning was keyed by Chinn's grand salami and Rachel Huneryager's big double that scored a couple of runs.

Congratulations to Matty's Marauders on their Championship!